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You don't need a parachute to skydive; you just need a parachute to skydive twice.
Podcasthttp://thenexus.tv/category/ted/
@brandon oh yeah, I still need to migrate my account over to mspsocial.

The problem, according to Peddie, isn't so much the hardware as it is the software. Nvidia has a special language called CUDA, first developed by Stanford professor Ian Buck, who is now head of Nvidia's AI efforts.

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https://www.networkworld.com/article/3438098/can-amd-convert-its-growing-gpu-presence-into-a-data-center-play.html

Can AMD convert its growing GPU presence into a data center play?

AMD has scored high-performance computing deals recently, but to truly compete with Nvidia it needs to develop an alternative to Nvidia’s CUDA language.

[Students working on group activity]
Student 1: Daaaaang, we've got a future genius over here!
Student 2: _Future??_

“The City routinely works with a range of organizations that represent the various voices of the community and we look forward to working with individuals and organizations on this committee” said Ian Buck director of development services.

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https://www.comoxvalleyrecord.com/news/courtenay-council-seeks-ocp-advisory-members/

Courtenay council seeks OCP advisory members - Comox Valley Record

The City of Courtenay’s Official Community Plan (OCP) will soon be undergoing its most significant update in almost 15 years. To ensure the document reflects residents’ expectations for future planning and land use management, the City is seeking community members interested in participating in an OCP advisory committee.

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Here's a fun little series that presents climate solutions as though they were hacks for a faulty tech product.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3xI3on26mBM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lGSZGRSpWco
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VUjlB6OYpwc
Planet Hacks: Flying

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The next episode of The Extra Dimension is going to be all about biking as a primary form of transportation!
If you have questions for a couple of bike commuters, ask here!
If you bike every day, what do you want everyone to know about it?
I'll use them in the episode.
Life-Altering Copyright Lawsuits Could Come to Regular Internet Users Under a New Law Moving in the Senate

The Senate Judiciary Committee intends to vote on the CASE Act, legislation that would create a brand new quasi-court for copyright infringement claims. We have expressed numerous concerns with the legislation, and serious problems inherent with the bill have not been remedied by Congress before...

Ajit Pai's FCC is awful. The San Francisco law that landlords cannot block ISPs from offering service to their tenants should be adopted Nationwide, not preempted.
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2019/06/fcc-siding-landlords-and-comcast-over-tenants-who-want-broadband-choices
The FCC Is Siding With Landlords and Comcast Over Tenants Who Want Broadband Choices

In December of 2016, the city of San Francisco boldly enacted the “Occupant’s Right to Choose Communications Services Provider” ordinance (also known as Article 52) that hinders a payola scheme cooked up between big cable companies like Comcast and landlords. In just a few short years since its...

"In terms of China, I think they've clearly stated that they have a domestic accelerator and processor strategy that they will pursue, and that’s clearly what they are doing," Buck said.
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https://wsau.com/news/articles/2019/jun/21/us-commerce-department-bars-more-chinese-supercomputer-firms-from-buying-us-parts/
U.S. bars China supercomputer firms, institute from buying American parts

By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Commerce Department said on Friday it was adding several Chinese companies and a government-owned institute involved in supercomputing with military applications to its national security "entity list" that bars them from buying U.S. parts and components without government approval. The export r...

Mom's Chromebook has so many tabs open, the close tab button isn't showing for any of them. This would be impossible to solve of I didn't teach her the keyboard shortcut to close a tab.