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bytepursuits@programming.dev to Linux@lemmy.worldEnglish ·
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This is Alyssa Rosenzweig. She reverse-engineered Apple's M1 GPU with no public documentation and also developed an open-source Linux driver.

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This is Alyssa Rosenzweig. She reverse-engineered Apple's M1 GPU with no public documentation and also developed an open-source Linux driver.

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    I mean I have decades of doing all sorts of IT work and this is way beyond my level. Absolutely amazing.

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      I have such immense respect for people who know how the bits are physically flowing through a machine. I took classes about it but I can’t imagine doing that daily, it’s so tedious.

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        yeah I remember not being able to get my voltron lion to run in basic when I was in junior high.

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        And imagine doing it without expecting a cent!

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          It’s the challenge of it though.

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            thaaaaat’s the shit, when it finally cracks and you laser focus on implementing your solution. better than drugs.

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              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.

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                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 ☺️

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            ‘Just for the lulz’.

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          Good on a resume.

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            That’s for sure

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      If you can’t get the Arduino lights to blink at this point I can only applaud your persistence

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      You mean you can’t just get Apple’s driver to work on Linux by turning it off and on again enough times?

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        or even by recompiling the kernel when apples driver is not part of it.

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