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jsdavoon Ubuntu 24.10 to Default to Wayland for Nvidia Users

Wayland breaks the GlobalProtect™ VPN client. Quite annoying.

jsdavoon The Long-Term Stock Exchange Opens for Business

Wait, I thought Bezos was a quant, not an investment banker?

jsdavoon Hash Array Mapped Tries (HAMT) to the Rescue

> they are likely not faster

If they are cache friendly then they can be very fast. The papers by Phil Bagwell (may he rest in peace) are very rich. Lots of implementation detail. Check them out!

jsdavoon Coronavirus Genome Xkcd #2298

I wonder how much truth there is in this cartoon. Can anybody point me to actual state-of-the-art software for genetic research?

jsdavoon More fun with NumPy, CuPy, Clojure and GPU acceleration. Hold my Cider 2

> I don't have grants that would cover $10,000 for uncrippled float64 support on Tesla GPU.

Have you tried asking them directly? I have heard that sometimes Nvidia will give free GPUs to researchers.

By the way it is very cool that you do this work as an academic. Many CS professors avoid practical stuff!

jsdavoon CuPy Accelerates NumPy on the GPU? Hold My Cider, Here's Clojure

Thanks for sharing! Why does CuPy switch to float64 in this case? Is it a bug?

jsdavoon Why I Like Go

It gets Damien Katz's approval so I'm learning it ASAP.

https://twitter.com/damienkatz/status/289575389641179137