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New comment by algorithm314 in "We're gonna need a lot more mathematicians"

algorithm314 — Sat, 26 Sep 2026 04:35:48 +0000

Life is all about tradeoffs. Mathematics have no tradeoffs. We need more engineers.

New comment by algorithm314 in "Google’s Project Suncatcher to put ML infrastructure in space"

algorithm314 — Fri, 25 Sep 2026 04:36:51 +0000

They just want lower ping times. Why don't they put the non ML stuff into space?

New comment by algorithm314 in "bzip3"

algorithm314 — Wed, 09 Sep 2026 18:49:32 +0000

sorry palaiologos. I just looked into the code and it is different enough from my compressor. I just looked the description and it looked similar sorry. Just tested it with enwik9

agiannis_text enc 0m16,319s dec 0m15,594s size 270365918

bzip3 enc 1m36,544s dec 1m43,699s size 169990721

New comment by algorithm314 in "bzip3"

algorithm314 — Tue, 08 Sep 2026 03:42:15 +0000

Source of agiannis_text. He probably decompiled it.

New comment by algorithm314 in "bzip3"

algorithm314 — Mon, 07 Sep 2026 22:07:50 +0000

https://codeberg.org/kagiannis/gdcc-2021/src/branch/main/shu...

original source

New comment by algorithm314 in "bzip3"

algorithm314 — Mon, 07 Sep 2026 16:13:33 +0000

Bro just decompile agiannis_text

New comment by algorithm314 in "European Commission Revives Push for Encryption Backdoors in ProtectEU Strategy"

algorithm314 — Mon, 31 Aug 2026 01:49:50 +0000

If they want mass surveillance they must allow to massively spy on them. It's not protectEU. It is protect them.

New comment by algorithm314 in "GNU Texmacs"

algorithm314 — Wed, 25 Feb 2026 17:27:35 +0000

There is also a fork of TeXmacs called Mogan https://github.com/MoganLab/mogan

New comment by algorithm314 in "GLM-5: Targeting complex systems engineering and long-horizon agentic tasks"

algorithm314 — Wed, 11 Feb 2026 17:43:24 +0000

Can't they just run the output through a compiler to get feedback? Syntax errors seem easier to get right.

New comment by algorithm314 in "GLM-5: Targeting complex systems engineering and long-horizon agentic tasks"

algorithm314 — Wed, 11 Feb 2026 17:05:16 +0000

Here is the pricing per M tokens. https://docs.z.ai/guides/overview/pricing

Why is GLM 5 more expensive than GLM 4.7 even when using sparse attention?

There is also a GLM 5-code model.

New comment by algorithm314 in "Linux Kernel Explorer"

algorithm314 — Thu, 27 Nov 2025 20:15:57 +0000

No language server in this explorer, so it is less useful.

New comment by algorithm314 in "Starlink's current problem is capacity"

algorithm314 — Wed, 27 Jul 2022 17:39:18 +0000

I think the US created Starlink for military use. It provides world wide coverage and very small latency that helps a lot with UAVs. UAVs that aren't in line of sight need satellite communication. They just allow the public to use part of it, so as to reduce the cost of the system.

New comment by algorithm314 in "Gitly: A light and fast GitHub/GitLab alternative written in V lang (pre-alpha)"

algorithm314 — Wed, 04 Aug 2021 15:43:32 +0000

Or https://github.com/dspinellis/git-issue

New comment by algorithm314 in "Gitly: A light and fast GitHub/GitLab alternative written in V lang (pre-alpha)"

algorithm314 — Wed, 04 Aug 2021 15:42:00 +0000

Don't like that it tries to mimic Github UI.

New comment by algorithm314 in "JPEG XL"

algorithm314 — Mon, 21 Jun 2021 15:33:35 +0000

For some images like https://storage.googleapis.com/demos.webmproject.org/webp/cm... jpeg xl is really behind.

New comment by algorithm314 in "Hasura GraphQL Engine and SQL Server"

algorithm314 — Fri, 18 Jun 2021 16:07:19 +0000

Yes indeed losing money :-)

New comment by algorithm314 in "Philips LEDs from Dubai: The Royal Lights You Can’t Buy"

algorithm314 — Sun, 09 May 2021 10:15:32 +0000

Simply put when there is lower power factor, there are higher losses into cables. And It is not always negative power that causes this (as many say). For a bridge rectifier the power is always positive.

New comment by algorithm314 in "Israel, Cyprus and Greece agree to link power grids via subsea cable"

algorithm314 — Mon, 08 Mar 2021 15:28:30 +0000

The person I was refering is Karaol. Even the top image that is described as his own work and is used in the main Euroasia site without any attribution. You can see the image in the main site here https://euroasia-interconnector.com/at-glance/the-big-pictur...

The article fails to address the controversy between Greece and Euroasia interconnector. The only reference I can find is that in the top image, the line connecting Attika and Crete became dashed at some time. Also Greece cited that Ariadne interconnector is a company with only 25k capital and no previous completed project.

New comment by algorithm314 in "Israel, Cyprus and Greece agree to link power grids via subsea cable"

algorithm314 — Mon, 08 Mar 2021 14:02:28 +0000

Which is mostly an advertisement. Probably the main author is linked to the Euroasia Interconnector.

Also note that there is little reference for the Greek part of the interconnector for which there was a great debate. Greece decided to create the part connecting Crete with Attica on it's own citing delays that cost Greece hundrends of millions a year because it is forced to operate diesel plants in Crete.

Also Greece also has the longest and deepest AC connection in the world under construction (2 cables connecting Peloponesse with Crete). One of the cables is already operational.

New comment by algorithm314 in "Apple M1 Microarchitecture Research"

algorithm314 — Sun, 07 Mar 2021 19:58:32 +0000

Probably this https://www.researchgate.net/publication/250780982_The_Valid...