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6:51:03
fiddlerwoaroof
Something like that, I'm trying to figure out the details because I can't replicate the obvious way
7:13:14
exit70[m]
I have an old mac pro around the single core performance is slightly over 1/3 of m1
7:14:23
fiddlerwoaroof
exit70[m]: it wasn't too bad, get Azul's zulu build of OpenJDK (only one I could find that was native arm64), get the binary distribution of ant, compile abcl then ./make-config.sh --xc-host=abcl
7:22:12
exit70[m]
joshe: I see. I remember lx2k multi-core is at ballpark of some early i7 desktop quad-core
7:31:10
no-defun-allowed
Can you make kidney jokes for a $369 SBC (which also has two 10GbE connections)?
7:32:53
fiddlerwoaroof
Yeah, I have a gitlab repos that allows me to get all the way to make-target-2.sh
7:35:23
no-defun-allowed
exit70: I see. One can find A62 and PCI-e for cheaper according to my search log, but 10GbE is probably worth it and some more.
7:36:55
no-defun-allowed
But don't tell anyone -- my optimisation plans are based on the assumption that 10GbE isn't becoming common too soon.
7:36:58
fiddlerwoaroof
no-defun-allowed: you can get a 4 core aws instance for 100days with their arm64 processor for $369
7:37:27
joshe
the mcbin is a convenient board if your OS has a driver for the marvell ethernet chipset
7:38:35
joshe
I unfortunately run openbsd on it, but there's finally a driver which frees up the pcie port for radeon graphics or whatever
7:39:15
no-defun-allowed
Some poor soul has been trying a few on the Pi 4 compute board, but it can't map enough PCI-e memory or something.
7:40:45
no-defun-allowed
Hm, I only have 410Mbits on one connection by my estimations. Wonder how that scales with more connections.
7:44:02
exit70[m]
what got me really excited: https://news.acer.com/acers-first-chromebook-with-the-qualcomm-snapdragon-7c-compute-platform-is-ultraportable-4g-lte-equipped
7:45:46
joshe
there's always some new machine to get excited about, which you'll never hear anything about 6 months from now
7:47:20
fiddlerwoaroof
If the iPhone and iPad releases are any indication of their market-making power
7:51:02
joshe
for normal users, I think the only reason to upgrade is for the OS vendor forcing you to do so
7:53:02
no-defun-allowed
The answer is "it does not scale". /me is disappointed with no-defun-allowed
7:57:11
fiddlerwoaroof
I've always been an AMD fanboi, I even built a desktop with the Bulldozer processors
7:57:12
no-defun-allowed
fiddlerwoaroof, joshe: Thankyou, but I had meant "my software doesn't get much faster when I introduce more connections". So it would be wasted hardware.
8:00:19
joshe
unfortunately I'm used to the thinkpad trackpoint, it's almost impossible to get one outside of a thinkpad
8:01:47
joshe
dell makes a few laptops with their version of a trackpoint, but I assume I'll eventually have to build my own external usb keyboard with an embedded trackpoint
12:44:10
stassats
i specifically added a big black box above the downloads clarifying the version situation