towerful

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[–] towerful@programming.dev 14 points 1 day ago

Usama Arif found that with the three patches to just probe BMI2 CPU support only once, it yield a 71% reduction in decompression time and a 18% reduction in compression time for a crypto_acomp benchmark.

Wow

[–] towerful@programming.dev 16 points 2 days ago (1 children)

It's not really the wattage that's an issue.
If it ran at 600 volts, it would only be 1 amp.

But at 12v, it's 50 amps of current.
Which is a lot.
And it's not massively peaky/bursty, so it needs to withstand that constantly.
Pretty sure something like 10-15mm² cross section of copper is needed for that, which is a thick cable.

But, this is also a problem that has been solved elsewhere. For whatever reason, manufacturers have settled in a terrible solution.

[–] towerful@programming.dev 4 points 2 days ago

I don't think people care about it, but it seems to trigger some subconscious "I'm too close" and they drop back a bit.

I guess if someone is actually being an asshole aggressive tailgater then they won't care

[–] towerful@programming.dev 6 points 2 days ago (3 children)

The best method is to spray your windshield.
Some of it gets swept with the wind into their windshield, and they have to wipe/clean theirs.

I don't think that's ever failed to get someone to back off.

[–] towerful@programming.dev 37 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Yo, check out this cool website I made: http://localhost:3000/

[–] towerful@programming.dev 6 points 4 days ago

Electrical engineering is just layer 1 on the OSI model.

[–] towerful@programming.dev 25 points 4 days ago (1 children)

ARP ARP ARP ARP ARP

(like a socially acceptable seal)

[–] towerful@programming.dev 8 points 5 days ago

Or someone in the party mentioned it to a server when they went to the bathroom as a surprise "can you do a special dessert for the person in the wheelchair, it's their birthday".
So the server just added it to the order without knowing where the person was actually seated at the table.

[–] towerful@programming.dev 9 points 1 week ago

I use this when I have to install windows.
https://schneegans.de/windows/unattend-generator/

Fully automated the install

[–] towerful@programming.dev 16 points 1 week ago

It is. It's called Compulsory Licensing.

There is also an FDA Shortage list (most countries have a similar list).
A drug on that list gives the government additional powers to allow companies to work around the parents.

I think this is why there has been so many "off-brand" weight loss drugs recently. Novo Nordisk had supply chain issues with semaglutide, triggering governments to allow other manufacturers

[–] towerful@programming.dev 4 points 1 week ago

It's even worse when some idiot dev decides what an email should look like and doesn't properly implement RFC822 (or whichever one specifies all the random bits of a valid email address).

The current recommendation is to check for an @ symbol. It's pretty much the only concrete rule.
If an email address has to exist, the only way is to send it an email and have the user click a link.

https://beesbuzz.biz/code/439-Falsehoods-programmers-believe-about-email

[–] towerful@programming.dev 3 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

What if companies lobbied and depositioned that oil consumption wasn't bad, greenhouse gasses don't matter, and that climate change wasn't real? All while having evidence to the contrary.

Like, a company does a thing. Turns out it was a bad thing, but - as an industry - lied under oath and paid money to have it all swept under the rug.
That's pretty damn bad.

AI companies seem to be marketing their thing as a bad thing, idiots drink the coolaid and make it a bad thing.

I think we are early enough in the adoption cycle before it becomes incumbent.
Whereas oil adoption was a miracle liquid/gas that absolutely moved humanity forward at the expense of the planet.
AI replaces humanity at the expense of the planet.

 

I've been here a while, and I appreciate the community and the defed/hiding list.
I also know programming.dev contributes to upstream Lemmy repos.

I saw another post about another instances funding.
Which reminded me....

Is programming.dev on track for funding?
Need some more donations?
Is there a runway?

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