bytepursuits@programming.dev to Linux@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-224 minutes agoThis is Alyssa Rosenzweig. She reverse-engineered Apple's M1 GPU with no public documentation and also developed an open-source Linux driver.programming.devimagemessage-square168fedilinkarrow-up11.54Karrow-down18
arrow-up11.53Karrow-down1imageThis is Alyssa Rosenzweig. She reverse-engineered Apple's M1 GPU with no public documentation and also developed an open-source Linux driver.programming.devbytepursuits@programming.dev to Linux@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-224 minutes agomessage-square168fedilink
minus-squaresunbeam60@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·16 hours agoIt’s the challenge of it though.
minus-squareedwardbear@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17·16 hours agothaaaaat’s the shit, when it finally cracks and you laser focus on implementing your solution. better than drugs.
minus-squaresunbeam60@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·15 hours agoThe high of cracking an intractable problem (pre-AI) was just unreal. I’d struggle to sleep, awaiting the morning so I could get back at it.
minus-squareDarkmoon_AU@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-212 hours agoNothing groundbreaking but writing my own Huffman compressor in C and seeing the whole thing work knowing where nearly all the real physical bits were going, was seriously satisfying. Recommended exercise ☺️
It’s the challenge of it though.
thaaaaat’s the shit, when it finally cracks and you laser focus on implementing your solution. better than drugs.
The high of cracking an intractable problem (pre-AI) was just unreal. I’d struggle to sleep, awaiting the morning so I could get back at it.
Nothing groundbreaking but writing my own Huffman compressor in C and seeing the whole thing work knowing where nearly all the real physical bits were going, was seriously satisfying. Recommended exercise ☺️