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sufiyan

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    Comment #40397431

    Let’s prove it by contradiction: Lets say you pick the larger ones and drop the smaller ones every single round, you have lost the probabilistic guarantee of 1/2^k that the authors…

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    Comment #39765651

    Although I am rooting for Intel, the leadership is just not an execution machine. Pat is a very good CEO, and he understands technology as much as the business. But the next level …

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    Comment #37917833

    Exactly. Considering that Brahui is a Dravidian language, I always wondered how can regions so disjointed (Pakistan and South India separated by at least a few thousands of kilomet…

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    Comment #37015722

    Is there some way to induce a cytokine storm of sorts so that this weakening is essentially reduced

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    Comment #36322908

    I don’t get it. If security is so important, then it should be okay to sacrifice performance. Why is there such inertia in accepting this? If security is all that is needed, get an…

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    Comment #35619947

    Wow the guys in the newsroom didn’t believe what they were saying and still said it. If there was a word for journalistic non-integrity, I’m searching for it now.

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    Comment #33591564

    Get a higher paying job. While that is harder said than done, the process of preparing for such a job search, could keep you prepared for the worst should it come.

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    Comment #32724600

    I don’t get why other chip manufacturers don’t go this same route. For example AVX is done on the same core that also supports integer math. Many companies have a separate GPU but …

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    Comment #32720338

    This was the case when Google launched their TPU as well. Look where they are now

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    Comment #32716973

    I have always found myself more engrossed and wanting to run if I have a great podcast series or a great audiobook to listen to. Lately haven’t been getting any good recommendation…

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    Comment #32716890

    My parents would talk about their struggles growing up without any money. My mother who was orphaned at a very young age and was raised by her grand mother would tell us about how …

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    Comment #31122612

    As someone from India, this is far more acceptable than the alternative. Folks around my age just got married before or during the pandemic and as most of us had moved back home (p…

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    Comment #29049269

    Yes you are right in that I have a dedicated place for them. You could try using water sprays instead.

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    Comment #29048109

    Something I learned to do is to only water the leaves (ie make them wet). And if the soil is very dry, to pour water directly to the roots. My reasoning being that rain unless it i…

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    Comment #21461044

    The Indian government gives them contracts. A lot of big Indian companies also get droves of them to do repetitive work with no visible path of career progression

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    Comment #21461025

    Nah.. That's how much they get paid. The consulting company will charge about 5-10x for this resource though. (source from a friend who was there)

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    Comment #21432930

    You really need to look a little more at Jim and his style. He has been around from the time of DEC (Digital Equipment Corporation). And has been a great engineer. But what sets hi…

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    Comment #21426594

    So, there are 2 teams. 1 is in traditional computer architecture (OoO, Branch prediction, memory, prefetchers etc) and the other is in AI/ML accelerators. If you have AI/ML softwar…

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    Comment #21426091

    Intel Labs | Architecture Research Scientist | Bangalore, India | ONSITE | FULL TIME The Processor Architecture Research (PAR) Lab leads research into futuristic high-performance a…

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    Comment #20654710

    So does that mean I can't ever discuss politics at work? Or on LinkedIn?

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    Comment #20528340

    /r/hydrohomies would like to have a word with you..

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    Comment #20336163

    The newest one moved to TAGE

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    Comment #19919646

    Intels 10nm is nowhere as good as TSMC 7nm.