[ale] HPC replies

[Brian MacLeod]

It may be economically inefficient, but if it seems like something you
might like or love to do, then you do inefficient things.  That's at the
very least what a hobby is, if not a specialization in certain minutiae in
common areas.

I've found that despite my interest and accessibility in HPC (very
economically efficient path, I found it wasn't for me in the end.  But the
experience has definitely informed me for dealing with so many filesystem
issues that that has become what I am known for.

I know plenty of people who've entered it in less efficient means and don't
make near as much money as in their studied fields, but they love it and
feel satisfied helping others use these technologies.


bnm




On Mon, Dec 9, 2024 at 9:32 PM Russell L. Carter via Ale <ale at ale.org>
wrote:

> Greetings!
>
> I am temporaily, regretably, locate4d in Douglasville
> GA.  Yet I am wondering about the discussion here about
> uh, erm, "HPC computing".
>
> All the comments so far are true; it's a mess, always
> has been.
>
> But there is a reason for HPC computing: various algorithms
> need memory locality to work efficiently.  People here surely
> know what I mean: your nonlinear PDE solver (a galaxy here)
> likely needs locally efficient memory accesses to work
> "well enough" to get your PhD and then a low paid (relatively
> speaking) job if you get tenure through the publications.
>
> This all means that unless you are already in the PhD/HPC
> ecosystem, it's quite economically inefficient to try to
> be employed there.
>
> Russell L. Carter
>
>
> On 12/9/24 8:32 PM, Dev Null via Ale wrote:
> > Dec 9, 2024 17:40:27 matthew.brown--- via Ale <ale at ale.org>:
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> > Well said! I completely agree.
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