Have you noticed that the only ones who say that haven't actually tried the alternative? Difficult to say anything if you have tried the alternative mind you.
October 13, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Have you noticed that the only ones who say that haven't actually tried the alternative? Difficult to say anything if you have tried the alternative mind you.
And AI has been around for ages too. People have been working on e.g. image classification with neural nets for many, many years.
September 8, 2025 at 6:14 AM
And AI has been around for ages too. People have been working on e.g. image classification with neural nets for many, many years.
My favourite cover of Edmund Fitzgerald, mostly cos I'm a sucker for dynamic contrast. youtu.be/8JLU9wXu-4M?...
August 17, 2025 at 10:37 AM
My favourite cover of Edmund Fitzgerald, mostly cos I'm a sucker for dynamic contrast. youtu.be/8JLU9wXu-4M?...
You didn't take the cargo bike then?
August 7, 2025 at 5:46 PM
You didn't take the cargo bike then?
"A supercomputer is a device for turning a compute bound problem into an I/O bound problem" (Ken Batcher) has had a large dollop of truth in my domain for many years and still does in your scenario.
August 7, 2025 at 3:32 PM
"A supercomputer is a device for turning a compute bound problem into an I/O bound problem" (Ken Batcher) has had a large dollop of truth in my domain for many years and still does in your scenario.
First, catch your moose ...
July 6, 2025 at 4:34 PM
First, catch your moose ...
I would have said Cray 1, but who would have had 3 of them?
June 25, 2025 at 5:12 PM
I would have said Cray 1, but who would have had 3 of them?
Aw. What cute wee coo beasties!
June 3, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Aw. What cute wee coo beasties!
A bit of all of them. As a computational scientist, I care about the science being done and the subsequent societal impact. As an RSE I care about the trustability and efficiency of code used to achieve this. As an HPC person I want to have the best system to be able to do all the above well.
March 29, 2025 at 9:40 AM
A bit of all of them. As a computational scientist, I care about the science being done and the subsequent societal impact. As an RSE I care about the trustability and efficiency of code used to achieve this. As an HPC person I want to have the best system to be able to do all the above well.
I get all the answers about "no queues", but thinking a bit broader I'd say "no surprises". i.e. I get the results, performance and queuing I expect. I can plan my work with this. Lots of implications from this for software stack management, capacity planning etc.
January 15, 2025 at 7:06 PM
I get all the answers about "no queues", but thinking a bit broader I'd say "no surprises". i.e. I get the results, performance and queuing I expect. I can plan my work with this. Lots of implications from this for software stack management, capacity planning etc.
Or a cluster of 5, "hand"!
January 8, 2025 at 7:29 AM
Or a cluster of 5, "hand"!
What a difference a few hours make. Now it is showing green grass and mist with no hint of the white stuff.
January 5, 2025 at 9:41 AM
What a difference a few hours make. Now it is showing green grass and mist with no hint of the white stuff.
HPC folks giving an HPC answer...
December 28, 2024 at 7:30 PM
HPC folks giving an HPC answer...
Nah. My first computer looked more like a jumped up calculator - Sinclair zx81
December 27, 2024 at 8:15 AM
Nah. My first computer looked more like a jumped up calculator - Sinclair zx81
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December 5, 2024 at 7:31 PM
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Was that the one where I got a briefing at a sticky bar with an ice machine grinding away making it difficult to hear anyone. AMD had a few years of "interesting" briefing venues IIRC.
November 30, 2024 at 9:18 AM
Was that the one where I got a briefing at a sticky bar with an ice machine grinding away making it difficult to hear anyone. AMD had a few years of "interesting" briefing venues IIRC.
Ah, the Bourbaki theory of guru.
November 25, 2024 at 7:18 PM
Ah, the Bourbaki theory of guru.
Shhh! We're not supposed to be public with that yet!
November 25, 2024 at 6:26 PM
Shhh! We're not supposed to be public with that yet!
Here on northern Dartmoor there has been over 120mm and, unfortunately, a small number of houses at the bottom of the village have been flooded.
November 24, 2024 at 3:33 PM
Here on northern Dartmoor there has been over 120mm and, unfortunately, a small number of houses at the bottom of the village have been flooded.
Slightly breezy then...
November 23, 2024 at 11:55 AM
Slightly breezy then...
I'm not alone in this you see @glennklockwood.com 😊
November 15, 2024 at 2:36 PM
I'm not alone in this you see @glennklockwood.com 😊