nibles_and_bits

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by nibles_and_bits 8mo ago
Hello from a wildcat alumnus class 2006, never thought I would see a weber state link in HN top 20.
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by nibles_and_bits 1y ago
Really we don’t care. My point was speak for yourself, the history does not suggest you are correct. Evidence economists do care[1][2][3]. Economics was still a relatively newer niche discipline[4]. [1] https://developingeconom
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by nibles_and_bits 1y ago
No one in the economics profession cares. Another contradiction by a member of the economics profession. It seems to me they care very much. By linking the prize to Alfred Nobel’s name (and to the Nobel institutions), the Riksbank ensur
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by nibles_and_bits 1y ago
There is actual hardware available for posits. [1][2] [1] https://youtu.be/vzVlQhaAZtQ?si=DJRmwOoyYGdq6mUQ [2] https://calligotech.com/uttunga/
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by nibles_and_bits 3y ago
Intel Arc A770 16gb $349 had 40 TFLOP of FP16 which is close to 7900 xtx on the FLOPS/$ scale. Intel's software is much better (MKL, vtune, etc for GPU) and getting better.
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by nibles_and_bits 3y ago
If you want Alt+C and Alt+V to copy paste system wide use < https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/powertoys/keyboard... >
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by nibles_and_bits 3y ago
R -> dying, Perl -> dead, C++ -> also dying. Although C++'s existing size will make its death a long-drawn-out process.
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by nibles_and_bits 4y ago
Not a podcast but an episode of a podcast called Adversarial Learning Episode 10: Stories of Degradation and Humiliation. https://adversariallearning.com/episode-10-stories-of-degrad... I wish there was a podcast like this
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by nibles_and_bits 5y ago
Presumably, the children need to be kept in some sort of detention center. We are talking about Australia a former penal colony after all. /s
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by nibles_and_bits 5y ago
The proposed semiconductor fabs seem legitimately crazy. It's a desert state with 87% of the desert in extreme drought. The state is already planning on needing "mitigation" water. Don't fabs need water? I recall readin
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by nibles_and_bits 5y ago
Why did you buy a lot zoned ag when you clearly wanted one zoned residential? A little due diligence before purchasing the lot and you would either know what you in for and still buy or decide it's too much of a hassle and walk.
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by nibles_and_bits 5y ago
Hanging brain. No longer a joke, now an accurate description.
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by nibles_and_bits 6y ago
The greater our knowledge increases, the greater our ignorance unfolds.
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by nibles_and_bits 6y ago
Julia is really nice the only problems are 1) its focus is it being used from the REPL. While you can use a .jl script from the cli it feels wrong because of 2) its lack of a good AOT compilation/runtime/static binary option. Its
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by nibles_and_bits 6y ago
Do you have any insight into the validity of the Nasopharyngeal covid19 PCR test? I suspect I got a false negative. Get to have a "conversation" with HR tomorrow since I am essential.