true fact: hardware devs are sometimes nervous about helping you optimize arch N, because it means their arch N+1 looks worse by comparison
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Replying to @FioraAeterna
@FioraAeterna And this is basically the whole reason Nvidia drivers are so closed and nasty, no? Business model is promoting next gen of hw.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @RichFelker
@RichFelker nah this is an internal concept, i.e. hardware devs are expected to get N% better in the next generation2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @FioraAeterna
@FioraAeterna Doesn't it apply externally too? If open source driver devs improve the driver for the old hw in a way that doesn't help new..1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @RichFelker
@RichFelker they're usually not in such close communication with hardware devs that it would even be an issue1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @FioraAeterna
@RichFelker this is an interpersonal human issue (i.e. politics between internal teams and mixed incentives)1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
@FioraAeterna OK, I think I equated what you were saying with a different possible phenomenon that's a business/politics issue.
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