hackerfoo's comments

On: FBI couldn't get into WaPo reporter's iPhone because Lockdown Mode enabled

[hackerfoo]

Maybe one PIN could cause the device to crash. Devices crash all the time. Maybe the storage is corrupted. It might have even been damaged when it was taken.

This could even be a developer feature accidentally left enabled.

On: Intel Arc Pro B50 GPU Launched at $349 for Compact Workstations

[hackerfoo]

I’m interested in putting one of these in a server because of the relatively low power usage and compact size.

[askl → hackerfoo]

Why would you need a dedicated graphics card in a server? Usually you wouldn't even have a monitor connected.

[einsteinx2 → askl]

I have an NVidia Tesla P40 in my home NAS/media server that I use for video encoding purposes. It doesn’t even have any video outputs, but it does have dual media encoders and a decent amount of VRAM for lots of (relatively) high quality simultaneous transcoding streams using NVENC/NVDEC to re-encode 4K Blu-ray remux’s on the fly.

[akaij → askl]

My guess would be video encoding/decoding and rendering.

[shellwizard → akaij]

Some Intel and AMD CPU come with an iGPU that you can use to transcode videos even some Xeons, there's no need to add a GPU just for that

[einsteinx2 → shellwizard]

A lot of them don’t though. My Xeon doesn’t, so I threw a cheap used Nvidia Tesla P40 in there to do the job. Also it can handle a lot more simultaneous streams than any iGPU I’m aware of.

[imtringued → askl]

Some people are tired of rendering everything on the CPU via AVX.

On: Blender on iPad Is Finally Happening

[hackerfoo]

Not Blender, but I made a 3D modeling app (https://noumenal.app) for iOS designed from the ground up for a touch interface, simple enough that my kids use it.

[Gys → hackerfoo]

‘Not available in your country or region’. Why did you not publish it worldwide?

[hackerfoo → Gys]

I had to choose between putting my home address and phone number in the EU app store, renting a P.O. box, or letting my app be removed from that region because of the Digital Services Act. I haven't made enough from the app to justify that.

I'll probably end up using my personal address and phone number. They're probably easy enough to find, and it'd be cool if someone came to visit anyway.

Unless you're talking about Russia.

On: Elon Musk sues Sam Altman, Greg Brockman, and OpenAI [pdf]

[hackerfoo]

Unless the donors were already owners.

[Aloisius → hackerfoo]

Donors can't be owners. Nonprofits don't have shareholders.

On: Popr Interpreter

[hackerfoo]

Context:

- Project: https://github.com/HackerFoo/poprc

- Presentation: http://hackerfoo.com/presentations/ttpl_slides.html