1. Simulation with more advanced physics/numerics/whatever, smaller grids/timesteps/whatever, better AI/ML integration, more data throughput
2. Primarily data movement. "Benchmarking" machines have impressive flops numbers but are generally terrible for getting any real work done because their networks/memory systems/storage systems are weak.
This. I live in a small town. Never lock the door. Never answer a knock or a doorbell. People I know already know to simply walk in. All others are ignored.
I know other people who do just the same.
If you go for a 512GB SSD at $1,150, you're only saving $420 on a new 2.0GHz MacBook Pro.
Who the hell thinks "only" a $420 discount on comparable hardware and build quality isn't a great deal?
How do you say stuff like:
In the grand scheme of things, javascript is still a very very young language, especially since ajax and ES5/6 and JIT compilation came along.
with a straight face? Javascript has been an ISO standard since 1997! It's just a few years younger than python FFS.
AJAX is a pattern used within in-browser javascript, having nothing to do with the language itself, and yes, 5/6 look much different than 1.... much like you can't run python 3 code in a python 1 interpreter.
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