spectacletourette
spectacletourette t1_j6luakc wrote
Reply to comment by TheLuteceSibling in ELI5: Why do computers need GPUs (integrated or external)? What information is the CPU sending to the GPU that it can't just send to a display? by WeirdGamerAidan
Just to add…
> and to do the same thing bazillions of times per second.
That’s why GPUs are also used for cryptographic calculations, even though that’s not the task they were originally intended for.
spectacletourette t1_iu9kznc wrote
Reply to comment by stakekake in ELI5: How does an Iambic Pentameter work? by ryzbaka
The example I remember from school (also from Romeo and Juliet)…
(he JESTS) (at SCARS) (that NE-) (-ver FELT) (a WOUND)
spectacletourette t1_ja6szd5 wrote
Reply to comment by [deleted] in Owner of Irish hotel to sell ‘most influential book in human history’ for estimate of up to $50m Codex Sassoon: Jacqui Safra, who co-owns Parknasilla, in Kenmare, is to sell this copy of the Hebrew Bible at Sotheby’s in May. by LordRumBottoms
The codex in the news is nowhere near as culturally significant as the Codex Sinaiticus, but…
A while back, I saw the Codex Sinaiticus at the British Library. It was thrilling to be in the presence of this cultural treasure. As an atheist, I consider it to be like any Bible; a collection of myths, legends, poetry and unreliable history written without any divine inspiration, but it would take a special combination of crassness and ignorance to look on this object and have no thought other than… “fairy tales”.