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8:50:30
no-defun-allowed
After a conversation with the program manager, I have submitted all the transfer credit forms. The immediate result of that is that I have about a month with no work to do, and another two with a reduced workload.
8:53:20
no-defun-allowed
The manager decided the "bootcamp" classes were definitely unnecessary, given my studies last year. But she insists that I should re-learn databases and some other stuff formally, so the other classes have to be evaluated properly. (Though the relational algebra didn't get any more complex since I learnt it in high school...)
8:54:35
beach
So classes that are new to you won't start for another month? Did I understand that right?
9:02:50
beach
Well, then. You can take on some interesting programming project for a month or more. Or you can start reading up on the classes that you will take later. Or you can go surfing. Lots of possibilities.
9:21:17
no-defun-allowed
Would it be too weird to find the high performance computing group when I've only been enrolled for a week? Perhaps the trick is not to mention it.
9:32:30
splittist
Find interesting people doing interesting things and make yourself useful. Worked for Guy Steele (:
9:33:08
no-defun-allowed
beach: I am hoping to test concurrent hash tables on larger machines with more cores. Not exactly heisig's territory from what I hear.
9:40:35
splittist
Virtual Keypunch: https://www.masswerk.at/keypunch/ (I promise to try to get back on topic...)
10:33:02
beach
Nah. It's just that there is such a huge amount of stuff to do that there is plenty to choose from.
11:13:06
no-defun-allowed
ebrasca: The trick is to relax until you are bored enough that programming some more is more enjoyable. That usually provides a good average productivity per time unit.
12:55:49
beach
My experience from my day job is that it is common to be simultaneously bored and overworked.
13:07:45
jackdaniel
it is enough to avoid distractions (i.e cut off the internet) and deprive yourself of interesting materials (books, intellectual puzzles)
13:08:31
jackdaniel
while having plenty of distracitons keeps you from boredom, boredom seems to be a more honest way of wasting time - i.e nobody plays tricks with your brain (aka user engagement/addiction patterns)
13:11:01
splittist
I am often amazed at the insights that can be gained from (a) going through a printout of some code with a pen (or pens of different colours) or (b) going for a walk with a specific topic in mind to think about. Especially after hours/days of staring at screens.
13:12:36
splittist
(Of course, you may think that what counts as insight for me is a fairly low bar...)
13:15:43
beach
I use my private sauna for that. No distractions there. Just thinking time. A significant fraction of my paper ideas were invented there.
14:20:39
beach
So for the EDU computation, I have a work list that starts off containing every instruction. When I pop and process one instruction, new instructions will be pushed, but it is likely they will already be on the work list. I could use PUSHNEW, but that could be slow.
14:20:40
beach
I am thinking a combination between a hash table and a list. Instruction are in the hash table if and only if they should be processed. When an item is "popped" off the work list, before it is processed, I check whether it is in the table. Does that sound good?
14:21:10
beach
If there were a way to select some arbitrary item in a hash table that would work too.
14:22:01
Bike
you can do that by mapping with a function that returns the first result, though it's kind of clum- yeah
14:27:26
beach
By that I mean, instead of checking the hash table before deciding to push a new item, check the hash table when it is popped.