Daniel Lemire
Person on 4 sites
Computer science professor who writes about software performance and indexing; blogs weekly at lemire.me.
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4 facts on wiqqi (opens wiqqi.app)
Who people, organisations and podcasts are, and how they connect, with sources.
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4 channels on ppll (opens ppll.app)
Where public figures publish, and what they are on record saying.
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14 beliefs on korrents (opens korrents.com)
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Compressed bitmaps are not always better than uncompressed ones; there are many tradeoffs. (opens korrents.com)
“Compressed bitmaps like Roaring are not always better. There are many tradeoffs.”
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Academic publishing functions mainly to sort people for jobs rather than to produce useful knowledge. (opens korrents.com)
“The purpose of the academic output is to sort people out for jobs.”
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Most people who complete a PhD today will not land a tenure-track or tenured position, and the odds keep shrinking. (opens korrents.com)
“If you hold a PhD today, your chance of having a tenure-track or tenured position is about 10% and falling.”
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Compressed bitmaps are not always better than uncompressed ones; there are many tradeoffs. (opens korrents.com)
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15 recommendations on rcmnd (opens rcmnd.app)
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Theft of Fire (opens rcmnd.app)
“Theft of Fire offers a plausible and realistic universe. The characters, Marcus Warnoc and Miranda Foxgrove, are not mere archetypes; they are complex, flawed, and deeply human. Their struggle to trust one another and…”
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Template Metaprogramming with C++ (opens rcmnd.app)
“I spent the last few weeks reading Template Metaprogramming with C++ by Marius Băncilă. It is currently 50$ on Amazon. Though, technically, the book is about advanced 'template' techniques, it is much more broad and…”
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How Innovation Works (opens rcmnd.app)
“I read How Innovation Works by Matt Ridley in a few hours. It is a delicious book.”
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Theft of Fire (opens rcmnd.app)