Encounter | 19 days ago | on: Asahi Linux Progress Report: Linux 6.19
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Encounter | 1 month ago | on: Fedora Asahi Remix is now working on Apple M3
Yes, it installs into a separate partition and you choose whether to boot into macOS or Linux.
Encounter | 1 year ago | on: U.S. pauses all military aid to Ukraine
It seems to be in the works: https://www.reuters.com/world/white-house-seeks-plan-possibl...
Encounter | 1 year ago | on: SDL3 new GPU API merged
WebGPU has a (mostly) standardized C API: https://github.com/webgpu-native/webgpu-headers
Encounter | 1 year ago | on: Follow Your ADHD Flow
As someone with diagnosed & medicated ADHD, it genuinely, truly affects my every day life. After medication, I remember thinking “oh, this is how normal people’s brains work”. I’ve been playing most of my life on hard mode. I won’t debate whether it’s over-diagnosed, but it’s 100% a real thing and it’s incredibly discouraging to see people dismiss it.
Encounter | 2 years ago | on: Spending on infrastructure has fallen in real terms in America
Encounter | 2 years ago | on: A kernel developer made my styluses work again on newer kernels
Yes, actually: https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/libevdev/udev-hid-bpf/
Encounter | 4 years ago | on: Entire website in a single HTML file
Think about how much worse PDF exploits would be if they did!
Encounter | 4 years ago | on: 14-inch MacBook Pro review: A Mac Pro in your backpack
I've seen plenty of projects that use MoltenVK as a drop-in backend for macOS. It seems complete enough for general use, but I haven't used it directly so I'm not sure what's missing.
Encounter | 4 years ago | on: 14-inch MacBook Pro review: A Mac Pro in your backpack
OpenGL still works on the M1 (Apple designed their own GL-over-Metal driver), albeit with the OpenGL version limitations from modern macOS in general. Vulkan works over MoltenVK.
Other than old games, I'm not sure why 64-bit only is an issue.
I've not hit any Docker-on-macOS issues with what I've used it for, at least.
Encounter | 4 years ago | on: Apple Joins Blender Development Fund
Well you can use Vulkan over Metal with MoltenVK, so that point is a bit moot.
Opinion time: WebGPU will become the standard graphics API to target for cross-platform. gfx-rs/wgpu already works over Vulkan/Metal/D3D12/D3D11/OpenGL/WebGL & WebGPU in browsers. Much better than simply Vulkan, unless performance is your primary sticking point.
Encounter | 4 years ago | on: Apple Joins Blender Development Fund
Metal is by far a much friendlier API than Vulkan. Its approach with opt-in complexity is arguably the correct one. (Ever tried writing a Vulkan "Hello triangle" from scratch?)
It's also gaining some nice features that are usable out of the gate, rather than waiting on Vulkan extension standardization and adoption. It simply makes the most sense for Apple.
Encounter | 6 years ago | on: Tinder Bypasses Google Play, Joining Revolt Against App Store Fee
You're still at the mercy of Apple giving you a valid (and revokable) app development certificate. Apps installed with a development certificate expire after a certain number of days. There's also a limit to the number of devices you can use with a development certificate.
There are enterprise distribution certificates that don't have these restrictions, but using them to distribute apps outside of the company will end up getting it revoked. (Like what happened with Facebook)
Encounter | 8 years ago | on: Fresh IDE
Or if the site was usable on mobile.
Encounter | 8 years ago | on: Tesla workers: To hell and back again
One where we still need to work to live.
Encounter | 8 years ago | on: Nvidia Is Building Its Own TensorFlow Processor Unit
uBlock Origin seems to bypass the quote page.
Encounter | 9 years ago | on: LinkedIn’s new UI proves it doesn’t know it’s value to users
Why do you use a year old version of Chrome? You're just exposing yourself to dozens of public vulnerabilities.
Encounter | 9 years ago | on: Myths about /dev/urandom (2014)
Huh, they do a good job of making it look official. (Definitely more so than mediacccde.)
I'll have to link from media.ccc.de from now on.
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> Apple allows booting unsigned/custom kernels on Apple Silicon Macs without a jailbreak! This isn’t a hack or an omission, but an actual feature that Apple built into these devices. That means that, unlike iOS devices, Apple does not intend to lock down what OS you can use on Macs (though they probably won’t help with the development).