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Comment Re:Not surprising looking at history (Score 1) 194

This went WELL beyond just working with vendors to help them optimize for a particular processor. The runtime startup emitted by icc literally had a case in it's logic to choose the least optimal code if it detected an AMD processor. To the point that if you used a preload library or hacked that case out of the binary using a hex editor, the AMD magically became a real contender.

That's a lot of head to head benchmarks where the AMD processor "came up short" only because it was sandbagged.

Comment Re:Awesome (Score 2) 80

Agreed, amazing, and not getting the credit the guy deserves. This could end up being a game changing mode of transportation. Needs refinement of course as I suspect only he and a few others are capable of piloting the thing. But whoa, can you imagine this instead of scooters!

I can imagine what it's like to have the ability to fly like superman, but without the invincibility, anyone having an accident will likely need a squeegee instead of an ambulance.

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Comment Re:What's the point of C++ now that we have Rust? (Score 1) 231

C++, on the other hand, incorporates features all over the place, without any cohesion, not minding if they contradict each other or cause over complication.

This is simply not true.

There were a few historic rush jobs in C++'s past (against their own cultural norms):
* the belated STL
* namespaces
* extern templates

That all dates back to C++98, which in a desperate sprint at the end of a long marathon broke a number of its own standardization rules.

The STL was a good call, extern templates were pretty much unimplementable (and died a fairly prompt death), and while the namespace design is a bit ugly, it must serve well enough, because it hasn't remained a notable pain point.

Much of what generates the lack of cohesion in C++ is the refusal to add features until there's proven code on the ground. Eventual cohesion is a core value of the standards committee. And so you constantly get another 1/4 of a feature, until next time.

One of the worst features of C++, as it turns out, is the novel declaration syntax of C, now mostly described as a failed experiment. It didn't punish C too badly, because C has never much wanted to extend its own syntax, but it proved to be a nightmare on wheels for C++, which wanted to greatly extend the syntax to handle higher levels of abstraction, while also remaining backward compatible.

Considering that there's now 35 years of additional complication since C++85, the portability distance between C and the C-like subset of C++ remains remarkably small.

So it turns out that you can have your cake and eat it too (low-level and high-level in the same language), but the 35 candles have a conspicuous resemblance to warts. If you truly want to have your cake and to eat it to, C++ remains pretty much the only game in town.

[*] Warts are far less contagious when taken orally than most people suspect; it's mostly just a grossness reflex.

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Comment Re:Slot machine effect (Score 1) 235

I'd appreciate a setting such that I could restrict the lower limit of positive / negative votes. Too many videos with millions of views are nonsense and despite having large negative reviews, they show up everywhere because they have a high viewer count, and you can't directly see the rating until clicking.

Comment Re:What pathetic (or hilarious) twaddle you peddle (Score 1) 71

actually false that Mexican gun cartels get most their guns from USA, that is false summary of DOJ report. A small percentage were traceable by serial, percentage of that went to USA, but most, 90% from elsewhere. Most guns in Mexico are from asia and south america.

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Comment Re:Not surprising looking at history (Score 1) 194

The 432 started before the 8086 was even finalized (and the 386 wasn't even in planning), everything you posted is after the observation that running on the "I/O processor" was faster than running on the CPU. It's easily seen in retrospect, perhaps not so easily seen at the time that by that point the 432 was a dead whale being kicked down the beach.

On the positive, they did manage to salvage some of the 432 tech in the form of the i960, which was a commercial success even if nowhere near the level of the happy accident that was x86.

Comment Re:Netflix is the same way (Score 1) 235

This is my issue with all the streaming services I've tried. I always end up feeling like a cooked frog. If the features aren't directly reduced, the experience is deteriorated through other means, as the company looks for the sweet spot where enough people are just happy enough, so the company can make the most profit.

Music streaming is horrible for this. Originally, I preferred music streaming over generating my own lists and fussing about, but each service did the same stingy shit, substituting cheaper tracks wherever possible and making a mockery of 'best of' channels.

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Comment Re:What pathetic (or hilarious) twaddle you peddle (Score 1) 71

you're spouting memes that have nothing to do with reality.

the white people in those areas are Democrat too. the places are indeed Democrat controlled with Democrat policies in play for decades, disconnecting people from the consequences of their actions, making them into adult babies that are wards of the state.

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Comment Re:Computer networks (Score 2) 44

PP said 'disconnected from the network', not 'powered off'.

What the parent failed to understand, is that computer networks also exist in order for systems to function properly. It's not just all about humans wanting to share data. Massive databases aren't networked because the operators suddenly got a case of FOMO and felt that the data needed to be online and participating in a social media bubble somewhere.

A cloud service without internet, is worthless shit. Doesn't matter if it's powered on and in the most secure data center on the planet. The same can be said for many systems that need to communicate with each other. Security may be a "bolted on" afterthought, but it still exists for a reason. I agree that if we can't learn to mitigate the risks properly and secure systems well enough they need to be taken offline, but we also need to understand that's not always a feasible answer no matter how sensitive the data is.

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