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by hpcjoe 6y ago
Give the parents choice of schools so that they can adapt the education to correctly suit their child. Absolutely stop making educational decisions and policy based upon political choices. Just ... stop it. It is hurting all kids when th
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Exactly. Equal opportunities should exist. Equal outcomes won't likely exist, purely because of different abilities, different environments, etc. If you want to improve the outcomes of the lower performers, you have to address the en
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No, it really wasn't dis/mis information. You can't just label facts you don't like, that go against a narrative that you wish to be true, as disinformation. Twitter, Facebook, and many others do this. They specifica
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by hpcjoe 6y ago
I don't see how we can recover and heal until the truth is admitted to. Everyone knows it to be true, but they can't admit it. Time to come clean, or continue to inflame the situation.
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It was a power play. One (ideologically uniform, and quite likely coordinating) group asserting raw power over another. Because it could. And in doing so, making sure this was public and messy. As a warning to others.
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Now I must research what fzf is ... :D
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Until we confront this, without fabricating fever swamp fiction to frighten captive tribal masses, we are going to be stuck in this dystopia. Teetering on the edge of {fasc,Democratic|National social}ism who all seek to control the narrati
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by hpcjoe 6y ago
I agree it had a part in it, but its not the whole story. Its the citizens being unable to elect people not beholden to political parties, with party obligations. These obligations appear to be more important than their obligations to the
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by hpcjoe 6y ago
Glad that we aren't deplatforming social/media networks (modern day book burning). Oh. Wait.
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Worse than that, it is an attempt at intimidation. Given today's climate, it would not surprise me if it works. Look at it this way. The capital riot on 6-Jan was planned and discussed on Youtube, facebook, and twitter. Apparently,
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by hpcjoe 6y ago
I think the only way to handle this is to stand up for common sense, and call out those attempting to use 1984 as a playbook. To shine the disinfecting light of day upon things like this. To vote the idiots who push this crap, out. This c
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by hpcjoe 6y ago
I know I'll be downvoted for this, but fundamentally this definition[1] includes "and forcible suppression of opposition". In what way is this letter not the first step in this direction? I'm no fan of the previous pres
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TIL of OhMyREPL. And tried it. Its a keeper.
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Yeah, I used this example in classes I taught. Very awesome application of this technique.
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I used this "trick" in many contexts in grad school. Later on, I learned that my bible, Gradsteyn and Rhyzik, also used similar techniques for some of the integrals. I don't have the reference for this, it was verbally conv
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by hpcjoe 6y ago
If I, as a (non-practicing) scientist (physicist), look at the evidence for something in vogue (say climate change), and say I have trouble with some of the conclusions, then I am immediately and permanently labeled with the absolutely ridi
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by hpcjoe 6y ago
Please HN, feature request ... allow us to upvote comments by a thousand or so. This comment is one in particular which cuts to the heart of the matter.
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Oh dear, I may be a candidate for a gulag^H^H^H^H^Hre-education camp. As seems to be a narrative trending in some circles.
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by hpcjoe 6y ago
Precisely. This practice of attributing loaded labels such as this is intellectually dishonest, yet it happens with gusto in the US today. The end result is that there are kneejerk reactions in the media (social, mainstream) to apply this
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Minitrue, or reality czar. Same basic thing. Exclude (and cancel) those who disagree or do not conform. This is a very dangerous time in the US.
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by hpcjoe 6y ago
AMD has already done an ARM 8 core chip. Then abandoned it. ISA changes require a long term investment and building up an ecosystem. Which were out of scope for AMD at the time. I think the market has changed somewhat, and they don't
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by hpcjoe 6y ago
This. Precisely. All you need is for the definitions of various words to change over time. And then you find yourself on the wrong side of an (arbitrary) line. Then you get deplatformed. I'd say think carefully before you open that
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by hpcjoe 6y ago
Well, yes, I agree.
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by hpcjoe 6y ago
Arthur's new company, Shakti, has some of the benchmarks they've talked about[1][2]. [1] https://shakti.sh/ [2] https://shakti.sh/benchmark/about?eula=shakti.com/license
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Analog computers for the win.
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I've used ddd for debugging statically compiled code, C C++ and Fortran. It is quirky. Its weirder with MPI, as you get lots of debug windows. For dynamic languages, Perl Python and others, I use komodo from ActiveState. Been a cust
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I loved my HP calculators. I used them in college in the 80s, and grad school in the early 90s. Mostly HP15, 41, and 42. My last 42 is sitting in a drawer nearby, with a relatively fresh battery, and it works well. I recall writing &quot
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by hpcjoe 6y ago
Yes I did read the article. My post was commentary in support of its content, and opposed to the headline.
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We seem to hear the argument about the "end of physics" every so often, on multiple time scales. This argument usually arises in the context of high energy/particle physics. Unfortunately for those saying things like this p
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The software side of AMD has been (in preceding years) a disaster. I say that as someone interested in their products. Who would love to see a realistic competitor to CUDA. AMDs linux support has been somewhere between no-assed to half-as

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