"The program should, in some way, expand the concept of what computer paint programs are, as well as what mark making can be."
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@omar,
i wonder if old pre-internet videophone systems actually felt different from modern video chat -- i could imagine them having way less latency because they could have a dedicated circuit connection and dedicated hardware on both sides, instead of webcam + OS + packet-switched internet that has tons of possible delays
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Banana as free variable https://mastodon.online/@danielgibert/114275398786738404
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@omar,
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@omar,
was talking with people about structured concurrency a few weeks ago, and it does feel like an underrated part of making a responsive / concurrent 'OS' is the ability to *cancel* those concurrent tasks
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@omar,
honestly i think "Vintage Computer Festival" is a good name in how it doesn't attempt the pretense of history that you see in, like, "Computer History Museum", it's very honest that it's about appreciating old "vintage" products and not about history in a rigorous/academic/high-culture sense
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@omar,
tcl
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![thewebcount on March 10, 2020 | parent | context | favorite | on: WebGPU Shading Language
That seems a bit harsh. Isn't WebGPU to WebGL what Vulkan is OpenGL? It's the next generation of more efficient 3D rendering pipeline.
ericflo on March 10, 2020 | next [–]
Yes, but if you follow the discussions, the clear consensus was to use SPIR-V. Except Apple, who came up with all kinds of technical reasons not to use it, before eventually admitting they have a legal dispute with Khronos group. Now we get this weird language that is SPIR-V in text form but not by Khronos, and suddenly there is consensus.
shmerl on March 10, 2020 | parent | next [–]
> before eventually admitting they have a legal dispute with Khronos group.
Interesting, that's the first time I hear about it. Do you have some links on the topic? What is the essence of the dispute?
ericflo on March 10, 2020 | root | parent | next [–]
From the meeting notes [1]:
MS: Apple is not comfortable working under Khronos IP framework, because of dispute between Apple Legal & Khronos which is private. Can’t talk about the substance of this dispute. Can’t make any statement for Apple to agree to Khronos IP framework. So
1. https://docs.google.com/document/d/1F6ns6I3zs-2JL_dT9hOkX_25...](https://social.omar.website/fileserver/01PG4R73NMJC888MJM2KBM4CFF/attachment/original/01TSDNYSEA4JR9YX2KJWHPMCTA.png)
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long essay about coroutine philosophy(!) that I just saw https://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/quasiblog/coroutines-philosophy/
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social media https://searchhistory.site
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"heating is really easy, and cooling is really hard, which is a general unfortunate engineering reality of all systems"