I had AI write a short review and give a rating to a wide range of songs, with some funny results lol

This blog post is very important reading ;)

Makes sense that creating anywhere near parity to current tech is out of reach for most people, that's unfortunate but was worth a shot I guess haha

Thanks for the link to tinytapeout! It looks great to actualize once I have a more concrete idea of a chip design

Simulations are the way to go for now I guess, the most interesting part of this exploration is trying to just create strange ISAs I suppose, so it will be nice to iterate faster in the software plane before going to physical

That's a great one, especially for code ideas

Thanks for mentioning the "demoscene" community! Had totally forgot that word and group but that's exactly up my alley

Ah, I meant full serif, no monospace. So the letters are using the serif spacing. You're right in that the kerning/spacing is what makes the difference here, I find words in serif much easier to read than their monospace counterparts when coding.

Thanks, that's really helpful! I'll be investigating/reading the code base when writing my own, nice to be able to see some design decisions before starting on my own.

I've been trying to improve my writing, so feedback on the clarity and style of my writing would be awesome, thank you!

Thanks, I'll check those out

> https://www.amazon.com/Introduction-Materials-Management-Ste...

Thank you I'll check that out in addition to the Simchi book

> If you're highly technical and would like to learn how to abstract and solve some of the hardest problems in supply chain management, I would actually look into the field of Operations Research. It is basically mathematical modeling and optimization of real world operational and logistics problems.

I recently took the SIAM Math Modeling Works Challenge [1] and actually found that quite enjoyable, so Operations Research sounds great.

[1] = https://m3challenge.siam.org/

> In order for the pattern to appear, there have to be independent actors with cascading delays in the aquisition of information about the future, and a mismatch in the ability to stop production (decelerate) and start production (accelerate).

That makes sense, that's a cool connection between this bullwhip effect and the traffic wave.

> The cars closest to it stop extremely fast but then accelerate slower than they decelerated.

Aaah, so if I understand correctly, since it takes more time for them to get back up to their previous speed, each group of cars receives information to stay stopped for longer than they do to start moving again, and thus the traveling wave effect grows between each group of cars. I'm assuming however, this is the case for each group of cars acting as one unit, and there is no all seeing central coordination of all the car groups on the highway.

> The supply chain parallel problem emphasizes the importance of inventory. Running super lean on inventory can mean lower costs and higher throughput, but it exacerbates the bullwhip effect substantially.

I guess if you don't have that buffer for absorbing shock the bullwhip effect is stronger? I haven't read about what the lean production model is, so I'm probably just talking out my ass here, I'll keep this in mind when I'm reading that Womack 'Lean Thinking' book then.