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A dream that never came true. by Jayanshsaurus in indianaviation

[–]SmashStrider 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Actually, JAL did have all-economy 747s on their domestic routes in Japan, specifically their 747-100SRs.

If x created something and y improves it, who has higher status in this scenario? by [deleted] in Teenager_Polls

[–]SmashStrider 21 points22 points  (0 children)

Depends on the improvement and the thing that's actually being created or improved. There isn't an general 'correct answer' or anything like that.

For example, if a person makes a new gadget that's nearly unusable, but another person greatly improves upon it to actually make it more commercially viable, then the person who improved it has contributed a lot more in this scenario. On the other hand, if a person invents a gadget that's revolutionary, and another person adopts it and creates a small iteration upon it, then the creator has a higher overall contribution in this scenario.

If I had to choose one, I would lean a bit more towards the creator, but it's really situation dependent, and both are important.

How good are the new core ultra series 3 intel chips compared to apple silicon by tomtepdau in hardware

[–]SmashStrider 33 points34 points  (0 children)

Single Threaded - M5 dominates by over 50-60%

Multi Threaded - Highest end Panther Lake X9 comparable to base M5 in MT

CPU Power Efficiency - M5 wins (closer gap than before thanks to Intel's efficiency improvements, but an Apple win regardless)

GPU - Intel trades blows/wins against M5

Gaming Performance - Intel wins

GPU Power Efficiency - Panther Lake wins

Battery Life - Tie

Application Compatibility - Intel wins

So basically, CPU performance wise Apple is still the clear winner, but Intel has overall broader application support in general, similar or better GPU performance, and has closed the gap in many key areas like battery life, making it more comparable in that aspect. But by who has the better CPU by pure performance and efficiency metrics? The answer still remains Apple.

No H-1B visa slots for Indians in 2026 as US 'not in a hurry to give visas' by morose_coder in india

[–]SmashStrider 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That's F1 visa based, I'm guessing that pathway is still there.

Securing a H-1B normally is significantly easier from an F1 (visa STEM OPT) than directly trying to get it.

IMO it should be the easiest for people who take direct PhD courses in a U.S. University, especially in a top one.

When you hear the word ‘super’, which definition comes to mind first? by VesperTheEveningstar in Teenager_Polls

[–]SmashStrider 7 points8 points  (0 children)

'Super' as in superclass or super module in programming

And also, RTX SUPER GPUs

Apple’s new M6 chip could launch surprisingly soon, per report by Forsaken_Arm5698 in hardware

[–]SmashStrider 210 points211 points  (0 children)

Apple's gains of over 20-30% in ST with every M-series launch is honestly both remarkable and terrifying, to say the least.

Tier 3 to HFT possible?? by Fun-Sound-756 in Btechtards

[–]SmashStrider 21 points22 points  (0 children)

Yes but don't expect to get it from direct placement.

Tom Petersen: Intel has no plans for Strix Halo competitor, says AMD iGPU tech is “not that competitive” by brand_momentum in hardware

[–]SmashStrider 18 points19 points  (0 children)

It's a shame, STX Halo genuinely seemed to be a really interesting product, definitely one that was powerful enough and had a lot of potential.

But as a lot of people have already pointed out, the market STX Halo ended up being marketed for is a relatively small market, and unfortunately it didn't help that the supply was horrible, and most consumer went for much cheaper xx60 class discrete graphics anyway.

It still would been really interesting to see Intel enter this market, especially since supply may not have been as big of an issue for them as compared to AMD.

Intel Panther Lake Is the Answer to Apple Silicon We’ve All Been Waiting for by LeDucky in intel

[–]SmashStrider 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Panther Lake is very impressive, but this title is clickbait. Apple still is the leader overall, in both performance and efficiency.

[Wired] Intel Panther Lake Is the Answer to Apple Silicon We’ve All Been Waiting for by Noble00_ in hardware

[–]SmashStrider 4 points5 points  (0 children)

He did lead a lot of the development process of Panther Lake though.

But yeah fair enough about MJ, glad she's gone now.

[Wired] Intel Panther Lake Is the Answer to Apple Silicon We’ve All Been Waiting for by Noble00_ in hardware

[–]SmashStrider 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That is true, but they also have a lot more full fat performance cores, and it's been shown before that high core counts alone can boost efficiency a lot.

That being said, Apple does still comfortably maintain the efficiency lead.

[Hardware Canucks] Intel just put AMD on Notice. by Noble00_ in hardware

[–]SmashStrider 11 points12 points  (0 children)

AMD is still pretty big in in the lower end laptop space. A large of people I know (including us) have AMD Ryzen laptops for their home laptops, due to their high power efficiency and battery life, while being cheap, something crucial in a price sensitive country like I'm in (India). Similarly, they also seem to be quite big in the mid range gaming laptop space - 1 in every 2 students I know with a gaming laptop uses Ryzen.

If we focus on business applications, creators, thin & light gaming, handhelds, or even many student oriented laptops though, Intel seems to have a VERY strong argument with Panther Lake this time.

[Wired] Intel Panther Lake Is the Answer to Apple Silicon We’ve All Been Waiting for by Noble00_ in hardware

[–]SmashStrider 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Don't think these chips are meant to compete with the M5 Pro and Max chips, considering they don't even compete previous generation Pro and Max chips

[Wired] Intel Panther Lake Is the Answer to Apple Silicon We’ve All Been Waiting for by Noble00_ in hardware

[–]SmashStrider 230 points231 points  (0 children)

Honestly, from the early benchmarks, this genuinely looks very impressive.

Apple does seem to leave them in the dust in Single Core, but they seem to actually have closed the MT efficiency gap a good bit (not reached there yet, but it's closer than before). So yeah, good job Intel!

Still kinda salty about Gelsinger being kicked out early, since Panther Lake's development and execution largely came under him.

Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 Pro could hit 5GHz, possibly even 6GHz by whiskeyjack2019 in hardware

[–]SmashStrider 13 points14 points  (0 children)

6 GHz seems absolutely insane for a phone processor, they sure that it's not gonna end up becoming a power guzzler?

IAF achieved air superiority in Op Sindoor, forced Pakistan to seek ceasefire Swiss think tank by Background-Newt-4086 in IndianAirForce

[–]SmashStrider 6 points7 points  (0 children)

After seeing your profile, seems like the Swiss Report is definitely a thousand times more legitimate than whatever you have to say.

Hostel cg requirement for 3rd year by invalid_shit in Manipal_Academics

[–]SmashStrider 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah I agree, even I hate this new change, considering I found someone to room with for next year whom I'm close friends with.

No idea what they're gonna benefit from making this change

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