meisanother

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by meisanother 4y ago
I feel like this should be the norm. Also, when we consider capacity to focus instead of just time spent at work, I think normal rate is 2 focus bouts of 1.5h each per day. You can get to 3 if you train, but not much more. (I got this from
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by meisanother 4y ago
From Data Parallel algorithms by Hillis and Steele conclusion: 'if the number of lines of code is fixed and the amount of data is allowed to grow arbitrarily, then the ratio of code to data will necessarily approach zero. The paralleli
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by meisanother 4y ago
Well, just got it. Thanks for the reference! A bit sad that 1974 papers are still behind a IEEE paywall... Edit: Just finished reading it. I have to say that the generalization of 3.2 got a bit over me, but otherwise it's pretty amazin
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by meisanother 4y ago
There's also something beautiful about seeing or creating a Kogge-Stone implementation on silicon. I know it was one of the first time I thought to myself: this is not just a straightforward pipeline, yet it all follows such a beautifu
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by meisanother 4y ago
I don't know how much we can relate to smaller business, but it does seem like the average life expectancy of a business is lesser than the expected work span. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1259275/avera
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by meisanother 4y ago
I feel like the "leaving them a profitable business" is quite hopeful. Chances are that the business will go under by the time you want to get out of it. Then giving the burden to your kids down the line seems even more risky. The
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by meisanother 4y ago
>>> As with everything nuclear, the real problem is that we stopped progressing in the early 1970s and are still using blown up submarine reactors. The real problem is not nuclear, but technology stagnation because of societal iss