Bro, I don't care what this article is trying to sell you. Science is never cheap. It is awesome that these scientist figure out some creative way to cut cost. If everyone is starting to do this on the large scale, the human civilization will stop developing.
History disagrees. Some of the most fundamental discoveries were made using little more than junk laying around the scientist's laboratory.
You don't need a billion dollar budget to do important work. If you think you do, human civilization will stop developing because it's too busy applying for grants.
3rd world people are not in the same boat, in Brazil a trip to NZ is a fortune, I've done it twice because of my job and for fun. It's one of the most expensive plane tickets you can buy here.
Flew to Auckland from SFO for our honeymoon for ~$950 roundtrip per ticket, so it's not horrendously expensive, but of course I'd hardly call that the kind of sum you'd want to throw away jut for an interview.
I know loads of tech workers who are still paying off their student debt/etc (or putting their kids through school) despite the relatively high salary.
Not if you're from India or Sri Lanka. Even though we could afford a round trip to NZ, but I wouldn't want to spend about 2 months of salary for an interview.
It runs Cray Linux (based on SUSE) and assuredly somebody is running Fortran on it in some form.
Many people think these large machines are intended for a small handful of users that run extremely large jobs. That's typically not the case; they typically have tens of users per day up to hundreds per week, depending on institution. With diverse users comes diverse software and the challenges based on that.
Not sure exactly what you're after here. The systems have assorted versions of Fortran compilers from both Cray and Intel. With regards to versions of the language standard used/ required for the models I'm not sure.
I personally feel sorry for people who need to buy their clothes at these places. But I guess they don't have other options? I am not sure how they live their lives.
I know some folks here probably lead you to YC. But I am currently building something with my saving as a developer. If I got my prototype right, I will call my richest auntie.
40% of US students in the US have no close American friends on campus too. We all went to college. Come one. That is how it is. I wouldn't call the dude saying hi to me everyday the room next door ma friend. They are all just living around me. We all have to pretend to be nice to each other because none of us wants trouble. Sure we do hang out or get drunk at the party. But we are not friends.
The only true friend I got is my college sweet heart.
Prejudice is an unfavorable opinion formed without knowledge, thought, or reason. The worsening air quality as a result of vehicular emissions in Delhi is very well documented and will have serious consequences if it is not dealt with seriously. It's not a matter of opinion.
I fail to see what the above has to do with prejudice, personally. Poor air quality is a problem in many parts of the world, notably so in developing areas.
The prejudice seems to be "ah India, nice try but you still fail badly in an unrelated area" while in fact in this regard Delhi is more progressive than much of Europe and the US.
Reducing plastic waste is a step in the right direction and should not be dismissed just because there are other problems that may be harder to fix right now.
>"ah India, nice try but you still fail badly in an unrelated area"
That's not what a prejudice is. It's also not what he said. Maybe if people wouldn't be so hypersensitive we could address the problems a country might be facing. India has many issues.
So what if he points that out, while we're discussing a different issue? It's part of having a conversation.
Good points. Would we have the same conversation about the US though? "Electric cars taking over?" - "Wow but pollution due to fracking is a way bigger problem!"
While prejudice is not probably the correct interpretation, the GPs post reads like "don't ban plastic until air pollution is fixed". Any improvement is better than nothing.
Vehicle emissions (and other air pollution) are a problem all over the world. The USA and especially California now have reasonably tight emissions control standards, but Los Angeles used to have horrid smog, to the point children would be told not to go outside to play on the worst days. Now after public outrage followed by well enforced regulatory changes, it’s much better.
In general, a relatively small percentage of older vehicles produce a huge proportion of auto emissions. If governments can enforce regular emissions tests and pull the offending vehicles off the road, it makes an enormous difference to air quality.
