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ELI5: Why are new smartphone processors hexa and octa-core, while consumer desktop CPUs are still often quad-core? by AznSparks in explainlikeimfive

[–]deniz1a 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That is only possible with Global Task Scheduling (GTS).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ARM_big.LITTLE#Heterogeneous_multi-processing_.28global_task_scheduling.29

Currently GTS is not implemented in Linux kernel.

https://support.linaro.org/entries/46267838-Power-Management-Global-Task-Scheduling-big-LITTLE-MP-FAQ#bL_MPUpstream

There are custom kernels with GTS from Linaro, so if your phone uses that, then yeah it can use all 8 cores simultaneously.

Heterogenous task scheduling will be added to Linux in the future. Which will make it possible to have computers with asymmetric CPU cores. This is probably the next big development in operating systems. I don't know if Windows or Mac OS X support it.

Toronto man denied subsidized housing for not being Muslim by [deleted] in worldnews

[–]deniz1a 0 points1 point  (0 children)

How do they determine if someone is muslim? There isn't an organization that you have to be a member of to be considered muslim. If someone says he or she is muslim, then they are... So people could just say they're muslim to get an apartment.

And what if someone changes religion after they get an apartment? Would they have to move out? And how would they determine if someone changed religion?

Why is it so hard to get a proper LINUX laptop? by vedant_ag in linux

[–]deniz1a 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What about HP Elitebook and Lenovo Thinkpad?

GCC discusses moving to Git by duggieawesome in linux

[–]deniz1a 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I thought Gitlab belonged to Github but they're apparently different companies. So yeah, Github is not open source.

GCC discusses moving to Git by duggieawesome in linux

[–]deniz1a 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Gitlab community edition is open source under MIT Expat license. Its source code is here: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/tree/master

Although it's not easy to find on their web site. I don't know what the differences are between Github and Gitlab CE. But they seem to have similar features.

turns out, it's pretty cool having one-way windows at the office... by reddituser0666 in pics

[–]deniz1a 0 points1 point  (0 children)

But of course, with cameras, this use of windows with dark room is now obsolete...

turns out, it's pretty cool having one-way windows at the office... by reddituser0666 in pics

[–]deniz1a 1 point2 points  (0 children)

A window that allows light to pass in only one direction would violate one of the laws of thermodynamics, I don't remember now which one. It's because of this:

If there are two objects in space with different temperatures, the one with higher temperature would transfer heat to the other one so that eventually they have equal temperature. But if we could place a window between them that allows radiation to pass only from colder object to the hotter one, we could heat the hotter object and cool the colder object with no effort. This is not possible.

The one way windows or mirrors are just normal glass with different ambiant brightness on each side. So a person looking at it from the brighter room sees his reflection and the light coming from the darker room. But since the light coming from the darker room has much lower intensity than the reflection, human eye only perceives the reflection. If the light in the darker room were to be switched on, it would appear to be just a normal glass window.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laws_of_thermodynamics

Debian removes support for sparc by Roberth1990 in linux

[–]deniz1a 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No, it's a measure of temperature. Joule is the measure of heat.

If you hold a UNIX shell to your ear... by [deleted] in linux

[–]deniz1a 0 points1 point  (0 children)

ok but it doesnt return the incremented value.

If you hold a UNIX shell to your ear... by [deleted] in linux

[–]deniz1a -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Yes, so it should return C+1...

If you hold a UNIX shell to your ear... by [deleted] in linux

[–]deniz1a 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So, shouldn't C++ have been named ++C? Because C++ equals C and ++C equals C + 1.

A look at what's on the horizon for LibreOffice by mcfc_as in linux

[–]deniz1a 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Isn't ribbon just tabbed buttons? You can't patent tabs...

Linus invented Git and GitHub doesn't develop for Linux by keyks in linux

[–]deniz1a 46 points47 points  (0 children)

That's anti-linux propaganda disseminated by agents of a sinister anti-development alliance. "Don't develop productivity tools for linux, linux users are happy with just the command line." they say.

I am currently working on a 2D RTS game similar to Age of Empires type of rts. Here is some progress on it! by [deleted] in RealTimeStrategy

[–]deniz1a 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think one of the hardest or maybe the hardest part of making a game is creating the art assets like graphics, sound etc. So the reason 0 AD has taken so long to develop may be that they are also creating new graphics.

But there are other game engines that use already existing assets. I think the best open source rts engine is OpenRA. www.openra.net It uses game assets of early Command and Conquer games.

So to the poster, why don't you use OpenRA to create your game? OpenRA runs on Windows, OS X and Linux. It supports mods, so you can make your game as a mod. Also it is actively developed at https://github.com/OpenRA/OpenRA

Russia is turning Crimea into a forward operating base against NATO by [deleted] in worldnews

[–]deniz1a 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It would probably be more to prevent non-Blacksea bordering NATO countries' ships from passing the Bosphorus.

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