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by allenrb 5y ago
While I absolutely believe that breathing techniques can be beneficial for ADHD (I’ve got it, and our almost-7 y/o daughter does, too), the mechanism posited here seems… questionable. One region of the brain getting more oxygen? If tha
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by allenrb 6y ago
His beaver doctor will be pleased with such healthy fiber intake.
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by allenrb 6y ago
+1 for the Monitor III. I remember being amazed to see the early Ultimas in color, because for me they’d always just had different “patterns”.
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by allenrb 6y ago
Mine keeps throwing Overflow. How can I open a bug?
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by allenrb 6y ago
I’ve spent some time working in electronic trading, and I agree with you. Not only is the compensation very comfortable, but it’s the most interesting work I’ve ever done. That’s a tough combination to resist. As a result, it attracts peopl
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by allenrb 6y ago
Is this the most capable open-source core we’ve seen? Not sure how it compares to BOOM. Are there any other out-of-order designs which have been open sourced?
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by allenrb 6y ago
If the rumors are true about increased frequency and IPC for Zen3, we should be in for quite a ride. Zen4 and a shrink to 5nm next year ought to produce some further benefits. I’m too old to “hate” Intel but the improvements we are seeing
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by allenrb 6y ago
Same here. I was waiting to see if it would cross the point of no return and obliterate their ground facilities... again. Instead, looks to have been a nearly perfect test. Onward!
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by allenrb 6y ago
Hi Ken, love pretty much everything you write. Was wondering, is it correct to assume that all of the 8086 would have been laid out entirely by hand? Certainly special blocks like these charge pumps must have been, but was there any sort of
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by allenrb 6y ago
Finance space, under 100 people. Most servers are either latency-sensitive or 24/7 fully-loaded HPC. Neither case fits the cloud model. We do use cloud for build/test, though.
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by allenrb 7y ago
Disclaimer: Former FB engineering employee. I have rarely seen a greater bunch of whining here. Don’t like FB as a business? Fine, I don’t really either. But they take care of their people. If there must be an outpouring of whining, maybe d
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by allenrb 7y ago
Gets you where you’re already going, faster!
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by allenrb 7y ago
My favorite quote from work, somewhat apropos: “I know people making good money trading corn who would be shocked to learn that it’s a plant.”
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by allenrb 7y ago
This is outstanding, thanks Josh! I’ve been getting started with FPGAs and a simple dynamic memory interface with comments and discussion is a huge help.
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by allenrb 7y ago
Sure. I’m talking about the general category of “software which must work, else people will die”. The difference between working 99.9% of the time, vs working 100% of the time appears to be very expensive. Automakers and their suppliers cou
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by allenrb 7y ago
My dad recently ditched his Audi Q7. Not for exactly the same reasons but because of endless electronic glitches and downright bizarre behavior. Now he’s got an EcoBoost F150 and loves it. Consumer-grade hardware & software is a wonderf
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by allenrb 7y ago
E-bikes are a funny thing. Living in Seattle, they were everywhere. Having now moved to the flatlands of Chicago, I see more Ferraris than e-bikes. I’m a “conventional” cyclist but totally get the appeal of electricity in hilly terrain. Not
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by allenrb 7y ago
Sure hope I’m being downvoted for not being funny. Am afraid that in today’s world, some of you really think I’m anti-science. Scary!
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by allenrb 7y ago
Hey, I know a house cat when I see one. You’re not fooling anyone with your “science”!
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by allenrb 8y ago
0x42133742 is clearly someone having a bit of fun. 42 from Hitchhiker’s and then 1337 for “leet”, short for elite.
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by allenrb 8y ago
Binned & overclocked i9-9980XE’s are already available though. I’m honestly at a bit of a loss to understand Intel’s latest offering. But hey, it made us stop laughing about 10nm for a few minutes.
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by allenrb 8y ago
If you’re handy with electricity and don’t mind fracturing a few rules, European kettles work just fine on 240V 60Hz power. A British 13A plug in the kitchen is a nice conversation piece too. Note: because of the US “split phase” system, th
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by allenrb 8y ago
I've got an LG B470 flip phone. It's really quite a piece of crap but it does the minimum. I've got a family and a side business, so it's not really practical to go without (despite the temptation.) My fondest hope is th
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by allenrb 8y ago
Ditching my smartphone.
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by allenrb 9y ago
It's been about a month since I pulled the SIM from my iPhone, snipped it in half, sync'd the latest photos (mostly my daughter, or cats), ran a factory reset, and stuck it on a shelf. I bought an LG flip phone the next morning. S
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by allenrb 9y ago
Really hoping there's at least one Ariane 5 avionics engineer who reads HN...
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by allenrb 9y ago
I'm curious to hear from AMD about the L3 cache latency issue. The article shows L3 access just a few ns quicker than going to DRAM, even to the other CCX on the same die. That's ugly! This strikes me as either a bug or a benchmar