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kind of expected gcc to see right through the 300 gigs of code and compile it down to the tenish instructions.

They disabled optimisations:

> Lets compile the code, disabling optimizations with /Od to make sure that the pesky compiler doesn’t interfere with our algorithm


> disabling optimizations with /Od

And that weird flag is because it's a windows compiler: cl.exe, not gcc.


I'm curious what GCC would do if it wasn't purposely lobotomised and fed 300 GB of this nuclear waste.

Disney gets to invest $1B pre-IPO, in what might become an even more valuable company (or crash and burn, we'll see).

Maybe the only good thing AI will do is take down Disney when it crashes. One can only hope.

Sensing depth is pretty important though. Especially in scenarios where vision fails, radar for example works perfectly fine in the thickest of fog.

In "scenarios where vision fails" the car should not be driving. Period. End of story. It doesn't matter how good radar is in fog, because radar alone is not enough.

Too bad conditions can change instantly. You can't stop the car at an alpine tunnel exit just because there's heavy fog on the other side of the mountain.

If the fog is thick enough that you literally can't see the road, you absolutely can and should stop. Most of the time there's still some visibility through fog, and so your speed should be appropriate to the conditions. As the saying goes, "don't drive faster than your headlights."

The provider of the insurance can always insure itself for that catastrophic case. It's called Reinsurance.

Just do it. There's nothing wrong with it, if that's the kind of talk you want to give.

Look at stuff by david beazley, matt godbolt or casey muratori. They all have talks which focus on small pieces of code and i'm sure it's a tremendous effort to frame that well enough and pace it appropriately, but it sure works for them (and me watching their talks).


What a weird AI generated blog.

What's the point of hosting a blog with a series of superficial posts? There's no promotion of anything, no personal brand, no advertising, just mediocre writing and AI graphics with no actual benchmarks or code.


That's true. It's pretty good for all kinds profiling. I especially like the python GIL profiler of nsys.

Correct, it has been done and got shutdown immediately.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Williams_FW15C


Mercedes is running with a CVT again for some years

By rule, all F1 teams have to use a sequential gearbox. It is section 9.7.1 of Technical regulations:

9.7.1 The number of forward gear ratios must be 8. Continuously variable transmission systems are not permitted.


They are not.

I believe F1 cars are actually incredibly efficient.

You can only take so much fuel and fuel is also weight. You can only win if you use the available fuel to propel you forwards efficiently.


Definitely, but the weight of the fuel doesn’t matter that much and they allowed quite a bit of fuel. Cars wouldn’t gain much by being twice as efficient if they were any slower.

Most cars only drive a few miles each day. It's not that big of a challenge.

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