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by redshirt 9y ago
Seems like Germany had this one figured out. One non-recyclable thing found in your building’s garbage and you’re all in trouble. The US is way too lax on enforcing good practices. We waste too much, and when we do feel good recycling drive
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by redshirt 9y ago
> you've likely had positive experiences with research as an undergraduate. This guy is really really out of touch with reality. People that go get PhD’s are driven. I know many that had entirely shit experiences with undergrad rese
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by redshirt 9y ago
Actually, just ordered one. https://www.avantek.co.uk/store/avantek-32-core-cavium-thund... They’re pretty easy to find these days. Soft iron has a desktop box too.
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THESE SHAPESHIFTING METALS COULD BE THE FUTURE OF FLIGHT(wired.com)
5 points by redshirt 9y ago|0 comments
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PC vendors scramble as Intel announces vulnerability(arstechnica.com)
2 points by redshirt 9y ago|0 comments
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by redshirt 9y ago
We don’t really care about ML. If just so happens ML and AI are easy compared to what HPC normally deals with. ML is just statistics and learning functions which is in turn really dominated by the linear algebra. It’s hard to hear that when
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by redshirt 9y ago
Architecture license means you can use the ISA (provided by Arm). Micro arch means you can license the core implementations form Arm. Apple is an ISA license, meaning they have full control of the micro arch as long as it passes verificatio
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by redshirt 9y ago
They don’t have full control. Apple can’t add instructions, only Arm can. If they want something new they have to go back to Arm, sure hey probably have lots of pull, but that’s the way it is. And one reason ppl like RiscV.
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by redshirt 9y ago
Sort of. That kind of died given lack of funding. Others have invested far more: Fujitsu, Qualcomm, Cavium, Cray, HPE,etc.
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by redshirt 9y ago
It’s already happened. Just wait till Fujitsu has their post-K chip out.
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by redshirt 9y ago
Really? Only Apple?? What about Qualcomm or Cavium? Arm cores are now in the premier systems offered by Cray and HPE. See here for comparison to Skylake for Crays system: https://twitter.com/simonmcs/status/9304251