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food science: marmite is the french for turing
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— 16 Mar 2010 mark sinker 1 comment

Distributed processing is great…until it isn’t. Similarly, distributing tasks among independent nodes allows us to scale up easily and to achieve greater reliability. However, these goals are often in conflict. The more cooks you have in the kitc[…]

Pop World Cup 2010: Group C – England 2 Algeria 1
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— 16 Mar 2010 Tim 28 comments

The first round in Group C left pop-soccer heavyweights England disappointed by a loss and in need of a good result in round 2. Conversely, Algeria won their opening game and are looking to press on to qualification. It’s an unexpectedly big ma[…]

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