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1ace

166 karma · joined March 3, 2014

Mesa3D release maintainer (https://mesa3d.org) Graphics driver engineer at Igalia (https://igalia.com)

https://eric.engestrom.ch

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1ace··on Native Linux GPU Driver for Apple M1
She's using https://inochi2d.com
1ace··on Clip control on the Apple GPU
FEX decided to not support page sizes >4k, which is fair (it's a lot of work), but it means that it won't be usable on Apple silicon, so that's not an option.
1ace··on Vulkan is Here
Much better resolution: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CbUg4_5WEAANwhc.jpg:orig

And credit: https://twitter.com/renderpipeline/status/699501481632886786

1ace··on Refined GitHub: A Chrome extension that simplifies the interface, adds features
Not exactly what you're asking for, but `lovely-forks` [1] shows you "notable forks of Github repositories under their names", where "notable" is defined by comparing the number of stars.

[1] https://github.com/musically-ut/lovely-forks

1ace··on Base Ten for Almost Everything
> "kilo" meant 1000 everwhere else but for some reason it meant 1024 when it came to storage sizes Only when using storage. They sell storage by 1000 to inflate the number shown to customers.
1ace··on Vulkan in Open Source [pdf]
The conformance tests are open source and will be available from day 1 ;)

As far as participating in the design of the standard, are you really saying you'd want everyone and their mother to have their word? I think it's best to leave this to GPU vendors and engine implementers, as they're the ones who know how it can work.

1ace··on Using two-factor authentication for SSH
`authy-ssh` is much more advanced, but costs if you want over 3 authentications per day: https://www.authy.com/product/pricing/
1ace··on Vulkan: Scaling to multiple threads – Live stream, Thursday Nov 19 @ 4pm GMT
This live stream will be broadcast on Thursday November 19 at 4pm GMT. Description follows:

Most CPUs today come in multicore configurations, and applications uses software multi-threading to take advantage of this capability.

This presentation will explain some of the ways Vulkan enables software multi-threaded scaling, and how this might be used.

Presenting will be Tobias Hector, Software Design Engineer for Vulkan and OpenGL ES, Imagination Technologies

1ace··on Why Some Security Experts Use Mutt
I can attest to that. When my sister was in med school (in Switzerland), I got to see just how much this is true.