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Tales of the M1 GPU

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Re: Tales of the M1 GPU

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Keep it up! I'm sticking with Thinkpads until Linux support

Also they have matte screens and real keyboards.

The 2015MBP one was the last one that was passable for me, what came after is horrible. Even the new MBP that has real ports again is still not as good as the 2015 in terms of keyboard.

Re: Tales of the M1 GPU

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The real-time nature is not what makes it closed though. It's simply that it's been designed to be closed. For example, Intel's ME could be a really useful feature if we could do what we want with it. Instead they lock it down so it's just built-in spyware.

Isn’t the primary purpose of the ME to run DRM and back door the system? How would it be useful at all open source? People would just turn it off entirely.

I could imagine a super low power coprocessor that's always on would be a real useful tool. It could check my email and other low power tasks.

And remote management isn't bad if it's entirely under my control. It's the closed nature that makes me distrust it.

Re: Tales of the M1 GPU

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Building an OS is hard. There's no way around its complexity. But closing your eyes and pretending everything is a file is a security disaster waiting to happen (actually, happening every day). And furthermore, OS research is not only about building Linux alternatives. There are a lot of operating systems that have a much narrower focus than full-blown multi-tenant GPOS. So building holistic systems with a narrower f…

> But closing your eyes and pretending everything is a file is a security disaster waiting to happen (actually, happening every day). How so? I can see the limited access control in Linux is an issue, and for this reason augmented security MAC (Mandatory Access Control) controls exist like SELinux and AppArmor. But I don't see how the nature of everything being a file is a vulnerability in itself. I'd be happy to lea…

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Re: Tales of the M1 GPU

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And, sorry for continuing this thread, what is a "vTuber anime persona"?

It’s like a full time filter where the only online identity someone presents is as an anime girl. I think it was popularized by a company called HoloLive that has Japanese girls do this as a full time job? It’s a VERY niche culture thing. Check out the Asahi Lina channel to see what I mean. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=LonzMviFCNs

It doesn't have to be a anime girl. There are also a few male vtubers. Bubi and Lord Aethalstan beeing examples.

Re: Tales of the M1 GPU

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No idea about dinosaurs but some reptilian red blood cells live much longer as in 500+ days for turtles vs 120 for humans. However, it varies widely with mice and chickens having much faster turnover. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S000649712... Five species of salamanders have similar enucleated red blood cells, but I can’t find out how long they last in comparison. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov…

For one, it makes them much harder to be used as viral vectors.

I think that's the reason why mammals evolved in this way. Red blood cells go everywhere, and I mean everywhere, in your body. Most other cells can't get close enough.

Re: Tales of the M1 GPU

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Asahi Lina is a maintainer in Asahi Linux project. She is now much known because of the achivement she earned, programming the Asahi Linux GPU driver for MacOS.

I assume you mean Asahi Linux GPU driver for Mac M1? or does this run ontop of MacOS somehow?

Yes I meant for the M1.

Re: Tales of the M1 GPU

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The fact so much hardware these days is running a full real-time OS all the time annoys me. I know it is normal and understandable but everything is such a black box and it has already caused headaches (looking at you, Intel).

Every cell in your body is running a full blown OS fully capable of doing things that each individual cell has no need for. It sounds like this is a perfectly natural way to go about things.

Organic units should not be admired for their design.

DNA is the worst spaghetti code imaginable.

The design is such a hack, that it's easier to let the unit die and just create new ones every few years.

Re: Tales of the M1 GPU

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Building an OS is hard. There's no way around its complexity. But closing your eyes and pretending everything is a file is a security disaster waiting to happen (actually, happening every day). And furthermore, OS research is not only about building Linux alternatives. There are a lot of operating systems that have a much narrower focus than full-blown multi-tenant GPOS. So building holistic systems with a narrower f…

> But closing your eyes and pretending everything is a file is a security disaster waiting to happen (actually, happening every day). How so? I can see the limited access control in Linux is an issue, and for this reason augmented security MAC (Mandatory Access Control) controls exist like SELinux and AppArmor. But I don't see how the nature of everything being a file is a vulnerability in itself. I'd be happy to lea…

It was a lame attempt at humor, a roundabout way of referring to the simplifying assumptions that *nix systems generally make of the underlying machine.

Re: Tales of the M1 GPU

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Source for this claim?

You got downvoted unfairly, asking for sources is totally normal.

This has been long established. marcan_42 has repeatedly posted about this here, on twitter and reddit to name a few locations.

Re: Tales of the M1 GPU

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Have to say as much as I want to watch their streams, I can't get passed the annoying voice.

This shouldn't be controversial to say, but it's blatantly obvious that it's a voice changer.

My headcannon is that Asahi Lina is actually Marcan since they both have a Spanish accent/twang.
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