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Supercomputing's big problem: What's after silicon?(computerworld.com)
2 points by robabbott 13y ago|0 comments
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Ender’s Game is Already a Reality for the U.S. Military(spectrum.ieee.org)
36 points by robabbott 13y ago|42 comments
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Nanoparticle Both Kills Cancer Cells and Helps Image the Killing Process(spectrum.ieee.org)
3 points by robabbott 13y ago|0 comments
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by robabbott 13y ago
My dad is 74. I rebuilt his laptop last year and replaced Windows XP with Unbuntu. He loves it and has had no issues with it.
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by robabbott 13y ago
First-world problem...
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by robabbott 13y ago
Todd - Would love to help you out. I will send you my email.
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by robabbott 13y ago
Yes. http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/articleDetails.jsp?arnumber=5...
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by robabbott 13y ago
Ok, bacon, sausage, and egg omelette it is for dinner, then!
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by robabbott 13y ago
Only good reason I can think of is where multiple shots are required to weaken / overcome some kind of hardened defense. Of course, these things will be firing some kind of armor piercing / explosive / incendiary round, so t
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by robabbott 13y ago
Now you're just making me jealous... ;)
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by robabbott 13y ago
It actually is, since a machine is more likely to keep an automatic weapon on-target than a human being is, just because of the shear strength required. If a machine is firing at me from over 600 yards away with a large-bore rifle, there&#
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by robabbott 13y ago
This article came out last month: http://www.washington.edu/news/2013/09/17/emotional-attachme... I wonder how this will affect robot operators when their "avatar" comes under threat..?
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A plan to turn every lightbulb into an ultra-fast alternative to Wi-Fi(qz.com)
4 points by robabbott 13y ago|0 comments
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by robabbott 13y ago
Do you think that there will be a computer in the near future that optimizes frequent workloads onto FPGA circuitry? Kind of like the storage optimization that occurs in certain SAN hardware now? This would require an OS component capable
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by robabbott 13y ago
In addition to GPU, Cray has recently added the Intel Phi coprocessor to its XC30 Cascade supercomputers ( http://investors.cray.com/phoenix.zhtml?c=98390&p=irol-newsA... ). I think that this supports the argument that c
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Robots With Automatic Rifles Could Be on the Battlefield in 5 Years(wired.com)
20 points by robabbott 13y ago|49 comments
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by robabbott 13y ago
I haven't seen any releases yet. One article says he plans to open source it within the next year.
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by robabbott 13y ago
I agree. It only makes sense for certain types of workloads and for systems that are constantly in use (like supercomputers). This has been borne out through the movement of Bitcoin miner rigs from GPUs to FPGAs to ASICs. The power consu
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MongoDB vs. Cassandra - What's your choice?
3 points by robabbott 13y ago|2 comments
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Carnegie Mellon Joins With IBM to Advance Watson-like Systems(cs.cmu.edu)
2 points by robabbott 13y ago|0 comments
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Carnegie Mellon-Disney Motion Tracking: Extremely Precise, Minimal Lag(cs.cmu.edu)
1 points by robabbott 13y ago|0 comments
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DDoS Attack Used 'Headless' Browsers In 150-Hour Siege(m.darkreading.com)
1 points by robabbott 13y ago|0 comments
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Intel's Silvermont Microarchitecture(drdobbs.com)
1 points by robabbott 13y ago|0 comments
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HBase Apps And The 20 Millisecond Factor(drdobbs.com)
2 points by robabbott 13y ago|0 comments
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Graphics Chips Help Process Big Data Sets in Milliseconds(technologyreview.com)
41 points by robabbott 13y ago|44 comments
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You Don’t Have to Be in Silicon Valley to Build the Next Great Internet Company(blogs.hbr.org)
2 points by robabbott 13y ago|0 comments
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Review: Composition Tools Fargo, Medium, Editorially, Marquee, and More(technologyreview.com)
4 points by robabbott 13y ago|1 comments
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by robabbott 13y ago
As a counterpoint to this article, there are the dozens of recruiters that have examined my resume with my extensive embedded systems and database experience and have used their analytical skill to determine that I am a perfect fit for a ma
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by robabbott 13y ago
Depending upon the individual, I agree with the sentiment behind this article. Even if you go to work for a company - and I currently work for a huge company - it is not a requirement to have a bachelor's degree to get a very good-p
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by robabbott 13y ago
The title of this article doesn't seem to match it's content. This feels like a rant by a game designer about games developed by non-game designers.

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