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Hedonic treadmill. Once he's approaching that zettaflops, he'll want a yottaflops.

A need was felt to add ronna— and quetta— prefixes in 2022:

* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metric_prefix

In 2025 we got robi— and quebi—:

* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Binary_prefix


As a Tolkien enjoyer, I'll wait for the quenyaflops.

geohot definitely ticks the box for “so ambitious he occasionally sounds unhinged”.

There are two ways to be unhappy. Not getting what you want and getting what you want.

He/it/they have 7 entries according to this data aggregator, though I don't understand how and why it differs from apple's own chart.

https://kworb.net/ww/


I'd like to know more about "Chaotic Good Projects" [1]. Isn't it fascinating that they so openly do "UGC" (user-generated content) and "Fanpages" even though they are neither users nor fans, but paid consultants. And even openly displaying the musical acts they performed these dark-pattern services for.

[1] https://chaoticgoodprojects.org/


Unfortunately I think only a few of the PO's support this transfer method, and I don't think the 33 is one of them. They were never meant to be updated at all, as I understand it.


It's an interesting article but I fail to see the point they are trying to make. I always thought of reversible computing as a sort of platonic ideal that cannot truly exist in real life, but the principle can still be used to reduce waste heat and energy use. For example, it will be interesting to see if the chips from Vaire ever become practically useful:

https://vaire.co/

https://spectrum.ieee.org/reversible-computing


From the abstract, the idea is that we can continue to shrink: "...in a manner in which no thermodynamic entropy is created or passed to the surroundings."

The objection seems to be the "free lunch" assumptions being made about shrinkability.

"What Is TANSTAAFL?" https://youtu.be/ZrZUe7R44eA?si=oK2H1L9ha1zQhDOh


> I always thought of reversible computing as a sort of platonic ideal that cannot truly exist in real life

It's been experimentally demonstrated. Practical or not, the effect is real.


Where? If you mean that a computation was performed without creating any entropy, I'm skeptical. Surely some energy input was needed, and some energy was dissipated.


No, this is different from pure CV. Each device has its own (digital) sequencer that can synchronize with others using pulse trains over DIN cable. Lots of places where latency and instability can occur!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DIN_sync


This site has stats. According to it, 20 weeks is way above average.

https://www.trueup.io/layoffs


That is hardly a smoking gun—I typed one just now.


There is also opportunity cost. Most people ignore most things because there are simply not enough hours in a day.


Don't you think automated evaluation and testing of code is likely to improve at an equally breakneck pace? It doesn't seem very far-fetched to soon have a simulated human that understands software from a user perspective.


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