Lup Yuen Lee 李立源 @lupyuen@qoto.org

Running Retro Games with #RustLang is not that hard on #PineTime Smart Watch... Here's how I ported the libchip8 #CHIP8 Game Emulator to PineTime @PINE64 ... (Lemme know if you're keen to use Retro Games as a Watch Face!) https://lupyuen.github.io/pinetime-rust-mynewt/articles/chip8

This #FPGA looks fun...

https://www.hackster.io/news/microzed-chronicles-spartan-7-and-the-sp701-board-a133636e275a

Optimising #RustLang...

https://deterministic.space/high-performance-rust.html

Async Embedded Rust...

https://ferrous-systems.com/blog/2020-03-05-async-on-embedded.html

Lookup Tables in Flash ROM are your #Embedded Best Friend... For speedy Graphics Distortion without the bloat! Especially with #RustLang on #PineTime Smart Watch @PINE64 ... https://lupyuen.github.io/pinetime-rust-mynewt/articles/chip8

Compared with ExpressJS... "Actix-web and Rust ecosystem are a good fit for developing efficient web services, requiring ~6 times less CPU power and less memory it would allow significant 75%-95% runtime cost saving with just basic not optimized setup"...

https://medium.com/@maxsparr0w/performance-of-node-js-compared-to-actix-web-37f20810fb1a

"Download and play Foldit and you can help researchers discover new antiviral drugs that might stop coronavirus"...

https://fold.it/portal/

Cloud-based IDE for iPad...

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/aaronvegh/codewerks-write-code-on-your-ipad

https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2020/03/03/809965742/personal-essay-from-wuhan-living-in-hell

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/mar/03/south-by-southwest-festival-coronavirus

Visually verifying 3D points interpolated by [spade] #RustLang crate... Rendering #CHIP8 retro games on a curved surface on #PineTime Smart Watch @PINE64 ... https://lupyuen.github.io/pinetime-rust-mynewt/articles/chip8

https://blog.thoughtram.io/string-vs-str-in-rust/

[spade] #RustLang crate is awesome for Interpolating 3D Points... Here's how I used 3D Interpolation to render #CHIP8 retro games on a curved surface on #PineTime Smart Watch @PINE64 ... https://lupyuen.github.io/pinetime-rust-mynewt/articles/chip8

Curved #CHIP8 Distortion Math... And #Embedded #RustLang considerations for #PineTime Smart Watch @PINE64 ... https://lupyuen.github.io/pinetime-rust-mynewt/articles/chip8

Bad news for #MacPro Fans... "But in terms of bang for the buck, the PC trounced our Mac Pro. In nearly every benchmark save Premiere Pro playback tests, the PC came out ahead, and usually by significant margins"...

https://www.theverge.com/2020/3/2/21161358/mac-pro-review-apple-display-xdr-adobe-hardware-software-price-video

Finally #ESP32 gets a proper #RISCV microcontroller...

https://www.hackster.io/news/espressif-s-240mhz-esp32-s2-socs-modules-and-boards-enter-mass-production-with-risc-v-coprocessor-9e70c98369dd

Too much maybe... 🤔

https://cfotech.com.au/story/sophos-acquired-for-us-3-9-billion-in-cash

So many uses for #RaspberryPi...

https://www.instructables.com/contest/raspi2020/

Sounds terrible... "this exploit affects a large number of devices on the market. MediaTek chips power hundreds of budget and mid-range smartphone models, cheap tablets, and off-brand set-top boxes, ... sold without timely updates from the manufacturer"...
https://www.xda-developers.com/mediatek-su-rootkit-exploit/