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AlexanderDhoore

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About AlexanderDhoore

Embedded C. Some Python.

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    Can someone with more knowledge give me a software overview of what AMD is offering? Which SDKs do they offer that can do neural network inference and/or training? I'm just asking …

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    I love teaching Scratch to kids. Some years ago, I used to do "CoderDojo", which is like a hobby club where kids can learn programming. Some kids go to soccer, others to art academ…

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    Am I the only one who sort of fears the day when Python loses the GIL? I don't think Python developers know what they’re asking for. I don't really trust complex multithreaded code…

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    Leuven. It's a Dutch speaking town. The university is KU Leuven. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KU_Leuven

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    Being a European, I’d love to try this. Many businesses operate completely local. I think there is a market for a Europe-only cloud provider. How do I try this? Do they have a free…

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    Is it normal in the US for software developers to work 60-70 hour weeks? I understand this is the case in hip startup culture, but what about normal, boring companies? I work as an…

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    This is kind of wishful thinking. I'm not saying you're wrong, but there's no real way to prove you're right. Sometimes open source wins, but not every time. The whole machine lear…

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    To make the game more fun, think about letting the scenarios mess with each other. Right now, they kinda just happen on their own. But imagine if one user's scenario could throw a …

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    "That guy" has a pretty good idea when it comes to NLP https://arxiv.org/abs/1801.06146

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    I don't intend this as criticism at all, but it's quite amusing how routine iOS updates and new iPhone releases have become. I recall being in high school when the first iPhone was…

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    In Belgium, every citizen has access to a "digital vault" provided by the government, which is accessible using their ID card. Individuals can upload up to 1GB of documents into th…

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    Feature creep is a real problem with language design nowadays.

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    Are we assuming that the current models aren't already engaging in this practice? In a world where ads dominate the internet and revenue flows from commercial interests, it's reaso…

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    In Rust each crate can be compiled with a different edition. If we had this in C++ you could compile one file/module with C++11 and another with C++20. The compiler defaults could …

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    The code is full of one character variable names. Why do people do this? Even if I was programming on my own one-man project, I wouldn't do this. Why force yourself to keep all tha…