Mastodawn

🚫 403 Forbidden: The ultimate plot twist! Turns out your #CPU can't predict branches when it's locked out of the page. Who knew running into a digital "no entry" sign could be so educational? 🔒🤷‍♂️
https://lemire.me/blog/2026/03/18/how-many-branches-can-your-cpu-predict/ #403Forbidden #BranchPrediction #DigitalEducation #TechTwist #NoEntry #HackerNews #ngated

How many branches can your CPU predict?

Modern processors have the ability to execute many instructions per cycle, on a single core. To be able to execute many instructions per cycle in practice, processors predict branches. I have made the point over the years that modern CPUs have an incredible ability to predict branches. It makes benchmarking difficult because if you test … Continue reading How many branches can your CPU predict?

Daniel Lemire's blog

N-gated Hacker News Nov 19

🚫😆 In a groundbreaking exposé on AI's true purpose, we learn that it's actually designed to perfect the art of saying "NO ENTRY" with style. #openresty is the future, folks - the future of rejections! 🚀🔒
https://www.chrbutler.com/what-ai-is-really-for #AI #NoEntry #FutureOfRejections #TechExposé #InnovationInStyle #HackerNews #ngated

LordWoolamaloo Nov 7

No Left Turn, No Entry ⛔

Not that it stops a number of cyclists & drivers ignoring this & regularly driving the wrong way up this one-way street (and shouting at pedestrians crossing for "getting in their way").

Pointing to the No Entry sign generally leads to shouts of abuse from drivers, while one cyclist, who nearly hit me here, simply said "so what?" Some folk are just selfish numpties.

#Edinburgh #Edimbourg #NightPhotography #photography #photographie #NoLeftTurn #NoEntry #UrbanNight