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Daniel Lemire

@lemire.bsky.social

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Daniel Lemire is a Computer Science Professor at the University of Quebec (TELUQ). Daniel Lemire ranks in the top 2% of scientists worldwide according to Stanford University/Elsevier's 2024 ranking.

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Daniel Lemire @lemire.bsky.social · 4d

Aesthetics matter https://lemire.me/blog/2025/10/08/aesthetics-matter/

Daniel Lemire @lemire.bsky.social · 7d

std::ranges may not deliver the performance that you expect https://lemire.me/blog/2025/10/05/stdranges-may-not-deliver-the-performance-that-you-expect/

Daniel Lemire @lemire.bsky.social · 9d

Beyond papers: rethinking science in the era of artificial intelligence https://lemire.me/blog/2025/10/03/beyond-papers-rethinking-science-in-the-era-of-artificial-intelligence/

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Daniel Lemire @lemire.bsky.social · 13d

Smallest number string that is infinite https://lemire.me/blog/2025/09/29/smallest-number-string-that-is-infinite/

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Daniel Lemire @lemire.bsky.social · 21d

Hard work is a virtue https://lemire.me/blog/2025/09/21/hard-work-is-a-virtue/

Daniel Lemire @lemire.bsky.social · 23d

Thanks. My blog is seemingly suffering from a denial of service attack. I am not sure where it comes from.

Daniel Lemire @lemire.bsky.social · 23d

Transparents récents:

simdjson.github.io/simdjson_tal...

@cppcon.bsky.social

C++26 Reflection for JSON Serialization - A Practical Journey

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Daniel Lemire @lemire.bsky.social · Sep 7

Splitting a long string in lines efficiently https://lemire.me/blog/2025/09/07/splitting-a-long-string-in-lines-efficiently/

Daniel Lemire @lemire.bsky.social · Sep 1

Processors are getting wider https://lemire.me/blog/2025/09/01/processors-are-getting-wider/

Daniel Lemire @lemire.bsky.social · Aug 24

Debugging C++ with Visual Studio Code under macOS https://lemire.me/blog/2025/08/24/debugging-c-with-visual-studio-code-under-macos/

Daniel Lemire @lemire.bsky.social · Aug 15

Predictable memory accesses are much faster https://lemire.me/blog/2025/08/15/predictable-memory-accesses-are-much-faster/

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Daniel Lemire @lemire.bsky.social · Aug 9

Why do we even need SIMD instructions ? https://lemire.me/blog/2025/08/09/why-do-we-even-need-simd-instructions/

Daniel Lemire @lemire.bsky.social · Jul 16

This was a classic post.

Daniel Lemire @lemire.bsky.social · Jul 16

"Normal science, the activity in which most scientists spend most all their time, is predicated on the assumption that the scientific community knows what the world is like. Normal science suppresses fundamental novelties because they are necessarily subversive of its basic commitments." (Kuhn)

Daniel Lemire @lemire.bsky.social · Jul 16

You are restating the linear model of innovation. It was always a vague theory, and it cannot be defended.

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If it worked the way you describe, software engineers would hang around on campus to learn what is coming down the pipe in the next few years.

Nobody does that.

Let us bury the linear model of innovation – Daniel Lemire's blog

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