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You say that as though there is nothing out there that is bug-free, or that Rust can magically fix all of your problems....

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What open source projects is Apple still involved in today? I'm not saying you're wrong, I'm legitimately curious.
I don't blame them for wanting...

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Well, they still use Intel too. But I think you meant AMD is the only supported discrete GPU brand for Mac. At least until Xe comes along.
Also,...

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No of course I don't have evidence to the contrary, and I never implied otherwise. How have I not made it clear that I don't have a problem with them...

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Writing optimized code that takes advantage of hardware instructions is also beyond trivial example land. I stand by my point: if you can write something...

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Ah ok. Fair enough. Though honestly, I think anyone with the skills to successfully write in assembly is going to have the competence to avoid stuff...

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Then why is such critical code in this encoder written in assembly at all? The more complicated your function is, the more cognitively taxing and error-prone...

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I agree with all of that, though, I personally think it'd be a better priority to focus on fixing games with no native alternative. Knowing these forums...

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I know you're being facetious but seriously, why not write everything in pure assembly? zamadatix makes a good point - if some of the most important and...

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Interesting set of data, though, would you mind calculating the approximate single-threaded IPC too ?...

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Wait why are there fixes for Dirt Rally and Metro 2033? Those games runs natively in Linux (or are only Metro Redux and Last Light available for Linux?)....

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Sssshh you're going to upset the people who insist Wayland's rate of progression is entirely its fault!...

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Those are some pretty healthy improvements, especially for a new driver.


Everyone always judges Intel's GPUs based on 3D performance,...

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Most of the time, CPUs are released within 1 year of their announcement. So yes, I'm assuming this will be released before 2021.
I think all of...

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I take it you've never used a VR headset? Because most games wouldn't make for a good VR experience - having something exclusive is the best way to go...

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Not just that, but a CPU that isn't obsolete before it's released. Sure, it isn't impressive but those specs certainly aren't bad....

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Agreed, but since that's what we're stuck with, that's why I gave a suggestion to help alleviate how terrible it is....

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That's pretty cool, though, gets me to wonder if that might just push manufacturers to not get the label, or just use Windows instead.

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Yeah, and my life would be better with $1 million. What's your point? Of course the Windows method is preferred, but that doesn't solve Danny3's problem....

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I've found that whenever something is difficult to get installed because of some stupid artificial limiter, using the pkgbuilds from Arch Linux's AUR...