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Research results are cultural artifacts, not public goods
1 day ago
Many view scientific research as a public good. I consider this naive...
Speed of random number generators in Go
3 days ago
We often need to generate random numbers in software. We need them...
std::ranges may not deliver the performance that you expect
13 days ago
Good engineers seek software code that is ‘simple’ in the sense that...
Beyond papers: rethinking science in the era of artificial intelligence
15 days ago
For the last few decades, we have defined science by the publication...
The smallest number that is infinite
19 days ago
In software, we represent real numbers as binary floating-point numbers. Effectively, we...
Hard work is a virtue
27 days ago
When I was an undergraduate student, I discovered symbolic algebra. It was...
Splitting a long string in lines efficiently
about 1 month ago
Suppose that you have a long string and you want to insert...
Processors are getting wider
about 2 months ago
Our processors execute instructions based on a clock. Thus, a 4 GHz...
Debugging C++ with Visual Studio Code under macOS
about 2 months ago
My favorite text editor is Visual Studio Code. I estimate that it...
Predictable memory accesses are much faster
2 months ago
Loading data from memory often takes several nanoseconds. While the processor waits...
Why do we even need SIMD instructions ?
2 months ago
Last week, I was chatting with a student and I was explaining...