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   by ghhrjfkt4k 2y ago

   ffmpeg does more than hardware decoding. For example scaling, cropping, changing colors, effects. All this stuff can benefit from vectorized operations (on CPU or GPU).
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   by ghhrjfkt4k 2y ago

   I once used it to get a 4x speedup of sqrt computations, by using SIMD. It was quite fun, and also quite self contained and manageable. The library sqrt handles all kinds of edge-cases which prevent the compiler from autovectorizing it.
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   by ghhrjfkt4k 2y ago

   There is a law against gross negligence. Holding client money comes with other obligations too.
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   by ghhrjfkt4k 2y ago

   FXCM forex trading broker covered a similar sized loss of client money (not hack) when EUR/CHF was unpegged in 2015. Since it was a profitable broker business, another bigger broker gave them the money to plug the loss in exchange for