A little tribute to Ada Lovelace & Nvidia.

[Techtu]

Some of you may already know the work of Ada Lovelace and the amazing achievement in the very early days of computer software, the very first days infact!

NVIDIA GeForce certainly noticed this, so much so they named their current GPU architecture after her, it was this that lead me on a mission of my own, to own a piece of this technology and to go to Ada's place of rest in St. Mary Magdalene, Hucknall and pay respect to Ada and also her father, Lord Byron, who has very much an interest past aswel I'll make sure to include more about him too.

Not many will buy a particular GPU to honour Ada's great work but I am one who was willing, with this, I hope to give you a little insight into Ada's work and where we are today because of the great feat she accomplished.
Link to the church website with a virtual tour if you wish to have a look around for yourself! - http://hucknallparishchurch.org.uk/

 

[Vayra86]

Neat!

 

[Space Lynx]

This is really cool.

Can someone explain in layman's terms what this quote means?

I am just curious what it means in more detail.

 

[Macro Device]

Can someone explain in layman's terms what this quote means?

From my understanding, this quote means you will lean towards expanding your knowledge even further and further whilst you study. It's like lemonades: the more you drink the more thirsty you feel.

Once she learnt one thing, she became interested in more than one new thing. And this cycle only ends over her dead body.

 

[Space Lynx]

From my understanding, this quote means you will lean towards expanding your knowledge even further and further whilst you study. It's like lemonades: the more you drink the more thirsty you feel.

Once she learnt one thing, she became interested in more than one new thing. And this cycle only ends over her dead body.

that makes sense, thanks. olde English hurts my brain. lol

 

[Steevo]

The more we know the more we realize we don't know.

 

[Macro Device]

that makes sense, thanks. olde English hurts my brain. lol

I also got my transtemporal tumour lowkey twisted trying to comprehend this word order. I use English more often than any other language but it's my 3rd language (after Russian [native] and Ukrainian [also none similar to English]) so I still struggle here'n'there.

 

[Onasi]

It really helps to understand the quote when you realize that the word “genius” was meant as an “intellectual inspiration” and was tied to the original meaning of the word in latin where it was a “guiding spirit” of sorts. And not the modern connotation of “an exceptionally gifted person”.
English honestly got butchered along the way, the more I read the classics (and even Old English prose like Chaucer), the more I realize it.

 

[Macro Device]

when you realize that the word “genius” was meant as a “intellectual inspiration”

Yes, I do get it. Got a bit challenged by the word order more than anything else.

 

[Onasi]

Yes, I do get it. Got a bit challenged by the word order more than anything else.

Nothing too unusual about it though? Fairly common sentence construction for the time period. Especially if you’re familiar with the body of work of her father.

 

[Macro Device]

Nothing too unusual about it though? Fairly common sentence construction for the time period. Especially if you’re familiar with the body of work of her father.

Can't call myself thoroughly accustomed with the way English older than Winston Churchill worked. My deepest dig was reading Shakespeare but that was long ago. Also not really sure if that was in his original language or adapted to somewhat match the XX+ century English.

But I'm sure a couple days into this will suffice to understand ancient writings with ease.

 

[mxthunder]

That is so cool!
Believe it or not I was actually slightly swayed into buying my Ada cards based on the name. Im an nvidia collector and would buy them anyways, but have been slightly obessed with Ada since I first heard about her when watching this crash course video many years ago:

 

[Onasi]

@Beginner Macro Device
Sure, I get it, though I would hardly call Byron “ancient”. He is very much akin to Pushkin and Griboyedov (to give a comparison in Russian literature terms) as a codification in many ways of what can be considered modern literary English. Highly recommended as a good groundwork for going deeper into English literature. Can also throw Blake in there, if you are into poetry at all.

And yeah, pretty much all modern versions of Shakespeare are very much updated. Not to say you can’t find or read the, ostensibly, closer to original versions. They are hardly incomprehensible.

 

[Macro Device]

Pushkin and Griboyedov

I did read these dudes non-translated. Vastly different language. Extremely hard to understand; at least for an average 11th grader.

I would hardly call Byron “ancient”.

I just threw a minor overstatement. Of course really ancient English is that they spoke a thousand years ago, not in the Byron's days.

Can also throw Blake in there, if you are into poetry at all.

Not really but will read. Don't see how it can hurt.

 

[AusWolf]

OP: That's an awesome amount of info! I still wouldn't make such a pricey purchase from a company that has nothing to do with Ada Lovelace aside from some arbitrary naming, just for this.

This is really cool.

Can someone explain in layman's terms what this quote means?

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I am just curious what it means in more detail.

The more I learn, the more I want to learn more.

that makes sense, thanks. olde English hurts my brain. lol

It really helps to understand the quote when you realize that the word “genius” was meant as an “intellectual inspiration” and was tied to the original meaning of the word in latin where it was a “guiding spirit” of sorts. And not the modern connotation of “an exceptionally gifted person”.
English honestly got butchered along the way, the more I read the classics (and even Old English prose like Chaucer), the more I realize it.

Speaking of Chaucer: Canterbury Tales. Even this text is Middle English, not Old English. Sorry, ex-linguist checking in.

 

[Space Lynx]

That is so cool!
Believe it or not I was actually slightly swayed into buying my Ada cards based on the name. Im an nvidia collector and would buy them anyways, but have been slightly obessed with Ada since I first heard about her when watching this crash course video many years ago:

this is actually why I plan to buy Blackwell someday, I appreciate the Nvidia is trying to advance the medical community in a proactive way. I have suffered many many years due to their stagnation... and I believe AI is going to upend this stagnation at a pace we never imagined. perhaps I am just dreaming/hoping due to being afraid of suffering more though.

 

[Onasi]

I did read these dudes non-translated. Vastly different language. Extremely hard to understand; at least for an average 11th grader.

So did I. Would say that this says more about the woeful lack of literacy of the average high school student and less about how “hard to understand” the prose is.

Speaking of Chaucer: Canterbury Tales. Even this text is Middle English, not Old English. Sorry, ex-linguist checking in.

Was speaking about them precisely, yeah. And thank you for the correction, you are exactly right. I was more making a throwaway comment here, not trying for a precise classification. True Old English would indeed be nigh unreadable and AFAIK there aren’t that many surviving works. The original Beowulf is one I am aware of, some prayers, some legal documents… Not sure what else.

But anyway, let’s not derail the thread further, we have strayed from the original topic drastically now.

 

[Techtu]

This is what I came to do, you guys are even talking about Lord Byron and the English language. I'm pleased it has interested you.