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by std_throwaway 7y ago
Official video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0m7bHdcq87o Translated lyrics: https://lyricstranslate.com/en/mutter-der-mann-mit-dem-koks-... Important to know: * Koks: Coke as in coal but also Cocain
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by std_throwaway 7y ago
Both, they benefit from the regime but don't want their children to grow up under the circumstances they helped to create.
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by std_throwaway 7y ago
> it manages the system It manages the system in a way that not everybody needs or even likes. To the people who hate it, it solves problems that other people have but brings new problems that they now have. It's not so much about i
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by std_throwaway 7y ago
> I think Apple knows this perfectly. They research the market very well and optimize for maximum profit. Some people will feel left in the rain and some will think they made a steal. This is of no big concern for apple. Their overall pr
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by std_throwaway 7y ago
An even more stealth method is to make the system work perfectly if everything is running fine. Like correctly reporting net frequency in the range 49-51 Hz but reporting false values when outside of that range. That way there will be no de
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by std_throwaway 7y ago
C++ is perfectly able to interface and interact with C libraries. Also it doesn't necessarily produce larger or slower binaries. Virtually everything is optional. The only hard part about C++ is to identify the good parts (those that a
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by std_throwaway 7y ago
The golden ratio is the most irrational number: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CaasbfdJdJg This is why it creates some distinctive patterns when applied to circular/spiral shapes.
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by std_throwaway 7y ago
From experience I can tell you that the solution often is very very complex in the beginning. So complex even the researcher doesn't understand it. Publication comes when the solution can be expressed in a way that at least a handful o
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by std_throwaway 7y ago
Wouldn't modern C++ be better suited than Rust because it's closer to C? I know that old C++ got some bad reputation in the past but I think it's time to reconsider that with the changes that started with C++11. The only area
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by std_throwaway 7y ago
Copying is fast if the access pattern is a good fit for the CPU architecture. If you need to copy only every N-th byte from a AoS it might be as inefficient as random access. So, copying could be expensive. The article suggests striping you
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by std_throwaway 7y ago
SolarCity is now part of Tesla.
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by std_throwaway 7y ago
Cache locality is kind of the whole point of it. Some algorithms benefit hugely if you choose a specific layout. Other algorithms do some kind of random access to a few fields only and they don't benefit at all. Those algorithms can ma
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by std_throwaway 7y ago
FTA: "Another thing I might consider is to keep the data stored at AoS, but generate temporary SoA data for processing by some algorithm."
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by std_throwaway 7y ago
Both strategies work to some extent. Some topics need a large investment to show anything at all. Some topics show immediate results (good or bad). Should we, for example, stop all activities in fusion research because so far nobody has sho
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by std_throwaway 7y ago
Most scientists work on topics that are quite niche. Most of those topics lead to nothing. A lot of good research took years to ripen enough to be of actual value. A lot of popular topics started out in a niche. Most of mathematics took doz
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by std_throwaway 7y ago
I assume that we want to access these arrays as "array of structs" for most functions but as "structure of arrays" for some calculation intensive functions. The article suggests storing it as array of structs and to make
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by std_throwaway 7y ago
You need a source of trust in these systems. Journals used to have that role. They had high standards that were upheld by editors selecting only worthy publications. Today it seems that many journals aren't as trustworthy as they seeme
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by std_throwaway 7y ago
If you work in a very narrow field of science you're basically on your own and have to cite yourself because there's nobody else to cite.
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by std_throwaway 7y ago
AFAIK those benchmarks weren't specifically optimized for that processor architecture. Most programs are optimized with x86 systems in mind. The results for your specific application might come out differently.
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by std_throwaway 7y ago
With regards to your dog, you should look into chaotic systems and the butterfly effect. Chaos here doesn't mean that anything is possible or that each outcome is equally likely. It refers to that the outcome changes greatly for even m
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by std_throwaway 7y ago
Mastery is when you not only know the rules but also know which rules you can ignore in your particular situation.
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by std_throwaway 7y ago
The emotions of your dog are not laws of nature. The "true market" is like "no true Scotsman" or "a closed system" or "a spherical cow on a frictionless plane". It assumes something that doesn't
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by std_throwaway 7y ago
Sure, there is randomness but in normal cases you can apply statistics to describe it reasonably well. The results are not 100% sure but 99% or 99.99999% or whatever you need. It's not that the laws of gravity stop working entirely ove
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by std_throwaway 7y ago
Take a working idea, find out why it's working, find out how to make it better, try it out. It doesn't make sense to only copy a working idea without understanding why it's working because your copy will be slightly worse. Wh
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by std_throwaway 7y ago
It's hard to test theories when the underlying system constantly changes like it does in economics. Something that works today might not work tomorrow. A theory that looks sound when applied to yesteryears data might stop working befor
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by std_throwaway 7y ago
Is there a second independent manufacturer for Power processors?
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by std_throwaway 7y ago
Over copper it's easier to provide asymetric connections because the provider can better manage interference between different cables. When there's no interference problem it's only a question of allocating the bandwidth. Ide
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by std_throwaway 7y ago
Could you get a dedicated fiber connection for your business? Those things cost a bit more.
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by std_throwaway 7y ago
> Everything has been designated to the cloud. Because that's where the money and power lies.
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by std_throwaway 7y ago
You are a minority 1% user who doesn't really show up in the statistics. Most likely your upload is classified as file sharing and you are probably seen as abusing your connection. There is a reason why uploads are so limited for consu

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