11 ms·
IF newTV THEN delay := 0 ELSE (*make customer by new TV*) delay := 10 END
by augustk 6y ago
IF newTV THEN
delay := 0
ELSE
(*make customer by new TV*)
delay := 10
END
- saagarjha 6y agoGuess what? The new TV uses that software too, so it’s about as slow.
- pmontra 6y agoMaybe it's got a faster CPU/GPU. Saw that happen with computers and then phones for some 40 years.
- whatch 6y agoIt's much better with computers, though. I am able to decently run modern games on 2015 gaming PC. My 2015 flagman phone from meizu seems to have the same processing power as potato. And I don't even play games on it.
- eru 6y ago> It's much better with computers, though. I am able to decently run modern games on 2015 gaming PC. Linus Torvalds and Bill Gates were and are obsessed with backwards compatibility, and _not_ breaking user programmes. I am not sure how much the Great Man Theory applies here (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_man_theory https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_man_theory) or whether personal computers would have a culture of backwards compatibility without those two? Intel also seems to care about backwards compatibility. (Though they needed a nudge from AMD when transitioning to 64 bit.) In contrast, Apple and ARM seem more eager to start from a clean slate. So I can perfectly imagine a personal computer industry in an alternate universe that's happy to force people to recompile their programmes every few years; and otherwise to just abandon old binary-only software.
- roenxi 6y agoThe winners in the competitive struggle are going to be people who don't break things. People who routinely reset their ecosystem tend to lose then get forgotten. It isn't so much their influence as much as there is a community that is constantly searching for reliable platforms to build on.
- eru 6y ago> People who routinely reset their ecosystem tend to lose then get forgotten. ARM seems to be doing well and they release binary incompatible chips every so often. And resetting had long been the norm in the world of games consoles. So I wouldn't take what we observed in the personal computer industry as a universal truth. It's probably rather contingent.
- panpanna 6y agoWhen did ARM ever release a binary incompatible CPU? For the application space they have the old armv7 and the new armv8. The latter can actually run armv7 in aarch32 mode.
- kps 6y agoCortex-M only runs Thumb instructions, not the original instruction set.
- panpanna 6y agoBut Cortex-M is not an application CPU, it was specifically designed for embedded systems (hence the M in the name). If I recall correctly, it runs a subset/superset of thumbs2 which standard armv7-8 also can execute.
- EricE 6y ago"The winners in the competitive struggle are going to be people who don't break things." Search for developer comments about their experiences with Rosetta 2. Maybe Apple isn't so dumb after all, eh? What makes the comments on speed even more impressive to me - note that the developer test machines are using a two year old CPU. Originally designed for a battery operated mobile device.
- saagarjha 6y agoMaybe the quality of the software makes that point fairly moot.
- augustk 6y agoI have a year-old TV from LG. Changing channels with the numeric buttons take around 4 seconds, while using the increment/decrement buttons I have to wait only one second. Strange!
- bestham 6y agoIs is because it is waiting for a multi digit input? You can try to enter 01 for preset 1 or 001 depending on how many presets your TV has.
- augustk 6y agoAh, of course! That must be the reason.
- half-kh-hacker 6y agoYou might be able to hit the OK/Confirm button to switch faster.
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- kleiba 6y agoCareful! Apple might sue you for IP theft.
- megablast 6y agoApple is one of the few coMpanies you should trust for this.
- kleiba 6y agohttps://www.bbc.com/news/technology-51413724 https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-51413724
- oblio 6y agohttps://interestingengineering.com/apple-to-pay-up-to-500-million-over-intentionally-slowing-down-phones https://interestingengineering.com/apple-to-pay-up-to-500-mi...
- scarface74 6y agoI’m sure AppleTV’s will slow down when the batteries get older and they won’t tell you to replace the battery,..
- oblio 6y agoIt's just proof of planned obsolescence. For phones it happens one way, for TVs another way.
- scarface74 6y agoSo do you have a magically solution to keep rechargeable batteries from degrading over time?
- Xelbair 6y agoyes. a replacement battery.
- rapnie 6y agoFor non-coders, this video by Steve Cutts shows excellently how the concept works: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jid2A7ldc_8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jid2A7ldc_8