AmpBenzScientist @AmpBenzScientist@qoto.org

@lore At least they know recursion.

@lore Is it worth it to try to overclock to 666 Hz?

@lore Simple enough. Sell product.

@thor I hope those nets are to prevent people from getting in an altered state of mind and falling up into the sky.

@skylar@wolfgirl.bar @thor Looks like there could be a decent server room with that capacity.

@lore That sounds like I wouldn't get rich enough to kill people on my own private island for fun.

@lore As in software dependencies?

@lore In my country they say that opposites attract. I love RISC-V and FPGSs.

It makes a lot of sense with the ISA but I've been told before that I wasn't looking at the correct ISA and that it's not written in stone. Hopefully things have changed because it wasn't easy to work with and making absolute garbage is bad for sales. Performance was surprisingly good but my two experiences were on the more cursed chips.

Just do your research before you buy one. I was hoping for an open ecosystem and I found out that it was actually a portal to hell. If you thought that setting up a development environment was bad, RISCY 5ish was a fresh layer of hell thanks to all those companies involved.

I really despise the manufacturers of my chips and I know they could have been more transparent or followed a standard. RISC-V is a fantastic ISA but the companies were horrible. It could have changed but until I see domestic production and entirely open designs, I wouldn't buy one and expect anything but disappointment.

@lore Performance is going to be lackluster unless one pays to get the highest end hardware. There are a few newcomers like whatever is in the Lichee Pi 4. It's just the first proper T-Head C906 implementation I've heard of. A quad core RISC-V SoC that can out perform the Pi 4 it seems.

SiFive makes their own RISC-V SoCs but they are their own IP. The good news is that they seem to follow the standard. The T-Head cores were opened to the public. They might be a little different than the standard but they were designed for and used in servers and data centers.

It's not impossible to get a good RISC-V CPU or MCU but it definitely takes some research. I think StarFive has a few suitable products for tablets and laptops. The MCUs will be the best and worst category. I will admit that I haven't been disappointed by the performance with the few MCUs I've bought. The disappointment and frustration is getting them functional but they just work and lean towards being overpowered for their intended application. The first RISC-V MCU that I bought can emulate a NES and run Linux. It's a K210.

@lore I wish I could tell you that it is that simple. So RISC-V allows customization, modification and building one's own IP.

It's mostly that simple honestly. The problems arise when Reverse Engineering. They are getting much better. A RISC-V CPU destroyed an Apple Silicon M1 in a benchmark while using less power. RISC-V is getting DSP, Vector and numerous other extensions in the future. The assembly language is fantastic.

@lore He actually met RMS after a friend convinced him to go to an event on campus. That's why he would release his Kernel as GPLv2. I believe it was released in 91 and GNU was messing around with Hurd. GNU saw it and the possibility of making a complete OS was now possible.

Of all the strange things, he met his wife after teaching a course and getting the students to email him. A woman asked him on a date in one email. I'm pretty sure that is not acceptable even in Perkele land.

He scuba dives too. I wonder if Torvalds and Freemo will ever meet.

@lore Android has changed quite a bit over time. There is a list of companies and products that haven't properly released their source code. I presume that Android has gone with more "permissive licenses" to mitigate the damages by the companies who think they don't have to abide by laws. Android has also cracked down on bad practices and support in the past.

Apple does release code but it's due to licensing if I recall correctly.

@lore Microsoft saw that they were losing developers to Linux and had to come up with something. Essentially they had to look friendly because they were losing ground. This is where something called WSL allowed people to "use Linux" so they wouldn't actually use Linux. They are still the company that made computer manufacturers implement UEFI and only allow Windows to boot. It was claimed to be for security but the only secure device they have made is the Xbox One. It has still not been broken. It would be a nice little Linux box because of the 8 cores and fast ram but they are content with E-Waste.

@lore Arduino has redeeming values. I'm glad this isn't about the RaspberryPi. It's been a disappointment for it's entire life. There's a large community surrounding it but nearly every computer before it was a single board. Prices are high because of scalping or poor planning. It requires the same amount of money in equipment as its retail price to work. For something so targeted at developers, it has horrible documentation and a tendency to not have any safeguards to prevent accidental frying. Open Source? Nope, they just rode off the hype to sell products.

The Pico is well designed. It's the most impressive thing that RaspberryPi has sold. It even looks like a real Engineer designed it.

@lore I didn't think he was unpleasant. I was a member of the FSF. I will say it would be unpleasant to be stuck in an elevator with RMS and Torvalds.

Torvalds was also one of the first people that I know of that was important to Computer Science and wasn't an Engineer, Mathematician or Physicist. Bill Gates, Steve Balmer and RMS were Mathematicians. Wozniak was an Electrical Engineer and Computer Scientist.

Torvalds would be unpleasant if he was incorrect. His stubbornness about the license of his Kernel was probably the right call.