Did you run one process with multiple threads across all of those machines, or was threading less of an issue once you started thinking about distributed computing?

Isn't that what Numba does? Compiling Python code using LLVM and being able to understand numpy data structures? I'm still not sure I understand what threading has to do with this. The OP said threading was an issue, but threading doesn't

Safety? Job security?

You don't really understand big data, if you think it needs to run on ONE computer.

This is only a problem if you think threading is the solution to scaling CPU computations across hundreds of computers. If you generalized your code to run on hundreds of computers, there is no reason you can't run a process per core for your multicore machines.

He has no idea why there is ranting about open source code that everyone in the world can use for any purposes. Did you rant about git being open source? I'm betting the gov't can use that to manage code related to data mining. Do you rant about postgres or any of the databases used by the US gov't? Would postgres suddenly become evil because the gov't threw some money their way?

Isn't this true of all useful open source projects?

bq. the music has to be 100% original as covers are 'illegal'.

That's only if the performer hasn't licensed the cover on their own. They guy from One Man Star Wars ,for example, licenses from the Star Wars franchise (not music but a performance).

The DMCA doesn't restrict speech. Your contract with your ISP that you enter in gives the ISP the right to take it down. You've waived your right by signing your contract (in the same that NDAs work). The gov't is not forcing the ISP to take it down, so there is no free speech issue here.

The rest of the DMCA is absolute rubbish, but not the take down provision.

The takedown doesn't provide for any punishment whatsoever. An ISP is free to ignore the takedown notice, but they lose their safe haven against liability if they ignore it and it turns out to be illegal. You are free to choose an ISP that won't preemptively drop your site. She happened to choose an ISP that handles take downs in the manner illustrated in the article.

Candice Schwager stupidly choose an ISP that shuts down sites and then she stupidly took the fight to the internet. epic fail.

It's ok to copy movies and TV shows. You just need to threaten the RIAA and MPAA with lawsuits if they issue you a DMCA takedown. It completely works. Candice told me so.

I was under the impression that affixing that image to media grants a copyright to the photographer. Does it matter that it is "just" the skyline? Does it only qualify as art if "therealgrogan" says so?