Based on the article, it seems like this could be a perk for Google Fiber users. Man, I can't wait to see that service spread to more cities. It'll finally hold the existing providers' feet to the fire.
I wanted to pipe in to say the same thing. For the longest time, I thought my Late 2008 15" MBP couldn't handle 8GB (chipset issue, I though). I figured 6GB was the largest, and I just stayed with the 4GB as it came from the factory. Then one day late last year, I realized that a) the Late 2008 15" MBP can take 8GB and b) 8GB of RAM was now VERY affordable.
It made a huge difference. No more constant thrashing of the HDD as it tries to manage a large swap file.
At first glimpse, it seems a bit intense, but if it's what it takes for us to compete on a global scale, then so be it. I'd take it over the bigco where I'm currently at, if only so I could just continue to learn.
At first, I thought it was pretty ballsy of them to open this all up, but then I realized that this isn't really where their competitive advantage lies. Plus, I think they probably felt that there was still plenty of room for improvement since it had just been a small team working on it (whereas I have a feeling that Google has a much larger team working on these things). In the end, the community wins by getting to see their designs, and Facebook wins by continuing to iterate on them as the community discussion leads to improvements.
And not only that, I feel like it should be accepted that Jobs was able to really accomplish things at the level at which he did _because_ of the others helping behind the scenes.
I really don't see what's so bad about the weather. I grew up in Florida for most of my life, so some people may think I'm crazy to say this. The weather in Florida was usually too hot for me, and living around here I feel like I get a good balance of seasons (no season in Florida!). This fall has been amazing! Nothing wrong with a bit of snow, too, even though last winter was pretty crazy (my first winter here). I feel like I drove better than locals, and I'm a Floridian who had never driven in snow before. I gave up counting how many cars I saw abandoned off the side of the road after, I presume, they had lost control.
Which podcast? TWiT? I haven't found a more entertaining (and somewhat educational) podcast than that, including other non-tech-related ones. I'm probably very uninformed, though, so I'd like to hear which others might be worthwhile.