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davrosthedalek commented on PCIe 8.0 announced by the PCI-Sig will double throughput again   servethehome.com/pcie-8-0... · Posted by u/rbanffy
atonse · 18 days ago
You can always have an electrician install a larger breaker for a particular circuit. I did that with my "server" area in my study, which was overkill cuz I barely pull 100w on it. But it cost nearly zero extra since he was doing a bunch of other things around the house anyway.
davrosthedalek · 18 days ago
Larger breaker and thicker wires!
davrosthedalek commented on Going faster than memcpy   squadrick.dev/journal/goi... · Posted by u/snihalani
davrosthedalek · 20 days ago
> Since the loop copies data pointer by pointer, it can handle the case of overlapping data.

I don't think this loop does the right thing if destination points somewhere into source. It will start overwriting the non-copied parts of source.

davrosthedalek commented on Claude Code IDE integration for Emacs   github.com/manzaltu/claud... · Posted by u/kgwgk
throwaway4496 · 24 days ago
Yeah, even if that is true, what part of a tool used by close to 40% of developers is niche?

niche /niːʃ,nɪtʃ/ (adjective) denoting products, services, or interests that appeal to a small, specialized section of the population.

davrosthedalek · 24 days ago
It's niche /for development work/. Being used by a developer doesn't make it used for development. Or the most used developing tool would be the toilet.
davrosthedalek commented on NSF has suspended Terry Tao's grant   bsky.app/profile/dangaris... · Posted by u/xqcgrek2
cmrdporcupine · a month ago
This. Someone like this could maybe come up here to Canada, and enjoy slightly a more sane political/cultural climate, but they won't be getting this kind of funding. Academics here are already barely holding on, and even in the best of times there has never been the kind of flow of cash available in the US for scientists and intellectuals.

I imagine a similar story applies to the UK and other places in the Anglosphere

davrosthedalek · a month ago
Unfortunately, very true. I think Canada ranks last in the G7 on GDP-percentage science funding. Salaries seem to be OKish, maybe similar to Germany, but cost of living (mainly housing, food is comparable cheap) in Vancouver and Toronto is very high.

UK salaries are atrociously bad. Not sure about funding, but it doesn't seem to be great.

davrosthedalek commented on NSF has suspended Terry Tao's grant   bsky.app/profile/dangaris... · Posted by u/xqcgrek2
lupusreal · a month ago
State schools like UCLA cannot restrict speech in the same way that private organizations could, because they are part of the government. The cinema analogy is therefore spurious.
davrosthedalek · a month ago
Honest question on this: It is clear that first amendment protects the rights of protesters from persecution by the government. But does that mean that the government would need to endure protests in any federal building at any time?

If not, I think you could make a case that UCLA could kick protesters out, for example if they take over a building. In contrast to a private university, they probably couldn't act on what the protesters do outside of the university. But I do think that they must have some regulatory power on campus.

davrosthedalek commented on NSF has suspended Terry Tao's grant   bsky.app/profile/dangaris... · Posted by u/xqcgrek2
hackyhacky · a month ago
You're right, but the university is not allowed to censor student speech based on content. The "actions" that the administration claims the university should have taken would have violated the constitution.
davrosthedalek · a month ago
I don't think this is quite correct, at least for private universities. They absolutely have the right to disallow protests on their property. The first amendment protects you from the government -- the government cannot force the university to take these action, but the university could totally do it on their own. It's a little bit murkier with state universities, because you could argue they are a part of the government.
davrosthedalek commented on Terence Tao on the suspension of UCLA grants   mathstodon.xyz/@tao/11495... · Posted by u/dargscisyhp
FirmwareBurner · a month ago
Don't spin this around, what I asked you is not a negative.

People here argued that the US is fascist because in academia you can't get away with breaking governments rules getting you defunded and pointing at Germany for being superior in this regard.

So then I asked for proof that in other countries you can get away in academia with breaking the government's rules and not get defunded. It really is that simple.

davrosthedalek · a month ago
That's not what people have complained about. People complained about that in the US a government rule seems to be "don't criticize the government".

What about Christian Drosten who criticized a lot of the Corona decisions, Jan Boehmermann who is very critical but still employed by state-financed TV. Fridays for Future?

davrosthedalek commented on Terence Tao on the suspension of UCLA grants   mathstodon.xyz/@tao/11495... · Posted by u/dargscisyhp
Hnrobert42 · a month ago
Hard to argue it's lower than zero. Not to mention that low and consistent is better than moderate but at the whim of a tyrant.
davrosthedalek · a month ago
Funding is always a lottery. It's not like everyone gets some, but it's less. It's more that less people get funds. So you really have to look at the average.

But you are right. That's why I said: can change quickly.

davrosthedalek commented on Terence Tao on the suspension of UCLA grants   mathstodon.xyz/@tao/11495... · Posted by u/dargscisyhp
defrost · a month ago
It's a strongly divisive issue. A number of the protestors on campus were Jewish and upset with the behaviour of factions in Israel. From my reading of material across several countries and various points of view a lot of death threats were thrown about at a great many people spanning all sides of the dispute.
davrosthedalek · a month ago
My point is this: I do think that some universities gave the protestors way too much leeway. It clearly created a hostile work environment for some - Jewish, and I grant you also Muslim students. The universities responsibility is to keep that in check, and some failed badly. Some did better.

I also want to add my own observation, which might be biased: There was a clear, sizeable fraction of the protests that was beyond "pro-Palestine / anti-Israel's Palestine policy". There was celebration of Hamas and of the attack, especially in the first days.

davrosthedalek commented on Terence Tao on the suspension of UCLA grants   mathstodon.xyz/@tao/11495... · Posted by u/dargscisyhp
lars_francke · a month ago
In which way is the situation far worse in Europe?
davrosthedalek · a month ago
Funding levels are lower. Salaries are lower. In physics, from the places I know in the US, about half of the faculty is foreign, and about 30% is German. This is at top universities. That wouldn't be the case if these people would find similar conditions in Europe. But it can change quickly.

u/davrosthedalek

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