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What are you working on now?

by mepian 3y ago

lisper 3y ago
Chip design tools at Intel. I didn’t go there by choice. I went to work for a startup that got acquired. And I have a couple of side projects I can tell you about if you’re interested.
- solanav 3y ago
  Do share them please!
  - lisper 3y ago
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37027284 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37027284
- rsecora 3y ago
  I'd love to hear more about your side projects if you wouldn't mind.
  - lisper 3y ago
    I've started work on a book/blog (still haven't decided on the target medium) about how to apply the scientific method to everyday life. It's still very drafty, but if you want a sneak preview of the current state of things you can find it here: https://flownet.com/ron/TIKN/ https://flownet.com/ron/TIKN/ Feedback welcome. This is part of a more overarching effort to try to move the needle on climate change. I think one of the reasons it's such an intractable problem is that there is too much scientific ignorance out there, which supports an unjustified level of techno-optimism with regards to CO2 emissions. I'm also thinking about turning TIKN into a YouTube channel because that seems to be what the cool kids are doing nowadays. But I'd want to do this with a collaborator because maintaining a YT channel is a fucking boatload of work. If you know anyone who might be interested please send them my way. Not entirely unrelated (in fact, the reason I know how hard it is to make a good video)... something I did about 15 years ago that I'm still proud of despite the fact that it never got any traction is make a documentary film about homeless people: https://graceofgodmovie.com/ https://graceofgodmovie.com/
- 0xpgm 3y ago
  Curious if you're using Lisp for the chip design at Intel? If you're allowed to talk about that..
  - lisper 3y ago
    Yes we're using Lisp (specifically Allegro Common Lisp) and yes I can talk about it (within reason of course). Anything in particular you want to know?
    - mepian 3y ago
      How is your work affected by the end of the switching (Tofino) division, are there other users of Barefoot's tools inside the company? I hope I'm not asking anything confidential here.
      - lisper 3y ago
        I'm actually not sure how much I can say about that in public. But if I'm reading your about page correctly you are also at Intel, yes? So if you want to ping me on Teams I can give you some more information.

What are you working on now?

by mepian 3y ago

What are you working on now?

Chip design tools at Intel. I didn’t go there by choice. I went to work for a startup that got acquired. And I have a couple of side projects I can tell you about if you’re interested.

solanav 3y ago
Do share them please!
- lisper 3y ago
  https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37027284 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37027284
rsecora 3y ago
I'd love to hear more about your side projects if you wouldn't mind.
- lisper 3y ago
  I've started work on a book/blog (still haven't decided on the target medium) about how to apply the scientific method to everyday life. It's still very drafty, but if you want a sneak preview of the current state of things you can find it here: https://flownet.com/ron/TIKN/ https://flownet.com/ron/TIKN/ Feedback welcome. This is part of a more overarching effort to try to move the needle on climate change. I think one of the reasons it's such an intractable problem is that there is too much scientific ignorance out there, which supports an unjustified level of techno-optimism with regards to CO2 emissions. I'm also thinking about turning TIKN into a YouTube channel because that seems to be what the cool kids are doing nowadays. But I'd want to do this with a collaborator because maintaining a YT channel is a fucking boatload of work. If you know anyone who might be interested please send them my way. Not entirely unrelated (in fact, the reason I know how hard it is to make a good video)... something I did about 15 years ago that I'm still proud of despite the fact that it never got any traction is make a documentary film about homeless people: https://graceofgodmovie.com/ https://graceofgodmovie.com/
0xpgm 3y ago
Curious if you're using Lisp for the chip design at Intel? If you're allowed to talk about that..
- lisper 3y ago
  Yes we're using Lisp (specifically Allegro Common Lisp) and yes I can talk about it (within reason of course). Anything in particular you want to know?
  - mepian 3y ago
    How is your work affected by the end of the switching (Tofino) division, are there other users of Barefoot's tools inside the company? I hope I'm not asking anything confidential here.
    - lisper 3y ago
      I'm actually not sure how much I can say about that in public. But if I'm reading your about page correctly you are also at Intel, yes? So if you want to ping me on Teams I can give you some more information.