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Bill Arndt
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High Performance Computing. There are at least 511 workflow management tools. An organizer of Urgent+Interactive HPC workshops. LLMs are a bubble. Phi Sigma Pi and University of South Carolina alumni. Mindustry multiplayer server owner and operator.
Oh I failed to mention, this ran on a 1978 era VAX machine
November 20, 2025 at 4:49 PM
I stopped at the mobat.ch booth at #sc25 and used a DEC LA120 dot matrix printer terminal to ping the 30th fastest computer in the world.
November 19, 2025 at 11:51 PM
The #sc25 wifi is having a really tough time this year. I'm this far from an access point and my laptop can't keep a stable connection.
November 18, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Scouring the #sc25 exhibition for swag toys a two year old will appreciate. #nextsilicon has a chameleon!
November 18, 2025 at 5:16 PM
I've got a bin where we raise soldier fly larvae for them.

Every time they find one, instead of just eating it, they pick it up and run, and they other goes chasing after.
November 16, 2025 at 5:15 AM
October 18, 2025 at 6:54 PM
getting ready for saturday
October 16, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Overhead catenary electric is much better than lugging a heavy battery around
October 15, 2025 at 9:00 PM
We've got a family of 5 Western Bluebirds hanging out in front of the house today.
September 18, 2025 at 11:28 PM
September 13, 2025 at 6:31 PM
We've empirically learned how load bearing woke was in the realm of technical competence.

Which leaves a very loyal Dr. Nick Riviera type.

Their own mental pathologies setting up to flat line the guy on the table.

And the poor guy will be accused of being a secret Democrat _anyway_
August 30, 2025 at 5:16 AM
It's been a strong Monarch Butterfly season; we have more than 10 5th instar (full grown) caterpillars in the backyard
August 28, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Wild typewriters are a major source of disappointment for me
August 26, 2025 at 3:45 PM
When I first came to California and was doing my registration, there was this Chihuahua just free range wandering around the DMV. Couldn't even tell who it belonged to.
August 21, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Have you ever started building a model railroad in a 19th century warehouse, run out of space, and obtained more by building a pedestrian bridge over a canal to get to _more_ 19th century warehouse? Hamburg did.

(The pedestrian bridge also has models and connects the railroads)
July 31, 2025 at 5:25 PM
+1 for Miniature Wonderland
July 31, 2025 at 5:17 PM
It's been around 10 years since I've attended a Phi Sigma Pi national convention
July 26, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Every flight, I get a kick out of this weird lil' guy
July 23, 2025 at 3:12 PM
July 22, 2025 at 5:16 PM
I had a similar experience when my stamp-collecting dad passed a year ago. Except replace "Stamp King" with "Stamp convention in the event space of a volunteer fire department"

We got more money for them; maybe because my dad didn't hinge them? ??

I made sure to save one, for a keepsake, though
July 18, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Our first visit to a big time model railroad
July 7, 2025 at 12:54 AM
We met the tiniest joyful squiggle at Golden gate park today
July 5, 2025 at 11:41 PM
June 30, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Here we are starting the Urgent and Interactive HPC workshop at #ISC25

Today's keynote is presented by Rafi Nazikian, Senior Director at General Atomics.
June 13, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Looks like things are going well for them. Good performance and very few surprises or gotchas
June 13, 2025 at 8:25 AM