Marco Arment

It's using a small number of threads to not disturb you, right? The way I personally run Backblaze on one of my computers is because I have a million backups running all day, every day anyway. I make Backblaze run only at 3 a.m. and I give it like 99, like whatever the maximum number of threads is. Obviously, there's a point of diminishing returns.

It's using a small number of threads to not disturb you, right? The way I personally run Backblaze on one of my computers is because I have a million backups running all day, every day anyway. I make Backblaze run only at 3 a.m. and I give it like 99, like whatever the maximum number of threads is. Obviously, there's a point of diminishing returns.

You shouldn't give it way more threads than you have CPU cores. But I have a lot of CPU cores. I give it a huge number of cores. So it wakes up at 3 a.m., runs my Backblaze thing, and it runs it using every resource on the system. So much so that if I was to come downstairs at 3 a.m.

You shouldn't give it way more threads than you have CPU cores. But I have a lot of CPU cores. I give it a huge number of cores. So it wakes up at 3 a.m., runs my Backblaze thing, and it runs it using every resource on the system. So much so that if I was to come downstairs at 3 a.m.

and try to use my computer, I would notice that Backblaze is running because I've intentionally said, use it all, peg everything, go as fast as you can, and believe me, it makes a big difference because I have a fast internet connection, but just the process of finding all the change files, reading all those change files, and sending them up to fill my one gigabit upwards pipe...

and try to use my computer, I would notice that Backblaze is running because I've intentionally said, use it all, peg everything, go as fast as you can, and believe me, it makes a big difference because I have a fast internet connection, but just the process of finding all the change files, reading all those change files, and sending them up to fill my one gigabit upwards pipe...

I need to be reading and sending from as many files at once as I want. Backblaze gives you that option. The right click menu in the finder for compressing files does not give you that option. So the answer, I think, in this case, without knowing anything about the compression algorithm or how parallelizable zip is, is that Apple is doing this to try to help you.

I need to be reading and sending from as many files at once as I want. Backblaze gives you that option. The right click menu in the finder for compressing files does not give you that option. So the answer, I think, in this case, without knowing anything about the compression algorithm or how parallelizable zip is, is that Apple is doing this to try to help you.

And in this case, you do not want this help from Apple.

And in this case, you do not want this help from Apple.

And by the way, the reason it's looking at you, presumably, I don't know if it's using IR cameras, the reason it's looking at you to make sure you're looking at the road is because although it allows you to take your hands off the steering wheel, what it's trying to tell you is that at any moment, Marco, the driver of this car, we may ask you to take over. We may throw up our hands and say...

And by the way, the reason it's looking at you, presumably, I don't know if it's using IR cameras, the reason it's looking at you to make sure you're looking at the road is because although it allows you to take your hands off the steering wheel, what it's trying to tell you is that at any moment, Marco, the driver of this car, we may ask you to take over. We may throw up our hands and say...

Can't do it. Driver, human, you're up. And by the way, if we do that, it may be because something catastrophic has happened that we can't deal with. So you better be looking at the road because at any second, we may ask you to make a life or death decision. But anyway, for now, you can put your hands in your lap. It's fine.

Can't do it. Driver, human, you're up. And by the way, if we do that, it may be because something catastrophic has happened that we can't deal with. So you better be looking at the road because at any second, we may ask you to make a life or death decision. But anyway, for now, you can put your hands in your lap. It's fine.

I mean, for one for one thing, it is ever so slightly decreasing your minimum possible response time because now you have to move your hands to the wheel in a situation where something is emergent and saying you got to take over right now. And at least with Tesla, if it is correctly policing you and saying keeping your hands on the wheel. At least your hands are hopefully already on the wheel.

I mean, for one for one thing, it is ever so slightly decreasing your minimum possible response time because now you have to move your hands to the wheel in a situation where something is emergent and saying you got to take over right now. And at least with Tesla, if it is correctly policing you and saying keeping your hands on the wheel. At least your hands are hopefully already on the wheel.

But if they're on your lap or in your pockets or you're picking your nose or whatever you're doing, oh, time to take over. Now there is some fraction of a second where you have to correctly find and grip the steering wheel before you can begin to do the steering that you need to do at that moment. And that is probably not a good thing.

But if they're on your lap or in your pockets or you're picking your nose or whatever you're doing, oh, time to take over. Now there is some fraction of a second where you have to correctly find and grip the steering wheel before you can begin to do the steering that you need to do at that moment. And that is probably not a good thing.

Well, I mean, you mentioned that you have to have so much a higher level of trust. You, Marco, have to have so much higher level of trust. But I think a lot of the average people, what it will essentially do is make them so much more likely to...

Well, I mean, you mentioned that you have to have so much a higher level of trust. You, Marco, have to have so much higher level of trust. But I think a lot of the average people, what it will essentially do is make them so much more likely to...