daven11
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Comment · 11 years ago
I find that one hard to believe - I can't believe Bill would open himself up to cartel laws, the others however :-) Though that would explain a few things
Comment · 11 years ago
Wow, that's the bit you don't hear in the papers. Ever thought of writing a book with this stuff?
Comment · 11 years ago
Thanks folks, it's really interesting to hear the road less travelled. Any others?
Comment · 11 years ago
Thanks for sharing, I'm pleased to hear you recommend going to school, it seems there's an exceptional few who can make it without a degree. I'd thought there'd be more, maybe they have better things to do on their weekend :-)
Comment · 11 years ago
Indeed, and you could do the old trick of making a ram disk for your compiles
Comment · 11 years ago
I have to ask - any stories you can tell?
Comment · 11 years ago
That's great - did not having a degree ever cause you problems?
Comment · 11 years ago
oh, I just had a look and the base model doesn't have an SSD - I'd really not consider developing without an SSD any more. It will work but compile times are slower, how much I couldn't say. But then I've developed for years without an SSD before that so...
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Comment · 11 years ago
lol, I think you may be an exception :-), kudos to you by the way
Comment · 11 years ago
Are you sure? - from the site https://support.apple.com/en-is/HT4432
Mac mini (Late 2014) Mac mini (Late 2014) does not have user-installable RAM. You can configure the memory in your Mac mini (Late 2014) when you purchase it.
I'd ask over on http://apple.stackexchange.com to get a couple of other opinions to :-)
Comment · 11 years ago
I'd get 8GB, I do have trouble now and then with the 4GB, but only because of the VM (I have to reboot), 8GB will give you a longer lifetime I think (I didn't think you could upgrade the RAM in the mini's any more).
Comment · 11 years ago
I use a macbook air mid 2011. 1.7 Ghz i5, 4GB 133MHz DDR3, 128GB SSD, intel HD graphics 3000 384 MB memory, and it works fine. I run Yosemite on it and develop iOS apps. I actually run a Windows 8 VM on it as well - but I have to be careful with the memory usage :-). I keep looking for an excuse to upgrade it but I have no reason :-(
If you buy from Apple you can return it in 14 days no questions asked - at least in Australia last time I looked. I tried this once with an external hard drive (too noisy) and it was not a problem.
One problem would be transporting it, but again, solvable problems, we tanker oil around the world, so it can be done. The trouble is though political. No one wants all that nuclear waste in their back yard, even if no one ever uses the backyard.
Fukishima added to the problem - if the Japanese, whose engineering skill is the best in the world, have problems then what about the rest of the world? I see this as a very valid objection.
One of the problems I see in the popular mind is the idea that radiation is somehow unique and only occurs in nuclear reactors, and any of it appears somewhere then we're all dead. The coal industry makes sure no one finds out that the amount of radiation expelled by coal powered stations exceeds that produced by nuclear reactors https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/coal-ash-is-more-...
As you say the amount to be stored is pretty small, and could probably be dumped down a hole in an afternoon and home in time for tea
An anecdote - I went to a radiology clinic a while ago for a tour (writing some software) and we stopped by the room where they store the radioactive material, pretty low level stuff and all stored away. The manager taking me around said "This is where we store the radiocative stuff" looking at me and waiting for a reaction - a bit of fun I imagine he has - expecting me to run away and panic, but I have a physics degree so no drama - he was disappointed, and we laughed. But this is the public mind - radiation is scary stuff that causes mutations and kills you, so there's a real marketing problem. No doubt this has been pumped up by the oil and coal industry over the years.