drob518

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721.
by drob518 10mo ago
Okay, fair. It just seemed to me to have pretty limited utility.
722.
by drob518 10mo ago
Proving that everything is more complicated than you first think it is when you lift up a corner of the rug.
723.
by drob518 10mo ago
Some of these seem forced. For instance, does Chapernowne's number (number 7 on the list, 0.12345678910111213141516171819202122232425...) occur in nature, or was it just manufactured in a mathematical laboratory somewhere?
724.
by drob518 10mo ago
Agreed. And I’m not going to flip my TV’s mode every time I watch a new show. I need something that does a good job on average, where I can set it and forget it.
725.
by drob518 10mo ago
Worse. It’s like saying ART is a solved problem.
726.
by drob518 10mo ago
I have fully bought into Apple’s ecosystem. It’s a walled garden but it’s a pretty nice walled garden, and of all the big tech companies, they are better about privacy (not perfect, but better) than most. I avoid Google like the plague and
727.
by drob518 10mo ago
I know I self-censor a LOT.
728.
by drob518 10mo ago
FFS, yep. Sigh.
729.
by drob518 10mo ago
I’m always shocked at what the compiler is able to deduce wrt vectorization. When it works, it’s magical.
730.
by drob518 10mo ago
Well, sure, something has to win the silver and bronze.
731.
by drob518 10mo ago
“Gaussian splatting” wins the gold medal for coolest technology name.
732.
by drob518 10mo ago
Thanks for the reference.
733.
by drob518 10mo ago
I was just reading a paper about compiling SQL queries (actually about a fast compilation technique that allows for full compilation to machine code that is suitable for SQL and WASM): https://dl.acm.org/doi/pdf/10
734.
by drob518 10mo ago
If it was easier to interpret byte codes, nobody would use a tree-walk interpreter. There’s no performance reason to use a tree-walk interpreter. They all do it because it’s easy. You basically already have the expression in tree form, rega
735.
by drob518 10mo ago
Sure, it’s insulting. I get it. Agree 100%. But then what? Does getting upset about it help anything? I used to get upset when spam first started invading my otherwise clean inbox. After 25+ years of receiving spam, I never had that anger&#
736.
by drob518 10mo ago
I’m all for opposing things where such opposition has a chance of making a difference. I just don’t see that here.
737.
by drob518 10mo ago
Not defending the machines here, but why is this annoying beyond the deluge of spam we all get everyday in any case. Of course AI will be used to spam and target us. Every new technology will be used to do that. Was that surprising to Pike?
738.
by drob518 10mo ago
I actually do sign my emails with an em-dash like that.
739.
by drob518 10mo ago
From the article: > I was later surprised all the real world find implementations I examined use tree-walk interpreters instead. I’m not sure why this would be surprising. The find utility is totally dominated by disk IOPS. The interpret
740.
by drob518 10mo ago
Particularly if you have learned to pronounce Linus’s name correctly.
741.
by drob518 10mo ago
I’m in. Where do I sign?
742.
by drob518 10mo ago
Right. Microsoft could easily impose a transfer fee if over a certain amount that would allow “normal” OSS development of even popular software to happen without charge while imposing a cost to projects that try to use GitHub like a databas
743.
by drob518 10mo ago
Yep, indeed. Which is the main reason I don’t run Discord.
744.
by drob518 10mo ago
Apple products are all “Designed in Cupertino, California,” and manufactured in China, but it isn’t Chinese. I think what makes Volvo a Chinese company is that they are literally owned by the Chinese, though I think it’s smart for them to c
745.
by drob518 11mo ago
Ah, that explains it.
746.
by drob518 11mo ago
Not gonna lie. I was really hoping for advanced alien technology as the foundation for Inca building techniques.
747.
by drob518 11mo ago
Exactly. Just because something is possible doesn’t mean it’s probable. Everything is a risk. Everyone needs to prioritize against the set of risks that can be identified and figure out if they can be mitigated.
748.
by drob518 11mo ago
I tasted the model, but then I spit it right back out.
749.
by drob518 11mo ago
That takes me back in time. I designed the original EISA logic used in the 720, 730, and 750. Those were great machines back in the day, the fastest available when they launched.
750.
by drob518 11mo ago
If done deliberately…

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