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SoapSelleron Linux Runs on Raspberry Pi RP2350's Hazard3 RISC-V Cores (2024)

I'm doing it with Bluetooth.

Gave up fairly quickly on using linux bt stack as it's... Not fun.

Instead I have a ESP32 dongle style board [0] connected with usb to my computer, it present itself as BT HID device to the iPad and communicate with the computer via serial.

Still wip, but overall it works for my main use case(skipping songs & managing volume).

[0] https://www.waveshare.com/esp32-s3-lcd-1.47.htm

SoapSelleron Ryzen 8000G review: An integrated GPU that can beat a graphics card, for a price

Strange that they talk so much about GTX 1650 but didn't bothered to benchmark it.

Someone in the comments linked to actual benchmark[0] and it looks like it ~30% faster in most cases...

[0] https://www.computerbase.de/2024-01/amd-ryzen-8700g-8600g-te...

SoapSelleron Android now lets you transfer eSIMs between your phones

That's depends on the device and app, I've used Airalo on couple of Android devices and it was always one click inside the app to install the eSIM.

SoapSelleron Kepler, Nvidia's Strong Start on 28 nm

NVIDIA Ampere consumer line was manufactured in Samsung fabs:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/GeForce_30_series

SoapSelleron Qanat

Also see Seville attempt to cool public spaces using modern variant:

https://cartujaqanat.com/

SoapSelleron What It's Like to Grow Up in an Israeli Settlement – Op-Docs [video]

There is a US law limiting the resolution American companies are allowed to use in sat imagery of Israel. It was changed in 2020.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kyl%E2%80%93Bingaman_Amendme...

SoapSelleron Invisibility Training for Motorcyclists [video]

It's because of bad paint. Some places use cheap, generic paint and some will use the one with proper grip.

You can sometimes tell in advance by the texture. It's a gamble I personally wouldn't take.

SoapSelleron Nvidia releases new AI chip with 480GB CPU RAM, 96GB GPU RAM

Amazon have Inferentia[0] and Trainium[1]. You can use them today on AWS.

[0] https://aws.amazon.com/machine-learning/inferentia/

[1] https://aws.amazon.com/machine-learning/trainium/

SoapSelleron Why do ships use “port” and “starboard” instead of “left” and “right?”

Not at all (: That took place in Israel.

I've used mostly word by word translation from Hebrew as I didn't intuitively found "right" translation that will convey the same idea.

SoapSelleron Why do ships use “port” and “starboard” instead of “left” and “right?”

My driving instructor had short pieces of colored tape on the beams between the windshield and side windows.

He would say to people with such problem "turn in the next left blue" every time.

So when they got to their test and and the tester will say to them "turn in the next right" their brain will add a "red" and they will look it up in the car and find it on the right beam.

He claimed it usually solved the issue.

SoapSelleron The beauty of CGI and simple design

Doesn't lambdas are more efficient than CGI due to ability to keep the runtime env running (JIT cache and all)?

SoapSelleron Bitwarden raises $100M

Nope. They are part of Providence Equity

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Providence_Equity

SoapSelleron Cast iron leet

You can also do neopolitan-style pizza in cast iron(and oven): https://www.seriouseats.com/hacker-free-neapolitan-pizza-for...

We have a Ooni(koda 16) and I'll occasionally do the cast iron one. Using basically the same recipe. It's very similar but different, we like both.

SoapSelleron Qualcomm is adding AV1 support, which could be huge for online video

Nvidia Orin(the SOC, successor to Xavier) that coming out this Q will have AV1 encoding(up to two streams of 4K60).

One can assume next gen nvidia gpus(rumored for the end of this year) will have it as well.

SoapSelleron I got pwned by my cloud costs

I'll second that.

I've seen several cases on both Azure and AWS that bills got weaved after someone opened support ticket starting with "oops, I just did..."

SoapSelleron How bad is my gas stove?

Control via phone will actuallly be the best.

I could buy a bunch of expensive hifi qualitu knobs and potentiometers and build my own panel to control the stove.

SoapSelleron Lottie – Use after effects animations in web and native apps

And if you want to use lottie outside the official envs, Skia have full support for it: https://skia.org/docs/user/modules/skottie/

SoapSelleron Tuvalu looking at legal ways to be a state if it is submerged

They always have the option of building a platform(Sealand[0] like) and claim the territory.

Probably there still few advantages to be recognized as nation. Being Tax shelter and selling domains(.tv is somewhat popular) comes to mind.

[0] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Principality_of_Sealand

SoapSelleron Google Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro

https://m.gsmarena.com/sony_xperia_5_iii-10851.php

They still have them. They grow a little bit, but the real issue for me is price...

SoapSelleron Transfer.sh – Easy file sharing from the command line

http://file.io

Same, and IMO easier to remember (:

SoapSelleron Amazon S3 Object Lambda

If S3 is database - Object Lambda is stored procedure?

I guess that for some systems that are heavily S3-based it will help adding new features without needing to rewrite the interface or duplicate the functionality.

It's nice to know that AWS achieved such lock-in with some customers.

SoapSelleron The Ampere Altra Review: 2x 80 Cores Arm Server Performance Monster

You can get SolidRun HoneyComb[0] for ~$1000, it has 16 cores with supposedly reasonable performance.

[0] https://www.solid-run.com/arm-servers-networking-platforms/h...

SoapSelleron A New Satellite Can Peer Inside Buildings, Day or Night

It doesn't looks like SAR to me(there are shadows, for example).

More like standard optical image(the resolution and details are amazing, if it's a satellite, which is doubtful given the angle).

SoapSelleron And this world’s a fickle measure

I don't know much about Tyson.

Latly I've watched his interview with Kimmel[0], which left me wondering - is it all a joke? An act to keep the audience amused?

In the end, sport is entertainment, and individual sport even more so. I shouldn't be surprised that a boxer is mostly an actor.

[0] https://youtu.be/_SDopVjUPKA

SoapSelleron 5Gbps Ethernet on the Raspberry Pi Compute Module 4

Another idea will be to increase interrupt coalescing via ethtool -c/C

SoapSelleron Gitlab Blocked Iranians’ Access

Doesn’t work from Israel as well.

SoapSelleron Samsung Ads – Demand-Side Platform

Don't connect your TV to the internet.

I have ~5 years old Samsung smart tv. I've disconnected it from the network almost a year ago.

I have cheap Android tv box for all my "smart" needs, I will probably replace it with a mini pc once it die. Those moves only makes me want more control over my setup.

SoapSelleron Harry Eng, the Master of the “Impossible Bottle”

Cork in two parts - one that you can push all the way through, put the lock on, and then pull out and connect the outer part.

(this also match the twine in the cork)

SoapSelleron TSMC officially begins 5 nm production

iPhone SE?

SoapSelleron Picking up glowing hot space shuttle tiles with bare hands (2011) [video]

Veritasium have a nice series[0] about Aerogel - with couple of interesting demonstrations and good explanation on how it made.

[0] https://youtu.be/AeJ9q45PfD0