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Jeri Ellsworth and the Robot Uprising of 2038

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Re: Jeri Ellsworth and the Robot Uprising of 2038

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Post by CamperBob2 »

tw1010 wrote: post #11
sebringj wrote: post #5

Crazy genius. This is an example of someone born to do something.

I know that's just supposed to be a complement, but sometimes that kind of a comment contributes to people thinking there's such a thing as a "math person" (or a "non math person"). Having comments like that thrown around in the aether makes it seem like technical subjects have "you either have it or you don't" characteristics, which I think most people on HN know is BS. I prefer to emphasize hard work over any kind…

Most people can't be Jeri any more than they could be Michael Jordan. 10,000 hours of practice wouldn't be enough. A million might, if you somehow managed to combine it with a foolproof nootropics regimen or something equally fictional.

You might not like it, but that's the way it is. All (wo)men are not created equal. Whoever told you they were was lying, or at best misinformed.

Re: Jeri Ellsworth and the Robot Uprising of 2038

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Post by FPGAhacker »

Dangeranger wrote: post #21
platz wrote: post #16

What makes core memory resistant to EMP? Wouldn't the pulse change the polarizations stored in the iron cores? > The highly irradiated port-war landscape will be unable to make use of standard silicon computer memory for centuries to come. So we really couldn't use any silicon that was hit to make new semiconductors?

The author’s argument is that a highly irradiated landscape would be too energetic for silicon based memory to work as it’s now designed. I’m not an EE but I’ve spoken with some engineers of early silicon systems which had to account for high energy cosmic rays flipping the bits within RAM in a random fashion. My guess is that using a solution like Hamming codes would not work when retrieving arbitrary data at a larg…

Ecc does work for radiation hardening of storage. You can still get logic upsets in transit, between storage elements.

You can either design your cells around it (high power ) or you can use a variety of redundant logic and monitors.

Re: Jeri Ellsworth and the Robot Uprising of 2038

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Post by cbennett »

"Well, magnetic core memory is the only data storage format that is robust enough to withstand high-radiation environments. Jeri is clearly interested in magnetic logic and memory because it is the only computing platform that will be able to survive the first wave of nuclear blasts that will unavoidably come from the beginning of the third great world war. "

Erm, this premise is factually untrue though. A lot of next generation resistive RAM devices, especially OxRAMs, have been demonstrated to be rather rad hard, making them good candidates for future space electronics platforms or.. all the other attendant apocalyptic scenarios.

Re: Jeri Ellsworth and the Robot Uprising of 2038

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Post by whatshisface »

Animats wrote: post #7
skrebbel wrote: post #2

Wow that was... Extremely weird. Is this supposed to be some kind of tribute?

Weird article. Author isn't technical enough to get how Jeri thinks. I've met her. She sees the physical world in terms of first principles, like Feynman. She built a short range radar from a satellite downlink dish by turning one of the transistors around. I would never have thought you could use a transistor from a low-noise amp to produce enough power to emit a usable signal. I'd be thinking "small-signal transist…

>Author isn't technical enough to get how Jeri thinks.

You know, the author could be telling... a joke.

Re: Jeri Ellsworth and the Robot Uprising of 2038

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Post by sitkack »

cbennett wrote: post #33

"Well, magnetic core memory is the only data storage format that is robust enough to withstand high-radiation environments. Jeri is clearly interested in magnetic logic and memory because it is the only computing platform that will be able to survive the first wave of nuclear blasts that will unavoidably come from the beginning of the third great world war. " Erm, this premise is factually untrue though. A lot of nex…

Radiation hardness is different than sensitivity to EMP. It is the eddy currents from an EMPT that build up in and burn out small traces in micro electronics.

Re: Jeri Ellsworth and the Robot Uprising of 2038

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Post by platz »

> Jeri Ellsworth hates this article

probably used in jest - but playing along - probably because premise of article is heavy on summoning up ethos & pathos to generate interest whereas, from what I can tell of Jeri's style, she is more centered on direct logos.

in a way, the way OP uses ethos/pathos method is somewhat deceptive/dishonest, because it's trying to get you interested in source material for reasons that are entirely make-believe.

Re: Jeri Ellsworth and the Robot Uprising of 2038

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Post by tw1010 »

njharman wrote: post #28
tw1010 wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I know that's just supposed to be a complement, but sometimes that kind of a comment contributes to people thinking there's such a thing as a "math person" (or a "non math person"). Having comments like that thrown around in the aether makes it seem like technical subjects have "you either have it or you don't" characteristics, which I think most people on HN know is BS. I prefer to emphasize hard work over any kind…

That is how people are. We are not identical, interchangeable cogs. Most people can be trained to do simple things in most any field. But brilliance is innate. Its not learnt and can't be made through hard work. Some people have analytical minds some don't.

I'm pretty good at what I do, and when people tell me they're jealous of my talent, and kind of hint that it's innate, I get a bit insulted. I had to work a shitton to get where I am, and comments like that makes it sound like I had it easy.

Re: Jeri Ellsworth and the Robot Uprising of 2038

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Post by std_throwawayay »

sitkack wrote: post #37
cbennett wrote: post #33

"Well, magnetic core memory is the only data storage format that is robust enough to withstand high-radiation environments. Jeri is clearly interested in magnetic logic and memory because it is the only computing platform that will be able to survive the first wave of nuclear blasts that will unavoidably come from the beginning of the third great world war. " Erm, this premise is factually untrue though. A lot of nex…

Radiation hardness is different than sensitivity to EMP. It is the eddy currents from an EMPT that build up in and burn out small traces in micro electronics.

But magnetic cores are resistant to the M in EMP?
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