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hwitaon Measuring Gauss-Seidel loop-carried dependency and fixing it via loop unrolling

It looks like this analysis extends to the successive over-relaxation (SOR) method. Does it extend to the symmetric successive over-relaxation method?

hwitaon Apple M1 Max Geekbench Score

Then perhaps you may want to wait for Apple to release a desktop-class processor to make the comparison, perhaps early next year?

hwitaon Random Variable Algebra

I feel like more explanation is needed between steps 4 and 5 of the proof.

hwitaon Warrantless encryption is a first amendment issue

One important thing to keep in mind about users encrypting their own messages: those encrypted messages will be impossible to discern from random bits.

This means if I send the message "f734fca50971f301786eaf0ee0de900f" there is no way to tell if I'm breaking the law or not unless we also outlaw sending random bits.

hwitaon Why I give my students a ‘tragedy of the commons’ extra credit challenge

Sure, the course grades are not curved, but the students are definitely competing academically, especially those in the same class. There's class rank, honors status, merit scholarships, internships, job opportunities, etc., that are technically at stake. It makes sense to choose 6 every time.