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by smolder 2y ago
WebGL is like letting your browser use your GPU with a condom on, and WebGPU is doing the same without one. The indirection is useful for safety assuming people maintain the standard and think about it. Opening up capability in the browser
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by smolder 2y ago
> why should HTML be stuck with a JS projection of OpenGL ES while native developers get Vulkan? Because web browsers are supposed to be locked down and able to run untrusted code, not an operating system that reinvents all the same fail
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by smolder 2y ago
You're talking like android and ios are the only platforms. The downsides of those platforms don't justify a web browser (which should be safe to use) granting excessive capability to untrusted code.
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by smolder 2y ago
This highlights why we shouldn't let browsers (google) keep expanding their reach outside of the historical sandbox. It's almost like all the in-browser Java and Flash problems being repeated. They're creating security proble
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Sure, I don't doubt that. But it also seems to me that those symptoms are exacerbated by the kind of sensory overload that is enabled with modern technology. So I also think it's more common and more severe in terms of impact.
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Or search, Youtube, chrome and android could all see their enshittification ramped up, which might not be the outcome you want.
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by smolder 2y ago
I'm basing my opinion off the demonstration Tesla did where they were remotely operated, and footage of that event. I'll admit I'm not up to date on the development details. Do you have a recommended and trustworthy source fo
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by smolder 2y ago
Yes, but so is Intel, thanks to the CHIPS act.
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by smolder 2y ago
Goalposts haven't moved. Refer to my first post and stop spreading FUD about heat pumps.
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by smolder 2y ago
No one is going to install a system that puts you in a life or death situation. Worst case is it uses resistive heating to deal with extreme cold. Systems like that are widespread and still save people money.
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by smolder 2y ago
The Tesla Optimus is so far a special effect, not a real thing. Currently you're better off hiring the person piloting the awkward robot to fold your clothes than having them pilot an unnecessary robot.
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> industry heads predicting the timeline of “robots in every home”. The maid from The Jetsons is due in about 2018 by Elon's timeLIEn. I think it's more like 30 years than 5 for that sort of intelligence to be practically deplo
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by smolder 2y ago
While I feel people who benefit from treatment (even those who are yet untreated,) shouldn't be denied treatments that are a clear positive contribution to quality of life, I tend to agree that it's not a disorder of the individua
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That very quickly pays for itself.
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The buried part will never need fixing unless you build it on a fault line or elon musk tries to dig a hyperloop under your house.
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by smolder 2y ago
No, the difference in cost between central air conditioning (a heat pump that works in one direction) and a heat pump that works in both directions is negligable unless you're being ripped off.
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by smolder 2y ago
It sounds like you're suffering from the typical grift where contractors over-charge because they don't want to do the work you're asking for. This is common but its a problem with contractors. The standard way to build in th
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by smolder 2y ago
Despite being effective at low temperatures when properly sized, and with traditional heating when needed, they aren't efficient during the coldest days when you have a leaky house. That's where ground source systems clean up.
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by smolder 2y ago
You shouldn't spend that much. If you need an air conditioning system, making it a bidirectional heat pump is negligible unless people are trying to rip you off. (They are) Are you one of the grifters or just confused?
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by smolder 2y ago
>heat pumps are kinda awful Heat pumps work great under the right circumstances. In cold climates like Boston and north of it, ideally you want ground source, which means digging deep (or wide) holes to flow water through instead of just
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by smolder 2y ago
Yeah, that's after the pokemon you mentioned debuted. You're just proving my point.
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So, this says Loongson third gen chips still haven't been "tapped out" (they mean taped out) but are coming "in 2025", and are merely on par with 12th and 13th gen Intel. (I doubt it, though, at 3ghz.) Then they say
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by smolder 2y ago
Your pokemon example predates any of this research by a few years and so it certainly wouldn't have been known by the creators. It's a coincidence.
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This makes me wonder if cave dwelling species which live in darkness have any specially evolved features dealing with electric charge.
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by smolder 2y ago
There's a working build of just the open source part of VSCode (with basically all the same functionality) called VSCodium
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by smolder 2y ago
My goal with the project was to compare higher performance memory safe languages to Javascript in terms of memory footprint, throughput, latency, as well as the difficulty of implementation. Rust was, relatively speaking, slightly more
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by smolder 2y ago
I rewrote the same web API in Javascript, Rust, C#, and Java as a "bench project" at work one time. The Rust version had smallest memory footprint by far as well as the best performance. So, no, "any other language" [
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by smolder 2y ago
I can't play any of them but have long enjoyed his work and very much agree it sounds like the A part of an ABA structure.
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It reflects the data rate. Since DDR memory transfers data on both the up and down part of the clock signal, DDR RAM on a 3000Mhz clock signal is said to make 6000 Megatransfers per second, in normal usage. 48 GT/s would imply a 24Ghz
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by smolder 2y ago
Yes, exactly. Relative to roman coins there are much rarer limited run coins or accidents that have a lot of value now. But there are also rare-ish coins that no one cares about, like things minted specifically for collectability, say some

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