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How so ? Brandishing "diversity" as the epitome of progress is close to nonsensical. My workstation requires 4 4k output, both HDMI 2,0 and display-port, and d

How so ? Brandishing "diversity" as the epitome of progress is close to nonsensical. My workstation requires 4 4k output, both HDMI 2,0 and display-port, and decent OpenGL & other hardware accelelation support. There is no way I'm ever going to get this working out of the box with a fancy architecture. Yes, I'm using proprietary binary-only software, but I my line of work involve CAD+CAM, not re-invent the wheel. Even industrial system I'm working on right now will use standard off-the shelf part (read x86 or rasppi-like sbc) and STANDARD interfaces, because I don't want to lock myself with a vendor. If the main system crash, I can replace it within 12h with a crappy old system and limit downtime.

jchw 7y ago
You don’t have to buy this new system. You may continue buying whatever hardware you already buy, effective immediately, indefinitely. I didn’t realize my Hacker News comments had power to prevent folks from doing that to begin with! > Brandishing "diversity" as the epitome of progress is close to nonsensical. Man, it really sounds like you have some things you might want to talk about with a therapist. I haven’t even used the word “diversity” that I can find. All I’m suggesting is maybe an instruction set design that has cruft going back decades might actually not be the global maximum of ISA design, and that there might be real gains by trying to apply modern high-performance processor engineering to a different application ISA. That’s it. The market gets to decide if another ISA will hit critical mass. This is not especially likely for the most part, but I definitely support the research. I’m sorry for all of the snark but really, I am blown away at some of the responses this has garnered. I hope you all realize that this machines existence is not a threat to basically anyone.

jchw 7y ago

You don’t have to buy this new system. You may continue buying whatever hardware you already buy, effective immediately, indefinitely. I didn’t realize my Hacker News comments had power to prevent folks from doing that to begin with! > Brandishing "diversity" as the epitome of progress is close to nonsensical. Man, it really sounds like you have some things you might want to talk about with a therapist. I haven’t even used the word “diversity” that I can find. All I’m suggesting is maybe an instruction set design that has cruft going back decades might actually not be the global maximum of ISA design, and that there might be real gains by trying to apply modern high-performance processor engineering to a different application ISA. That’s it. The market gets to decide if another ISA will hit critical mass. This is not especially likely for the most part, but I definitely support the research. I’m sorry for all of the snark but really, I am blown away at some of the responses this has garnered. I hope you all realize that this machines existence is not a threat to basically anyone.