Hacker News: exergy

New comment by exergy in "New Amazon S3 Tables: Storage optimized for analytics workloads"

exergy — Tue, 03 Dec 2024 21:24:45 +0000

A managed iceberg service, marketed as a new S3 bucket type.

I thought AWS was dropping the ball on Open Table Formats, but this one is a smart move and a direct shot fired at Databricks with Delta.

Simply by making it the default for software engineers wanting a big data table on S3

New comment by exergy in "DuckDB 1.1.0 Released"

exergy — Mon, 09 Sep 2024 17:06:14 +0000

there is Ibis[0] as a fairly mature package. They recently adopted duckdb as the default execution engine and it can give you a nice python dataframe API ontop of duckdb, with hot-swappability towards heavier engines.

With tools like this providing a comprehensive python API and the ability to always fall back to raw SQL, i am not sure DuckDB devs should focus on the python API at all beyond basic (to_table, from_table) features.

Impressive progress and a real chance to shake up the data tool market, but still a way to go: There is is still much to do especially on large table formats (iceberg/delta) and memory management when running on bigger boxes on cloud. Eg the elusive "Failed to allocate ..." bug[1] is an inhibitor to the claim that big data is dead[2]. As it is, we tried and abandoned DuckDB as a cheaper replacement for some databricks batch jobs.

[0] https://github.com/ibis-project/ibis [1] https://github.com/duckdb/duckdb/issues/12667, https://github.com/duckdb/duckdb/issues/9880, https://github.com/duckdb/duckdb/issues/12528 [2] https://motherduck.com/blog/big-data-is-dead/

New comment by exergy in "Advantages of incompetent management"

exergy — Sun, 07 Jul 2024 08:58:06 +0000

A (unfortunately still valid) running joke about German public administration is that November is the high season for fax machine sales people

New comment by exergy in "DuckDB 0.9"

exergy — Thu, 28 Sep 2023 21:11:43 +0000

We use duckdb-wasm as an in-browser telemetry store for an IoT use case. beats the performance of other data stores in your browser and much simpler than manually wrangling arrays

DuckDB also has potential for IoT/embedded use cases as a data buffer with its compression and efficient reads, instead of just sqlite. but for that it needs to free up disk after expiring data

New comment by exergy in "The private and public lives of Albert Einstein"

exergy — Wed, 08 Apr 2020 20:29:03 +0000

Ah, no, I have the opposite problem!

For instance, musicians one really likes, one projects them into images of saints. Then they're out their putting selfies on, sharing insipid quotes or just generally seeking validation, and the mirage crumbles a bit.

New comment by exergy in "Tell HN: Toilet paper, hand sanitizer, and now web cams"

exergy — Wed, 08 Apr 2020 18:17:50 +0000

I've been using DroidCam for my Windows desktop for the last few days. Works super well, although my phone seems to get hot after about an hour of using it.

New comment by exergy in "The private and public lives of Albert Einstein"

exergy — Wed, 08 Apr 2020 11:06:30 +0000

I think the parent may have been sarcastic. I certainly hope so. Life was much better before my idols had entirely mundane Instagram feeds.

New comment by exergy in "Minimalism conceals the messy realities of society"

exergy — Mon, 06 Apr 2020 09:40:51 +0000

Anticonsumerist is actually a great word. I might adopt it. Much more succint.

New comment by exergy in "Minimalism conceals the messy realities of society"

exergy — Sun, 05 Apr 2020 17:19:59 +0000

Rubbish drivel. It's a trend nowadays for people to write longform articles purporting to lay bare some great truths but really are just an excuse for the author to regurgitate some recent things they read. It really rubs me the wrong way.

First of all, the unnecessary mention of "mostly white male". I'm So. Bloody. Tired of this trope being injected into every article at every opportunity. I get it. Life unfair. Move on. It's like how every NYT comment section will mention Trump within the first two comments. Give it a rest already!

Then, the vague-at-best connections between minimal art and Minimalism as a response to the excesses of Boomers. It's really not that complicated. Grow up in a house of hoarders, and you're well on your way to embracing minimalism.

Lastly, this whole "Your bedroom might be cleaner, but the world stays bad". Yeah! Minimalism doesn't promise world peace! It's just a way to make your own life more manageable and sane!

Just because a piece is longform doesn't mean it's good. Reading this article was a terrible waste of my time.

New comment by exergy in "Amazon begins temperature checks and will provide surgical masks at warehouses"

exergy — Thu, 02 Apr 2020 17:07:15 +0000

Is there any reason you couldn't just write "Amazon"? I see people do this thing often on HN, for instance "At $DayJob, we do...". Is it like a sign of belonging to a tribe?

New comment by exergy in "T-Mobile officially completes merger with Sprint, CEO John Legere steps down"

exergy — Wed, 01 Apr 2020 22:50:47 +0000

Yeah, what kind of criterion is that? "The best STD" and all that...

New comment by exergy in "Windows 10 live tiles reportedly getting killed by Microsoft"

exergy — Tue, 25 Feb 2020 22:05:25 +0000

Yep. That thing is a fucking abomination. I believe it's called backstage or something and the idiots who petitioned for, designed and approved it should be dishonorably discharged.

New comment by exergy in "Updated ThinkPad Laptop Portfolio"

exergy — Tue, 25 Feb 2020 13:51:24 +0000

As I understand, the new XPS is also coming out with a 16:10, but it is also an IPS panel.

New comment by exergy in "Updated ThinkPad Laptop Portfolio"

exergy — Tue, 25 Feb 2020 13:48:42 +0000

Mainly laziness and entertainment. If I was indeed buying one tomorrow, I'd spend a lot more time reading people's experiences on Reddit, for instance. But just for watching tech reviews while I eat dinner or something, I sure wish there were programmers out there making videos for that audience.

New comment by exergy in "Updated ThinkPad Laptop Portfolio"

exergy — Tue, 25 Feb 2020 13:41:26 +0000

Exactly. I'm constantly needled by the fact that there isn't a single Youtube reviewer who is a full-time programmer. Or at least someone not in the "creative" domains. At least none of the big names are. It's always Nvidia this and Premiere Pro rendering times that and SD card slot whatever.

Fine, but where are the people who will spend ten minutes talking about the different keyboard options they considered for their daily driver? Where are the people who have to read code for a living and will openly mock 16:9 with it's pathetic vertical space? Talking about how easy it is to dual boot Linux on the machine?

If anyone knows of such reviewers, please drop a link below. I'm sick of wathching MKBHD.

New comment by exergy in "The Age of Instagram Face"

exergy — Wed, 19 Feb 2020 17:04:01 +0000

That's a fantastic aphorism. Words to live by.

New comment by exergy in "The Age of Instagram Face"

exergy — Wed, 19 Feb 2020 16:59:56 +0000

I wouldn't care as much if it didn't constantly become harder and harder to find other like-minded people. People don't seem to enjoy not having their phones out, not photographing everything, not optimising relentlessly. The world of today is wearisome.

New comment by exergy in "A 2,500-mile radius in Asia contains half the world's population (2017)"

exergy — Sun, 16 Feb 2020 18:58:21 +0000

Hahaha, a likely theory!

Actually, I'm Indian, and we have our steering wheel on the right side, just like the Brits. It's one of the less fortunate things we picked up from them.

New comment by exergy in "A 2,500-mile radius in Asia contains half the world's population (2017)"

exergy — Sun, 16 Feb 2020 18:55:55 +0000

I'm a thermodynamic engineer by trade. We spend a lot of time around freezing and boiling water. Even more, we spend a lot of time in Kelvin land.

I've a particular hatred of Fahrenheit :)

New comment by exergy in "A 2,500-mile radius in Asia contains half the world's population (2017)"

exergy — Sun, 16 Feb 2020 11:53:05 +0000

Exactly. And that's why the UK is especially stupid with units. At least in the US they are consistently idiotic with Fahrenheit and Miles and BTUs and so on. In the UK, they understand what a kilogram is, but measure weight in stones anyway. Fucking stones! And then this thing with yards and miles.

Utterly hopeless.