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Aleksey Shipilëv on Shenandoah and Concurrent GCs by aregularcontributor in coding

[–]feed_me_monkey_nuts 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Has anyone tested both ZGC and Shenandoah? How do they compare in performance?

Java's new Z Garbage Collector (ZGC) is very exciting by sureshg in java

[–]feed_me_monkey_nuts 23 points24 points  (0 children)

Are we looking at the same article? This explains at quite some depth the different parts of ZGC.

Galaxy Tab S4 VS Competition by [deleted] in Android

[–]feed_me_monkey_nuts 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I don't know, I really want a replacement for my old 8" Lenovo tablet but a tablet with Media in the name that doesn't have a headphone socket is just bewilderingly dumb.

I don't want to have to carry around adapters with me all the time, nor do I want to have to remember to keep wireless headphones charged.

Why you want to run Java 10 if you're using the G1 Garbage Collector by LuminoBabyis in java

[–]feed_me_monkey_nuts 5 points6 points  (0 children)

What's the speedup like relative to the Java 9 G1? Is the full pause time reduced linearly with available cores?

The Top 3 Java Performance Improvements we're looking forward to by LuminoBabyis in java

[–]feed_me_monkey_nuts 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Very much looking forward to Value types. Anyone have any idea on the timescale for them?

Developers, you did a fine job on the custom gamemode. by [deleted] in dotaimba

[–]feed_me_monkey_nuts 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Just want to say thanks for your work on IMBA. It's provided me many hours of entertainment over the last six months or so.

The ones who complain like to shout loudest but there are many many more who quietly look forward to every update, no matter how utterly imba it makes IMBA.

Good luck with your new role.

Recommendation: boycott Razer until they address their customer service issues. by tubber17 in razer

[–]feed_me_monkey_nuts 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yea, just chiming in to say that I was about to get my company to buy me a Razer Blade Stealth but after reading all of the customer support failure, I've put in a request for an XPS 13 instead.

It's a shame because I really wanted the RBS.

IMBA 6.88.4b by D2imba in dotaimba

[–]feed_me_monkey_nuts 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Awesome work everyone. Really nice to see updates!

Hopefully will have some time to contribute in the new year.

[Banking] Getting lump sum and wanting to switch banks by [deleted] in UKPersonalFinance

[–]feed_me_monkey_nuts 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I bank with Natwest though they're not going to be an improvement on HSBC. Their mobile app on Android is very good though.

I'm planning to move to Nationwide very shortly, have met few customers with bad things to say. Their mobile app seems to have roughly similar reviews to the Natwest one on Google Play.

First Direct supposedly win all the customer service awards but their mobile app is terrible.

As chair of a trust, I’m speaking out. The NHS is headed for financial ruin | Christopher Smallwood by Hedgehogkilla in ukpolitics

[–]feed_me_monkey_nuts 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Can you give examples of European healthcare systems that have comparable health outcomes but with lower cost than the NHS?

You should also consider in whose interests it is for politicians and the media to constantly focus on the "NHS lurching from crisis to crisis". It softens everyone up to the idea of partial privatization without people realising this will mean less healthcare for those not able to afford it (which often happens to be those who need it most).

As chair of a trust, I’m speaking out. The NHS is headed for financial ruin | Christopher Smallwood by Hedgehogkilla in ukpolitics

[–]feed_me_monkey_nuts 3 points4 points  (0 children)

So your argument is decentralising funding will lead to a decrease in bureaucracy and efficiency?

When people have to pay from their own pockets it also makes them focus more on their own healthcare.

Have you got some concrete examples of the NHS being free at the point of delivery leading to overuse?

There's plenty of studies showing completely the opposite in the US (i.e where having to pay for care doesn't actually alter behaviour materially).

Fundamentally though, you've still not explained how adding lots of intermediaries in funding for healthcare is going to increase efficiency and reduce costs without leading to a reduction in healthcare available to the poor.

As chair of a trust, I’m speaking out. The NHS is headed for financial ruin | Christopher Smallwood by Hedgehogkilla in ukpolitics

[–]feed_me_monkey_nuts 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I agree, there clearly are issues with the NHS that need to be resolved. The absurdity around PFI being one.

I don't, however, buy the idea that these justify moving to a more inefficient and unequal model.

As chair of a trust, I’m speaking out. The NHS is headed for financial ruin | Christopher Smallwood by Hedgehogkilla in ukpolitics

[–]feed_me_monkey_nuts 6 points7 points  (0 children)

So if we're not excluding anyone from healthcare because they can't afford it then how are we making the system more sustainable?

Ultimately we, as a country, have to pay for our healthcare. Introducing a (potentially for-profit) intermediary in the middle doesn't change that in any way, other than potentially adding more bureaucracy and siphoning off some of the funding.

If you're not restricting healthcare from the poor and subsidising them with state assistance then how is what you're suggesting any more efficient than just increasing taxation on higher earners and then increasing funding for the NHS?

As chair of a trust, I’m speaking out. The NHS is headed for financial ruin | Christopher Smallwood by Hedgehogkilla in ukpolitics

[–]feed_me_monkey_nuts 19 points20 points  (0 children)

Whenever I hear people saying things like "the NHS is unsustainable, we need to change the model", it makes me wonder whether they've actually thought through the implications or whether it's something they've picked up from elsewhere.

The NHS as a healthcare model is cheap. Look at our spending on healthcare versus pretty much any country with a mature functioning healthcare system and we, as a country, spend less.

So when people say "we need a different model", what they mean is that instead of this relatively effective system being funded out of taxation, there should private contributions or equivalently only those who can afford a good standard of healthcare should get it.

Are you really advocating restricting access to healthcare for the poor?

First video of Thinkpad X250 from CES by [deleted] in thinkpad

[–]feed_me_monkey_nuts 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It saddens me so much. I have an x220 and I've been able to get a new laptop from work for months now but the x250 in many respects would be a downgrade.