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Linux founder tells Intel to stop inventing 'magic instructions' and 'start fixing real problems'
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Also, the recent computer science grads I have come across make my head spin. as well they should. technology changes rapidly to where anyone's head will spin, including theirs. They know virtually nothing about computers or programming. Seriously, they barely know what a mouse is. what does knowing what a mouse is have to do with knowledge of computers or programming? And they are in debt up to the asses with student loans. most college students do. |
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Linux founder tells Intel to stop inventing 'magic instructions' and 'start fixing real problems'
In article , J. P. Gilliver (John)
wrote: I remember - I _think_ it was in the last decade, but it might have been more - being startled when I spoke to a young computing graduate, to find he'd never done any assembler. At that time, after my initial double-take, I thought to myself: the field is big enough, that there'll be plenty of room for him, and in practice he'll probably never have any trouble finding interesting and well-paid employment. there is no need for assembler anymore, except in very rare circumstances. |
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OT: Disable line wrap for long lines (was Linux founder tells Intel to stop ...)
On Fri, 17 Jul 2020 03:10:26 -0500, VanguardLH wrote:
Char Jackson wrote: With some newsreaders, such as my old copy of Agent 2.0, brackets aren't a workaround for a deficient client. They are simply markers to let the composition window know that the configured line length value should be ignored for text between the brackets. Ah, it's a sender's client trick to prevent line breaks. Understood. In my NNTP client, I don't need to do that for URLs as they kept intact in one physical line; however, it does have a Word Wrap toggle that I can click to insert a composition marker (not in the sent copy) to keep a long string from line wrapping. I use it occasionally, like for a wide data table where line wrapping makea it unintelligible. (I used it on this line as an example.) It keeps the long string as one long physical line. The reader's client might enforce line splitting at their configured line length. Nothing I can do about that. My tricks sounds similar to your bracketing trick. Agreed. When composing a post with a long URL, we use whatever 'trick' or method that particular client allows or requires in order to override the configured line length. For me it's angle brackets and for you it could be the word wrap toggle. With my client, the angle bracket method only works in specific circumstances. For example, it seems to require the "http://" string or the "www." string, and I'm not sure what else. With my client, the angle brackets become part of the post, and thus travel with the post. In your case, there's nothing added to the post and thus nothing extra travels with the post. Note that some clients don't require any of this, from what I hear. They simply recognize URLs and do the right thing, not just during composition but also during subsequent reading, even when URLs are split across lines. When my client encounters a split URL, it doesn't recognize the entire URL and requires me to remove the line break(s) and any quote markers. That's easy to do, but it's not automatic. However, I've seen those long strings in a long line include the angle brackets. They might be a hint in the composition window in the sender's client, but they were also included in the sent copy. That's exactly how my client does it. The angle brackets become part of the message. As a test, could you reply with a long string, like 200 characters, enclosed in your non-wrap markers, so I could see if the submitted copy has the non-wrap markers or not? If it's regular text with spaces and no http:// or www. string, then angle brackets aren't going to do anything special here. They would just be included as text in the post. To do your test, I would have to use the left angle bracket, either of the two URL markers, (there may be others that I don't know), followed by text without spaces, (for me, a space marks the end of a URL), ending with a right angle bracket. Example: www.To%20do%20your%20test,%20I%20would%20have%20t o%20use%20the%20left%20angle%20bracket,%20either%2 0of%20the%20two%20URL%20markers,%20(there%20may%20 be%20others%20that%20I%20don't%20know),%20followed %20by%20text%20without%20spaces,%20(for%20me,%20a% 20space%20marks%20the%20end%20of%20a%20URL),%20end ing%20with%20a%20right%20angle%20bracket. That should post as a single line, but what happens in anyone's client when they retrieve and view it is out of my hands. |
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General ramblings (with some Linux flavouring). (Was: Linuxfounder tells Intel to stop inventing 'magic instructions' and 'start fixingreal problems')
On 2020-07-17 07:55, J. P. Gilliver (John) wrote:
I know "could care less" is the US version of this expression, but it's inaccurate. Think about it: if you could care less, that implies that you do care a little - which is not what you mean; you actually mean "couldn'tÂ*careÂ*less". Interesting, so the one with the double negative is the correct one. My publik skool education really sucked. Also interesting, in America we say "that horse is different FROM that one". In the UK they say "that horse is different TO that one". Or so the shows from the UK on Netflix use it. You will find this 5:49 video very interesting. This is Simon Wistler, my fourth favorite Brit: The Truth About the Split Infinitive: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qc3cgdjUWI8 One of my customers just hired a English grad. To make small talk with her, I asked her for her take on the Split Infinitive. I could tell she barely knew what I was talking about. I quickly changed the subject as I could tell it made her uncomfortable |
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Linux founder tells Intel to stop inventing 'magic instructions'and 'start fixing real problems'
On 2020-07-17 06:45, Rene Lamontagne wrote:
On 2020-07-17 12:36 a.m., T wrote: On 2020-07-16 14:04, Rene Lamontagne wrote: On 2020-07-16 1:35 p.m., T wrote: On 2020-07-15 11:42, VanguardLH wrote: Is Linus even a gamer?Â* Oh wait, yeah, not that big a selection for Linux. Linux is not tied with Windows for gaming.Â* Take a gander at: Fedora 31 | Features, Gaming, and New Daily Driver https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1P8oBlOTBho You make joke, Yes?Â* :-) Rene Did you watch the video? I think I slept through the best parts. Rene He is a bit of a blow hard. But he does provide great information at times. I got "Debloat 10" from him. It does perk up Windows 10. |
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General ramblings (with some Linux flavouring). (Was: Linux founder tells Intel to stop inventing 'magic instructions' and 'start fixing real problems')
On Fri, 17 Jul 2020 15:55:00 +0100, "J. P. Gilliver (John)"
wrote: On Thu, 16 Jul 2020 at 22:35:33, T wrote: [] It is the apps the customer cares about. They could couldn't care less if they were run int Flying Zucchini OS, if it ran their apps. [] I know "could care less" is the US version of this expression, but it's inaccurate. Think about it: if you could care less, that implies that you do care a little - which is not what you mean; you actually mean "couldn't care less". Please don't attribute that mangled expression to all of us over here. |
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Linux founder tells Intel to stop inventing 'magic instructions'and 'start fixing real problems'
Rene Lamontagne wrote:
On 2020-07-17 12:36 a.m., T wrote: Did you watch the video? I think I slept through the best parts. Rene It's a totally different experience if you youtube-dl it, then scroll through the boring parts. fedora.mkv 148,284,273 bytes This streaming idea is never going to catch on. And nobody will ever need more than 640K. Paul |
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General ramblings (with some Linux flavouring). (Was: Linuxfounder tells Intel to stop inventing 'magic instructions' and 'start fixingreal problems')
On 2020-07-19 07:09, J. P. Gilliver (John) wrote:
On Sun, 19 Jul 2020 at 01:28:52, T wrote: On 2020-07-17 07:55, J. P. Gilliver (John) wrote: On Thu, 16 Jul 2020 at 22:35:33, T wrote: [] It is the apps the customer cares about.Â* They could Â*couldn't care less if they were run int Flying Zucchini OS, if it ran their apps. [] I know "could care less" is the US version of this expression, but it'sÂ* inaccurate. Think about it: if you could care less, that implies thatÂ* you do care a little - which is not what you mean; you actually meanÂ* "couldn't care less". My American trophy wife -- the ultimate word smith -- has a "from and to" rule: "I take something FROM you" "I give something TO you" Not sure how that relates to the "care less" discussion. If it relates to the debate whether to us different from, different to, or different than, I'm not sure how it would help there either. It does not. It was just an interesting observation between the US and the UK |
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