#HDC

[anothertwdblog]

I have been thinking about Autistic!Daryl and his problematic big brother trying to help.

Merle being the only one who understood his non-verbal baby brother for the first four years of his life.

They communicated by whistling, initially because of hunting, but ultimately because it was easier for Daryl.

Daryl started talking in full sentences on a random Wednesday when he was five years old: "I don't want to skin the rabbit, you do it."

Merle lost his mind: "OH MY FUCKING GOD, YOU CAN TALK! I KNEW YOU WEREN'T RETARDED."

"Shut up, Merle."

"Oh, didn't say anything for five years, and now you think you can tell me what to do, punk bitch?"

Daryl had his first beer that day. He didn't say much else because he was kind of tipsy, and Merle wouldn't shut up, laughing at everyone who said Daryl would never talk, especially their dad.

"I think you speak enough for both of us," Daryl mumbled while falling asleep.

"Shut up."

[longwuzhere]

My Adventures with Superman Season 2 Easter Eggs

Welcome to another week of My Adventures with Superman! We got a heist episode with some returning characters! Hell yeah!!!!

My Easter eggs lists for season 1 is here if you haven't seen it!

My season 2 episode 1 Easter eggs and references in My Adventures with Superman post is here

My season 2 episode 2 Easter eggs and references in My Adventures with Superman post is here

My season 2 episode 3 Easter eggs and references in My Adventures with Superman post is here

My Easter eggs and references in My Adventures with Superman comic issue 1 post is here

My season 2 episode 4 Easter eggs and references in My Adventures with Superman post is here

My season 2 episode 5 Easter eggs and references in My Adventures with Superman post is here

My season 2 episode 6 Easter eggs and references in My Adventures with Superman post is here

My Easter eggs and references for My Adventures with Superman comic issue 2 post is here

My season 2 episode 8 Easter eggs and references in My Adventures with Superman post is here

My season 2 episode 9 Easter eggs and references in My Adventures with Superman post is here

My season 2 episode 10 Easter eggs and references in My Adventures with Superman post is here

My Easter eggs and references for My Adventures with Superman comic issue 3 post is here

Spoilers if you haven't seen the episode

After what happened in episode 5, Amanda Waller puts Metropolis in martial law and has sent out the HDC, the Human Defense Corps. her military personnel roaming around and harassing innocent civilians.

The HDC makes its first appearance in Human Defense Corps, in its own limited series back in 2003 where they were a military unit that fights back against extraterrestrial forces [Cover art by Clement Sauve, Juan Viasco, Guy Major]. They have been folded into the US military to help fight back against New Krypton in Superman: War of the Supermen #3 (2010).

Also if you want to see what crazy shit Amanda Waller is doing in the comic book universe give Absolute Power #1 (2024) a read and you will see how ruthless she can get. Out on July 3rd. And just look at that amazing cover art by Dan Mora too and he'll be doing the interior art too with the fantastic Mark Waid as the writer! Also give their World's Finest series a shot too!

The episode's title is a reference to Ocean's Eleven. Ocean's Eleven is a 1960s heist movie about Danny Ocean, who he and 10 other associates of his team up together to rob several Las Vegas casinos. I first watched this movie when it was remade in 2001 starring former Batman, George Clooney, Brad Pitt, and Matt Damon and have watched the later 2 sequels and the Oceans 8 spinoff starring Sandra Bullock as Debbie Ocean, Danny's sister. Fun movies if you haven't seen them.

Later in the episode, Lois plans on stealing the Jump Drive Ship from S.T.A.R. Labs and the design of it kinda reminds me of...

the space ship that brought Superman to Earth from Superman the Animated series. Also a good Superman cartoon if you need your Superman fix when waiting for new MAwS episodes!

Lois and Jimmy head to Leslie and Rory's place to hire them to break into S.T.A.R. Labs to steal the ship. I talked more about them in here and here respectively. Nice to see the both of them as a couple during the final day of Pride Month! #LoveIsNotForCowards

And speaking of queer couples, when later in the scene Rory decided to "leave the mission" Jimmy brings along Mallah and the Brain to help steal the ship as well! I talked a bit about them here and here.

Mallah and the Brain recount to everyone their multiversal hopping and I talked about the DC multiverse here and Mallah finally gets his beret to match his comic counterpart and the Brain looks just like a Dalek from Doctor Who.

Not surprised that the MAwS crew are Doctor Who fans.

As Leslie details out a plan for them to steal the ship, we see that one of her sources has told her that the guard has a family member at Silver Age Nursing Home.

So for those not in the know, comic book history is divided up into eras. From 1938 (Superman's first appearance in Action Comics #1) to 1956 is considered the Golden Age, the Silver Age was from 1956 to 1970, the Bronze Age was from 1970 to 1985, and the Modern Age was from 1985 to now.

Specifically, Silver Age of Comics was from 1956 to 1970. It began thanks to the success of the reintroduction of the then newest Flash, Barry Allen who debuted in Showcase #4 (1956). This era of comics is much more focused on science fiction and thanks to that a lot of powers and origins of superheroes now have a science/science fiction element to it for example the then new Green Lantern, Hal Jordan received his Green Lantern ring from a dying extraterrestrial, Abin Sir and Ray Palmer a.k.a the second Atom gains his powers from a white dwarf star matter. This was also the era where the Justice Society of America from the Golden Age was reimagined to the Justice League of America.

When Lex gets a surprise visit from Waller and Slade, he decides to show them Project M and explains what it is and shows off its capabilities when they go hunting Lois, Jimmy, Mallah, and the Brain. and based on what Lex says and the subtle design of the Project M robots, we can assume M is for Metallo like what AmerTek and Thomas Weston was developing in episode 3. I talk more about Metallo here.

And with that we finish the Easter Eggs and references of the episode! Come back next time to see how the gang free Clark from Brainiac and see what happens next for Kara after her realization of what happened!

My Easter eggs lists for season 1 is here if you haven't seen it!

My season 2 episode 1 Easter eggs and references in My Adventures with Superman post is here

My season 2 episode 2 Easter eggs and references in My Adventures with Superman post is here

My season 2 episode 3 Easter eggs and references in My Adventures with Superman post is here

My Easter eggs and references in My Adventures with Superman comic issue 1 post is here

My season 2 episode 4 Easter eggs and references in My Adventures with Superman post is here

My season 2 episode 5 Easter eggs and references in My Adventures with Superman post is here

My season 2 episode 6 Easter eggs and references in My Adventures with Superman post is here

My Easter eggs and references for My Adventures with Superman comic issue 2 post is here

My season 2 episode 8 Easter eggs and references in My Adventures with Superman post is here

My season 2 episode 9 Easter eggs and references in My Adventures with Superman post is here

My season 2 episode 10 Easter eggs and references in My Adventures with Superman post is here

My Easter eggs and references for My Adventures with Superman comic issue 3 post is here

[mr-shimurka]

— BEREAVEMENT —

cw // spoilers

Waking up after tower destruction and finding no Trevor along, she rushed towards the ruins. Tripping over broken rocks, falling down and hurting her feet she shouts his name. Searching his face in dead faces of villagers and beasts turn over every stone to find any traces.

No signs Trevor's alive or dead.

Sypha feels lost the as a child, like standing in a barren wasteland knowing no way home or is there home at all. She wanna burn, to make an armor of flame to protect herself. Everything has brake and only walls of fire would escort her in sorrow.

[ashtheketchum]

Asahi Azumane X GN. METALHEAD Reader

Warnings: GN. Reader, Hdc!, mention of smut, mention of self-harm, mention of drugs, sub.Asahi, dom.Reader

A/N: I have Haikyu!! started again and I have a little crush on Asahi. While I'm not really a metalhead, I find the idea of Asahi dating a metalhead funny.

____________________

You are a real power couple

None of your friends really thought you would get together

Those who don't know you think you're a really good match, but that's only because they're all afraid of you two

Asahi was afraid of you at first too, but after you showed your soft side, he couldn't keep his eyes off you

If Asahi is in trouble, you take care of the problem

No one really wants to mess with you because they're afraid of Asahi

You think it's really cool, but it hurts Asahi inside, even though he knows you'll be left alone

Asahi keeps trying to listen to your favorite bands (always stops immediately after the first song)

He gives you band shirts for your birthday or buys you black roses (He thinks red roses are prettier, but he loves your face when you see black roses)

Sometimes, when he really wants to make you happy, he makes you a playlist with a few songs that you like to listen to

Partner bracelets and necklaces!

You're always there when he has a volleyball game

You once suggested to him that you cheer in your own way

You were thrown out when you did it and Asahi had to sneak you back in somehow

Sometimes you annoy him for being so anxious

Sugawara and you = 🤝

You once asked Asahi if he wanted to get a partner tattoo or piercing with you and he fainted just at the thought

You sometimes train together

After a game you always give his shoulders a massage and you listen to a playlist that you both like

You made him a playlist with songs that you like and that are a good start

Asahi is a switch

He likes to let you have control sometimes, but he also likes to take control

He still sometimes makes sure that he doesn't hurt you

Praise kink!

Sometimes you have music playing in the background that fits the mood

Even though Asahi would rather hear you, he is very loud

Whimpers, moans and pants loudly. Sometimes a growl escapes him, but only rarely

He loves your legs, especially when they're wrapped around him

He loves to see your face blushing or scrunching up with excitement

Only squirts his seeds into a condom! He wouldn't even want to imagine himself cumming inside you

When you first saw each other, you thought that the other person definitely had a soft core

You hate the rumors about Asahi, but somehow you also find them really funny

Asahi found out that there are rumors about you too, which makes him a little relieved

However, after hearing the rumors, he is angry and he keeps trying to convince a few people that these rumors are not true

He started with his team, but they never believed these rumors anyway

You initially thought that Asahi also liked metal and rock, but he's the complete opposite

Asahi has a lot of respect for you, even if it sometimes looks a lot like fear

He thinks your style is really cool and would try it out, but he hasn't dared to ask you for help yet

After he heard the rumor that you were hurting yourself, he kept looking at your arms or legs

Once when he saw a scratch there, he completely freaked out, but you calmed him down and explained to him that a cat had scratched you

You help Kiyoko out sometimes

His team loves you

They all agree that Asahi needed someone like you because otherwise he would always be so soft

You also like his team, they are almost like a second family to you

Share almost the same taste in music with Noya and Tanaka

Kageyama finds it interesting that you don't have to follow the strict uniform

Hinata keeps asking you how you like volleyball and whether you ever play with Asahi

Sex jokes from Tanaka and Noya

Sugawara and Daichi are like your parents, they make sure you don't do anything wrong

Tsukishima likes your headphones

[tiredofthehumanlife]

I hate half double crochet it's so stupid it's single crochet with one more step and the abbreviation is dumb too hdc boring bland yk what would be a cooler name hidden double crochet bc it's a spy it's a single crochet disguising itself as a double crochet and it's a cooler name half double crochet? Booo oh what it's half bc you do one less step that doesn't make sense hidden double crochet? Oooo I'm intrigued what's hidden what's it hiding what secrets does it hold please i hate half double crochet

[girlbeans]

nikon coolpix 995 -> mystery film from the crusty Yashica 230 AF

[govindhtech]

Beyond the Bits: The Power of Hyperdimensional Computing

Hyperdimensional Computing The high-dimensional and distributed information representation found in the brain serves as the model for Hyperdimensional Computing (HDC), a machine learning technique. Hypervectors serve as the foundation for HDC, which, like other AI techniques, is implemented through training and inference stages.

HDC Hypervectors: Instruction and Interpretation Hypervectors, which are enormous vectors, are how Hyperdimensional Computing represents data. Hypervectors can be examined for similarities and differences using the fundamental Hyperdimensional Computing operations (similarity, bundling, binding, and permutation), and an encoding system can be created.

Training: In training, input feature vectors are transformed into hypervectors, which are compared and grouped into classes according to how similar they are or are not to each other. Ultimately, a class hypervector that represents every class element is created by bundling the hypervectors within each class. An HDC-based classification system can be developed thanks to this class hypervector.

Inference: Each new feature vector is similarly converted to a hypervector once training has succeeded in creating class hypervectors from a series of input feature vectors. This allows for a quick, effective, and reliable classification system to be established by comparing the new hypervector to the pre-existing class hypervectors and determining whether the data is similar.

The inherent advantages of a classification system based on HDC are as follows: Efficiency: Compared to conventional techniques, hypervectors provide the efficient and compact representation of complicated patterns, improving processing and classification jobs’ efficiency.

Minimal Power: Hyperdimensional Computing can be implemented in hardware with minimal power consumption because of its simplicity and the binary nature of its operations (XOR, AND, etc.). This is especially helpful for edge computing applications, wearable technology, and Internet of Things devices where energy efficiency is critical.

Extremely Parallel: Hyperdimensional Computing‘s distributed architecture permits parallel processing, which is comparable to the brain’s capacity for parallel processing. For classification problems, this can greatly reduce computing times.

Quick Learning: Unlike deep learning models, which frequently need a large amount of training data, Hyperdimensional Computing may do one-shot or few-shot learning, in which the system learns from a relatively small number of samples. Because of this feature, HDC is very beneficial in situations when data is limited or changing quickly.

Robust and Reliable: Due to its great dimensionality, Hyperdimensional Computing is intrinsically resistant to mistakes and noise. Reliable categorization is possible even in noisy situations because little adjustments or distortions in the input data do not dramatically alter the overall representation. Furthermore, the manipulation of hypervectors involves a large number of simple, repetitive operations, which makes them very suitable to hardware platform acceleration.

The efficient, low-power, highly parallel, and hardware-implementable nature of Hyperdimensional Computing applications makes them perfect for running on Altera FPGAs, which are also extremely parallel and efficient.

Utilising Altera FPGAs and oneAPI Intel oneAPI Base ToolKit simplifies cross-architecture, high-performance application development. The Intel oneAPI Base Toolkit implements the industry standard and works with FPGAs, CPUs, GPUs, and AI accelerators.

The development process is made simpler by oneAPI, which is one of its primary advantages. Developers don’t need to learn multiple programming languages to construct SYCL/C++ apps that operate on diverse architectures when they use oneAPI. This saves a tonne of time and effort for developers because they can write code only once and have it operate on multiple processors. They can also create software applications and deploy them on the most economical and efficient platform without having to modify the code.

With Intel oneAPI Base Toolkit, Hyperdimensional Computing applications written in SYCL/C++ can be immediately implemented into Altera FPGAs.

To get started with oneAPI for FPGAs, see Boosting Productivity with High-Level Synthesis in Intel Quartus with oneAPI for information on tutorial examples, self-start learning videos, and reference designs.

Hyperdimensional Computing Picture Categorization using Altera FPGAs Image classification is one scenario where HDC is applied in a practical setting. An HDC image classification system was implemented on an Altera FPGA for training and inference in this example, which was developed by Ian Peitzsch at the Centre for Space, High-Performance, and Resilient Computing (SHREC).

While the data flow is similar in both scenarios, the computations differ. Streaming feature vectors are sent to the FPGA from the host. Every vector is directed to one of eight compute units in the training flow and one of twenty-five compute units in the inference flow.

Training: The FPGA receives a stream of feature vectors from the host. The parallel encode compute units (CUs) receive each vector. Following the bundling of the output-encoded partial hypervectors, a label is produced. The class associated with the label receives the bundle of hypervectors. Following the processing of all the training data, the class hypervectors are streamed to the host in order to be normalised. Inference: The FPGA receives a stream of feature vectors from the host. Every vector is sent to CUs that are parallel encoded. To create a single hypervector, the data is routed to the classification kernel. Every class hypervector is compared to this one, and the prediction belongs to the class that has the greatest resemblance. After then, the host receives a stream of the prediction.

HDC classification algorithms are a perfect fit for Altera FPGAs due to intrinsic properties of both oneAPI and FPGAs, in addition to the fact that Hyperdimensional Computing applications are often quite accessible to hardware implementation.

The SYCL language’s Universal Shared Memory (USM) feature is supported by oneAPI. In the code-based and final hardware, SYCL USM uniquely permits the host and accelerator to share the same memory, unlike C or C++ alternatives. This lowers system latency to enhance overall performance and permits the simple, industry-standard coding technique of using a pointer to explicitly access data, whether on the host or the accelerator. The bottleneck is at the encoding step. The parallel nature of a programmable FPGA enables the usage of many compute units in parallel because each dimension of a hypervector can be encoded independently. When utilising several compute units, the inference time is greatly decreased by this parallel processing. During training and inference, parallel processing was employed in the encoding stage, and Altera FPGA’s USM feature guaranteed a low latency solution.

At AI Inference, Altera FPGAs Perform Well This Hyperdimensional Computing image classification algorithm was built on CPU, GPU, and FPGA resources in a real-world evaluation1.

Cascade Lake-based Intel Xeon Platinum 8256 CPU (3.8GHz, 4 Cores). The eleventh generation Intel UHD 630 GPU. FPGA Intel Stratix 10 GX. An Hyperdimensional Computing classification model with 2000 hyperdimensions of 32-bit floating-point values was utilised in all implementations. All three implementations obtained similar accuracy of about 94-95% using the NeuralHD retraining algorithm.

The outcomes highlight the advantages of utilising an FPGA during the inference phase. The total amount of time spent training the model is the important metric. Latency is the key performance indicator during inference.

Through training, the FPGA provided an x18 speed-up and the Intel GPU reached a 60x speed-up over the CPU. On the other hand, the accuracy of the CPU and FPGA implementations was about 97%, whereas the GPU implementation only managed to reach about 94% accuracy.

Due to memory constraints in this training scenario, the FPGA could only employ 8 CU in parallel during encoding. More parallel CUs and a quicker FPGA training period might be possible with a bigger FPGA. The evaluation was carried out using fixed resources on Intel DevCloud, and a larger FPGA was not accessible.

Benefits of FPGA AI Latency With a 3× speed increase over the CPU, the FPGA exhibits the lowest latency during the inference stage. It is demonstrated that the GPU is overkill for inference, requiring significantly more time than the FPGA or even the CPU (demonstrating a slow-down rather than an acceleration).

These findings demonstrate the advantages of utilising an FPGA for AI inference once more. Altera FPGAs are the best option for quick and effective AI inference in data centre and edge applications because they combine the advantages of performance and generally lower costs with license-free oneAPI development tools. Any AI algorithm is trained/developed once and then implemented for inference on a mass scale.

Read more on Govindhtech.com

[havatabanca]

[ryansbedroom]

AGFA 'HDC Film' (1995) This one has been stuck in my head since I first saw this!

[pommederainette]

[imaginaryinks]

Hello, everyone! Good afternoon! I have finished making my song. I posted it on BandLab, and I'm going to try to post it on Facebook too, if I don't get too shy, hahaha.

This is my first time making a song, so please excuse my not-so-good voice. It's my first time, just kidding. If you don't have a BandLab account, don't worry, I will also post it here.

BANDLAB ACCOUNT: Imaginaryinks

FACEBOOK ACCOUNT: Hazel Dioquino Cuizon

(Maybe I'll be posted the song on my Facebook Account, just stay tuned.)

[iwan-fadila]

Kabar Gembira untuk Pencinta Balap, HDC 2023 Hadir di 4 Kota

motogokil.com – Assalamu’alaikum wa rochmatullohi wa baroaktuh, semoga kita semua selamat di perjalanan sampai ke tujuan. Helatan One Make Race Honda paling bergengsi di Tanah Air, Honda Dream Cup (HDC) kembali akan digelar pada tahun ini. Ajang yang mewadahi talenta pebalap muda sekaligus ruang aktualisasi pegiat balap di Tanah Air hadir semakin seru dan kompetitif dengan pilihan kelas…

[modellbau-kanal]

https://www.tiktok.com/@heavydutychallenge

HEAVY DUTY CHALLENGE ON TIKTOK 🤩

[traumateam-chr22]

HEMS Day Cologne nächsten Samstag

HEMS Day Cologne nächsten Samstag

Am kommenden Samstag laden die Kollegen vom Christoph Rheinland gemeinsam mit der ADAC Luftrettung gGmbH zum 3. HEMS Day Cologne ein. HEMS Day Cologne am Samstag 14. Jan. 2023 im Deutschen Luft- und Raumfahrtzentrum (DLR) in Köln-Porz Unter der Überschrift „Mikro- und Makrokosmos der Notfallmedizin“ werden neben luftrettungsspezifischen Themen auch die Schnittstellen zum bodengebundenen…

[lis-zhuk]

TDL & TCO - fusion

a comic-collaboration with @vulami-wantz-t0-sleep

So... yeah. They can merge for they are very simple organisms (plasmoids).

And while for Internet sticks merging can be dangerous - if they spend too much time merged, their innards and magic (even if they have little to no magical potential) meld into one, making two separated sticks into a creature with two cores; for Animated stickmen (or Hollowheads) it is hard. They mostly consist of magic and are active users of it (staring at you, Second) so they have a greater control over it and are more natural. Also, Hollowheads don't have cores - their cytoplasm is much thicker and membranes are almost impenetrable.

Note: fusions can happen between more than two sticks, but they are difficult to both perform and sustain, they lack stability and the new self is in constant pain.

So for Animated sticks merging is the question of syncing their flows and entering the state of mutual acceptance. Their mind stays two, but they enter a slow dance of balance that creates the third self - "us" of the two. It has consciousness and understanding of itself as two combined. It exists only in the fusion and proactively reacts to whatever its parts are doing.

In a way, fusion is a long magic exchange between two.

Note: Merging with someone can be seen in many ways, from weakness (too weak on one's own) to a making out session

In calm state it's collected and whole, either being a rough merge of the components' personalities and/or reflexes or a whole new person, having only the childish wonder and some critical memories of both of the sticks. When the parts become unstable the fusion feels pain, as their body becomes to split back into two forcefully.

(an old ref for TCL, previously - TOL)

(new TCL concept)

TCL likes being, just being in general. They presumably formed their personality from little bits of both TDL's and TCO's minds. They don't belong to Alan but aren't that different from a usual hollowhead. TCL has high stability and can endure the pain of Dark getting fascinated over a sunset from bird flight's height or enraged by some rando. They can channel all the excessive emotions of the parts into their own. For a short while after the first TCO's and TDL's merge they had halves of their hair swapped, exchanging some powers too. After that they had to force a mana exchange (Dark almost caused a local cataclysm while trying to go on a flight)

Note: TCL most likely uses a different name, like Cataclysm or Hazard. TCL is just a placeholder.

Usually, after the sticks divide, for a short while (while there is mana that didn't divide properly) they can hear their combined self in half-conscious space or have bits of other's memories. As hollowheads keep all the info throughout their whole body (okay im voting for the primitive colony structure, lis can't continue stating that they are unicellular with this stuff going on)

[cocogum]

Yugo: “So yeah, in the end I no longer have my child body, I defeated and accepted my alter egos who have been ruining and messing around with the world, I saved Nora with some friends, I told our mother to leave if she wasn’t going to do anything, I became king of the eliatropes once again, and I got married to my childhood friend/crush which is why we got a last name now-”

Yugo’s old incarnations: “WE GOT LAID?!?!??”