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nerdymanchild··on Pinebook: An Affordable 64-bit ARM based Open Source Notebook
The cost of the PHY and the Ethernet interface would increase the price
nerdymanchild··on Pinebook: An Affordable 64-bit ARM based Open Source Notebook
Is the 2D X11 acceleration done via glamor using the closed source driver?

(Congrats btw!)

nerdymanchild··on Ember.js 3.1 and 3.2 Beta Released
My team is actually in the process of de-Reacting our code base. These frameworks are full of hacks underneath the covers, and their abstractions are mostly ill-specified.
nerdymanchild··on Show HN: Tube – Minimalist YouTube
Check the ToS of their APIs. I'm somewhat certain you aren't allowed to build alternative interfaces into their content.
nerdymanchild··on Show HN: Tube – Minimalist YouTube
IANAL but I think this might be a violation of YouTube ToS
nerdymanchild··on Apple starting to alert users that it will end 32-bit app support on the Mac
You never should but people do, and that's when there's a problem.
nerdymanchild··on Apple starting to alert users that it will end 32-bit app support on the Mac
If you assume longs or pointers are 32 bits then it's a problem.
nerdymanchild··on Theranos’ Letter to Shareholders Shows the Company Is on Its Deathbed
We get it. Theranos is finally suffering through fate it deserved in the first place. Justice is happening. Serious question, is this news or tabloid at this point?
nerdymanchild··on Web Authentication: Proposed API for accessing Public Key Credentials
Did you get it replaced? Seems like it should have still been under warranty after only a few months.
nerdymanchild··on Web Authentication: Proposed API for accessing Public Key Credentials
You don't have to use your phone. In theory you may also use a Yubikey
nerdymanchild··on Web Authentication: Proposed API for accessing Public Key Credentials
Can't wait to use my OpenPGP card to authenticate with websites.
nerdymanchild··on AV1: A new general-purpose video codec
Thanks for the correction. I think my core point still holds without the intrinsics but I was mistaken on that point.
nerdymanchild··on AV1: A new general-purpose video codec
This thread is about Intel processors, not GPUs
nerdymanchild··on AV1: A new general-purpose video codec
All the streamers I watch respond to chat in digest form after finishing a game
nerdymanchild··on AV1: A new general-purpose video codec
Intrinsics must be used, how else is the hardware invoked?
nerdymanchild··on AV1: A new general-purpose video codec
5 minute delays are common on twitch, especially to circumvent stream snipers. Totally live video is a liability actually and I would guess most live broadcasts have a delay.

In any case, I wasn't referring to inter-frame parallelizability, I was referring to intra-frame parallelizability which doesn't require a delay.

nerdymanchild··on AV1: A new general-purpose video codec
Unlikely, I would imagine that the vast majority of intrinsics used for VP9 decoding can be used for AV1 decoding as well.
nerdymanchild··on AV1: A new general-purpose video codec
Depends on how parallelizable the encoding algorithm is.
nerdymanchild··on AV1: A new general-purpose video codec
To what extent are the set of intrinsics used for VP9/h265 decoding unreusable for AV1 decoding? My guess is that there is large amount of reusable intrinsics.
nerdymanchild··on How to keep your ISP’s nose out of your browser history with encrypted DNS
I wonder when someone is going to take on the task of figuring out how to encrypt SNI
nerdymanchild··on PostgreSQL Begins Adding LLVM JIT Support For Faster Performance
Does this actually improve the performance of most queries? Most queries are light on computation and heavy in IO. Seems kind of like a waste of effort but maybe there are people with very complex / compute-heavy queries.
nerdymanchild··on I had to learn Python to pay my taxes
Same but I already knew Python
nerdymanchild··on A meta-analysis of C++ projects
I love C++ I just wish there was some sort of way to make it memory safe. At the same time the Java stack is too heavyweight for the things I use C++ for. If there werr some sort of memory safe language with the same use cases as C++ that would be game changing.
nerdymanchild··on Study shows salaries of young women 8% higher than men in peer group (2010)
Because most people allowed to own property, run a business, and offer products and services?
nerdymanchild··on Study shows salaries of young women 8% higher than men in peer group (2010)
Why is a working free market predicated on consumers having perfect knowledge? Free != Efficient
nerdymanchild··on Study shows salaries of young women 8% higher than men in peer group (2010)
The claim that we live in a free market system is not the same as the claim we live in absolutely free market system.
nerdymanchild··on Study shows salaries of young women 8% higher than men in peer group (2010)
I don't want to help anything. People that don't understand how their system works will learn the hard way regardless of what I say or what you claim to be interested in.
nerdymanchild··on Study shows salaries of young women 8% higher than men in peer group (2010)
The idea that the free market is cruel is skewed. It's clear you don't value liberty or personal responsibility with that sort of perspective. Nothing in this world is owed or guaranteed to you, and forcing people to cooperate with you is immoral but you would disagree.
nerdymanchild··on Study shows salaries of young women 8% higher than men in peer group (2010)
It does... Look at the website you're on. Ycombinator is an entrepreneurer's forum
nerdymanchild··on Apple Plans to Use Its Own Chips in Macs from 2020, Replacing Intel
I sensed this transition from the point that Apple released the new small MacBook.