mdwrigh2

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by mdwrigh2 11mo ago
Yeah, that's exactly what happened with the Pixel C. A lot of politics around who would own tablets and laptops at the time that meant the winds changed direction ~yearly, hence the horribly confusing product line ups that happened.
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by mdwrigh2 1y ago
Wrong Ian -- Ian Hickson wrote about that in a blogpost, this post is about Ian Lance Taylor
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The Scaling Paradox(tobyord.com)
4 points by mdwrigh2 2y ago|0 comments
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by mdwrigh2 2y ago
You can disable them, which is functionally uninstalling. Actually being able to uninstall them isn't technically possible because their base images live on a read-only partition so they survive factory reset (which erases all RW parti
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by mdwrigh2 3y ago
> When we refer to "log", this is almost always means a camera gamma - an OOTF. Wouldn't this be the OETF? OOTF would include the EOTF, which is typically applied on the display side (as you noted).
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by mdwrigh2 5y ago
> The ritual to compile, pack and flash super.img into the device is absurd. I typically only do a full flash for the first build after a sync. Afterwards I just build the pieces I'm changing and use `adb sync` to push them to the d
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by mdwrigh2 5y ago
I'm not the parent you're asking, but figure you might be interested anyways since I could've likely made the same comment: I work on displays within an OS team. Having some basic understanding of colour theory is critical fo
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Google Tensor SoC debuts on the new Pixel 6 this fall(blog.google)
120 points by mdwrigh2 5y ago|104 comments
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by mdwrigh2 6y ago
> It seems somewhat silly on a non-realtime OS to grab one frame, request a 15ms wait, and then grab another frame, when your deadline is 16.6ms A couple reasons this isn't as silly as it seems 1) ~All buffers in Android are pipelin
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by mdwrigh2 6y ago
Skia has been around for 15 years (open source for 12) and is used in a number of high priority projects for Google (e.g. Android, Chrome). It's incredibly unlikely it will be killed any time soon.
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by mdwrigh2 6y ago
> At a meta-level, I'm surprised that something with so factual (and testable) an answer can still not be settled. It is absolutely settled, and has been tested over and over again. Power is roughly proportional to the amount of lig
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by mdwrigh2 6y ago
It's "Don't be evil" and it's still in the code of conduct: And remember… don’t be evil, and if you see something that you think isn’t right – speak up! - https://abc.xyz/investor/other&#
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by mdwrigh2 6y ago
Some of these exist: > learn how to build Android from sources https://source.android.com/setup/start has instructions. > put some binary drivers from official image https://source.android.com/set
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by mdwrigh2 8y ago
While the kernel theoretically has the ability to preempt you, it's not supposed to when using a realtime priority thread. Per the RH realtime guide[[1]: """ SCHED_FIFO and SCHED_RR threads will run until one of the foll
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Is It Time to Rewrite the Operating System in Rust?(infoq.com)
4 points by mdwrigh2 8y ago|1 comments
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by mdwrigh2 8y ago
It was always "don't be evil" [1] [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don%27t_be_evil
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by mdwrigh2 8y ago
Note that 'their "service"' includes the Play Store, which is a not insignificant revenue generator for Google.
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by mdwrigh2 9y ago
Skia does not have a stable ABI, which is a requirement for inclusion in the NDK: https://github.com/google/skia/blob/master/experimental/c-ap...
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by mdwrigh2 9y ago
If the battery does degrade to the point of needing to be replaced, there is a message in the battery settings page: http://media.idownloadblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/iP...
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by mdwrigh2 9y ago
> "Google/Alphabet doesnt have to pay them for the content now." When a video is demonetized, only a small subset of advertisers or no advertisers can be shown on that video. If no ads are being shown then neither Google n
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by mdwrigh2 9y ago
That's not necessarily because you could do it in a single frame; a lot of the old touch controllers would maintain high levels of hysteresis as a really crude technique to mitigate low SNR. Couple that with a fairly dumb implementatio
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by mdwrigh2 10y ago
Note that you can always mute a tab in Chrome, which I suspect would remove the exemption as well.
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by mdwrigh2 10y ago
Android was also mostly left alone for a number of years.
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by mdwrigh2 10y ago
> I was thinking of a test program that inverts/cycles the screen colour on registering a keypress. Put a photodiode in front of the monitor and use an electrical switch across the controller button contacts. Cheap parts and an osci
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by mdwrigh2 11y ago
For those of you writing Android apps, this is essentially what the monkey[1] tool is for. [1]: http://developer.android.com/tools/help/monkey.html
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by mdwrigh2 11y ago
Flats in the UK are often not sold as in the US, but rather you purchase a long term (100+ year) lease to the property with the option to extend essentially indefinitely (for a reasonably small cost). Some flats comes with a share in the fr
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by mdwrigh2 11y ago
A couple parts of it remind me a lot of JBQ's post on "dizzying but invisible depth": https://plus.google.com/+JeanBaptisteQueru/posts/dfydM2Cnepe
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by mdwrigh2 11y ago
Sure, Gonk is below the application level, but it isn't the kernel nor is it drivers.
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by mdwrigh2 11y ago
Last time I looked, Gonk used a significant amount of Android code as well that wasn't drivers[1]. That being said, they are fairly significantly different at a few levels. [1]: https://mxr.mozilla.org/mozilla-central&#
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by mdwrigh2 11y ago
Yep, client certs installed on a device with verified boot and an account authenticated via 2FA would be a good start.

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