There were so few comments in this thread I ended up reading through the comments in the other ones. One of those links is far more rich in discussion.
this is a good article, I remember it from a while back. Does anyone know what the rule is on duplicates? How do some come through? I always just get redirected to a reference for the old posting.
Some content is evergreen. The software May account for that. With linked documents, the URI may be different as well.
The last meaningful discussion was about three years ago. The first was close to seven. The HN community has grown since both those times, but still deals with CPU memory.
There is more than one side to that story. Not to take away from your argument, but dupes are a sign of stagnation. A chasm between the new users (for whom it's not a dupe) and the old. A high dupe ratio will eventually drive away the older members.
The reason people complain about dupes is because for each of these forums, one can get attached to its evolution. You want to see it grow. Every time it surprises you: yay, it's still becoming better!
Dupes can mean the beginning of the end. Not to say it's a good reason to complain, but it is one. Don't tell the older members who've seen this site grow and want the best for it to "deal with it."
Anyway, upvoted because I'm not one of the older members and I've never seen this before :)
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The last meaningful discussion was about three years ago. The first was close to seven. The HN community has grown since both those times, but still deals with CPU memory.
https://news.ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html
The reason people complain about dupes is because for each of these forums, one can get attached to its evolution. You want to see it grow. Every time it surprises you: yay, it's still becoming better!
Dupes can mean the beginning of the end. Not to say it's a good reason to complain, but it is one. Don't tell the older members who've seen this site grow and want the best for it to "deal with it."
Anyway, upvoted because I'm not one of the older members and I've never seen this before :)
The good stuff starts at section 3, CPU Caches.