Re: old power, Short Vectors Versus Long Vectors

On 4/30/2024 8:22 PM, John Levine wrote:

It appears that Lawrence D'Oliveiro  <ldo@nz.invalid> said:

On Tue, 30 Apr 2024 19:38:54 -0000 (UTC), John Levine wrote:
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The 650s at least ran all night. Alan Perlis told me some amusing stories
of tripping in the dark over sleeping grad student wives who were
holding their husbands' place in line for the 650 in the middle of the
night. They soon made the scheduling more humane.

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How did they do that, though? Other than by hiring operators to work those
shifts, so the users could submit their jobs in a queue and go home?

 Rather than just queueing up, they arranged it so the student could
sign up ahead of time, and then show up whenever to do his work, and
the wives could get some sleep.
 I also think he tried to round up some money to get another computer.
 

Sometimes seems odd in a way that people can manage to find wives, with as many difficulties and prerequisites there seem to be in being seen as "worthy of attention", etc...
Then again, it seems that there is a split:
   Many people seem to marry off between their early to mid 20s;
     Like, somehow, they find someone where there is mutual interest.
   Others, not so quickly, if at all.
   On the female side, it seems there are several subgroups:
     Those who are waiting for "the perfect romance".
     Those who want someone with at least a "6 figure income", etc.
     Then there are the asexual females.
     And also lesbians.
Though, of these, in my case aiming for aroace females makes the most sense, though in this case it turns into an issue of whether one can make a case that (for them) being in a relationship would leave them better off than just remaining alone, and many would rather just remain alone (and generally tend to have rejected the societal expectation for people to find someone to be in a relationship with).
In most cases, the cost/benefit tradeoff would not seem to be mutually beneficial.
Well, and then there is another split between people who are socially/emotionally oriented in terms of their thinking, and those who evaluate things in terms of cost/benefit and utility. The former tend to dislike the latter, though at the same time, many of those in the latter camp tend to be selfish and self serving (only working for their own self interest, rather than the self interest of others).
Similarly, not really found anyone in the same geographic area that also has similar interests, ...
Also, interacting with the "perfect romance" types is kinda pointless:
They expect someone to woo them and make some sort of unrealistic fantasy experience, which wont really work out;
Tend to often be weird and irrational, meaningful communication is not usually possible;
They tend to strongly be repelled by the notion of applying cost/benefit considerations to relationships (as seemingly "romance" exists in a world devoid of practicality or cost/benefit), but also they tend to be of the social/emotional type as well.
Then again, not exactly like I am the epitome of "practicality" either, more trying to act in terms of things I find interesting or which could potentially benefit the world, rather than trying to work towards money and societal influence (IOW: the more standard goals).
But, still, it seems like it would still be preferable to not be alone.
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