I have voucher A to get [thing] for $20. I also have voucher B to get same [thing] for $0. However, voucher B is not working … and I have now spent a lot more than $20 worth of my time trying to make it work … and won’t be giving up any time soon yet …

Using someone else’s smartphone and being unable to use it easily because they HAVE ALL THEIR APPS IN THE WRONG ORDER!!

interested in your suggestions for the pages on #HPC/#AI events, and relevant news/analysis publications, podcasts, social media, etc.

That tense moment when you switch what your primary domain and sub-domains urls point to … and your entire online presence evaporates for several long minutes while waiting for the DNS updates to go live and spread … the tension to see if you made a mess of the DNS edits …

In what is now a solid tradition, the most important post-SC event ... publication of Glenn's SC notes! #HPC #SC25 #supercomputing #HPCignites

Runways, roads, railways, datacentres, houses, supermarkets, … this observation often feels accurate

Can you claim to be a real #HPC software engineer if you've never coded with at least 2 of #Fortran, #MPI, #OpenMP, or #CUDA? Can you claim to be a modern #supercomputing scientist if you've never worked with at least 2 of #cloud, #AI/#ML, #FP16, or #RSEs?

Crossed off 12 items from my To-Do list today. Just 188 more to go from the "urgent" folder.

Big #F1 news - Adrian Newey to become Aston Martin team principal! Could go either way - some technical leaders discover they have a hidden management genius within them. For others, the difference between a top team leader and a top tech leader rapidly become clear.

US DOE is being directed to go all-in on AI: www.whitehouse.gov/presidential... #HPC

Why can you never fix the blame on good C programmers? Because they always know how to point to another memory!

Why are C++ programmers so rich? Because they know how to do inheritance!

Why are plays written by Fortran 77 programmers boring? Because they can’t have more than 6 characters!

Why are Unix programmers like crabs? Because they prefer to stay in their shells!

Why are Unix programmers like crabs? Because they prefer to stay in their shells!

Why are plays written by Fortran 77 programmers boring? Because they can’t have more than 6 characters!

Why are C++ programmers so rich? Because they know how to do inheritance!

Why can you never fix the blame on good C programmers? Because they always know how to point to another memory!

Evidence that PGMOL/VAR interpretation of offside rule clearly varies from one week to next When will PGMOL be held to account other than Howard occasional TV appearances to explain away poor decisions? PGMOL’s mistakes are what is harming attitudes to refs, not behaviour of managers or players

Happening now in room 132 on the ground floor! There’s still time to drop in and be part of the session. 11:00: Capturing Value with @hpcnotes.bsky.social – don’t miss it. #HPC #SC25

#HPCignites Fun watching this be installed on the Microsoft booth at #SC25 today

Only Sunday lunchtime at #SC25 and already had so many useful and interacting conversations #HPCignites #HPC

Make time at #SC25 to visit the #ArtOfHPC exhibition - beauty and science all in one place - well worth a few minutes of your time #HPC #Supercomputing #HPCignites All these and much more …

Arrived at #SC25 I’m away from my computer today 😁 mostly … you’ll understand if you see me … Feel free to say hello if you see me around. Looking forward to a great week of people and technology etc. #HPC #AI #cloud #supercomputing

Boarding first of the three flights I need to take today to get to #SC25 … long day of travel ahead! Wonder how many other #HPC people I will see on these flights?

This week has been so crazy I’m actually considering the wild intensity of #SC25 next week will be an improvement!

Several mentally challenging meetings this week, ranging from ones where I’m wondering how/if to tell someone their perspective is significantly detached from reality, to ones where there an opportunity to do something really amazing, to ones where alleged experts’ competence might be debatable …

Some advice for #SC25 … bsky.app/profile/hpcn... #Supercomputing #HPC

A fun but maybe not easy question as we look forward to #SC25 … Which of these most resonates with how you think of yourself? Can only pick one, can’t say “all of them” - get off the fence & pick a team 😁 1. #HPC/#Supercomputing 2. #AI 3. #Cloud 4. None - no resonance with any of them

1 week until #SC25 3 bits of advice: 1. Prioritise shoes for comfort not smart. 2. Find/force downtime during SC. Enough talks/meetings/receptions done well is better than lots rushed/tired/etc. 3. SC is about people as much as (or more than) technology. #HPC #Supercomputing

Inspired by 18 innings? Interested in #AI, #Supercomputers, #Cloud, #HPC? Attending #SC25? Get your place at the sought-after #Microsoft + #AMD SC reception! Tue 18th, 6.30pm, Busch Stadium Pre-registration & approval required: aka.ms/microsoftamd... #HPCignites #Supercomputing

Phew, submitted slides for #SC25 tutorial with just minutes to spare before the deadline! Join us Monday 17th Nov at #Supercomputing St Louis to learn about strategy, procurement, cost + value models, metrics, investment cases for #HPC & #AI and more!

Useful thread by @meredithmeredith.bsky.social on the difference between renting a server and buying access to an established globally present hyperscale infrastructure - including discussion (warnings) around concentration of risk and opportunity

Imagine you could visit 5 #supercomputer centres anywhere in the world - but only 5 - to learn the most about the state of the art for #HPC, plus future trends, etc. - which 5 would you choose and why?

Is it time for a #HPC community debate about the cities that are being picked for SC? #SC25 is really struggling for available hotels near the conference center. Plus some people are worried about the street safety reputation of STL and other recent SC cities.

Woah! How is it the middle of October already? When did that happen?

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.

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.

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

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!

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!

Sunrise in Barcelona

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...

Microsoft announces $30B investment in UK, including 23,000 #GPUs of #supercomputers for #AI blogs.microsoft.com/on-the-issue...

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.

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

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.

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/...