The TopGear guys were really fearing for their lives.
I think one car had painted on it: "Hillary for President" while another had something along the lines of "Man Love is the only love". Didn't go down well with the locals.
Two days ago, there was a mothers' group here demanding that local councils put up signage in all parks warning of the native birds. A 6 mth old child was pecked once by a pee-wee and had to be rushed to hospital to get a bandage.
No one really cares and people want their moment of campaign but really don't give a shit about anything. The belief is that the Internet is like the wildwest and any sort of policing is good.
They don't realise the background profiling, indexing/classification, manipulation that will be the rest of our lives.
We eat crops that are not in season and produce ones that are not sustainable for our regions. We have little water here so we are draining our rivers to grow tomatoes and other high water use veg that is producing a return on investment slightly 'higher' than ones that'd be suitable.
Our underground water supplies have had a steady increase in salinity and the recharge is diminishing. Nature needs to be revalued to counter the decades of devaluation.
You still use a shit load of water. Australia has almost come off a 10 year drought (note, parts are still continuing - big parts).
In our city (> 1 million), our water allocation was 140 litres per person, per day. Since our dams are back to almost full, the restrictions have been lifted to 170 litres. The government is considering leaving the restrictions in place permanently. My wife and I have averaged 220 litres per day for the last 2 years.
Thats 58 gallons for two people compared to your 200. I bet our usage is still huge compared to others around the world.
You're still missing the point. You said [Insert Random Benchmark Test Here] found AMD was better than Intel Xeons.
When I have a single scientific program that runs absolute(a) 1x10^15 times (as well as thousands of other operations), I need to make sure that operation is done in the best possible way for the cpu's I have available.
eg fabs(a) - the gnu math.h call is always resolved to a library call by the intel compiler - it assumes you want that particular implementation.
if (a 0)
a *= -1.0f The compiler detected this as an absolute operation that does not use the math.h call and hence uses the hardware instruction instead. Because the X5500 has 256bit wide registers and provided my arrays are such that each next item in the array is *exactly* one unit stride from the next in L2 cache, I can pack the register and perform 8 absolute operations per cycle, per core. This is at least 64 times more throughput than the math.h call. I then move onto the next operation that can be 'fixed'.
max, min, sin,cos, log, other exponentiation, and hundreds of others are the same. Hence the micro benchmarks. Generating the assembly, flipping through the cpu engineering specification and making sure that the minimum number and appropriate instructions are being used. You then start putting them together to solve the big nonlinear problems.
That is how you write extremely efficient code.
If your beloved benchmark doesn't provide or advertise a vectorization report then they suck at benchmarking. They are not taking advantage of the architectures of the cpus. The same old shitty code only takes advantage of the architectures the programmer knew how to write for at the time. You absolutely must change the code to do correct benchmarking.
You're a fucking idiot and have no idea about high performance computing. Stick to your corner computer shop job you monkey.
Other compilers have no idea about the new instructions fucktard. What is there to benchmark when only one can do it. Get an education and stop peddling shit.
Yes, their compiler is great.. as long as you trick it into not crippling performance on non-Intels.
Well you could use the compiler that AMD puts out. I'm sure they have one that is specific to their architectures.
Its fucking Passmark.
Doesn't mean anything unless you can pop the hood and examine the code. To get the most out of recent chips, the coding style/methodologies have changed substantially. There are whole things you just shouldn't do now. You code to the compiler.
I generally write micro-benchmarks to test even simple things (std::max, if greater than do this otherwise do that, etc) and the difference in the number and what instructions are used varies a lot. Then I put them together. So, no, I'm not new to the benchmarking 'scene'.
I have a feeling I'll regret responding to a troll.
As somebody whose sole job is to squeeze maximum floating point performance out of Intel chips, I can tell you those benchmarks are absolute crap.
How was the code for the benchmark written? Did it use the compiler that intel puts out? Does it use ippxMalloc to create the datastructures for the number crunching? If the answer to any of the last two questions is no, then you are not getting even slightly close to the full throughput of the chips.
I think what most people don't understand is that the teachers know exactly what is going on. Who the shits are. They are just powerless to do something about it.
Some earlier comments have stated that it is unfair that standing up to a bully results in disciplinary action but I think not. The actions taken by teachers help to advertise what happened and that the rules apply to everyone. No picking and choosing when rules do and do not apply.
The disciplinary action can almost act as a reward in that it helps spread the word that said bully is actually a pretty weak individual.
Macs are generally owned by people better off financially
Not sure I agree with that statement. I see a lot of students sporting macs. These students live at home, don't have jobs (well, not one that is required to pay for a roof, food, utilities, etc) and still have their iphones and macs. Financial irresponsibility comes to mind as well.
I know a few that have fulltime jobs, and get the latest revision of macs (at least one every two years) but still live at home because "the baby boomer generation has priced them out of the housing market" and they need to "save money" to buy a house. Note: I don't live in the US.
What we really need is a rewarding mechanism that reports when experiments fail. When the question that was asked was not answered, either by the methods failing or the options being exhausted.
At least that way dodgy research can still participate in the pursuit of understanding. Be interesting to data mine as well.
I've travelled to korea a few times and I love going to a pub (every second shop) and watching the starcraft channel. And the cheap beer. And the cheap, excellent food. And just general good times to be had by all.
Fascinating to watch competitive gaming. Mesmerising.
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I see you paid attention at school when learning about Australian politics.
And which one rocked your world?
That's an easy one ... he's a billionaire. They do what they like.
Here in Australia, we are having a similar sort of issue with the Iron Ore billionaires. Similar dismissive attitude being exhibited.
The TopGear guys were really fearing for their lives.
I think one car had painted on it: "Hillary for President" while another had something along the lines of "Man Love is the only love". Didn't go down well with the locals.
Two days ago, there was a mothers' group here demanding that local councils put up signage in all parks warning of the native birds. A 6 mth old child was pecked once by a pee-wee and had to be rushed to hospital to get a bandage.
No one really cares and people want their moment of campaign but really don't give a shit about anything. The belief is that the Internet is like the wildwest and any sort of policing is good.
They don't realise the background profiling, indexing/classification, manipulation that will be the rest of our lives.
And with any luck, salty tears.
I couldn't find the empathy mod ... so ...
[pats on back]
It even had little lego men and women working.
Is this the downside of the globalisation thing?
We eat crops that are not in season and produce ones that are not sustainable for our regions. We have little water here so we are draining our rivers to grow tomatoes and other high water use veg that is producing a return on investment slightly 'higher' than ones that'd be suitable.
Our underground water supplies have had a steady increase in salinity and the recharge is diminishing. Nature needs to be revalued to counter the decades of devaluation.
You still use a shit load of water. Australia has almost come off a 10 year drought (note, parts are still continuing - big parts).
In our city (> 1 million), our water allocation was 140 litres per person, per day. Since our dams are back to almost full, the restrictions have been lifted to 170 litres. The government is considering leaving the restrictions in place permanently. My wife and I have averaged 220 litres per day for the last 2 years.
Thats 58 gallons for two people compared to your 200. I bet our usage is still huge compared to others around the world.
You're still missing the point. You said [Insert Random Benchmark Test Here] found AMD was better than Intel Xeons.
When I have a single scientific program that runs absolute(a) 1x10^15 times (as well as thousands of other operations), I need to make sure that operation is done in the best possible way for the cpu's I have available.
eg
fabs(a) - the gnu math.h call is always resolved to a library call by the intel compiler - it assumes you want that particular implementation.
if (a 0)
a *= -1.0f
The compiler detected this as an absolute operation that does not use the math.h call and hence uses the hardware instruction instead. Because the X5500 has 256bit wide registers and provided my arrays are such that each next item in the array is *exactly* one unit stride from the next in L2 cache, I can pack the register and perform 8 absolute operations per cycle, per core. This is at least 64 times more throughput than the math.h call. I then move onto the next operation that can be 'fixed'.
max, min, sin,cos, log, other exponentiation, and hundreds of others are the same. Hence the micro benchmarks. Generating the assembly, flipping through the cpu engineering specification and making sure that the minimum number and appropriate instructions are being used. You then start putting them together to solve the big nonlinear problems.
That is how you write extremely efficient code.
If your beloved benchmark doesn't provide or advertise a vectorization report then they suck at benchmarking. They are not taking advantage of the architectures of the cpus. The same old shitty code only takes advantage of the architectures the programmer knew how to write for at the time. You absolutely must change the code to do correct benchmarking.
You're a fucking idiot and have no idea about high performance computing. Stick to your corner computer shop job you monkey.
Other compilers have no idea about the new instructions fucktard. What is there to benchmark when only one can do it. Get an education and stop peddling shit.
Hello troll.
Yes, their compiler is great.. as long as you trick it into not crippling performance on non-Intels.
Well you could use the compiler that AMD puts out. I'm sure they have one that is specific to their architectures.
Its fucking Passmark.
Doesn't mean anything unless you can pop the hood and examine the code. To get the most out of recent chips, the coding style/methodologies have changed substantially. There are whole things you just shouldn't do now. You code to the compiler.
I generally write micro-benchmarks to test even simple things (std::max, if greater than do this otherwise do that, etc) and the difference in the number and what instructions are used varies a lot. Then I put them together. So, no, I'm not new to the benchmarking 'scene'.
I have a feeling I'll regret responding to a troll.
As somebody whose sole job is to squeeze maximum floating point performance out of Intel chips, I can tell you those benchmarks are absolute crap.
How was the code for the benchmark written? Did it use the compiler that intel puts out? Does it use ippxMalloc to create the datastructures for the number crunching? If the answer to any of the last two questions is no, then you are not getting even slightly close to the full throughput of the chips.
I think what most people don't understand is that the teachers know exactly what is going on. Who the shits are. They are just powerless to do something about it.
Some earlier comments have stated that it is unfair that standing up to a bully results in disciplinary action but I think not. The actions taken by teachers help to advertise what happened and that the rules apply to everyone. No picking and choosing when rules do and do not apply.
The disciplinary action can almost act as a reward in that it helps spread the word that said bully is actually a pretty weak individual.
Good job on the good parenting.
Ahh, if you have linux and use that window with the text you must be worth investigating. That'll be fun.
Better tell people to wait a few more hours after arrival to pick me up.
Very similar.
Couple with good eating and exercise habits and I'm asleep within five minutes after turning out the light without fail.
"Professor, how many atmospheres can the ship take?"
"Well it's a spaceship. So anywhere between 0 and 1."
Macs are generally owned by people better off financially
Not sure I agree with that statement. I see a lot of students sporting macs. These students live at home, don't have jobs (well, not one that is required to pay for a roof, food, utilities, etc) and still have their iphones and macs. Financial irresponsibility comes to mind as well.
I know a few that have fulltime jobs, and get the latest revision of macs (at least one every two years) but still live at home because "the baby boomer generation has priced them out of the housing market" and they need to "save money" to buy a house. Note: I don't live in the US.
Wouldn't "The writing's on the door" be more appropriate?
What bothers me is why a 3D camera? That gimmick will be gone soon ... particularly if active stereo hangs around. And what really is the value add?
Why not go with LiDAR? Datasets will be smaller and far more accurate with lots of additional data dimensions. Point clouds are fabulous to work with.
The red cross does not accept blood donations from anybody that has spent more than 72 hours in jail (this is in Australia).
Yeah, three months and you are probably scared for life.
You know, it's funny. I've not actually met anybody with a Bluray player. How many years has it been?
I'd say Sony has lost as well.
What we really need is a rewarding mechanism that reports when experiments fail. When the question that was asked was not answered, either by the methods failing or the options being exhausted.
At least that way dodgy research can still participate in the pursuit of understanding. Be interesting to data mine as well.
I've travelled to korea a few times and I love going to a pub (every second shop) and watching the starcraft channel. And the cheap beer. And the cheap, excellent food. And just general good times to be had by all.
Fascinating to watch competitive gaming. Mesmerising.
When players were paid six figure salaries to do endorsements and became national idols. I guess that encouraged things to go big time.