the_riviera_kid @ the_riviera_kid @lemmy.world

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Yessir, I am pretty nifty!

But in all seriousness I loved comic book movies until about 10 years ago when Marvel decided to just milk the same franchise and DC decided fuck it all and gave up trying. So you can hate me for that too if you'd like.

I agree, maybe my wording was confusing but yeah I see the biggest problem for ARM is market penetration. Functionally it's there already but since so few use it no one is making anything for it and since no one is making anything for it no one uses it.

Yeah its a shame they aren't better manufacturers out there for this sort of market. Even first party hardware seems pretty trash these days long gone are the days when a boutique PC manufacturer would go out of their way to make something that stands out. Falcon Northwest is the last holdout I know of and even they are nothing like they used to be.

I think that is the biggest issue with ARM. x86 is so wide spread and backwards compatible that it's just more cost effective to eat the efficiency losses. If Arm ever gets as big as x86 I can see it dominating all but maybe the Gaming PC space. Proton compatibility layer is already compatible with it however so it might even take off there one day as well.

It's not though, ARM themselves admit it. https://www.arm.com/glossary/risc.

"With RISC, a central processing unit (CPU) implements the processor design principle of simplified instructions that can do less but can execute more rapidly."

None of this is to say RISC or by extension ARM is bad, just that where everything currently is it's not a good choice for everyday computing. By design its as light weight and simple as possible so that it can perform its specific function faster and more efficiently with less overhead than a more general purpose processor.

Geeks for geeks has a good writeup on it.

https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/computer-organization-risc-and-cisc/

Cool, another terrible comic book movie no one asked for.

Of course he did, he is still doing it. DOGE is a cyber crime ring.

It looks like this is just another rebranded Cleavo/Sager laptop anyway, it wasn't purpose built to be a linux machine.

The efficiency had better be good that's specifically what the RISC (arm stands for Advanced RISC Machine) architecture was designed for but that's also why its terrible for general purpose. ARM is also proprietary which always stifles progress because of licensing (greed). It's one of the reasons that RISC-V is becoming popular despite being less efficient.

Why would you want an arm laptop? (legit question, not trying to be a dick) Compatibility is already going to be questionable since its running linux, adding a low power mobile focused processor would make it such a niche product it would be all but useless outside of web apps or bespoke software meant just for ARM PC's (of which are very few).

Also System 76 does arm as well https://system76.com/desktops/thelio-astra-a1-n1/configure

They are very purpose built because ARM is not the best at general purpose PC use so it's generally only used in PC's when specifically needed or asked for.

"finally" as if system 76 doesn't already exist.

Joe Rogan is a fucking moron, this is a big win for Canada.

But it would still be an HP so... gross.

While plenty in my family are that stupid, they are first and foremost cheap as fuck, way too cheap for a frivolous thing like this.

I'm not too worried but even if they did there is fuck all I can do about it now.

I'm so glad I was never dumb enough to send them or any other ancestry company a dna sample.

Well..... yeah. Thats how threats work.

When you vote for violent thugs, and enable violent thugs then violent thugs feel empowered to act like violent thugs. It's almost as if anyone could have seen this outcome coming.

Good to know. Being able to run both at the same time will probably help ease the transition.

Someone is paying for it, just because it's not you doesn't mean it not paid for. Thats why youtube has fifty bajillion ads and everyone has sponsorships these days.

I already pay for plex pass but I'm going to start looking into jelly fin out of principle. I will not support the enshitification of a service I use and this is how it starts. Soon they will have tiered subscriptions and then the cheap one will be taken away and the cheapest paid one will be stuffed with ads then all tiers will be stuffed with ads then they will jack up prices again or charge more for sharing with family or block it all together to force your family to get their own sub and the circle of enshitification will be complete.

gross