Minutes 2025-01-09

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  1. Tech does not like displaying migigan tek merch on their socials
    1. they keep cropping me out from the secretcon photo :(
  2. Josh's presentation on program optimization! [1]
    1. Tech might have some classes on this
      1. Josh hasn't taken any
    2. Got interested finding a 60GB/s fizzbuzz assembly code off StackOverflow
    3. Why sorted lists are more performant than unsorted ones
    4. Speculative execution
    5. If statement branching
    6. Adding all numbers above 128
      1. Much faster when the array is sorted ( N, N, N, N, [...] T, T, T, etc)
      2. Versus a random/unsorted array (N, T, N, N, T, N, T, T, etc)
    7. Branchy vs Branchless speeds
      1. Branchless is about the same with sorted/unsorted arrays (~2.5 seconds on both)
      2. Branchy varies vastly (~11 seconds on random; ~2.53 seconds on sorted)
    8. Removing branches and predication
    9. SMD
    10. SIMD
    11. Twice as fast when instructions can all be fit inside the CPU cache
    12. Questions?
      1. When is this used? Would you need to remember these techniques while making large programs?
        1. These are only really
      2. Spectre Meltdown
  3. eboard vote since Josh graduated last semester
    1. Lucas is the new Secretary!
    2. Dane is the new Treasurer!
  4. We're getting a /27 subnet
  5. mtu.net
    1. looked up the main admin's linkedin
      1. looks like a cool guy
  6. forum.wmtu.fm
    1. The only members are alums, no one knows how it's run or who runs it
    2. Seems to run a modern build of Discourse
  7. mtuchan schizo
    1. reformation.org
      1. the real Senator Joe Biden was sent to catholic purgatory in May 1988 and replaced with Law Professor Joe Biden
  8. Print some shirts for LUG
  9. Schmitts
  10. USG budget meeting coming up soon