Re: The Biggest and The Best
Not exactly.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.marktechpost.com/2020/10/07/nvidia-announces-cambridge-1-uks-most-powerful-supercomputer-for-ai-healthcare-research/%3famp
Posts by Elephantpm
15 publicly visible posts • joined 18 Feb 2015
Nvidia signs up for an Italian Job: Building for Europe the 'world's fastest AI supercomputer' by 2022
Facebook apologizes to users, businesses for Apple’s monstrous efforts to protect its customers' privacy
Thursday 27th August 2020 21:50 GMT
Re: Personalised ads actually make less money
Not really. There are two different advertising networks. Google is 'intent' orientated, Facebook is demographic orientated. Because intent is more valuable a Google click costs 10x a Facebook click. So the cost to the advertiser per sale is the same but I need 10x more ads. Facebook is used by mom and pop businesses like mine because we are niche. If you cater for gay vegan weddings in London (I don't but others do) Facebook will find you that audience. This move will make Google richer and small businesses poorer.
Uncle Sam to blow millions on getting fusion power finally working – with the help of AI
Monday 24th August 2020 18:53 GMT
I was a fusion physicist 30 years ago. My son hopes to study physics at Cambridge and did his summer essay on fusion. The conclusion; 30 years away. But in 30 years a lot has changed. The International community plans to build the DEMO reactor in 2050 (after ITER) and the plan is based on solid physics and engineering. However there is a small chance that a private company can do a SpaceX and get there first using novel technology such as high temperature superconducting magnets. For that reason I would bet a pint on <=30.
Sueball claims Tesla solar panels are so effective, they started fires at Walmart stores
UK ads watchdog slaps Amazon for UX dark arts after folk bought Prime subs they didn't want
Thursday 31st October 2019 10:47 GMT 
I did complain the ASA and I take all the credit
I did complain to the ASA. At the time they said that they need to collected more complaints so they could prove that it was a real issue. They also indicated that they had rapped Amazon's knuckles before on this issue.
Amazon will pay "Whack-a-mole" so when they do it again make sure that you complain.
Blockchain study finds 0.00% success rate and vendors don't call back when asked for evidence
Saturday 1st December 2018 00:07 GMT
Blockchain solves real problems
Blockchain solves the problem of maintaining a central database when there is no trusted third party. See here,
https://cryptoindex.guru/2018/05/20/1402-bitcoin-solves-the-double-spending-problem/
This is ideal for use cases such as development aid. We want to give money to johnny foreigner but we don't want his corrupt government to steal it. Building blockchain applications is hard but give it a few years and they will be ubiquitous.
Microsoft keeps schtum as more battery woes hit Surface sufferers
Your anger is our energy, says Microsoft as it fixes Surface
That's cute, Germany – China shows the world how fusion is done
Are you the keymaster? Alternatives in a LogMeIn/LastPass universe
Tiering up: Our man struggles to make sense of the storage landscape
Being common is tragic, but the tragedy of the commons is still true
Sunday 19th July 2015 23:27 GMT
Community Investment Companies (CIC) fit into this somewhere
I just found out about CIC and I am very impressed and would value @Tim Worstall's thoughts on them. They may be the future of the NHS.
CICs are limited companies so the are easy to run and grow using conventional management techniques but they have an "asset lock" so the non-community stakeholders (Investors, Directors, Employees) can not do a runner with the assets. Crucially they are real companies and can more easily pay market rate for employees than charities and it is hoped that this will enable social entrepreneurs. The "asset lock" means that it is politically acceptable to gift public assets such as hospitals to them.
I think they might be the next big thing.
Inside GOV.UK: 'Chaos' and 'nightmare' as trendy Cabinet Office wrecked govt websites
Wednesday 18th February 2015 17:34 GMT 
Businesslink was too expensive - because of user testing!
I worked doing requirements analysis for Businesslink.gov. Businesslink was very expensive because we had professional requirements analysts, information architects and and content authors. We did a lot of user testing with real users.
We created a brilliant website that really worked well.
I have been managing projects for clients for about 20 years and I am a great fan of SCRUM but Agile is really not suited for Government work because managing stakeholder relationships is hard and the lazy requirements gathering is not acceptable. Funnily enough HMG actually has a suitable project management system. It is called PRINCE2 and is a global standard.
Here is my "told you so"
http://blog.jamesbayley.com/2012/10/23/we-should-mourn-businesslink-gov-uk-because-uk-gov-is-crap/
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