ChaCha AVX-512 Optimization For Linux 7.5 Yields Up To 99% Improvement On AMD Zen 5

The Linux kernel's ChaCha symmetric stream cipher code has long had an AVX-512 optimized code path but it was catering to the early generations of Intel CPUs with AVX-512 (Skylake) that suffered from down-clocking under use. But now slated for arrival with Linux 7.5 is tuning the code to perform better on today's AVX-512 Intel and AMD processors that don't suffer from this limitation. In…
https://www.phoronix.com/news/ChaCha-AVX-512-Linux-7.5

@troublewithwords Shshhh.... quiet. These people are trying to sleep.

The CJEU just ruled that all discrimination against trans folk, including the lack of legal gender recognition on the basis of lived gender and any surgical, medical, or psychiatric requirements for such, is illegal. The ruling is quite aggressive:

https://www.ilga-europe.org/news/landmark-cjeu-ruling-demands-member-states-ensure-legal-gender-recognition-freedom-of-movement/

Pastel morning today.

i wanna be stabbed and drained out of my blood

@fesshole the water is likely more aerated than if boiled in a kettle. No idea what that does that all the chemistry.

Spread Your Wings - Queen

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uyd6OLyhPJo

#np

@pluralistic

Every liberal anywhere in the world, who still thinks that in two short years we just can go back to business as usual, should read this, and then re-read it. They are somewhat like people in Eastern Europe who still yearn for the old communist days. Or the Brexit people who yearned for the halcyon days of Rule Brittania.

For better or worse, those days are gone and clinging to it, will only make things worse.

@evan Pretty rarely, but sometimes I kind of do it without thinking about it. Like I'll post what I think is an obvious joke, someone will take it seriously, and the temptation to double down is always there.

@yatil yes, can recommend it as well.

@speculationfictive they never lied they were anti-AI tho

Not only did the fediverse help me accept myself, and come out as gay, but you all helped me become a better person and I strive to continue on this path!

I know I made some mistakes I regret, but I love this community and what we're building together.

That lost 13 year old boy who secretly listened to "Spread your wings" by Queen on his RCA Lyra MP3 player finally did ❤️

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uyd6OLyhPJo

Bookwyrm ! Funkwhale !

Anthropic continues to multiply deals for multiple GW of fossil-powered data-centers.

They might be leading carbon emissions per token with all of these natural gas deals.

"The frontier AI lab bought commitments for 1.7 gigawatts of heavy-duty generators for $3.4bn in late September from OnePWR Solutions. The transaction is the largest known single purchase of power-generation equipment by an AI lab.”

Good reminder that not all tokens have the same climate impact.

https://www.ft.com/content/41bf5c6a-9735-4f1a-a8e3-2bcccad58ba0

@anghamrlkhalil @aral bon anni, aral. :)

Bookwyrm ! Funkwhale !

shout out to the lemmy developers for not making us be stuck on the other site

shout out to mastodon devs for making us have a better life than on Twitter

shout out to the pixelfed devs for allowing a actual photography platform to exist

shout out to the peertube devs for helping us not be stuck on youtube until the end of time

ETA: Shout out to the server operators who make the stuff be done

@dansup is this an early photo of you? 🤣