This is so true tho
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Ah. He must be a KDE contributor as well.
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By gods, the interactive one is great!
I didn’t know how much I needed the interactive version until now.
Ronald is indescribably more important than any tech billionaire could ever hope to be. So let’s raise a glass and give out a hardy thank you to all the Ronalds of the world!
Too bad all the tech billionaires profit from Ronald’s work while he does it for free.
“Ronald” is all of us.
Not sure if it’s part of the joke but that word means “jerk” (as in “jerk off”) in Swedish.
So a perfect open source name then.
Runk that hog, swedish boy.
pojke/kille/grabb/gosse = boy/dude/guy/kiddo, so have fun with that. 😂
Bless Ronald
Our math depends on him 🙏
Written in hand-optimized assembly with individual implementation for every CPU on the planet, with integer division function in 10000 lines of code impelented with XOR and bit-shifting which is somehow 0.3% faster than CPU built-in division operation.
He had to de-optimize the init sequence because the little trick he added that caused the init sequence to return a little power to the grid instead of taking it was causing grid stability issues because the returned power from offices starting up was a bit higher than the extra power required for factory startup weekday mornings.
I love that this is an actual possibility.
The mention of division has triggered a memory. I think I actually saw a library like that once. It was in C, not assembly, and was almost certainly for one specific architecture (probably Intel), but other than that, there was a lot of low-level stuff that claimed to make division faster for all CPU-native data types.
It was above my skill level to just pick up and use, let alone read and understand, but I can tell you that it at least looked legit, and the author seemed earnest in their description, so something like your hypothetical is very much out there.
Fabrice Bellard is ten Ronalds.
FFmpeg and QEMU? Holy shit!
I had no ideaand tcc, which while maybe not as ‘important’, is extremely cool.
Is QEMU simply a VM?
It’s basically the best virtualization platform. It can do full system emulation across a number of platforms, or hardware assisted virtualization (using KVM). It’s incredibly useful for debug as well as doing real work.
I would say so? It’s an emulator and I personally use it to manage KVM on Linux. Makes my life easier.
Not really sure about the precise details, sorry
Everyone who understands Norwegian love the name Ronald chose for his invaluable tool.
For the uninitiated: well, let’s just say. jorkin it.
and by “it”… hehe, well lets just say… my digits
Came here to say this (no pun intended)
Yeah, I was just going to be mysterious and write sniggers in Norwegian, but I guess there’s no point in that now :c
But pun gladly taken nonetheless
I don’t know a word of Norwegian but I know the internet.
The myth of Steve Jobs needed the actual genius of others to exist. Steve’s gift to the world was recognizing and pointing out actual gifts tonthe world that would have otherwise gone unoticed or not brought to their full potential.
If Steve was still around, he would have taken Ronald’s idea and had it rebuilt with a little polish and an exorbitant price tag.
For a long time all systems which deal with timezone data (like ability to convert utc to est for example) was reliant on 1 server in 1 random guy’s basement which he paid for himself. I heard they were working to correct this situation but haven’t been following it.
You sent me down the exact kind of weird rabbit hole I love. Genuinely thank you.
It’s maintained by the IANA now (the same people who basically run the modern Internet, saying what domains are allowed and such for those who don’t know). Though Arthur David Olson (the man you mentioned) still contributes his expertise and data.
You’re probably thinking of Paul Eggert.
Its almost like his name was Dennis Richie and its a shame a blow hard like Jobs died around the same time as him and overshadowed his passing and his legendary legacy.
thanks Daniel Stenberg!
I think it’s worth noting there’s few people like Jobs and more like Gates but they’re all psychopaths.
Those were both exploitative business men more than engineers or developers. Jobs wasn’t special and there’re reasons why Microsoft boosted Gates to be the richest person in the world at one point.
It’s more often not the “face” that’s the crux, it’s the geek. Make nice with the actual casters. 🖖🏼
