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2023-06-16 10:44:31

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@npub1wc2…4sk7 the usual, improved latency, faster more responsive software. I’d fully expect us to squander it over time but it could be amazing.

2023-06-15 23:33:16

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@npub1wc2…4sk7 Nah. More just a random thought. I don't see anything happening anytime soon for this.However I do think its going to rapidly get to the point where running without RAM (or indeed using it only as swap) is going to be possible for a lot of users, and probably sooner than we think.
Going to require some rethinking about how we design and build things though.
The potential gains seem great though!

2023-06-15 23:05:28

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@npub1wc2…4sk7 What I am suggesting is not removing the cache, but that we have enough to keep most of its benefits while keeping your system mostly in it.Also long term, 1 GB today, where will we be in 10 years.

2023-06-15 22:57:15

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@npub1wc2…4sk7 Yep I get that. What I am saying is that we are rapidly getting to the point where using on chip cache as your main memory is rapidly approaching.This raises some interesting ideas where you literally have enough cache to run the OS and all your user space applications in cache, and then treat actual RAM as swap.
This of course requires a huge change to the way things actually work, BUT think about the benefits. I would be prepared to trade a fair bit to work on that cache and get the benefits of it.

2023-06-15 19:35:58

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@npub1wc2…4sk7 My guess would be with some smart usage you could still have some left over for normal operation.

2023-06-15 10:11:37

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@npub1wc2…4sk7 I really hope it’s getting closer to being a reality that’s the norm. I’d love the speed.

2023-06-15 06:32:49

With the new AMD server CPU's having 1 GB of Level 3 cache its a countdown to a Linux flavor named CacheOS where the OS + userspace runs in L3 cache, and RAM is the swapfile.

2023-06-15 06:32:49

With the new AMD server CPU's having 1 GB of Level 3 cache its a countdown to a Linux flavor named CacheOS where the OS + userspace runs in L3 cache, and RAM is the swapfile.

2023-04-12 03:05:27

Blue Sky: Can Twitter be owned by its users?Twitter competitor Blue Sky is all the rage now and it aims to "decentralize Twitter". We explore what that means and how it works.
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Interesting read.

2023-04-05 01:31:12

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#[0] The excessive blocking is why I am starting to think like the issue raised that nostr might be the future.Its not so much people blocking, but the hard line instance blocking.