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New comment by blobcode in "Nobody knows what a used GPU cluster is worth"

blobcode — Thu, 23 Jul 2026 04:15:41 +0000

It’s mostly due to higher temps resulting in faster ion migration, which can cause a breakdown in the structure of transistors, as well as increased wear on the conductors (though this is rarely a dominating factor). Thermal cycling can also cause cracking, which is also a problem. Though there are lots of reason chips fail due to heat, from the wire bonds on pads getting too hot to increased leakage current at high temps.

The Architecture of Open Source Applications

blobcode — Wed, 22 Jul 2026 18:11:26 +0000

Article URL: https://aosabook.org/en/index.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49011019

Points: 3

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New comment by blobcode in "How Doctors die. It’s not like the rest of us (2016)"

blobcode — Sun, 12 Jul 2026 16:56:31 +0000

ICU costs are quite high in general, often 3-4x a regular bed, and about 5k USD average in countries such as Canada and the UK.

New comment by blobcode in "A US military exercise to launch a satellite on short notice"

blobcode — Fri, 26 Jun 2026 17:11:26 +0000

Although not quite exact, here's spending data for 2024 (https://fiscaldata.treasury.gov/static-data/published-report...) - about 14% of tax dollars went to defence, 0.14*17000=2380.

New comment by blobcode in "Linux gaming is faster because Windows APIs are becoming Linux kernel features"

blobcode — Thu, 14 May 2026 17:19:26 +0000

this is something cool done by valorant - see https://www.riotgames.com/en/news/demolishing-wallhacks-valo...

New comment by blobcode in "Airbus is preparing two uncrewed combat aircraft"

blobcode — Sun, 15 Mar 2026 01:51:38 +0000

(1) Aircraft rarely fly in anything close to formation in combat - large gaps are the norm (1-10 miles), and one would think that increased distance is something that could be exploited by an unmanned platform (able to take more risk, etc.)

(2) Remains to be seen.

(3) Individual Patriot missiles are around that price point, with S300/S400 anywhere from 500k-2M depending on capability. One would think that cost-per-kill would be favorable considering the increased capability granted.

New comment by blobcode in "Ask HN: Share your personal website"

blobcode — Wed, 14 Jan 2026 21:57:06 +0000

https://blobcode.net

New comment by blobcode in "The Culture novels as a dystopia"

blobcode — Mon, 15 Sep 2025 17:34:41 +0000

Some of the stories could plausibly have SC involvement (the story of the same name is most likely) - but I don't think it's explicitly mentioned anywhere.

Nyquist–Shannon Sampling Theorem

blobcode — Fri, 12 Sep 2025 14:05:48 +0000

Article URL: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nyquist%E2%80%93Shannon_sampling_theorem

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45222302

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

Why I write recursive descent parsers, despite their issues (2020)

blobcode — Thu, 24 Jul 2025 04:07:42 +0000

Article URL: https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/programming/WhyRDParsersForMe

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44666824

Points: 126

# Comments: 86

New comment by blobcode in "The Hat, the Spectre and SAT Solvers (2024)"

blobcode — Sat, 14 Jun 2025 06:24:18 +0000

I feel like SAT solvers and the like are getting a lot more attention on HN recently (for example https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44259476) - justifiably so! I think that they're a great tool that's often criminally underused in industry for a whole subset of problems.