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by faragon 9y ago
PC/XT hard disks read at 125KB/s, and floppy disks from 15 to 50KB/s. And it was slower to decompress than to read. 8086 @8MHz RAM bandwidth was about 1200KB/s, so data compression algorithms based on dictionary (LZ77, L
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by faragon 9y ago
Sure, Madrid is a lovely place, too. Regarding working in English in Madrid and Barcelona, definitely it is possible, specially in companies oriented to the international market. Also, people will do their best to make people comfortable, f
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by faragon 9y ago
From my side, you are very welcome to move to Spain, e.g. pick Barcelona for nice weather, good services, and many tech companies. You can work with just English in most mid/large companies. Salaries are lower than the US and the UK, b
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by faragon 9y ago
Impressive speed. Having that in the 80's would be having much faster load times and much better graphics.
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by faragon 9y ago
Microsoft's "Node.js" equivalent for asynchronous stuff?
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by faragon 9y ago
That's arbitrary. And scary.
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by faragon 9y ago
It is not about being "smart", it is about reducing the risk. E.g. you can avoid using malloc() directly, using abstractions, even in C, e.g. [1]. [1] https://github.com/faragon/libsrt
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by faragon 9y ago
Just write programs without overflows, and malloc() will not be a problem.
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by faragon 9y ago
Thank you very much, with the available DMA bandwidth figures during V-blank you gave, I've found some VDP documentation: http://md.squee.co/VDP
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by faragon 9y ago
Choosing 50 FPS instead of 60 was because needing to dedicate more CPU to each frame, or because another reason? P.S. Impressive demo, kudos :-)
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by faragon 9y ago
Church of Apple. Scary.
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by faragon 9y ago
I'll wait until Realtek releases a 3 USD 5-Gbit ethernet NIC chip.
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by faragon 9y ago
TL;DR: if your business relies on a Google API/service, your business is in risk.
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by faragon 9y ago
Does Google use ML to predict the failure of one service?
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by faragon 9y ago
Expert Systems "magic" predates neural networks by decades, being predictable and giving validable results (unlike most ML models).
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by faragon 9y ago
Just add some "magic", e.g. per response analysis and inter-response rule-based system.
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by faragon 9y ago
Using ML? Why not using just Bayesian filters?
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by faragon 9y ago
They will, but it will not be anytime soon.
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by faragon 9y ago
Unles the FRAND agreement includes pricing, this is just a price negotiation. I.e. if Qualcomm tell they're honoring the agreements, and Intel/Samsung they don't, both can not be right.
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by faragon 9y ago
Then, who is right, Qualcomm saying they're honoring the agreements, or Intel/Samsung? Both can not be right.
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by faragon 9y ago
Figures per minute? Same-process key-value should give millions per second operations (using one thread). And accessing via network, e.g. a la Redis, should be hundreds of thousands per second [1]. [1] https://redis.io/t
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by faragon 9y ago
This looks like a price discussion between Intel/Samsung and Qualcomm for setting a "fair" price.
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by faragon 9y ago
As "fair" != free/gratis, I assume this is just a price discussion between Intel/Samsung and Qualcomm. So what is interpreted as "fair" for Qualcomm, it is not for Intel/Samsung. Result: if the FRAND limit
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by faragon 9y ago
Because of the need of covering the investment.
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by faragon 9y ago
Intel has the de facto x86 standard, and has been hiper-protective regarding its IP. Why Intel and Samsung should expect Qualcomm giving away their strategic IP for cheap, risking their long-term survival? Also, Qualcomm is the "small&
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by faragon 9y ago
Qualcomm is doing pretty the same as Intel did and does: protect investor value. So if it is OK for Intel and Samsung protecting their business, it is OK for Qualcomm doing the same.
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by faragon 9y ago
x86 is a de facto standard.
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by faragon 9y ago
But not for cheap (i.e. no 5 USD SoCs), and sold under the Intel brand. Intel and Samsung want to use Qualcomm IP for cheap. That's the point.
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by faragon 9y ago
Then, could you explain me why Mediatek can not sell x86-compatible SoCs for 5 USD?
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by faragon 9y ago
Do Intel and Samsung license their patented stuff in more fair terms than Qualcomm? I guess that Intel and Samsung want to get radio IP license for cheap (e.g. LTE stuff), and that's OK. BTW, can Qualcomm or Mediatek get x86 and OLED I

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