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Writing compilers, parallel runtime libraries for compilers and so on since 1979, but retired in 2019, so now only when I feel like it!
See CpuFun https://cpufun.substack.com/ for longer takes (some technical, some random!)

FWIW I'd rather be skiing or singing (https://www.gasmencollective.co.uk/ ) :-)

Trump and Netanyahu appear as creepy twins in new Bristol artwork

'Come Play With Us' by Bambi shows the two strongmen holding ice creams shaped like nuclear blasts

Bristol 24/7
#haiku
Starlings fill the sky
Murmuration at Ham Wall
Unforgettable
In case this is useful to anyone (who still uses physical books!)
https://marketing.degruyterbrill.com/summersale2025
40% off a bunch of scholarly books, which, of course, includes mine :-)
https://www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi/10.1515/9783110632729/html

I've just posted a new entry on my CpuFun blog.
It's not technical, but about market perceptions which may show a lack of understanding (surprise!).

https://open.substack.com/pub/cpufun/p/is-improving-software-performance

Is Improving Software Performance Now Bad?

NVidia® stock-holders seem to think so.

CPU fun
Espresso in the Bar du Lac (la Thuile) with the view from the window...
Coveted!
cc @HPC_Guru
#HPC

📣 We’re hiring!
Come and join me and Simon McIntosh-Smith as a Lecturer/Senior Lecturer (that’s Assistant/Associate Professor in American English) in Cloud High Performance Computing!

https://www.bristol.ac.uk/jobs/find/details/?jobId=368355&jobTitle=Lecturer%2FSenior%20Lecturer%20in%20Cloud%20High%20Performance%20Computing

Details | Working at Bristol | University of Bristol

📣🌦️ Come and join me and the team in porting Weather/Climate codes to GPUs.
We're hiring a post-doc Research Associate/Senior Research Associate position to help get ocean models running on GPUs in a portable way with OpenMP and the PSyclone DSL.
https://buff.ly/3AYVFIP
Details | Working at Bristol | University of Bristol

📢 Join us today for the OpenMP Birds of a Feather (BoF) session at SC24! 🐦

Explore OpenMP API version 6.0, fresh off its release, directly from its architects.

Expect lightning talks, interactive discussions with OpenMP experts, insights into future versions 6.x & 7.0, and vendor updates on feature support.

📅 Wednesday, Nov 20
🕔 5:15 PM – 6:45 PM EST
📍 SC24, Room B212

Don’t miss this chance to connect with the OpenMP community!

🔗 https://www.openmp.org/events/sc24/#bof

#SC24 #OpenMP #HPC

Supercomputing 2024 - OpenMP

Join OpenMP in Denver Nov. 18-21 for Supercomputing 2024 Including a BOF, Tutorials, pre-recorded Booth Talks, a Book Drawing, and more!

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@Codeandrew hope you are ok and are on the mend. Take care.