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Feels like this might be an invariant in computer science. I once worked on an IBM/360. The majority of the compute was taken up by a single person who did weat
by moomin 2y ago
Feels like this might be an invariant in computer science. I once worked on an IBM/360. The majority of the compute was taken up by a single person who did weather simulation.
An IBM/360 has laughably less compute than your phone.
- phinnaeus 2y agoIt might still have produced a better weather prediction than my phone, though /s
- nicklecompte 2y ago"Computational fluid dynamics is hard" seems like a true bona fide CS invariant.
- Keyframe 2y agoENIAC ran weather as well. It's a kind of numerical simulation that will always be in need of compute cycles. We'll need more of it as we go deeper into climate change.