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Andrew Jones (hpcnotes) @hpcnotes.bsky.social · 3d

Not even a sauna?

Andrew Jones (hpcnotes) @hpcnotes.bsky.social · 3d

The private helicopter is in for refurbishment this month - getting a new onboard jacuzzi fitted - so having to use public transport 😁

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Andrew Jones (hpcnotes) @hpcnotes.bsky.social · 3d

Long distance multi-leg UK train travel is gathering friction in passenger experience - ticket website search algos refusing to show best trains or connections, staff that make up rules based on their personal assumptions, crowded trains, etc … my trips to Exeter offer fresh frustrations each time.

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Andrew Jones (hpcnotes) @hpcnotes.bsky.social · 6d

One side effect of having lots of LED light bulbs around the house is that you forget you have the occasional bulb that is still the old filament style and also that those filament bulbs get really hot really quickly.

Anyway so I have a blister on my finger now.

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Andrew Jones (hpcnotes) @hpcnotes.bsky.social · 6d

Well, the apple lobby have showed up quickly as expected 😁 but where are the advocates for Windows or Linux for a new home laptop?

Andrew Jones (hpcnotes) @hpcnotes.bsky.social · 7d

Thinking of buying new laptop for personal use plus some travel.

Windows vs Linux vs Apple Mac?

I've had Windows & Linux laptops before, keep drifting back to Windows. Never had a mac, but have iPhone, apple watch, ipad, etc.

Tell me your pros / cons of each & convince me which to buy and why!

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Andrew Jones (hpcnotes) @hpcnotes.bsky.social · 7d

If and it's still a big if :-) i do mac, then air vs pro?

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Andrew Jones (hpcnotes) @hpcnotes.bsky.social · 7d

if and it's still a big if :-) i do mac, then air vs pro?

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Andrew Jones (hpcnotes) @hpcnotes.bsky.social · 7d

Thinking of buying new laptop for personal use plus some travel.

Windows vs Linux vs Apple Mac?

I've had Windows & Linux laptops before, keep drifting back to Windows. Never had a mac, but have iPhone, apple watch, ipad, etc.

Tell me your pros / cons of each & convince me which to buy and why!

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Andrew Jones (hpcnotes) @hpcnotes.bsky.social · 11d

The HPC (+ AI Infrastructure) Leadership Training Institute this week at BSC hit registration capacity weeks ago - extra places were opened & they went fast too, and people still on a waiting list.

Nice to see the guess of demand to run the first ever HPCLI in Europe was good!

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Andrew Jones (hpcnotes) @hpcnotes.bsky.social · 11d

Sunrise in Barcelona

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Andrew Jones (hpcnotes) @hpcnotes.bsky.social · 22d

Microsoft announces #Fairwater #AI #supercomputer

Over 100,000 GPUs in single system in custom liquid-cooled datacenter

10x performance of world’s fastest public supercomputer

Plus attached CPU supercomputer with millions of cores

And exabytes of storage.

blogs.microsoft.com/blog/2025/09...

Inside the world’s most powerful AI datacenter - The Official Microsoft Blog

This week we have introduced a wave of purpose-built datacenters and infrastructure investments we are making around the world to support the global adoption of cutting-edge AI workloads and cloud ser...

blogs.microsoft.com

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Andrew Jones (hpcnotes) @hpcnotes.bsky.social · 24d

Microsoft announces $30B investment in UK, including 23,000 #GPUs of #supercomputers for #AI

blogs.microsoft.com/on-the-issue...

Microsoft invests $30 billion in UK to power AI future

The relationship between the United Kingdom and the United States has long been more than a matter of diplomacy — it’s a friendship rooted in shared ideals and mutual ambition. Across generations,…

blogs.microsoft.com

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Andrew Jones (hpcnotes) @hpcnotes.bsky.social · 27d

Boarding #BritishAirways for Seattle … oh, nope, crew got on then back off again to say the aircraft hadn’t been cleaned at all, so now we all waiting at gate for estimated 40mins delay before boarding while aircraft gets cleaned.

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Andrew Jones (hpcnotes) @hpcnotes.bsky.social · 28d

Views of London through the clouds on way in to Heathrow earlier today.

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Andrew Jones (hpcnotes) @hpcnotes.bsky.social · 28d

Hearing the announcement: “boarding complete” for on time departure = good.

Followed by pilot: “there is a fault with the aircraft so there will be a delay before we can go …” = less good.

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Andrew Jones (hpcnotes) @hpcnotes.bsky.social · Sep 4

Only 2 seats left!

The 2025 HPC Leadership Institute in Barcelona is nearly full - register now if you want to secure one of last seats at the most recognized training for current or future leaders across #HPC including #AI, #cloud, #supercomputing, ...

www.bsc.es/news/events/...

HPC Leadership Institute in cooperation with SURF, University of Luxembourg, TACC and Microsoft

www.bsc.es

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Torsten Hoefler 🇨🇭 @thoefler.bsky.social · Sep 3

Learn about Ultra Ethernet 1.0 from some of the authors.

Abdul Kabbani from Microsoft and I will be speaking about details of the 1.0 specification on Mon Sep. 8th 10am PST.

Join in-person at Microsoft Redmond building 99/1915 (open to public) or online buff.ly/vWIGYls

More info: buff.ly/ijiW5so

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Andrew Jones (hpcnotes) @hpcnotes.bsky.social · Sep 1

Bright rainbow yesterday afternoon

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Andrew Jones (hpcnotes) @hpcnotes.bsky.social · Aug 31

Andrew Jones (hpcnotes) @hpcnotes.bsky.social · Aug 29

Apart there is this #AI thing going around …

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Amanda Randles 🧪⚛️ 👩‍🔬 @profamandarandles.bsky.social · Aug 28

Launching Fall 2025: Duke’s Computational & Digital Health Certificate 🎓 Training future leaders at the intersection of AI, modeling, wearables & ethics. Learn more: duke.is/certificate #DigitalHealth #AI @dukeengineering.bsky.social

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Red Oak Consulting @redoakconsulting.co.uk · Aug 28

Wait… HPC does that?!

Roco’s back with a new blog exploring the surprising ways #HPC shapes our world, from Formula 1 to farming, perfect pints to dinosaur research. 🦖🍺

Read here ➡️ bit.ly/4mYMQBb

Wait, HPC Does That?! - Red Oak Consulting

I mean, I always thought HPC (that’s High-Performance Computing, for those of you still confusing it with “Hot Potato Club”) was just for ...

bit.ly

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Andrew Jones (hpcnotes) @hpcnotes.bsky.social · Aug 26

/formula1 ?

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Andrew Jones (hpcnotes) @hpcnotes.bsky.social · Aug 26

F1 "news" or "rants" ? 😄

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Andrew Jones (hpcnotes) @hpcnotes.bsky.social · Aug 26

yup, exactly