demesisx , 9 days ago (edited 7 days ago) to Ask Lemmy in Why are Republicans/Conservatives embracing fanaticalism these days?

It helps them ignore actually doing good things for their constituents. Identity politics is what fascists use to work voters into a frenzy to manipulate them into voting for them in order to sneak extreme corporatism into office.

demesisx , 11 days ago to Videos in We Need To Stop OpenAI

Broken clocks and all that…

demesisx , 20 days ago to Technology in Raspberry Pi is now a public company

Much like the fediverse, we’re very early on that technology. We’re waiting for the network effect to take hold in both areas. Once it does, things will improve significantly, IMO.

demesisx , 20 days ago to Technology in Raspberry Pi is now a public company

Amen. I’d love to see Home Assistant start using it. I’m not holding out hope, though, because the guy behind Home Assistant is actively hostile.

demesisx , 20 days ago to Technology in Raspberry Pi is now a public company

RISC-V is an open instruction set, which should be what the Pi foundation (if their open source mission is to be taken at face value) would be switching to if they weren’t just a way for Broadcom to push their chips on the maker community under the guise of open source.

https://riscv.org/news/2024/01/what-is-risc-v-and-why-is-it-important/#:~:text=Unlike%20proprietary%20architectures%20such%20as,the%20evolving%20landscape%20of%20computing.

RISC-V, an open-source instruction set architecture (ISA), has been making waves in the world of computer architecture. “RISC-V” stands for Reduced Instruction Set Computing (RISC) and the “V” represents the fifth version of the RISC architecture.
Unlike proprietary architectures such as ARM and x86, RISC-V is an open standard, allowing anyone to implement it without the need for licensing fees. This openness has led to a surge in interest and adoption across various industries, making RISC-V a key player in the evolving landscape of computing.
At its core, an instruction set architecture defines the interface between software and hardware, dictating how a processor executes instructions. RISC-V follows the principles of RISC, emphasizing simplicity and efficiency in instruction execution. This simplicity facilitates easier chip design, reduces complexity, and allows for more straightforward optimization of hardware and software interactions. This stands in contrast to Complex Instruction Set Computing (CISC) architectures, which have more elaborate and versatile instructions, often resulting in more complex hardware designs.
The open nature of RISC-V is one of its most significant strengths. The ISA is maintained by the RISC-V Foundation, a non-profit organization that oversees its development and evolution. The RISC-V Foundation owns, maintains, and publishes the RISC-V Instruction Set Architecture (ISA), an open standard for processor design. The RISC-V Foundation was founded in 2015 and comprises more than 200 members from various sectors of the industry and academia.

demesisx , 20 days ago to Technology in Raspberry Pi is now a public company

https://hackaday.com/2023/03/06/the-future-of-risc-v-and-the-visionfive-2-single-board-computer/

demesisx , 21 days ago to Technology in Raspberry Pi is now a public company

They’ve been declining for years. It’s time the community ditched them for RISC-V machines.

demesisx , 26 days ago to Technology in iPhone 16 Leaks: Apple Might Dethrone Samsung With The Thinnest Bezels Yet

Who the fuck cares?

demesisx , 1 month ago (edited 1 month ago) to Selfhosted in Would any of you be interested in a semi-curated NixOS config?

I'd definitely be interested.

I did something like this a while back when I attempted to create an official Cardano dev/Stake Pool operator machine. I ended up realizing that a whole config is too personal to try an standardize but parts of my shared configs DID help other Cardano devs and Stake pool operators get a rock-solid Cardano dev/SPO setup that could be cloned into a myraid of different types of machines and configs.

demesisx , 1 month ago to Ask Lemmy in How to work with someone that regularly arrives as the wrong answer?

In contrast with the rest of this thread, this post clearly gave you exactly the out you were looking for. You seem like an incompetent middle manager looking for an excuse to fire this person. I’m so glad I don’t have to work for sociopaths like you.

demesisx , 1 month ago to Ask Lemmy in Let's gloat a little, What makes Lemmy/Mastodon/KBin/BlueSky and the Fediverse better than Facebook/Reddit/Twitter?

decentralization

demesisx , 2 months ago to Fediverse in Is anyone using PixelFed? How is your experience so far?

the most mainstream one for the moment.

demesisx , 2 months ago to Fediverse in Is anyone using PixelFed? How is your experience so far?

It’s a ghost town (much like this comment thread). ;)

Being an early adopter can be boring sometimes.

demesisx , 2 months ago to Ask Lemmy in Have you ever devoted a significant amount of time to something only to later feel it was pointless?

Funny enough: Drupal was where I went after giving up on Joomla and it had the same fate for me. It had 1000 pounds of functionality for a simple web app.

demesisx , 2 months ago to Ask Lemmy in Which movies have aged like fine wine? (either in their message or cinematography)

Little known fact: the visual effects look so good because they shot the mattes and all elements ON THE SAME PIECE OF FILM. They’d shoot the matte, put the film in storage, build the set, then shoot the scene on top of that.