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Mind blown, if you need to handle "big" data on the move - the macbook neo is not the right choice. - Who would have guessed that outcome?

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It occurs to me that there is near zero overlap between people who use a Macbook Neo and people who run DuckDB locally.

It would be a surprise if more than 0.1% of Macbook Neo users have even heard of DuckDB.

Which means that this article is probably just riding the hype.

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Trying DuckDB on lower-end Macbooks does show you dont need much muscle for moderate-size analytics. Long term it isnt cost-effective compared to budget laptops but its super simple for self-contained pipelines. The thing is 8GB RAM leaves you stuck once your data actually grows past the marketing demo.

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Can’t give up and admit that 8GB of RAM is enough, can you?

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I think you completely missed the point.

People buy Macbook Neo because they "just need a laptop" or are budget conscious.

I imagine a student would get their hands wet with Postgre before looking at DuckDB or similar.

It would be a surprise if they do heavy workloads with DuckDB. In which case it's definitely worth investing in a more powerful computer.

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Doesn’t matter. The point is that DuckDB can operate well on a wide range of infrastructure and is well suited for operating in resource constrained environments.

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Why does it have to be "fully fledged" - not like most people use the advanced features in office.

It's a procurement fallacy to let a corporation dictate what features should be there and not.


Oh no! What will DIY-people use now to make the ugliest floors known to man?


Its fine to have fun with self-hosting.

The problem is when self-hosting amateur stuff leaks into professional life.

And then you have a expert beginner pushing their homelab/Self-hosting


If a single expert beginner can call the shots in your org, your org is the kind where that is absolutely fine.


It's more common than you think. Talking from 30 years of experience 20+ of them in very senior roles.


URL shorteners should not have existed in the first place.


Mostly agreed... I understand it's easier to print http://foo.bar/123 than http://markettingsite.com/?campain=xyz&... But there's absolutely nothing stopping every website from hosting their own.

It's mostly for print usage anyway.. and with all the TLDs out there now, you can definitely still get some short options. I literally have one strictly for (reverse)dns for my server(s). Another for my mail server, separate from the domains the server hosts.

Also, hosting your own means you don't have to worry about being associated with externalized spam links. Of course, if you are a spammer, then it works even better for users that will block you.,


Gnome was indeed garbage then


"I used to be garbage. I still am, but I used to be, to."

-Gnome


I always assumed that Mitch Hedberg was above average height.


> Gnome was indeed garbage then

And now it's a landfill.


Because USA makes garbage


click Java close


you missed the part where he reproduced it in a number of other languages, and some where he was unable to reproduce it.


Where is the models - I don't care about your "intentions" and your logos - just make and publish the models. This current form is _useless_


https://www.investopedia.com/articles/mutualfund/05/mfhistor...

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