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SmoothBrain12

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SmoothBrain12··on Reptar
Yes, but they won't clock as fast because they'll be waiting for RAM.
SmoothBrain12··on Ex-Kotaku staff go independent and launch Aftermath
What a time to be alive
SmoothBrain12··on Building a high performance JSON parser
Exactly, it's not too hard to implement in C. The one I made never copied data, instead saved the pointer/length to the data. The user only had to Memory Map the file (or equivalent), pass that data into the parse. Only memory allocation was for the Jason nodes.

This way they only paid the parsing tax (decoding doubles, etc..) if the user used that data.

You hit the nail on the head

SmoothBrain12··on The real engine behind "AI" is the bad tech economy
Your thoughts are valid. AI.com is the Pets.com of this generation
SmoothBrain12··on No limit to maximal lifespan in humans: how to beat a 122-year-old record (2022)
Thank you
SmoothBrain12··on Is this fraud? And if so, to what extent am I responsible?
Exactly, they cannot get paid from a bankrupt company. Some kind of payment schedule would be arranged
SmoothBrain12··on Cache line alignment in C++ – How it makes your program faster
Exactly. I find splitting your struct into 2 structs based on memory access patterns(1 used all the time and the other for data) is a huge win.
SmoothBrain12··on On Robots Killing People
Good
SmoothBrain12··on Scientists create novel approach to control energy waves in 4D
Guy discovers wave guide, mistakes it for 4th dimension.
SmoothBrain12··on Speed Up C++ Compilation
^^^ This programmer gets it
SmoothBrain12··on Speed Up C++ Compilation
It's possible to thread the compilation at the function level. Example: Jai.
SmoothBrain12··on Judges, not politicians, could dictate America’s AI rules
Ghost guns meet ghost AI
SmoothBrain12··on Problems of C, and how Zig addresses them
Meh. In your article, you could always mark the function f() as pure or const and get the hoist
SmoothBrain12··on A misleading open letter about sci-fi AI dangers ignores the real risks
<Click here if you're over 18>
SmoothBrain12··on Tesla Terminated Dozens in Response to New Union Campaign, Complaint Alleges
Some people want to change the world. Others want to go slow and want a life.

Why not leave those who want to go faster and change the world alone? There are other companies.

SmoothBrain12··on MIT faculty adopts “Statement on Freedom of Expression and Academic Freedom”
Ron Paul
SmoothBrain12··on Building the world’s fastest website analytics (2021)
At some point, isn't it better to build your own database? And choose the trade offs that fit your project. Or pay/hire someone to do it.