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Cake day: June 22nd, 2023

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  • You’re both right. You’re both wrong.

    • You write tests for functionality before you write the functionality.
    • You code the functionality so the tests pass.
    • Then, and only then, the test becomes a regression test and is enabled in your CI automation.
    • If the test ever breaks again the merge is blocked.

    If you only write tests after you’ve written the code then the test will test that the code does what the code does. Your brain is already polluted and you’re not capable of writing a good test.

    Having tests that fail is fine, as long as they’re not part of your regression tests.







  • Best info I’ve found on the is on the Nvidia blog

    • Cost £225M of government money
    • 21 exaflops of AI performance
    • 5,448 NVIDIA GH200 Grace Hopper Superchips

    It’s a platform to accelerate breakthroughs in:

    • AI-driven drug discovery
    • Advanced climate modeling
    • Materials science
    • Large language models (LLMs) tuned to U.K. languages and laws

    Early flagship projects include:

    • Nightingale AI: A sovereign, multimodal health foundation model trained on National Health Service (NHS) data to support earlier diagnoses and personalized care.
    • BritLLM: A U.K.-developed LLM project supporting British languages like Welsh, alongside English, to promote inclusivity and better public service delivery in healthcare, education and public services.
    • UCL Cancer Screening AI: Developing the first scalable AI system for prostate cancer detection via MRI, aiming for faster diagnoses and tailored treatments.
    • EIMCRYSTAL (University of Liverpool): Using AI to search 68 million chemical combinations to discover greener, more sustainable industrial materials — reducing reliance on rare or toxic inputs.
    • EgoAI (University of Bristol): Using AI to analyze recordings from wearable cameras and other smart devices to help people perform tasks better at home. This holds immense promise for assisting dementia patients in the future.

    …and it takes 5MW to run, which is pretty low for this sort of thing.


  • Advice from NHS

    How to avoid spreading or catching measles

    Measles is spread when an infected person breathes, coughs or sneezes.

    You’re infectious from when you first have symptoms (around 4 days before the rash appears) until 4 days after you get the rash.

    There are things you can do to reduce the risk of spreading or catching measles.

    Do

    • wash your hands often with soap and warm water
    • use tissues when you cough or sneeze
    • throw used tissues in the bin

    Don’t

    • do not share cutlery, cups, towels, clothes, or bedding