dmmalam's comments

On: Show HN: Oneleet – Penetration Testing for SOC 2 and beyond

[dmmalam]

Congrats on the launch! Will recommend!

On: ARM MacBook vs. Intel MacBook: A SIMD Benchmark

[dmmalam]

I assume SVE [1]/ SVE2 [2] will be implemented in future Apple Silicon processors. Possibly along with ARMv9.

[1] https://community.arm.com/developer/tools-software/hpc/b/hpc... [2] https://community.arm.com/developer/ip-products/processors/b...

[onedognight → dmmalam]

SVE is interesting because it gives you forward binary compatibility. i.e. your binary, written for a 128bit wide vector unit, will benefit directly from a newer 256bit wide unit without recompilation.

[dirtypersian → dmmalam]

Who says they don't already support SVE; is it publicly known they support it or not? Especially if the binary doesn't have to be recompiled you'd never know whether they implemented it or not right?

[bwasti → dirtypersian]

You can just try the instructions with an off-the-shelf assembler. They're not supported.

[saagarjha → bwasti]

Unless you have to toggle an MSR, of course…

[andy_ppp → bwasti]

I’m kind of interested about what happens if you throw random opcodes at processors now!

[aw1621107 → andy_ppp]

You might be interested in sandsifter [0], which does precisely that!

[0]: https://github.com/xoreaxeaxeax/sandsifter

[dirtypersian → andy_ppp]

I would guess the processor would just cause an exception/interrupt and it would just call an OS level exception/interrupt handler which would probably tell the user what the exception/interrupt was that occured; in this case an unsupported instruction.

[nicoburns → andy_ppp]

I believe most processors have undocumented opcodes. Often used for internal debugging or similar.

[grishka → andy_ppp]

Your program will crash with SIGILL.

On: The future of microwave cooking is solid-state (2016)

[dmmalam]

Seems like there's one shipping product. https://theappliancesreviews.com/review-of-innovative-built-...

On: The future of microwave cooking is solid-state (2016)

[dmmalam]

http://www.gojifoodsolutions.com/rf-cooking-technology

On: Tech giants face 2% UK digital services tax

[dmmalam]

https://twitter.com/hmtreasury/status/1056942074271072258

On: Tesla Model 3 teardown gives incredible look at the electric powertrain

[dmmalam]

https://www.youtube.com/user/Ingineerix/videos

On: UK unveils new Tempest fighter jet

[dmmalam]

Better info: https://ukdefencejournal.org.uk/uk-unveils-new-next-generati...

On: Ask HN: What's the most productive development environment you've used?

[dmmalam]

VB6

[rom16384 → dmmalam]

I agree. VB6, Delphi and similar development environments are unmatched at quickly creating desktop applications. Is there anything similar to create web apps?

On: Show HN: Ready-to-use API to convert any web page to PDF using headless Chrome

[dmmalam]

Also check out https://urlbox.io/. YC alum, super helpful.

On: How I'm fixing the 401(k)

[dmmalam]

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[1] http://octavewealth.com

[wj → dmmalam]

I don't know how I missed you having been in the 401(k) industry for so long as well as following the YC graduating classes. I'd love to talk to you for a few minutes sometime.