I'm bored teach me about something you like

have i seen this before  ?

i like figures from the 99 cent store...

no. That's also a thing but GPUs operate on a different principal. In a multicore cpu each core is like its own mini cpu capable of running its own separate program. threading allows multiple programs to time share a single core as if there were more 'virtual' cores. A GPU is supper specialised to run one program at a time but the program can do hugely parallel calculations, It's like vector arithmetic.

So a GPU command might be C=A+B but what that actually means is C_0=A_0+B_0, C_1=A_1+B_1 etc. In a CPU you are allowed an instruction like IF C>0 GOTO line X but not in a GPU. after all would that be if C_0>0 or if C_1>0? instead you have instructions like IF C>0 D=C else D=0 which will give you a D where any values in C less than 0 have been set to 0. 

So say I want to write a program that involves doing the same sums over at over on a lot of different numbers and I can design this program in such a way that a lot of the calculations can be done at the same time independently an involve almost exactly the same series of mathematical operations ... well GPUs are great at that.

isnt this now dealt with thread based software where the different cores of processors process threads at same time

The video games you play almost certainly use GPUs or graphics processing units to generate the graphics but did you know they can also be used for hardcore scientific computation?

each GPU is bit like a CPU (standard computer processor) linked to thousands of ALUs or arithmetic logic units. The ALU is the CPUs calculator and by having so many the gpu can do many calculations at once. But it can only run one program at once which means every ALU has to perform the same calculation just on different numbers. The programmes GPUs run can’t do conditional jumps like a cpu can.

a cpu can check if two numbers are the same and if they are go to some other part of the program to do something difrent. But in a GPU some ALU would have to jump and some not. That’s not allowed, there is only one program running on the gpu so you can’t be in two different parts of the program at the same time.

this makes writing good code for GPUs hard. Instead of conditional jumps you have conditional saves. Where an output gets saved only if a condition is satisfied.

so if in a GPU program you want each ALU to calculate 1 of 2 alternative formulas every ALU has to compute both formulas and save the answer from the one you wanted in each case. 
avoiding these sections where you have to do redundant work is a big part of good GPU programing.

i love hay meadows i have helped in traditional hay stack making..   I have never seen a carnivorous plant in the wild

Got a hay meadow  full of orchids , love plants in general, found some butterworts on the common, carnivores plants .

Orchids! 

Orchids became a distinct group from other plants 112 million years ago and are the second largest flower family in terms of number of species after daisies. To put that into a bit of suspective, the first flowers formed only 130 million years ago. 

Because of this orchids have spread all over the globe, on every continent other than antarctica, and have around 28,000 current known species, which is over 4 times the number of known species of mammals. They are usually highly pollinator specific and can be very adapted to suit this specific pollinator, for instance in gongoras, which are pollinated by euglossine bees, or in Angraecum sesquipedale, also known as Darwin's orchid, which is moth pollinated. 

They are distinguished from other plant families by their flower anatomy, in particular the fusion of the stamen and the pistil into one structure called the collumn.

I like, Magic, trains, history

It's just like a moving version of meditation, staying anchored and focused on the breathing while do the moves. It's rarely taught as a martial art in our time.

In a nutshell yes it is ( its a meditation by Doing, yes its a marital art,,, technically a fighting martial art  )

 en.wikipedia.org/.../Tai_chi

It is part of Moving meditation   ( or meditation by doing in Zen ). I already do ( meditation and meditation by Doing but I have been considering taking up Tai Chi up again because it would compliment what I am doing already and I still know one or two  moves 

It is really worth doing.

Learn from Videos in YouTube, if there isnt a club, because its hard to get the movements right from books.  

My neighbour does the "stick/staff" versions at night in his garden. 

I found it really useful for cultivating silent smooth movement for close photography of wild animals 

it lead to me training in Karate and Judo (sparring with black belts everyday) and now proper real meditation ( Zen ), living mindfulness ( Vietnamese ) ,  and walking meditation ( Zen ). 

I've heard once or twice that tai chi is good for you am I right in saying its like meditation through a form of exercise, that's kind of the way I think of it

I like practicing Tai Chi, it's one of the healthiest activities to do that increases relaxation and mindfulness.

Interestingly, when we look at specific studies for specific diseases, we see that Tai Chi consistently emerges as superior or as good as all other forms of non-pharmaceutical treatments. And because Tai Chi has no side effects, it may be appropriate as an important complement—or, in some cases, a replacement—for drug therapy.

This scientific evidence also shows that Tai Chi is one of the most effective intervention for health and wellness and complements standard medical treatment for the prevention and rehabilitation of many conditions commonly associated with age. The main benefits of Tai Chi its energizing, calming, grounding, centering and enjoyable aspects. Findings further pointed to additional benefits incurred in the learning process of Tai Chi movements, such as patience, acceptance of things as they are, and an increase in physical, mental, and spiritual awareness.

Okey so that turns out i didn't watch last episode i am going to watch this right now

There's 5 of them out right now you got a nice little binge session if you can get them all, they come out each Friday morning 

I actually don't know when the episodes are released I check the pirate bay from time to time and when new episode is avaliable I download it and watch

It's great I watched it on Friday 

Yeah I would like that even if it was an animated series like the clone wars it doesn't need to be a blockbuster or live action like the mandalorian it would be really cool to have a story about the origins of it all and then by all means make some bigger productions based on that 

Which reminds me I will probably watch the bad batch series today as i have some time

Star Wars Universe is just great the empire strikes back 10/10 Old trilogy is the best 

Yes i too sometimes watched some YT channels about star wars

Now disney will probably expand the story of the republic before the phantom manace it's called high republic it would be a good idea if they would move the topic of the sith like they were hiding in the shadows and making their machinations by the rule of two perhaps in series we meet a rich  businessman character and later it turns out that he is a hiding sith lord actually