The computing industry is seeing a dramatic shift towards single-package parallelism. Yet again, the x86 architecture largely holds back the CPU from becoming more all-purpose and doing GPU and PPU activities. There are actual engineering reasons you can't have a truly general-purpose ASIC (you can with an FPGA, but that would be too slow for the purpose). The GPU and PPU is where the interesting stuff is. They can actually write new macroarchitecture! They can design on-chip parallelism with far greater complexity without the need for a backwards-compatible architecture.
The exciting aspect to this acquisition is the stronger fusion of two companies that have the ability to harness processing power without historical limitations. ATI/AMD really didn't have this, with AMD stuck with x86. Something like Cell is interesting in this space. However, it lacks flexibility in matching up the main core with the secondary cores. Why bring in PowerPC, for that matter?
This will lead to great things. It is fun again to follow computer architecture.
Aren't there humans doing CAPTCHA? What is the cost there? I think slashdotters focus more on technology, but putting up a cheap and workable system to get humans anywhere to do this is also important.
Maybe a script wrote it by detecting some words in the description. Then, however, some bot would have to mod it up. It is this step that makes me wonder. It appears that there is conscious human activity here. Is facetiousness a part of being a geek? Is it possible to really think about these things? Perhaps:
If we need any sort of standard, it should be the simplest of all--public domain. Maybe an XML attribute or watermark. Certain dated materials can be automatically assigned as well.
Really will lose Karma here (but probably to off-topic). I know nerds can feel helpless--abandoned by chicks and politicians. I just want to whatever I can. That means not using software by Donald Knuth, Larry Wall, Matz (Ruby), or other religious programmers. I got word that Python's creator, Guido, is an atheist. So--being that they are similar, I just cannot choose one that is made by a religious person. Do what you can. If you have to use it for work--fine. If you have a choice--choose the atheist. Choose the one who thinks freely.
Even if they aren't working in technology, they help by purchasing the latest technology. Especially as we get into transhumanism, the religious will be less important to the technology economy.
Talk to teenagers you know. I once did a presentation for a class about programming that was sponsored by my employer, Intel. Spread the word. Pessimists will be doing the same thing--you have to counteract them.
When did we all conspire to repeat the meme that the engineering job market sucks? It goes beyond the usual issue--outsourcing(linked almost every time to India). There's the annoyance with people who haven't been putting together and programming computers since age 5. There's the frightening realization in the programming world that anyone can learn it anywhere. You don't grow your industry by discouraging newcomers. People who work with computers will expand the market. As we get more people into atheism and computing, the demand for those same people grows. Check out monster.com's tech board. Pessimists abounds there.
Make all interfaces use explicit typing (no plain "int"s around, everything clearly signed or unsigned--better yet, use uint32_t and the like from stdint.h). Use one width if possible--whatever your CPU prefers (usually a uint32 or uint64). Learn it by refactoring it. Delete code whenever possible. Kill "#if 0"'s laying around.
I am a transhumanist--behind it all the way. Stories like this trivialize the serious nature of transhumanism. It's not about implanting a bike or something. It's about the relief of suffering, and the unlocking of our true abilities. Read Kurzweil's latest books. Go to Transworld or the Singularity Summit. Betterhumans.com is growing in quality. Sentientdevelopments.blogspot.com feature George Dvorsky, an experienced thinker and speaker. The wise atheists among us don't need to be told the obvious--that our disabled are quickly become our first transhumans. The real developments await.
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The computing industry is seeing a dramatic shift towards single-package parallelism. Yet again, the x86 architecture largely holds back the CPU from becoming more all-purpose and doing GPU and PPU activities. There are actual engineering reasons you can't have a truly general-purpose ASIC (you can with an FPGA, but that would be too slow for the purpose). The GPU and PPU is where the interesting stuff is. They can actually write new macroarchitecture! They can design on-chip parallelism with far greater complexity without the need for a backwards-compatible architecture.
The exciting aspect to this acquisition is the stronger fusion of two companies that have the ability to harness processing power without historical limitations. ATI/AMD really didn't have this, with AMD stuck with x86. Something like Cell is interesting in this space. However, it lacks flexibility in matching up the main core with the secondary cores. Why bring in PowerPC, for that matter?
This will lead to great things. It is fun again to follow computer architecture.
Popular: McCain by 8 pts over Romney, 30 pts over Huck. Paul around 5% and some confused people for Giuliani and Thompson.
Delegates: Winner take all, so landslide by McCain. Romney does well in certain states. Romney drops out. Paul continues the crusade.
Popular votes: Obama by 5 points over Hillary over all states. Edwards gets a percent or two.
Delegate count: Obama gets around 62% of the delegates.
Just predictions.
Obama
Call it "Cobra" or something. Too many kludges will confuse people. A new name and file extension will emphasize that this is "in with the new".
Pats: 21. Giants: 17.
Aren't there humans doing CAPTCHA? What is the cost there? I think slashdotters focus more on technology, but putting up a cheap and workable system to get humans anywhere to do this is also important.
Republicans!
Romney wins by 5 points over McCain. Rudy a distant third. Huckabee right behind him.
Democrats!
Clinton wins by 10 points. Edwards a very distant third.
There may still be a need for war. The power can only enforce certain rules.
Maybe a script wrote it by detecting some words in the description. Then, however, some bot would have to mod it up. It is this step that makes me wonder. It appears that there is conscious human activity here. Is facetiousness a part of being a geek? Is it possible to really think about these things? Perhaps:
"I will accept these robots as overlords."
If we need any sort of standard, it should be the simplest of all--public domain. Maybe an XML attribute or watermark. Certain dated materials can be automatically assigned as well.
That's key. Look--95% of Mormons voted for Romney. If they can find it so important--why the hell can't we atheists? Grow backbones, geeks.
Really will lose Karma here (but probably to off-topic). I know nerds can feel helpless--abandoned by chicks and politicians. I just want to whatever I can. That means not using software by Donald Knuth, Larry Wall, Matz (Ruby), or other religious programmers. I got word that Python's creator, Guido, is an atheist. So--being that they are similar, I just cannot choose one that is made by a religious person. Do what you can. If you have to use it for work--fine. If you have a choice--choose the atheist. Choose the one who thinks freely.
Close enough, though.
Biggest I can think of. Also, any "on call" job will have down-time.
Thanks for the upbeat attitude. The real "space race" style program is clearly transhumanism. People have some hang-ups over this, though.
That's more accurate.
Thus, you are not worth talking to. Your readings are likewise not worth anything. Bye.
Even if they aren't working in technology, they help by purchasing the latest technology. Especially as we get into transhumanism, the religious will be less important to the technology economy.
I don't grok.
Transvision. Seems I need to have implanted flash memory.
Talk to teenagers you know. I once did a presentation for a class about programming that was sponsored by my employer, Intel. Spread the word. Pessimists will be doing the same thing--you have to counteract them.
When did we all conspire to repeat the meme that the engineering job market sucks? It goes beyond the usual issue--outsourcing(linked almost every time to India). There's the annoyance with people who haven't been putting together and programming computers since age 5. There's the frightening realization in the programming world that anyone can learn it anywhere. You don't grow your industry by discouraging newcomers. People who work with computers will expand the market. As we get more people into atheism and computing, the demand for those same people grows. Check out monster.com's tech board. Pessimists abounds there.
Make all interfaces use explicit typing (no plain "int"s around, everything clearly signed or unsigned--better yet, use uint32_t and the like from stdint.h). Use one width if possible--whatever your CPU prefers (usually a uint32 or uint64). Learn it by refactoring it. Delete code whenever possible. Kill "#if 0"'s laying around.
I am a transhumanist--behind it all the way. Stories like this trivialize the serious nature of transhumanism. It's not about implanting a bike or something. It's about the relief of suffering, and the unlocking of our true abilities. Read Kurzweil's latest books. Go to Transworld or the Singularity Summit. Betterhumans.com is growing in quality. Sentientdevelopments.blogspot.com feature George Dvorsky, an experienced thinker and speaker. The wise atheists among us don't need to be told the obvious--that our disabled are quickly become our first transhumans. The real developments await.