The Wisdom, Order, and Harmony of the Government of God.
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The Kingdom of God is the government of God, on the earth, or in the heavens. The earth, and all the planetary systems, are governed by the Lord; they are upheld by his power, and are sustained, directed, and controlled by his will. We are told, that "..." XXSCRIP If all things, visible and invisible, are made by and for him, he governs and sustains all worlds to us known, together with the earth on which we live.  I may hereafter give my reasons for this faith; at the present I refer to the Scriptures without this.
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If the planets move beautifully, and harmoniously in their several spheres, that beauty and harmony are the result of the intelligence and wisdom that exist in his mind. If on this earth we have day and night, summer and winter, seed time and harvest, with the various changes of the seasons; this regularity, beauty, order, and harmony, are the effects of the wisdom of God.
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There are two kinds of rule on the earth; one with which man has nothing directly to do, another in which he is intimately concerned. The first of these applies to the works of God alone, and His government and control of those works; the second, to the moral government, wherein man is made an agent. There is a very striking difference between the two, and the comparison is certainly not creditable to man; and however he may feel disposed to vaunt himself of his intelligence, when he reflects he will feel like Job did when he said, (xlii XXNUMBER) "..."
 In the first, the most consummate wisdom and power are manifested; in the second, ignorance, imbecility, and weakness. The first displays the comprehension, light, glory, beneficence, and intelligence of God; the second, the folly, littleness, darkness, and incompetency of man. The contemplation of the first elevates the mind, expands the capacity, produces grateful reflections, and fills the mind with wonder, admiration, and enlivening hopes; the contemplation of the second produces doubt, distrust, and uncertainty, and fills the mind with gloomy apprehensions. In a word, the one is the work of God, and the other that of man.
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In order to present the subject in a clear light, I shall briefly point out some of the leading features of the two governments.
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The first, then, is that over which God has the sole control, such as the heavens and the earth, for "..." It may be well here to say a few words on His moral government, in the heavens. All we can learn of that is very imperfectly set forth in the Scriptures. It would seem, however, that all was perfect order, for "..." "..." And in the creation of the fish, the fowls, the beasts, the creeping things, and man, it was done in the councils of God. The word was, Let us do this, and it was done. It would seem, then, that that government is perfect in its operations, for all the mandates of God are carried out with the greatest exactitude and perfection.  Jesus is spoken of by the prophets as being "..." The future destiny of this earth is also spoken of by prophecy; the binding of Satan; the destruction, and redemption of the world; its celestial destiny; its becoming as a sea of glass; the descent of the new Jerusalem from heaven; the destruction of iniquity by a power exercised in the heavens, associated with one on the earth; and a time is spoken of where John says--"..." XXSCRIP But I shall let this pass for the present, and content myself with saying on this subject, that in the councils of God, in the eternal world, all these things were understood: for if He gave prophets wisdom to testify of these things, they obtained their knowledge from Him, and He could not impart what He did not know; but "..." XXSCRIP XXNUMBER God, then, has a moral government in the heavens, and it is the development of that government that is manifested in the works of creation; as Paul says, "..."  The power that causes this earth to roll on its axis, and regulates the planets in their diurnal and annual motions, is beyond man's control. Their revolutions and spheres are fixed by nature's God, and they are so beautifully arranged, and nicely balanced, that an astronomer can calculate the return of a planet scores of years beforehand, with the greatest precision and accuracy. And who can contemplate, without admiration, those stupendous worlds, rolling through the immensity of space at such an amazing velocity, moving regularly in their given spheres without coming into collision, and reflect that they have done so for thousands of years. Our earth has its day and night, summer and winter, and seed time and harvest.
And here let me remark how different is this to the works of man. We see, then, the power of God manifested in their preservation and guidance; but when we reflect a little further, that while our planetary system rolls in perfect order round the sun, there are other systems which perform their revolutions round their suns; and the whole of these, our system with its center, and other systems with their centers, roll round another grand center: and the whole of those, and innumerable others, equally as great, stupendous, and magnificent, roll round another more great, glorious, and resplendent, till numbers, magnificence, and glory, drown the thought, we are led to exclaim with the prophet, "..."
 The make, construction, and adaptation of each for its proper sphere, are the work of God; and they are all controlled by His wisdom and power, independent of man. In the conformation of the birds, the beasts, the fishes, the reptiles, the grains, herbs, plants, and trees, we see a striking exemplification of this fact. No matter which way we turn our attention, the same order and intelligence are displayed. The fish in their organization are peculiarly adapted to their proper element; the birds and beasts to theirs; the amphibious animals to theirs. The nicely organized machinery of their bodies; their bones, muscles, skins, feathers, scales, or hair; the formation of their bodies, their manner of living, together with the nature of their food, and their particular adaptation to the various elements and climates which they occupy, are all so many marked evidences of skill, forethought, intelligence and power. We will here notice a few examples. Plunge bird, beast, or man, into the water, and let them remain there, and they will soon die; take a fish out of the water, and death ensues; yet all are happy, and move with perfect enjoyment in their proper spheres. Elevate a man, beast, or fish, into the air, and let them fall, and they will be bruised to death; but the bird, with its wings, light bones, and fragile body, is peculiarly adapted to the aerial element in which it moves, and is perfectly at home; while the brute creation and men feel as much so on the earth.  The same principle is developed in their arrangement and position on the earth.  Remove the elephant, lion, or tiger, to Iceland or Greenland, and leave them to their own resources, and they would inevitably perish.
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We will notice for a moment the construction of their systems. Each one is possessed with muscular strength, or agility, according to its position, wants, or dangers, and there is a beauty, a symmetry, and a perfection about all God's works, which baffle and defy human intelligence to copy. An artist is considered talented if he can make, after years of toil, a striking likeness of any of those things, either on canvas, or in marble. But when he has done, it is only a dead outline; remove a little paint, or tear the canvas, and its beauty is destroyed; break the arm of a statue, and we see nothing but a mutilated stone. But take a man, for example, and remove the skin, there is still order and beauty; remove the flesh, there is still workmanship and skill, and the bones, the flesh, the muscles, the arteries and veins, and the nerves, and the lungs, not to forget the exquisite fineness of the sensitive organs, manifesting a skill, a forethought, a wisdom, and a power, as much above that of man as the heavens are above the earth.
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We see the power, wisdom, and government of God, displayed in the amazing strength of some of the largest of the brute creation; as also in the fineness and delicacy, of the arrangement of the smaller. And while we admire the stupendous power of the elephant, we are equally struck with the fineness, delicacy, and beauty of some of the smaller insects. The prescience, and intelligence of God, are as much manifested in arranging the bones, muscles, arteries, and digestive organs of the smallest animaculæ, as in the construction of the horse, rhinoceros, elephant, or whale. I might touch upon the organization of plants, herbs, trees, and fruits; their various compositions, modes of nourishment, manner of propagating their kind, etc.; but enough has already been said upon this subject.  They reflect His divine power, and shew in unmistakeable characters the wisdom of his government, and the order that prevails in that part of creation over which He has the sole and unlimited control.
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We can perceive very clearly that what God has done, is rightly done. It is not governed by instability and disorder, but continues from eternity to eternity to bear the impress of Jehovah.
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weXXcan canXXperceive perceiveXXvery veryXXclearly clearlyXXthat thatXXwhat whatXXgod godXXhas hasXXdone doneXXis isXXrightly rightlyXXdone doneXXit itXXis isXXnot notXXgoverned governedXXby byXXinstability instabilityXXand andXXdisorder disorderXXbut butXXcontinues continuesXXfrom fromXXeternity eternityXXto toXXeternity eternityXXto toXXbear bearXXthe theXXimpress impressXXof ofXXjehovah


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Reflow soldering SMT components¶
There are several surface mount (SMT) components in the kit. These should be soldered onto the board first before the through-hole components. For this step you will need solder paste and tweezers. We use a toaster oven for reflow soldering. If you are new to reflow soldering, there are online resources and tutorials.
Overview of steps¶
- Place a small amount of solder paste onto the pads for the component you are working on
- Use tweezers to pick up, place and align the component onto the solder paste
- If necessary, use a magnifying lens to check the component placement on the board
- Repeat steps for all components before reflow soldering
- Once all of the components below are placed you can begin reflow soldering
Voltage divider resistors for the alphasense 4-electrode gas sensors¶
R1-R23 odd-numbered resistors (68K) and R2-R24 even-numbered resistors (20K) are paired. For example, R1 & R2 are paired, R3 & R4 etc. Each resistor pair is for one of the 12 analog inputs. The resistor pair form a voltage divider for scaling 0-5V sensor output to 0-1.2V analog input range (using 1.2V internal reference voltage).
- 20K (0.1%) resistors (R2,4,6,8,10,12,14,16,18,20,22,24)
- 68K (0.1%) resistors (R1,3,5,7,9,11,13,15,17,19,21,23)
Circuity for toggle switch¶
- 20K Resistor (R27)
- 12K Resistor (R28)
- 0.1 uF capactor (C1)
- Schmitt buffer (U8)
I2C pull-up resistors¶
- 4.7K resistors (R29 and R30)
After the last components have been placed, the board is ready to go into the reflow oven. This usually takes aapprox. 5 mins.


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DashPunctuationParser Class
Definition at line
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Constructors
DashPunctuationParser
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Member Functions
void
Accept
(
Visitor
& visitor)
override
Match
Parse
(
Scanner
& scanner,
ObjectStack
& stack,
ParsingData
* parsingData)
override
Constructor Details
DashPunctuationParser Constructor
cmajor::parsing::DashPunctuationParser::DashPunctuationParser()
Definition at line
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Parser
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U"dash_punctuation"
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Member Function Details
Accept Member Function
void
cmajor::parsing::DashPunctuationParser::Accept(
Visitor
& visitor)
override
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Base class overridden functions:
cmajor::parsing::ParsingObject::Accept
Calls:
cmajor::parsing::Visitor::Visit
Parse Member Function
Match
cmajor::parsing::DashPunctuationParser::Parse(
Scanner
& scanner,
ObjectStack
& stack,
ParsingData
* parsingData)
override
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Base class overridden functions:
cmajor::parsing::Parser::Parse
Calls:
cmajor::parsing::Match::Nothing
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cmajor::parsing::Match::One
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cmajor::parsing::Scanner::GetChar
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Setting up Shopyo¶
Shopyo requires Python. Be sure to have it before!
👟 The easy way¶
[Important] create a virtual environment and activate it.
install shopyo
pip install shopyo
create new project
create new shopyo project
shopyo new /path/to/location project-name
example
shopyo new /home/profiles/arj/desktop shopyotest
cd into path. if you added path as
.
just cd intoproject-name
initialise
shopyo initialise
run
shopyo runserver
Note
If the shopyo command is not recognized. close your commandline prompt and reopen
🔧 Install from Github¶
clone and cd into shopyo/shopyo
git clone https://github.com/Abdur-rahmaanJ/shopyo
cd shopyo/shopyo
install requirements
python -m pip install -r requirements.txt
or if you want to contribute
python -m pip install -r dev_requirements.txt
cd
into shopyo/shopyo if not done already.
initialise and setup app.
python manage.py createconfig
python manage.py initialise
run the app.
python manage.py runserver
go to the indicated url
Default Login¶
email<EMAIL_ADDRESS>password: pass


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Cheesy Potato Bake
Potatoes baked in a dish smothered with cheese, what’s not to love?
You will need a deep dish that is oven safe
- ⏲ Prep time: 30 min
- 🍳 Cook time: 45 min
- 🍽 Servings: 4
Ingredients
- 30g+ Butter
- 250g Cheddar Cheese
- 275ml Milk
- 16g Flour
- 600g Potatoes
- As much bacon as you want to garnish
Directions
- Preparation:
- Preheat to 180C
- Butter deep baking dish
- Peal and thinly slice potatoes
- Grate Cheese
- Sauce:
- Melt Butter in Pot
- Slowly add flour and stir constantly
- After 2 min or bubbly remove from heat
- Add milk slowly, stirring constantly
- Add ¾ of the cheese
- Salt and Pepper to taste
- Assembly:
- Add a thin layer of potatoes to the dish
- Add a layer of cheese sauce
- Add bacon
- Repeat steps 1-3 of assembly until there are no more potatoes/sauce
- Add the remaining ¼ cheese to the top
- Put in oven for 45 min. If it starts to brown too much cover with tinfoil
Originally published at https://www.taste.com.au/recipes/cheesy-potato-bake/9749dafb-5288-4066-aa45-d9c99025b975
Contribution
- Kyle Johnson and Sabina Mortensen — website
Recipe tags:
american
cheese
baked
potato


--- layout: default title: The Grand Tour Project ---
The Grand Tour of Italy attracted thousands of Europeans throughout the eighteenth century. It was a formative institution of modernity, contributing to a massive reimagining of politics and the arts, of the market for culture, of ideas about leisure, and of practices of professionalism. The Grand Tour Project, directed at Stanford by Giovanna Ceserani, enriches our understanding of this phenomenon by bringing us closer to the diverse travelers, elite and otherwise, who collectively constituted its world. We are working with the more than five thousand entries in John Ingamells’ Dictionary of British and Irish Travelers to Italy to create a dynamic searchable database, along with digital visualizations, of these travelers’ journeys and lives. On this website you can read about our work on the Grand Tour Project and learn about some of its capabilities and anticipated outcomes.


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Your Tomatoes
Completed Milestone 2 of 3!
(May 14 to June 29)
You Tomato plant is really growing!
It should be about time to harvest your Tomatoes
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Depth (Inches)
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18-36
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This plugin connects to Reviewboard to create and update Review Requests. Reviewboard is a tool for conducting code reviews and this plugin will allow you to link your SCM updates, when they are pulled for a Jenkins build, to Reviewboard. Note that currently, only the Perforce SCM is supported.
Installation Requirements
- Perforce Plugin
- Reviewboard 1.5 beta 2
- RBTools 1.0+ (install instructions)
- DiffUtils for Windows (if running Jenkins on Windows)
Features
- Automatically or manually create and update review request by regular expression found in change description (such as JIRA ID) per Jenkins build.
- Configure review groups and users per Jenkins build.
- Enable command overrides to force users to enter commands into the change description to initiate or update a review request.
- Configurable option to fail a build if Reviewboard create/update fails.
- Configure whether to automatically publish a review request upon creation and update.
- Configurable age of review requests before considering stale and creating a new review request instead of updating the stale one.
Known Issues
- If a check-in contains a deleted file, Reviewboard may throw an error as it cannot find the deleted file in the SCM any longer.
- Reviewboard 1.5 is soon to be released and it is already known that the Web API is changing between beta 2 and the final release, therefore, Reviewboard Plugin v1.0 will not work with Reviewboard 1.5 when it is finally released. It is only known to work on 1.5 beta 2.
Changelog
Version 1.0.1 (Feb 17, 2011)
- Fix exception at first startup.
Version 1.0 (May 4, 2010)
- Initial Reviewboard Plugin deployment.
Perforce and post-review configuration
- The Jenkins server needs a "P4USER" environment variable of the user who can execute "p4 describe" commands (like an account with read-only access).
- The post-review executable (from RBTools) needs to be in the PATH environment variable.
Usage
When you install this plugin, your Jenkins configuration page gets additional "Review Board Publisher" option.
- Reviewboard URL: This the full HTTP URL to Reviewboard, such as
http:
//www.your.site.com/reviews/
- Username: This is the user in Reviewboard that will be used to execute actions. This user needs the following Reviewboard permissions:
- reviews | default reviewer | Can add default reviewer
- reviews | review request | Can change status
- reviews | review request | Can edit review request
- reviews | review request | Can submit as another user
- reviews | review request | Can change review request
- reviews | review request draft | Can change review request draft
- Password: This is the password for the Reviewboard user.
- Command Path: This is the command path to the "post-review" script. This should be simply "post-review" because the script should be in your PATH environment (if it's not, put it there).
In addition, each project should add a "Post-build Actions"> "Review Board Publisher" configuration:
- External Key Expression: This is a regular expression that will be used to match a pattern in the change description that associates the change with an external system, such as JIRA. When the plugin matches this pattern it will take further action on this change entry. Example: JENKINS-[0-9]+ this would match "JENKINS-123" which may be a bug ID in JIRA. The value matched will also become the bug ID the Reviewboard review request will be associated with.
- Default Review Groups: This should be a comma-separated list of review groups from Reviewboard that review requests created from this build will automatically be assigned to. It will query Reviewboard to ensure the groups you enter exist.
- Default Reviewers: This should be a comma-separated list of Reviewboard users that review requests created from this build will be automatically assigned to. It will query Reviewboard to ensure the users you enter exist.
- Set Change Owner as Default Reviewer: This will automatically set the user who submit the SCM change entry as the default review request user. This requires your SCM user names match your Reviewboard user names.
- Publish Reviews: Enable this option to automatically publish newly created or updated review requests to their assigned review users and groups.
- Days Before Stale Review: This is the number of days a review request created through the plugin can remain un-updated before the plugin will create a new one for the same external ID. -1 = never. Note that Reviewboard Review Request IDs are stored in the build information for the specific build number. If you delete a build from a project, and a review request was created in that build, the next update to that external ID will force a new review request to be created.
- Skip Unflagged Changes: When enabled, any change description that does not contain "RB_NEW" somewhere within the description will not automatically create a new review request in Reviewboard. Example: "JENKINS-1234 RB_NEW Massive refactoring of code" would force the creation of a new review request. "JENKINS-1234 Massive refactoring of code" would not. Updates to external IDs that match a review request created with RB_NEW will automatically be updated in Reviewboard without any special commands unless "Require RB_UPDATE" is enabled.
- Require RB_UPDATE: Requires that "RB_UPDATE" be included in the change description to update an existing review request otherwise it will be ignored. If a review request doesn't exist to be updated, one will be created. This is only functional when "Skip Unflagged Changes" is enabled.
- Fail Build on Reviewboard Error: This will fail the entire build if an error occurred creating or updating a review request.
Command Override Flags
These are command flags that can be added to a SCM change description that this plugin will detect and act upon depending upon how the build is configured to handle these flags.
- RB_NEW - Forces a new review request to be created. This can be used to creates a new request if an existing one would otherwise be updated, or it can be made required to force a change description to include this to create a review by enabling "Skip Unflagged Changes".
- RB_UPDATE - Only required if "Require RB_UPDATE" is enabled. This instructs the plugin to ensure the change description contains this flag before attempting to update a review request. This is flag is only functional when "RB_NEW" is enabled. If this flag is found, but no review requests is, a new one will be created.
- RB_SKIP - This flag can be used to force the plugin to skip the creation or update of a review request when it normally would. This flag is only truly useful when "Skip Unflagged Changes" isn't enabled.
post-review Installation
post-review is the companion command-line tool to post review requests to our (test) ReviewBoard server. Below are the installation steps for Windows and Mac machines
Mac OS X / Linux
- Install the RBTools package
$ easy_install -U RBTools
Windows
- Install Python
- Download and install Python 2.6.5 (MSI Installer) for Windows
- Install SetupTools
- Download the Windows Installer at:
http://pypi.python.org/packages/2.6/s/setuptools/setuptools-0.6c11.win32-py2.6.exe#md5=1509752c3c2e64b5d0f9589aafe053dc - Install into Python "Scripts" directory (should do this automatically)
- Add the "Scripts" directory to your Path environment variable (so you can execute easy_install and post-review from anywhere)
- Download the Windows Installer at:
- Install RBTools (to nightly build)
- Run the command
easy_install -f http://downloads.reviewboard.org/nightlies/ -U RBTools
- Run the command
- Install DiffUtils for Windows (SETUP link for Complete Package, except sources)
- http://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net/packages/diffutils.htm
- Add the following path to the system's PATH environment variable: C:\Program Files\GnuWin32\bin
Updating RBTools
RBTools is the package of tools that post-review is a part of. When this tool set is updated to a new stable build, it is usually advantageous to update your version as well. To do this, simply run the following command in at your command-line:
easy_install -U RBTools
After running the command, you should see output similar to:
Searching for RBTools Reading http://downloads.reviewboard.org/nightlies/ Reading http://pypi.python.org/simple/RBTools/ Reading http://www.review-board.org/ Reading http://downloads.review-board.org/releases/RBTools/0.2/ Reading http://downloads.review-board.org/releases/ Best match: RBTools 0.2 Downloading http://downloads.reviewboard.org/releases/RBTools/0.2/RBTools-0.2-py2.6.egg Processing RBTools-0.2-py2.6.egg Moving RBTools-0.2-py2.6.egg to /Library/Python/2.6/site-packages Removing RBTools 0.2rc2.dev-20100322 from easy-install.pth file Adding RBTools 0.2 to easy-install.pth file Installing post-review script to /usr/local/bin


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string ldap_error ( resource $link_identifier )
Returns the string error message explaining the error generated by the last LDAP command for the given link_identifier. While LDAP errno numbers are standardized, different libraries return different or even localized textual error messages. Never check for a specific error message text, but always use an error number to check. Unless you lower your warning level in your php.ini sufficiently or prefix your LDAP commands with @ (at) characters to suppress warning output, the errors generated will also show up in your HTML output.
Returns string error message.


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{...}
(see below). Regular keys can be expressed as is.{CONTROL}{ALT}F
)
{SHIFT}
{CONTROL}
, {CTRL}
{ALT}
{WINDOWS}
, {WIN}
(PC-104 keyboard only){COMMAND}
, {META}
(Mac keyboard only){F1}
through {F12}
{ESCAPE}
, {ESC}
{BACKSPACE}
, {BKSP}
{INSERT}
{DELETE}
, {DEL}
{TAB}
{SPACE}
{ENTER}
{HOME}
{END}
{PAGEUP}
{PAGEDOWN}
{UP}
{DOWN}
{LEFT}
{RIGHT}
The key mapping described above should suffice for most desktop application as well as modern browser. However,
there are some older applications where these key mapping might not yield the desired effect. Older, or
legacy, applications tend to use "ASCII-based" key mapping instead of the
newer
Unicode PUA (Private Use Area) code points (which, incidentally, is what Selenium is based on).
In order to properly simulate key presses on legacy applications, or applications that only support
ASCII-based key mapping, one would enable such feature via the System variable
nexial.desktop.useAsciiKey
by
setting it to true
. The default for this System variable is false
.


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To do our job well and then step back,
is an ability that most of us lack
fame after all is so alluring,
we want it all the more after our efforts so enduring,
we cannot deny the urge to be known,
to shine and rightfully reap what was sawn,
to enter the limelight to get to that center-stage,
even if it alienates friends or even rouses rage,
you enter that spot only to find,
that wasn't the turn of events you had in mind,
you smile but not very convincingly,
surrounded by people you are but you start craving for meaning, insistently.
There is no substance in glitter,
glory is intoxicating but is also fickle,
when you reach a state where acquaintances are many but friends are few,
you realize that it far less important to be known, than simply being you,
we might find it hard to believe, but the reality is this,
contrary to popular belief anonymity is bliss.


Web Security
This information is currently available to every site you visit.Here are some suggestions for your web security
-
https://www.webroot.com/us/en/home/resources/articles/pc-security/online-activities-internet-security
Be conscious of where you are going and what you are clicking on, it could be a trap.
-
http://time.com/money/4935799/online-privacy-security/
Secure your information (sharing settings, passwords, etc.).
-
https://thebestvpn.com/safe-internet-browsing/
Use a secure browser, secure your settings (passwords), only visit HTTPS sites and not HTTP.


{% extends 'base.html' %} {% block title %}Help - Create Competition{% endblock %} {% block site %}
CodaLab competitions provide an opportunity for researchers, developers and algorithmists to create solutions for problems across a wide range of domains, and advance the state of the art for their respective areas of interest. This guide covers everything you need to know to create and manage a CodaLab competition, from uploading data to evaluating competition results.
Competitions are conducted in two phases: training and competition. The appropriate data is made available to participants at each phase of the competition. During the training phase, participants have access to training data to refine their algorithms. During the competition phase, participants are provided with competition data to generate results which they can then submit to the competition.
The files that make up a competition are as follows:
The competition organizer is responsible for providing participants with documentation that describes the goals of the competition, input and output file formats, and details about how submissions will be evaluated and ranked. By default each competition has the following pages:
The instructions should be formatted in HTML and then added when running the Create Competition Wizard.
Data forms the basis for competitions. In the training phase, participants use a set of training data to create their algorithms. In the competition phase a different set of data (testing) is used to evaluate and rank algorithms. Reference data can take many different forms. In our example competition the reference data consists of a set of CT scan images to evaluate (.mhd), and a corresponding set of coordinates for each image (.lml).
The evaluation program compares the submitted results with the answers and passes the scores to the CodaLab leaderboards.
Manifest files are used to identify the reference data and evaluation program to CodaLab. In our example there are two manifest files, one for the training data and one for the testing data.
In this step, you will assemble the testing and training data, program file, and manifests.
Throughout this document we will reference our example project, which is structured as follows:
C:\MyCompetition
| manifest-testing.txt
| manifest-training.txt
|
+---program
| | metadata.txt
| |
| \---bin
| FSharp.Core.dll
| FSharp.Core.xml
| SpineLocalization.exe
| SpineLocalization.exe.config
| SpineLocalization.pdb
| SpineLocalization.XML
|
+---reference-testing
| | ids.txt
| | metadata.txt
| |
| +---images
| | 4605250.mhd
| | 4605250.raw
| | 4608324.mhd
| | 4608324.raw
| | 4608357.mhd
| | 4608357.raw
| | 4613319.mhd
| | 4613319.raw
| | 4614554.mhd
| | 4614554.raw
| |
| \---labels
| 4605250.lml
| 4608324.lml
| 4608357.lml
| 4613319.lml
| 4614554.lml
|
\---reference-training
| ids.txt
| metadata.txt
|
+---images
| 2495819.mhd
| 2495819.raw
| 2495831.mhd
| 2495831.raw
| 2504978.mhd
| 2504978.raw
| 2522404.mhd
| 2522404.raw
| 2539494.mhd
| 2539494.raw
|
\---labels
2495819.lml
2495831.lml
2504978.lml
2522404.lml
2539494.lml
Manifest files are used to associate reference data with the evaluation program. Create one manifest file each for training data and testing data. Save the files with a .txt filename extension.
Manifest files are defined using JSON. The following example shows a manifest file that links the training data in reference-training.zip with the evaluation program in program.zip:
{
"DataflowId@":"<dataflow-id>",
"Parameters@":[
{
"Key@":"ProgramUrl",
"Value@":"\/<container>\/program.zip"
},
{
"Key@":"ProgramConnectionString2",
"Value@":"DefaultEndpointsProtocol=https;AccountName=<account>;AccountKey=<access-key>"
},
{
"Key@":"RefUrl",
"Value@":"\/<container>\/reference-training.zip"
},
{
"Key@":"RefConnectionString1",
"Value@":"DefaultEndpointsProtocol=https;AccountName=<account>;AccountKey=<access-key>"
}
]
}
Add the contents of the program, testing, and training data folders to individual ZIP archives. Using our example competition files, we would zip the contents of the following folders:
C:\MyCompetition\Program -> Program.zip
C:\MyCompetition\reference-testing -> reference-testing.zip
C:\MyCompetition\reference-training -> reference-training.zip
If you do not already have an Azure account, you will need to create one.
In CodaLab competitions, data is hosted in Windows Azure Blob Service.
To Set up Storage for a Competition
Copy the endpoint URL and key for your storage container. You will need this for uploading competition data, and for creating your manifest files. To do this, navigate to the dashboard for your storage account and click the MANAGE ACCESS KEYS button at the bottom of the page.
This will display the Manage Access Keys dialog.
For more information about getting your storage account name and account key, see How to: View, copy, and regenerate storage access keys.
Use the AzCopy utility to upload data to the storage blob.
To Upload Data to the Storage Blob
Use the AzCopy utility to upload the manifests and ZIP archives. The following example shows the AzCopy command syntax:
AzCopy.exe .\ http://<account>.blob.core.windows.net/<container>/
program.zip /destkey:<access-key>
AzCopy.exe .\ http://<account>.blob.core.windows.net/<container>/
manifest-*.txt /destkey:<access-key>
AzCopy.exe .\ http://<account>.blob.core.windows.net/<container>/
reference-*.zip /destkey:<access-key>
Note that the lines for the manifests and reference data files use a wildcard.
For more information, see AzCopy – Uploading/Downloading files for Windows Azure Blobs
In this step you'll use the Create Competition Wizard to create a competition on CodaLab.
To Create a Competition
This section covers the details of each step in the Create Competition Wizard.
Enter a title and brief description, and select a thumbnail image.
Define the start date and data set for each phase, and set the end date for the competition.
To access the endpoint URL and key for your storage container, navigate to the dashboard for your storage account and click the MANAGE ACCESS KEYS button at the bottom of the page.
To get the URLs for the data you have uploaded:
This is where you provide documentation about the competition for participants.
Learn the details tab
Participate tab
When you are ready to make your competition available, check the competition is public checkbox, and click publish changes.
All of the competitions you have created will appear in My CodaLab, under the Competitions I Manage tab. There are options to delete or edit the competition, and view information about the competition participants.


Group to show:
Select a group that you want to show, created in Groups Module.
Rows on data table:
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Duration of paginated table:
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Asus ROG line up launched, starts at ksh 180,000/=
ARTICLE | BY DAVID TEPPER | APRIL 5, 2019 2:30 PM PDT
Taiwanese brand Asus has unveiled the latest range of gaming laptops under the Republic of Games (ROG) series. These include ROG Zephyrus S GX531, ROG Zephyrus S GX701, and ROG Strix SCAR II along with desktop GL12CX. While the ROG Zephyrus S GX531 is priced at Ksh 350,000 the ROG Zephyrus S GX70 comes with a price tag of Ksh 399,999. Both the devices will be available from April onwards.
The desktop GL12CX is available at Ksh 349,999. The ROG Strix SCAR II comes with a starting price of Ksh 249,000. Lastly, the Asus Hero II laptop is also priced at Ksh 254,999. All these can be purchased starting today, April 5.
This Huawei laptop aim to take on Apple's latest MacBook
ARTICLE | BY DAVID TEPPER | APRIL 5, 2019 10:54 AM PDT
Huawei at its pre-MWC 2019 conference unveiled the 2019 version of MateBook X Pro, which is targeted at jet-setting business users and professional content creators. The laptop, which has launched alongside the Huawei Mate X foldable smartphone, at pre-MWC 2019 event in Barcelona, Spain, comes as a successor to the last year’s MateBook X Pro.
Huawei’s new MateBook X Pro sports a CNC machined metallic unibody with ‘sandblasted’ finish, giving a premium look. The computing machine is available in Mystic Silver and Space Gray colour variants and is highly portable with 14.6mm thickness (max) and 4.6mm at the thinnest.
Acer unveils two new Chromebases
ARTICLE | BY BOBBY AXELROD | APRIL 5, 2019 7:10 AM PDT
Acer has debuted two new Chromebases — the Acer Chromebase for Meetings 24V2 for video conferencing with Google Hangout Meet, and the Acer Chromebase 24I2, which, as per the company is an all-in-one Chrome device designed to fill multiple roles, either as an individual desktop working device, or as an in-store kiosk. The 24V2 starts at $999 (about Ksh 101,999)
Asus ZenBook 13, 14 and 15 laptops launched at a starting price of ksh 70,000
ARTICLE | BY JAMES HARRIS SIMONS | APRIL 4, 2019 9:50 PM PDT
After introducing its Zenbook 2018 line up in Taiwan back in August last year, Asus has finally brought its Zenbook 13-inch, 14-inch and 15-inch models to the Indian shelves. The firm claims these new computing machines as one of the most compact laptops in the markets right now.
While the Asus Zenbook 15 (UX533) is being touted for its ‘immersive’ 4K display, physical numeric keypad and a more lifestyle-centric design, the ZenBook 14 (UX433) and 13 (UX333) is highlighted for its compact profile, lost lasting battery backup and much more. The laptops have the iconic ‘ErgoLift’ hinge, something we have seen in other ZenBook laptops as well.


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Chapter 1 Initial Concepts of Probability
Probability is the quantification of event uncertainty. For instance, probability of getting (H)eads in a coin toss is \(1/2\). Deterministic models will give the same results given the same inputs (e.g. 2 times 2 is 4), but probabilistic models might yield different outcomes.
An experiment is a process that generates data. For instance, tossing a coin is an experiment. Outcome is the realization of an experiment. Possible outcomes for a coin toss is Heads and Tails.
Sample space (\(\mathbb{S}\)) is the collection of all the possible outcomes of an experiment. Sample space of the coin toss is \(\mathbb{S} = \{H,T\}\). Sample space of two coin tosses experiment is \(\mathbb{S} = \{HH,HT,TH,TT\}\). Sample space can be discrete (i.e. coin tosses) as well as continuous (i.e. All real numbers between 1 and 3. \(\mathbb{S} = \{x | 1 \le x \le 3, x \in \mathbb{R}\}\)) (Side note: Sample space is not always well defined.)
An event is a subset of sample space. While outcome represents a realization, event is an information. Probability of an event \(P(A)\), say getting two Heads in two coin tosses is \(P(A) = 1/4\).
A random variable represents an event is dependent on a probabilistic process. On the other hand, a deterministic variable is either a constant or a decision variable. For instance, value of the dollar tomorrow can be considered a random variable but the amount I will invest is a decision variable (subject to no probabilistic process) and spot (current) price of the dollar is a constant.
1.1 Set Operations
Complement of an event (\(A^\prime\)) with respect to the sample space represents all elements of the sample space that are not included by the event (A). For instance, complement of event \(A=\{HH\}\) is \(A^\prime=\{HT,TH,TT\}\)
Union of two events \(A\) and \(B\) (\(A \cup B\)) is a set of events which contains all elements of the respective events. For example, say \(A\) is the set that contains events which double Heads occur (\(A = \{HH,HT,TH\}\)) and \(B\) is the set which Tails occur at least once (\(B = \{TT,HT,TH\}\)). The union is \(A \cup B = \{HH,TH,HT,TT\}\).
Intersection of two events \(A\) and \(B\) (\(A \cap B\)) contains the common elements of the events. For example, say \(A\) is the set that contains events which Heads occur at least once (\(A = \{HH,HT,TH\}\)) and \(B\) is the set which Tails occur at least once (\(B = \{TT,HT,TH\}\)). The intersection is \(A \cap B = \{TH,HT\}\).
Mutually exclusive or disjoint events mean that two events have empty intersection (\(A \cap B = \emptyset\)) and their union (\(A \cup B\)) contains the same amount of elements as the sum of their respective number of elements. Also \(P(A \cap B) = 0\) and \(P(A \cup B) = P(A) + P(B)\). For example getting double Heads (\(HH\)) and double Tails (\(TT\)) are mutually exclusive events.
1.2 Axioms of Probability
- Any event \(A\) belonging to the sample space \(A \in \mathbb{S}\) should have nonnegative probability (\(P(A) \ge 0\)).
- Probability of the sample space is one (\(P(\mathbb{S}) = 1\)).
- Any disjoint events (\(A_i \cap A_j = \emptyset \ \forall_{i,j \in 1 \dots n}\)) satisfies \(P(A_1 \cup A_2 \cup \dots \cup A_n) = P(A_1) + P(A_2) + \dots + P(A_n)\).
1.3 Other Set and Probability Rules
- \((A^\prime)^\prime = A\)
- \(S^\prime = \emptyset\)
- \(\emptyset^\prime = S\)
- \((A \cap B)^\prime = A^\prime \cup B^\prime\)
- \((A \cup B)^\prime = A^\prime \cap B^\prime\)
- \((A \cup B) \cap C = (A \cap C) \cup (B \cap C)\)
- \((A \cap B) \cup C = (A \cup C) \cap (B \cup C)\)
- \((A \cup B) \cup C = A \cup (C \cup B)\)
- \((A \cap B) \cap C = A \cap (C \cap B)\)
\(A \cup A^\prime = \mathbb{S}\) and \(A \cap A^\prime = \emptyset\) so \(P(A) = 1 - P(A^\prime)\). This is especially useful for many problems. For example the probability of getting at least one Heads in a three coin tosses in a row is \(1 - P(\{TTT\}) = 7/8\), the complement of no Heads in a three coin tosses in a row. Otherwise, you should calculate the following expression.
\[P(\{HTT\}) + P(\{THT\}) + P(\{TTH\}) + P(\{HHT\}) + P(\{HTH\}) + P(\{THH\}) + P(\{HHH\}) = 7/8 \]
- If \(A \subseteq B\) then \(P(A) \le P(B)\).
- \(P(A \cup B) = P(A) + P(B) - P(A \cap B)\).
\(P(A \cup B \cup C) = P(A) + P(B) + P(C) - P(A \cap B) - P(B \cap C) - P(A \cap C) + P(A \cap B \cap C)\)
1.4 Counting
Counting rules will help us enumerate the sample space. It will include multiplication rule, permutation and combination.
1.4.1 Multiplication Rule
If I have a series of independent events, say \(1\) to \(k\), and number of possible outcomes are denoted with \(n_1\) to \(n_k\); total number of outcomes in the sample space would be \(n_1n_2\dots n_k\).
Take a series of coin tosses in a row. If I toss a coin its sample space consists of 2 elements such as \(\{H,T\}\). If I toss 2 coins the sample space would be 2*2 \(\{HH,HT,TH,TT\}\). If I toss 3 coins, the sample space would be 2*2*2 \(\{HHH,HTH,THH,TTH,HHT,HTT,THT,TTT\}\).
A poker card consists of a type and a rank. There are four types of playing cards (clubs, diamonds, hearts and spades) and 13 ranks (A - 2 to 10 - J - Q - K). Number of cards in a deck is 4*13 = 52.
1.4.2 Permutation Rule
Permutation is the arrangement of all or a subset of items.
Given a set of items, say \(A = {a,b,c}\) in how many different ways I can order the elements? Answer is n!. In our case it is, \(3! = 3.2.1 = 6\).
\[A = \{a,b,c\},\{b,a,c\},\{b,c,a\},\{c,a,b\},\{c,b,a\},\{a,c,b\}\]
Suppose there are 10 (n) participants in a competition and 3 (r) medals (gold, silver and bronze). How many possible outcomes are there? Answer is \(n(n-1)(n-2)\dots (n-r+1) = \dfrac{n!}{(n-r)!} = \dfrac{10!}{(10-3)!} = 720\).
If there are more than one same type items in a sample, then the permutation becomes \(\dfrac{n!}{n_1!n_2!\dots n_k!}\) where \(\sum n_i = n\).
For example enumerate the different outcomes of four coin tosses which result in 2 heads and 2 tails. Answer is \(\dfrac{4!}{2!2!} = 6\)
\[A = \{HHTT,HTTH,HTHT,THTH,THHT,TTHH\}\]
1.4.3 Combination Rule
Suppose we want to select \(r\) items from \(n\) items and the order does not matter. So the number of different outcomes can be found using \(\binom{n}{r} = \dfrac{n!}{(n-r)!r!}\).
Out of 10 students how many different groups of 2 students can we generate?  How many different number of outcomes are there for this experiment?
Solution: Multiplication rule. \(n_1n_2n_3 = 2.6.52 = 624\).
In how many ways can I order the Teletubbies? (Tinky-Winky, Dipsy, Laa Laa and Po) For instance, (TW - Dipsy - Po - Laa Laa) is an ordering and (Dipsy - Po - TW - Laa Laa) is another.
Solution: Permutation rule. \(n! = 4! = 24\)
## [1] 24
I want to reorder the letters of the phrase “GOODGRADES”. In how many ways can I do it?.
Solution: Remember the permutation rule with identical items. There are two “G”s, two “D”s and two “O”s. Remember the formula \(\dfrac{n!}{n_1!n_2!\dots n_k!}\). So the result should be \(\dfrac{10!}{2!2!2!1!1!1!1!} = 453600\).
the_phrase <- "GOODGRADES" freq_table <- table(strsplit(the_phrase, split = "")[[1]]) #Let's create a frequency table first print(freq_table) #Let's show it
## ## A D E G O R S ## 1 2 1 2 2 1 1
the_dividend <- factorial(nchar(the_phrase)) #Dividend part is 10 characters so 10! the_divisor <- prod(factorial(freq_table)) #Get multiplication of factorials for the divisor the_dividend/the_divisor
## [1] 453600
I want to make two letter words from “GRADES” such as “GA”, “ED” or “DE” (it doesn’t have to make sense). Find the number of permutations.
Solution: Permutation of \(r\) items from \(n\) items is \(\dfrac{n!}{(n-r)!}\). So the result is \(\dfrac{6!}{4!} = 30\).
the_phrase<-"GRADES" letter_length <- 2 #We want two letter words #Since all letters are different no need for special permutation. factorial(nchar(the_phrase))/factorial(nchar(the_phrase)-letter_length)
## [1] 30
Suppose I am drawing a hand of 5 cards from a playing deck of 52 cards. How many different hands there can be? (Each card is different. See the bottom of this document for details.)
Solution: Since in a hand you do not care for the order, it is the combination \(\binom{52}{5} = \dfrac{52!}{(52-5)!5!} = 2598960\).
## [1] 2598960
1.6 Extra Problems
Question 1 Suppose we draw three cards from a deck and roll two dice. Answer the following questions.
What is the experiment?
The experiment is “drawing three cards from a deck and rolling two dice”.
What is “getting two-sixes and three-kings or five-one (in any order) one queen one king one ace”? Pick one (Event / Outcome / Sample Space)
Event.
Give an example of two mutually exclusive events. (6 pts)
Event A: Queen of Hearts / Queen of Spades / Queen of Diamonds / 6 / 5 Event B: Ace of Clubs / King of Clubs / Queen of Clubs / 4 / 4
What is the probability of getting four-three (in any order) in dice roll and three queens in card draw?
#First roll can either be 3 or 4 and second roll should be the other # 2/6 * 1/6 #Getting the first Queen has probability of 4/52 #Getting the second Queen has probability of 3/51 #Getting the third Queen has probability of 2/50 2/6*1/6*4/52*3/51*2/50
## [1] 1.00553e-05
How many different outcomes can there be? This time assume ordering is important (e.g. 6-1 and 1-6 are different outcomes).
#Six outcomes per die #52 outcomes for the first card draw #51 outcomes for the second card draw #50 outcomes for the second card draw #Multiplication rule #You can also use permutation rule for cards 6*6*52*51*50
## [1] 4773600
Question 2 In how many ways can you arrange the letters of “HOUSEPARTY”?
Any order.
## [1] 3628800
Vowels together?
#4 vowels, 6 consonants #Assume all vowels are a single "letter". So 8 characters. #But vowels permutate within the single "letter". #Multiplication rule factorial(6+1)*factorial(4)
## [1] 120960
Vowels in alphabetical order?
#We start with all the permutations 10! #For any permutation there can be only one ordering of vowels. #For instance HOUSEPARTY is not valid but HAESOPURTY is valid #So remove invalid permutations with division factorial(10)/factorial(4)
## [1] 151200
There should be no consecutive vowels?
#There are 6 consonants, 4 vowels. # Assume Xs are consonants and .s are potent vowel places. # .X.X.X.X.X.X. #Consonants can permutate in any order so 6! there #7 places for vowels but only 4 vowels. # So it is a permutation of 4 out of 8 places. factorial(6)*(factorial(7)/factorial(7-4))
## [1] 604800
Question 3 In how many ways can you arrange the letters of “CAMARADERIE”?
Any order.
#By the formula of permutation with repetitive letters #Assign the value to all_perms object all_perms<-factorial(11)/(factorial(3)*factorial(2)*factorial(2)) all_perms
## [1] 1663200
Vowels together?
#Assume all vowels are single "character" again. So 6 characters (factorial(5+1)/(factorial(2)))*(factorial(6)/(factorial(3)*factorial(2)))
## [1] 21600
Vowels in alphabetical order?
#Same as the last question. But be careful about identical vowels. all_perms/(factorial(6)/(factorial(3)*factorial(2)))
## [1] 27720
There should be no consecutive vowels?
#Same as the last question. But be careful about identical vowels. (factorial(5)/factorial(2))*(factorial(6)/factorial(6-6))/(factorial(3)*factorial(2))
## [1] 3600
Question 4
Suppose you are putting the top 12 basketball teams in 4 groups evenly (each group should consist of 3 teams). In how many different ways can you arrange the teams?
#It is either a chain of combinations or just grouping combination choose(12,3)*choose(9,3)*choose(6,3)
## [1] 369600
Question 5 (20 pts - all equal)
There are 18 people; 10 from Izmir, 8 from Mugla.
Suppose you want to form a group of 5 people with at least 1 person from Izmir and Mugla. In how many ways can you form such a group?
#Calculate as if no rules. It is the combination of 18 to 5. #Then remove the combinations of all Izmir or all Mugla people choose(18,5) - choose(10,5) - choose(8,5)
## [1] 8260
In how many ways can you form a group of 3 people from Izmir and 4 people from Mugla?
## [1] 8400
1.7 Coins, Dice and Cards
When questions mention about coins, dice and cards they are commonly referred items. Nevertheless, you can refer to .
- Coin tosses: Two possible outcomes. Heads or Tails.
- Dice rolling: Six possible outcomes. 1-2-3-4-5-6.
- Card drawing: 52 possible outcomes. There are 4 types (clubs, diamonds, spades and hearts) and 13 ranks for each type. (A)ce - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - 7 - 8 - 9 - 10 - (J)ack - (Q)ueen - (K)ing.


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Faster Codes I
When we are coding in MATLAB
, what kind of performance is expected ? Comparable to C
or Java
?
It is known that many frequent used routines are compiled into MATLAB
system library or toolbox, they are written with MATLAB
interface mxFunction
, but calling these functions are also bringing some overhead, there is no way to avoid it.
Writing a time-costy naive routine in MATLAB
script will be still the most inefficient thing, even it is faster than before, but much slower than mainstream numerical programming languages.
cache friendly
declare before use.
When data is produced and not used after, the operation part in memory will read a full cache line and modify the appropriate data. This slows down the code when large data structure scatters the data over cache-line, causing refreshing the cache lines at the same time.
compiler is designed to avoid this using write-combine.
quoted from Wikipedia:
Write combining is a computer bus technique for allowing data to be combined and temporarily stored in a buffer — the write combine buffer (WCB) — to be released together later in burst mode instead of writing (immediately) as single bits or small chunks.
Write combining cannot be used for general memory access (data or code regions) due to the weak ordering. Write-combining does not guarantee that the combination of writes and reads is done in the expected order. For example, a Write/Read/Write combination to a specific address would lead to the write combining order of Read/Write/Write which can lead to obtaining wrong values with the first read (which potentially relies on the write before).
In order to avoid the problem of read/write order described above, the write buffer can be treated as a fully associative cache and added into the memory hierarchy of the device in which it is implemented. Adding complexity slows down the memory hierarchy so this technique is often only used for memory which does not need strong ordering (always correct) like the frame buffers of video cards.
There are many intrinsic instructions operates on the cache line. For example, quoting from intel's documentation.
void _mm_stream_pd(double *p, _m128d a)
will store the data a
, which is 128bit long double to some aligned address p
, that is 2 doubles at one time. (AVX can operates 4 doubles at one time). However, if the cache line containing p
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unroll loops
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double
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are great efforts by a lot of experts, use them instead cook up a new one.


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