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cameronperot

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    During my master's, I took a job in a physics group that works with high pressure time projection chambers for neutrino detection. They have a bunch of simulation and experimental …

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    Comment #32026532

    This is a nifty trick, but I recently had an issue where it would offer my other keys even with IdentitiesOnly yes specified in ~/.ssh/config. I found a solution [1], but it's not …

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    Comment #31874252

    Happy to contribute what perspective I can :). I didn't mean to put it as a hostile US vs. EU thing, just wanted to state my reasons for going the other way. I saw in another comme…

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    Comment #31874142

    I'm an American (Texan) who has been living in Germany for the past 6 years. I would suggest to consider the culture and lifestyle more than the work, as those will play a much lar…

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    Comment #31737599

    The Flying Goose brand is the most common here in Germany. The Huy Fong brand hasn't been available for a few years after the EU implemented some restriction on one of the ingredie…

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    Comment #31737464

    > I haven’t built any large project I think one of the best ways to fill in your knowledge is to find a project you're passionate about and learn what you need along the way. Passi…

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    Comment #31732720

    Good point. I was looking at the "Family" aggregation which doesn't list AMD in the performance share chart, which was a bit misleading.

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    Comment #31731582

    NVIDIA has a significantly larger market share for HPC [1] (select accelerator for category). [1] https://top500.org/statistics/list/

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    Comment #31237151

    Location: Germany (US Citizen) Remote: Yes Willing to relocate: Yes Technologies: Python, Julia, Linux, machine/deep learning, (stochastic) simulations, SQL, AWS, containerization …

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    Comment #31146873

    I use caps2esc [1] in Linux to remap capslock to ctrl on hold and esc on tap. It's such a simple yet insanely useful remapping! It really shines in modal editing (e.g. vim). I assu…

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    Comment #30901281

    For me it's just an easy way to notice if something is unexpectedly eating up resources, then I know to pull up htop to figure out what it is and kill it if needed.

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    Comment #30900755

    Magboltz [1] is a single >95k line Fortran file (although, I'm not sure if it's multiple files combined into one before upload). [1] https://magboltz.web.cern.ch/magboltz/

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    Comment #29173783

    Kind of an aside, but if you are going to digitize important documents that contain confidential information, I would highly recommend encrypting them to mitigate any damage if you…

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    Comment #29119042

    I lived in Leipzig for three years during my physics studies, and I really enjoyed the city. It's there that I really learned to love long walks. I've walked through and around tha…

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    Comment #28880662

    > if you're caught making a joke about ISIS, the Whatsapp police can unencrypt your messages Would you please clarify this? I know that messages flagged by the recipient can be rea…

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    Comment #28773105

    > Anyone familiar with the term? Haven't heard it before. Full-stack probably means they deal with all areas of QC, from theoretical research to hardware implementation. > I though…

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    Comment #28728026

    These interviews with Edward Teller [1] offer first hand insight into some of this fascinating history, I quite enjoyed watching them. [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oRdAp4A5K…

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    Comment #28598676

    Great read. For those who enjoyed reading this, you might also enjoy this [1] short video series on dimensions math (direct link to the YouTube playlist [2]). The videos encompass …

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    Comment #28006177

    Exactly this. I think I've come across maybe two or three snakes in almost five years here, all were non-venomous harmless looking little fellas, and I spend a lot of time in natur…