tomxor

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901.
by tomxor 4y ago
I think the confusion might be coming from mixing "instructions" with "operations", which are not equivalent especially since we are discussing SIMD which packs in multiple operations (single instruction operating on mul
902.
by tomxor 4y ago
> Saying that I’ve been maintaining my dotfiles for a decade is like saying that I’ve been decorating my home for a decade. I think it's more like decorating your home for the first time (which is a lot of work), but then in the pro
903.
by tomxor 4y ago
Vectorisation is not free, There is one other dimension to optimise for: power. The suggested "slower" optimisation does fundamentally use less instructions. Chucking more hardware at parallelisable problems makes it run faster
904.
by tomxor 4y ago
I think this behaviour can also be inline with the other side of the problem though: Employees perception of growth: it's easy to feel like you are learning more when it's something brand new because of how easy any topic is at th
905.
by tomxor 4y ago
> Developers are typically viewed as a disloyal disposable commodity [...] Financially that reasoning makes sense but economically it’s stupid because you will end up with the same shitty uncompetitive product as everyone else. Which has
906.
by tomxor 4y ago
Yes, which for most people == lack of availability.
907.
by tomxor 4y ago
> The thing with these fluffy observational posts is that it’s rarely if ever concrete In a word, it's subjective. As we move through life we humans enjoy extracting pithy and broad nuggets of wisdom from our experience as we intros
908.
by tomxor 4y ago
Thanks! Strangely I wouldn't have guessed the 8086 had anything resembling microcode, even though when I think about it there are obvious examples of earlier microcoded CPUs - My understanding is definitely too vague, I wasn't eve
909.
by tomxor 4y ago
Half a decade is a long wait for entertainment, people will find other interests to replace them, like bass guitar - at which point there is less mind-space available for interactive entertainment. It's taken time for people to grow sp
910.
by tomxor 4y ago
You are quoting the name of the company, who's name is 37 years old, not the current state of it's technology. It's true it was originally RISC, and is still somewhat RISC, but it's also true it's acquired many deci
911.
by tomxor 4y ago
Ok now I'm confused. Is it possible you are both correct but your understanding are from different points in time where microcode based ops have been used more over time? i.e would the GPs comment be correct for a specific, older gener
912.
by tomxor 4y ago
^this, there are more layers now, and it's all fairly RISC like at the bottom or so I'm told.
913.
by tomxor 4y ago
It's a good point, a 2nd hand market assumes the availability of a cost effective battery replacement or serious maintenance scheme... it's not exactly on the same scale as a cam belt change which is the common todo upon acquiring
914.
by tomxor 4y ago
Not as complex as you are suggesting but in an older FPS they simply added medic ability to all players, so that any other player can heal another if they switch from shooting to that mode by simply pressing a button (delaying ability to sw
915.
by tomxor 4y ago
Made me check that one out, it's actually not an insane price, it competes with most new normal-person petrol cars... I mean I still wouldn't buy one new, and that's still a bit of a dodgy range, but maybe in ten years there
916.
by tomxor 4y ago
Was a bit disappointed by the absence of insects. Maybe fix the title to "Microbes" rather than "Bugs".
917.
by tomxor 4y ago
I think you're right on both... adding noise would reduce the accuracy of the fingerprint, but boarder biases would continue to be detectable. For instance i'm aware of some quite significant biases between firefox and chrome in a
918.
by tomxor 4y ago
I both love and hate this. I'm all for anti-fingerprinting, but i'm also for interactive graphics on the web, and getImageData() is essentially your way of accessing a pixel buffer... I would be better if it was more conditional.
919.
by tomxor 4y ago
True, I wouldn't be surprised if the US was amongst the lead in quality of medical procedures - when that procedure is necessary... but beyond administration, there have been numerous instances of doctors being exposed for electing pat
920.
by tomxor 4y ago
I've come across a number of HN commenters claiming US healthcare is better than the EU or UK. I'd argue it's pretty broken compared to both. The UK's NHS is far from perfect yet serves the majority of people well withou
921.
by tomxor 4y ago
heh, fun :) Maybe need a more challenging one as a filter.
922.
by tomxor 4y ago
Your comment is ironically exclusionary, the whole point of high contrast text is to ease reading for the visually impaired minority.
923.
by tomxor 4y ago
I've got this exact problem when trying to meet accessibility criteria. I would have no issue with sticking #000 on #FFF, except for the fact not everyone has e-ink displays and it's like shining an LED torch in everyone's fa
924.
by tomxor 4y ago
Agreed. However one thing I have noticed is mic quality matters... up to a point. I'm not even talking mic booms and super expensive setups, the difference between some omnidirectional mic on the bottom of a laptop or the side of one o
925.
by tomxor 4y ago
Actually I was thinking the opposite, assuming you are referring to VR generally and not whatever BS zucburg is on about... I've bought a quest, and I'm really not the type for new and shiny things, but it's made me feel less
926.
by tomxor 4y ago
Neither extreme makes sense as an absolute, however I think there is more truth in "the worst" or maybe "the ok" or "the threshold after which diminishing returns take a nosedive", we certainly shouldn't b
927.
by tomxor 4y ago
I think your almost right, but it's not necessarily authenticity... I think it's just money. Large "authentic" search engines can exist to serve the rest of the web, those personal blogs and other small communities. Th
928.
by tomxor 4y ago
> This would never happen with a macOS update, which uses an immutable root file system and APFS containers to switch the root after an update. There are still things that cannot be interrupted like flashing firmware blobs, on many devic
929.
by tomxor 4y ago
Certainly satisfies the quirkiness factor :) Extra points if you can squeeze in linear actuator for an actual choke switch. Also good to think of alternative fixes like this when it's difficult to source replacement components.
930.
by tomxor 4y ago
I own an XPS, it runs Debian, it only installs updates when I tell it to. Even if I decided to use the untended upgrades package, it wouldn't do it when I sleep the computer... that would just be stupid.

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