Although it was supposed to be, PowerPC wasn’t the leap forward that the M1 was, partially because the system software was still largely run in 68k emulation and partially because Intel poured infinite money into making x86 faster to remain competitive with RISC processors.
> Although it was supposed to be, PowerPC wasn’t the leap forward that the M1 was
Just as with M1, it depends on your workload.
For instance, in the old school PBS show, The Computer Chronicles, they mention a prepress shop using the first PowerPC Macs that saw one of their workflows go from hours to minutes.
SMP was sort-of included mid System 7. I doubt many programs took advantage of it because the programming model isn't like async GCD-based with origins in NeXTSTEP (NS...) like it is now in macOS X+. I'm guessing there wasn't much to take advantage of multiple processors except specialized professional apps like Photoshop, Illustrator, PageMaker, QuarkXPress, LightWave, Maya, and not much else. That's the only reason they could justify their prices, effectively competing in a similar space as NeXTSTEP was.
This must be the 'big data' I heard so much about.
LLMs in general, I mean. They seem to be the first widespread application for large, unstructured datasets. Still hype-y, but maybe even a /practical/ application.
Straying a bit from the topic, but those 'magic eraser' home cleaning products work on laminated plastic, like you find on day-planner erasable calendars.
Porcelain whiteboards are nice, I've always managed to get them very clean with just rubbing alcohol.
Is there any concern about chipping or even breaking with the glass whiteboards (if, for example, it somehow falls on the floor, eg during moving)?
It has a bearing on the cost associated with road closures, which can't be insignificant.
Anyway, some quick looking found:
> Gov. Janet Mills toured the Veranda Street site of the new bridge being installed along Interstate 295 in Portland on Saturday afternoon and said she was pleased with the rapid progress of the project.
> “I’m thrilled with the technology, thrilled that it’s going on time and on budget,” Mills said. “Three days’ time, and this bridge will be done. It’s amazing. It’s like giant Legos going together.”
You can always say you are on time and on budget as long as extensions come your way. My point was not saying that this project was not on time or on budget, it was mainly to illustrate that the 3 days of work that locals saw was based on 5 years of research and preparation. I recently read 'Built: The Hidden Stories Behind our Structures' by Roma Agrawal and it would be fairly rudimentary for a structural engineer, but for the average passerby it was a very interesting read on some of the structures that we use every day! (and how some of them are miserable failures haha)
