Wandering Thoughts archives

2012-12-05:	One way to break down how people use virtualization
2012-12-04:	You can't assume that your performance problems will be obvious
2012-12-03:	A reason for detailed commit messages: as a guard against errors
2012-11-27:	You don't necessarily know what matters for performance
2012-11-22:	Optional features are in practice not optional to understand
2012-11-13:	A potential path to IPv6
2012-11-06:	Why I want to do full end-to-end performance tests
2012-10-23:	The problem of simulating random IO
2012-10-20:	The issue with measuring disk performance through streaming IO
2012-10-16:	Switch flow control and buffering: what we think was wrong in our iSCSI network
2012-10-10:	Disk IO latency is often what matters
2012-10-06:	How averages mislead you
2012-10-04:	Averages mislead: an illustrated example
2012-09-27:	Microkernels and device drivers
2012-09-26:	Microkernels and modularity: do microkernels ever make sense?
2012-09-16:	The problem with noise
2012-09-11:	A realization about ratelimit time horizons
2012-09-03:	People are not ignorant (usually)
2012-08-18:	What everyone needs in source packages
2012-08-03:	What makes an operating system attractive
2012-07-25:	The kernel memory addressing problem
2012-07-19:	Unicode code points and abstract characters
2012-07-10:	A theory on why defaults for tunable parameters stay unchanged
2012-06-08:	An (accessible) explanation of the Flame malware's Windows Update compromise
2012-06-03:	Another view of the merge versus rebase debate in version control My view on Mercurial versus Git
2012-06-01:	The secure boot problem
2012-05-28:	Yes, `git add` makes a difference (no matter what people think)
2012-05-21:	More on CISC (well, x86) versus RISC
2012-05-15:	Some stuff on 'time since boot' timestamps
2012-05-13:	A basic step in measuring and improving network performance
2012-04-25:	Models of providing computing access in a university department
2012-04-24:	Universities and their non-employees
2012-04-15:	My view on why CISC (well, x86) won over RISC in the end
2012-04-12:	Tanenbaum was wrong in the Tanenbaum-Torvalds debate Hypervisors are not microkernels
2012-03-26:	Microkernels are quite attractive to academic computer science researchers
2012-03-24:	Garbage collection and modern virtual memory systems
2012-03-19:	A modest suggestion: increase your text size
2012-03-18:	The standard trajectory of a field
2012-02-29:	SSDs and understanding your bottlenecks The two sorts of display resolution improvements
2012-02-13:	The problem with long-term production support of things
2012-02-06:	The advantage of HDMI for dual displays
2012-02-05:	What five years of PC technology changed for me
2012-02-03:	Understanding a subtle Twitter feature
2012-01-10:	An insight on the purpose of comments: volume control
2012-01-07:	Why you might want multiple keys for disk encryption
2012-01-05:	Disk encryption, backups, and your threat model
2012-01-03:	How to lose your data with full disk encryption the easy way The drawback of full disk encryption

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