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		shark1 on Oct 10, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: How Netflix uses Java To free memory. Also, 20% increase is not 20% in total. It's 20% when you go from 10 to 12 cpu usage, or from 50 to 60, for instance.

_the_inflator on Oct 10, 2023 [–]

Well done.

I always appreciate numbers and the differentiation between relative and absolute numbers in this case.

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