laptop trouble

What Grinds Our Gears: I’m out-pacing my computer with these datasets

By: Nathan Tok, Peak Associate As I am writing this, my laptop is labouriously trying to load some data files for a class. And it is taking forever.  Seriously? I am not a Big Data person or some hot shot researcher. Why am I being given all these absolutely massive datasets that take so long to load? I'm sorry if my laptop only has 8GB of RAM but you know, having a laptop with all the top specs is kind of expensive.  I suppose there are some benefits to slow processing speeds. I can go find snacks to eat as…

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