Posts by Tathar@furry.engineer
(DIR) Post #ARSDR4DkQq11cV6xkm by Tathar@furry.engineer
2023-01-09T03:31:34Z
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@BrodieOnLinux Speaking of really good FOSS software, I've been searching for a ShareX-like that works on Wayland, but everything for Linux seems to be abandoned. Would you happen to know of anything good?
(DIR) Post #ATgQ2nsFFHmZZxNHcm by Tathar@furry.engineer
2023-03-16T19:42:17Z
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@8petros The reason why #1 is resource intensive is because it relies on simulated annealing to determine which logic is performed on which logic blocks, to maximize performance within the design constraints. It's the same technique used in this video, for a different application. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lq-Y7crQo44
(DIR) Post #ATgSHLTnIUFfle036W by Tathar@furry.engineer
2023-03-16T20:07:54Z
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@8petros Importantly, all the resource-intensive part is happening in the toolchain's place-and-route algorithm. The HDL modules, and the conversion of them into gate-level logic, are cheap by comparison. From there, the toolchain has to fit that logic into whichever physical logic blocks are the best fit for timing, thermal, and pin constraints, by deciding where to place them on the die and how to route them together for a good-enough connection. Hence the name.
(DIR) Post #ATgTP4IFBAfCjgqMme by Tathar@furry.engineer
2023-03-16T20:19:35Z
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@8petros As for #2, those models are just what you get when you apply the resource-intensive algorithm to just a part of the final design, and treat that "solved" part as one big component to be placed and routed as a monolith. Although it takes less time when that part of the work is already done for you, it's also possible for that approach to produce a less-optimal solution on the FPGA.
(DIR) Post #ATgU5B7CCqEk3WkuYq by Tathar@furry.engineer
2023-03-16T20:27:34Z
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@8petros Also, if you're using the same design across multiple chips of the same FPGA model, you can flash all of them with the same bitstream file generated from #1. You only have to do the resource-intensive part once.
(DIR) Post #AVfiL9C5IkhfTwDPkW by Tathar@furry.engineer
2023-05-15T07:17:41Z
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@BrodieOnLinux The opposite, it's healing. Fedi works optimally when it's not dominated by huge general-purpose instances.
(DIR) Post #AVfnhdeBG1ei4XtvU0 by Tathar@furry.engineer
2023-05-15T08:17:26Z
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@BrodieOnLinux I get it: I started on m.soc before I used that account to ask for an invite to a much smaller instance that fit my niche. Now I'm on two more instances for other purposes too. Two of my three instances have m.soc limited now because its massive size and lack of a tailored niche makes full federation unsustainable. But so long as people can migrate away from massive instances once they've outgrown their newbie stage, it isn't really a problem.
(DIR) Post #AjJor8bpMsTq54b3Ka by Tathar@furry.engineer
2024-06-26T11:55:23Z
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@foone Is there such a thing as hot swap sockets for a mouse or Omron switches?
(DIR) Post #AjTnroYlEwDRoZWJto by Tathar@furry.engineer
2024-07-01T07:31:52Z
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@foone Well, every mouse I bought in the past 15 years fails in the same exact way, so if I can find hot swap sockets that work, I know what I'm doing next.
(DIR) Post #AkFXH1pdesDJDIAx2e by Tathar@furry.engineer
2024-07-24T08:10:51Z
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@BrodieOnLinux I've seen what you do with sudo level access to your own computer, no thanks
(DIR) Post #Am9T0R5h1J5DSvmxuq by Tathar@furry.engineer
2024-09-19T01:44:06Z
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Without looking it up, which of these games was released first? (share for reach)