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Re:Faster, easier 2D vector rendering [video]
on Tuesday June 10, 2025 @04:32PM (#44241159)
Re:Evaluation of Bfloat16, Posit, and Takum Arithmetics in Sparse Line...
on Thursday January 09, 2025 @05:54AM (#42643993)
Our experiments demonstrate that tapered-precision arithmetic consistently outperforms IEEE 754 floating-point numbers in all tested scenarios. Among the tapered-precision formats, takums exhibited exceptional performance, outperforming bfloat16 in every case. While occasionally marginally less accurate than posits, takums delivered comparable results overall and demonstrated superior numerical stability. Notably, we successfully introduced the application of 8-bit posits and takums in mixed-precision iterative refinement, marking a possibly significant milestone in numerical computing. Additionally, GMRES exhibited particular benefit from tapered-precision formats, with takums delivering outstanding results, surpassing posits in all cases.
Impressive results from Takums (https://arxiv.org/abs/2404.18603).
They also seem better then Posits for implementation in hardware. https://arxiv.org/pdf/2408.10594
Beating Posits at Their Own Game: Takum Arithmetic
Pijul: Version-Control Post-Git • Goto 2023 [video]
WHO blasts China for not disclosing potential data on Covid-19’s origin
Re:Can GPT-4 *Actually* Write Code?
on Friday March 17, 2023 @09:27AM (#35196783)
Wouldn't a better formulation be: "Give me the shortest route with a cost of 5 or lower with the minimum fire tiles in the path necessary" Since your formulation doesn't care about the amount of fire tiles in case there is no other solution?
Re:Where are my Git UI features from the future?
on Sunday January 08, 2023 @02:32PM (#34302262)
I'm still hoping https://pijul.org/ usage will grow.
Re:Revamped German stellarator should run longer, hotter and compete w...
on Monday September 12, 2022 @08:48AM (#32809336)
Any specific reasons why you think its fraud?
Re:Revamped German stellarator should run longer, hotter and compete w...
on Sunday September 11, 2022 @10:11AM (#32799758)
In france they are building a next privately founded stellerator which seems intresting. https://stellarator.energy/
Re:On my resignation as regulator of the Dutch intelligence and securi...
on Saturday September 10, 2022 @07:54AM (#32789833)
This is not the will of the people in the Netherlands. We had a referendum a few years ago about the laws for spying (sleepwet). Their was a clear vote for not allowing bulk spying. The rules that currently are broken down where made in reaction to that referendum.
Re:Ask HN: Has YouTube peaked?
on Monday July 18, 2022 @07:15AM (#32136860)
I hate the youtube search these days. You get back a very limited list off content you serached for and a lot off videos that are "related" to your search.
Toronto wants to kill the smart city forever
Standard for Posit Arithmetic (2022) [pdf]
Washington proposes ban on targeted ads
Re:Ruling party figures say Poland has Pegasus spyware
on Friday January 07, 2022 @02:24PM (#29843538)
Not in a parliamentary system like they have in the Netherlands.
Riscv Vector 1.0 ready for public review
Re:Incident with GitHub Actions, API Requests, Git Operations, Issues ...
on Tuesday August 10, 2021 @11:41AM (#28130196)
This happens quit a lot with github lately it seems.
Re:Dutch crime reporter dies after being shot
on Thursday July 15, 2021 @09:47AM (#27844637)
We haven't legalized the production of drugs in the Netherlands, so our 'gedoogbeleid' does not help against organized crime. It does help on the health side of the debate though.