miniblog.

← Back to all posts
Oct 18, 2013 at 14:51
Multi-monitor is still so hit-and-miss on Linux with X. Roll on Wayland. Competition is good anyway.

Related Posts

Jan 30, 2022 at 22:17
TIL that Ada was the result of a language competition, seeking to replace the 450(!) programming languages in use at the department of defence: https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/aeronautics-and-astronautics/16-01-unified-engineering-i-ii-iii-iv-fall-2005-spring-2006/comps-programming/15_robertdewar.pdf
Mar 11, 2020 at 04:51
AMD's remarkable resurgence, the profitability of the server market today, and the prospect of significant CPU and GPU sales for them: https://www.nextplatform.com/2020/03/06/amd-is-determined-to-gets-its-rightful-datacenter-share/ Ultimately, competition is great for the consumer.
AMD Is Determined To Get Its Rightful Datacenter Share
AMD Is Determined To Get Its Rightful Datacenter Share
There is an equally virtuous and vicious cycle that propels all computing: Innovation requires competition to propel it, and competition requires
May 31, 2019 at 22:54
Interesting, nuanced discussion of Leela Chess Zero (a neural net) beating Stockfish in a recent competition: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20027838 Whilst the original DeepMind result was impressive, it's great to see reproducible results and a project that's available to the public.