the_lucifer

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by the_lucifer 6y ago
Yes, M1 doesn’t have hyper threading
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by the_lucifer 6y ago
> basically making a web app Funny you say that because Signal is the one with a crappy Electron app which is definitely a deal breaker for me. I mean I lose E2E with Telegram but gain really well designed and featureful platform apps th
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by the_lucifer 6y ago
For point 2/ if you are unwilling to switch to Firefox and want to keep using Chromium based browsers take a look at Ungoogled Chromium. I switched from Firefox to Ungoogled Chromium after a long time because of atrocious UI/UX on
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by the_lucifer 6y ago
and the part 2 of the Manga
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by the_lucifer 6y ago
I just got onto Telegram this week and was pleasantly surprised to see completely native apps across iOS, iPadOS and a full featured native Mac OS X app.
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by the_lucifer 6y ago
> But it doesn't really use the ARM provided IP-cores as far as I know. You are correct. Apple has made fully custom chips since 2012. However the graphics still seems to be PowerVR based (ergo the complaints by Imagination Technolo
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by the_lucifer 6y ago
> I believe they still license the ARM designs and just make changes on top of them. Nope. They only license the ISA (Apple has an ARM ISA perpetual license). Apple hasn't used ARM designs since the A6 back in 2012.
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by the_lucifer 6y ago
Yup, they've literally weaponized DMCA for this and it's appalling.
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by the_lucifer 6y ago
Qualcomm's payments IIRC are also dependent on the final device cost so I'd think that the payments can get absurdly expensive. I'm hoping that cellular modems might come to the Mac when Apple gets their in-house modems ready
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by the_lucifer 6y ago
And it's sad because Apple has actually provided a very robust translation layer in Rosetta 2 Every single day we hear of at least one well known app adding support for M1 Macs. It's all a matter of time. I'd wager we'd
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by the_lucifer 6y ago
I’d argue that it’s an culture problem. A complete architectural transition is fundamentally at odds with what MS stands for wrt a very long term backwards compatibility. This means that their ARM -> X86 translation should not just match
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by the_lucifer 6y ago
This I can understand because I'd argue most of the creative uses of Apple's ecosystems rather come from smaller indie developers meanwhile meanwhile larger companies also need to look at cross compatibility and sharing codebases.
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by the_lucifer 6y ago
> I have also heard that Microsoft put lower priority on the x86 emulation layer, because they felt like if it was really good, developers would have no incentive to make native compiles. It's not surprising to me, Microsoft has alw
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by the_lucifer 6y ago
> Far more interesting to me is the idea that in heavy use, the Icestorm cores can run the OS, notifications and all that, allowing full uninterrupted use of the firestorm cores. Also when the mac is in idle it uses far less power. It&#x
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by the_lucifer 6y ago
> But I have apps on windows that ran on 95 that still work to this day without having to be "rewritten". And that's the reason why Apple is reaping these benefits, while moving to ARM is completely at odds with what Micro
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by the_lucifer 6y ago
> In six months or whatever they'll unveil the 6+2 core device in the mid range, the 12+2 in the high range. The current rumors are pointing to a single 8+4 chip for the higher end 13" Pro and a 16" Pro possibly with vast
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by the_lucifer 6y ago
Yes, even if Intel moves to 7nm, it's at ~202Mtr/mm2. Current TSMC 5nm is between Intel's 10 and 7nm density wise.
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by the_lucifer 6y ago
This is the exact reason I was forced onto Catalina. It sucks so much
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by the_lucifer 6y ago
I've been soured by this whole episode tbh (and I'm big on the Apple ecosystem). I'm gonna hang on until there's a communication about Apple services in Big Sur bypassing Firewalls and VPNs
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by the_lucifer 6y ago
This should be added for literally every single "security" thing they've added since at least High Sierra. They've continually added features for improving system security that have proved to be major impediments to a co
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by the_lucifer 6y ago
A la the Apple I?
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by the_lucifer 6y ago
Yes and Intel's example is also not good either.
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by the_lucifer 6y ago
I mean the whole point of Apple Silicon is that since it's all made by Apple they can control how much heat their MacBooks generate now
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by the_lucifer 6y ago
Well, the older Mini that the M1 Mini replaces has 10Gb Ethernet. That being said, there's no modern MacBook that has 10Gb Ethernet anyways. Cannot that port be added over Thunderbolt 3/USB 4 based dongle?
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by the_lucifer 6y ago
Someone here posted when the M1 powered Macs launched that they're essentially ASICs now and that made me do a double take. Since you cannot change the operating systems anymore, aren't these essentially ASICs?
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by the_lucifer 6y ago
Apple hasn’t used off the shelf arm cores since like early 2010’s. They make their own custom CPUs. Only the ISA is ARM
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by the_lucifer 6y ago
The added thickness was attributed to the keyboard changing back to the Scissor mechanism from the Butterfly mechanism that was plagued with issues
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by the_lucifer 6y ago
It’s weird because apple recently added IAP family sharing but I’ve yet to see an app add support for it (I can see why though, it’s easy to get people to double dip when they’re in a family and can’t share it)
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by the_lucifer 6y ago
Well, to be honest Panic have been Mac exclusive developers for upwards of 20 years now. I don’t see things changing anytime soon.
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by the_lucifer 6y ago
Playing the devils advocate here. This browser restriction is what I'd wager is keeping the non-chromium browser market at a substantial proportion.

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