04:47:39 looks like there will be a network split if sha3 is not accepted https://github.com/wownero/meta/issues/29 12:29:54 wow, according to the 7 day chart on here: https://miningpoolstats.stream/monero , the network spiked to 2 gh/s at some point 12:30:33 gingeropolous: respectxmr had a counting bug, their hashrate spiked to 500 MH/s for a few moments 12:30:42 ah 14:11:29 a counting bug? is it in the upstream pool code? 19:31:37 https://www.coindesk.com/blackberry-intel-crypto-mining-malware-detection-tool-windows-pc 19:31:53 Dubbed the the BlackBerry Optics Context Analysis Engine, the tool utilizes “unique” processor telemetry from Intel’s Threat Detection Technology and a mix of machine learning and artificial intelligence in order to thwart the malicious programs, often dubbed cryptojackers. 19:32:04 hmm sounds familiar :D 19:32:25 "Intel’s Threat Detection Technology" aka checking rounding mode flag :D 19:34:32 I'm glad to see randomx-sniffer finally implemented, lol 20:55:50 LOL 21:07:38 so Apple announced that they will fully transition to ARM in the next 2 years 21:07:53 guess soon it will be possible to test RandomX on Apple chips with JIT 21:12:52 that announcement has been a long time coming 21:13:13 did intel stock price move? 21:16:25 0.79% up according to google 21:16:39 lol stupid markets 21:17:19 first hardware will be out end of year 21:17:24 Intel has lost the plot, and everyone knows it now. That's why Apple is announcing at this point in time 21:25:47 does apple make up a large portion of intel sales? 21:30:07 2-4% 21:35:00 but they're a flagship, halo product 21:35:23 apple usually gets the high spec processors unavailable to any other vendor 21:36:20 But we want Intel to find the plot again, don't we? 21:36:38 meh. 21:36:58 breaking x86 dominance is a great thing, IMO. 21:37:14 it's a shitty ISA that has caused endless years of pain in software and compiler design 21:38:51 if ARM finally released a chip worthy of being called a server processor, and took over data centers overnight, it would be a blessing 21:40:21 if x86 became extinct overnight, computing efficiency would immediately jump by at least 20% worldwide 21:43:26 how does randomx fair in an x86 extinction? 21:56:42 works great on ARM 21:57:31 ARM is head and shoulders above x86 in terms of coding efficiency 21:57:45 http://keleshev.com/compiling-to-assembly-from-scratch-the-book 21:58:00 it's easy enough you can write ARM asm by hand and still get good results 21:58:13 without much effort 21:58:51 but frankly most ISAs still in use in the world today are superior to x86 22:00:56 Intel could conceivably swallow their pride and switch to manufacturing ARM too, if they wanted to 22:01:54 technically they already are an ARM manufacturer, there are little cortex-Ms inside the security engine of every modern x86 chip, IIRC 22:03:06 noteworthy that when faced with a need for a compact, secure processor, they didn't use anything x86-derived 22:04:53 They bought strongarm 22:19:11 hopefully someone will start making ARM chips with reasonable cache sizes 22:34:56 I would guess Apple has no choice but to do so, given this direction 22:35:10 but yeah, would be nice if some other companies did too