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fka "what", "ironlake", probably some other names in there..
software dev with too much time on her hands
roughly interested in games, game modding, (old) malware
libbed the fuck up (with some very tiny amounts of socdem)
fka "what", "ironlake", probably some other names in there..
software dev with too much time on her hands
roughly interested in games, game modding, (old) malware
libbed the fuck up (with some very tiny amounts of socdem)
what, you don't want 10 different installs of varying compiles of chromium, several of which may accidentally be old enough to have legitimate security vulnerabilities in them? heresy. to the chamber with you.
February 11, 2026 at 9:28 AM
what, you don't want 10 different installs of varying compiles of chromium, several of which may accidentally be old enough to have legitimate security vulnerabilities in them? heresy. to the chamber with you.
i just want back to a place where desktop programs are actually desktop programs and not poorly retooled and unoptimized SPA hellholes running in a multiple-million-LOC browser engine literally solely for "portability", because the current situation blows
February 11, 2026 at 9:28 AM
i just want back to a place where desktop programs are actually desktop programs and not poorly retooled and unoptimized SPA hellholes running in a multiple-million-LOC browser engine literally solely for "portability", because the current situation blows
now most desktop applications unless they explicitly point out they're written in some hipster language that will end up dying out, end up being piece of shit electron garbage.. yay!
at this point i want back to the java hype trend. at least swing/awt is mostly backed by native code
at this point i want back to the java hype trend. at least swing/awt is mostly backed by native code
February 11, 2026 at 9:28 AM
now most desktop applications unless they explicitly point out they're written in some hipster language that will end up dying out, end up being piece of shit electron garbage.. yay!
at this point i want back to the java hype trend. at least swing/awt is mostly backed by native code
at this point i want back to the java hype trend. at least swing/awt is mostly backed by native code
ok i got 50% nerdsniped 50% curiousity's sake (or 100% nerdsniped in other words) and pulled out the modules out of the vmmblob and yeah it seems vapic is decidedly handled in kernel mode
I say seems because this module shit is so cursed and confusing, theres a dyld in here just for these modules
I say seems because this module shit is so cursed and confusing, theres a dyld in here just for these modules
January 28, 2026 at 11:28 AM
ok i got 50% nerdsniped 50% curiousity's sake (or 100% nerdsniped in other words) and pulled out the modules out of the vmmblob and yeah it seems vapic is decidedly handled in kernel mode
I say seems because this module shit is so cursed and confusing, theres a dyld in here just for these modules
I say seems because this module shit is so cursed and confusing, theres a dyld in here just for these modules
vmware ... probably? (i'm not fully sure, i've only reversed the frontend ui pieces a long time ago i've never touched the ungodly vmmon or the vmmblob) runs chipset emulation in the kernel.
KVM does this as well (and actually a few years ago entirely dropped support for userspace irqchip/apic)
KVM does this as well (and actually a few years ago entirely dropped support for userspace irqchip/apic)
January 28, 2026 at 8:49 AM
vmware ... probably? (i'm not fully sure, i've only reversed the frontend ui pieces a long time ago i've never touched the ungodly vmmon or the vmmblob) runs chipset emulation in the kernel.
KVM does this as well (and actually a few years ago entirely dropped support for userspace irqchip/apic)
KVM does this as well (and actually a few years ago entirely dropped support for userspace irqchip/apic)
userspace vm exits are "meh". for something like lpc/isa/pci device emulation its fine (and also kind of required to a degree), but vm exits to userspace for the irqchip is simply asking for all the performance to go away (back in the day QEMU would allow this, and it'd be just as awful)
January 28, 2026 at 8:49 AM
userspace vm exits are "meh". for something like lpc/isa/pci device emulation its fine (and also kind of required to a degree), but vm exits to userspace for the irqchip is simply asking for all the performance to go away (back in the day QEMU would allow this, and it'd be just as awful)
hyperv is (at least to my understanding) tuned way more for paravirtualized enlightenments; windows 7 onwards takes more advantage of hyperv-specific enlightenments (and will run slower in VMs without them), so i bet the legacy irqchip emulation just isn't as prioritized anymore or is in userspace
January 28, 2026 at 8:49 AM
hyperv is (at least to my understanding) tuned way more for paravirtualized enlightenments; windows 7 onwards takes more advantage of hyperv-specific enlightenments (and will run slower in VMs without them), so i bet the legacy irqchip emulation just isn't as prioritized anymore or is in userspace
(i am my own pot calling the kettle black in this case because i almost land in that category, but i decided for myself to snap out of that belief system and as a result i like to think i'm a little bit less kooky, but.. i never know really)
December 19, 2025 at 8:33 AM
(i am my own pot calling the kettle black in this case because i almost land in that category, but i decided for myself to snap out of that belief system and as a result i like to think i'm a little bit less kooky, but.. i never know really)
the horseshoe kind of gets easily made up of "right wingers who became far-left" on the far left which tends to explain a lot of the kookiness. the belief system which promotes conspiratorial thinking is still there. with an inability to change that it leads to the same things over there
December 19, 2025 at 8:33 AM
the horseshoe kind of gets easily made up of "right wingers who became far-left" on the far left which tends to explain a lot of the kookiness. the belief system which promotes conspiratorial thinking is still there. with an inability to change that it leads to the same things over there
it's also a really important reminder that though the right wing are known for being conspiracy drinking machines that almost can't get their fix, the left wing is just as susceptible to it
really anyone's susceptible to the thinking, what's important is being able to change your belief system
really anyone's susceptible to the thinking, what's important is being able to change your belief system
December 19, 2025 at 8:33 AM
it's also a really important reminder that though the right wing are known for being conspiracy drinking machines that almost can't get their fix, the left wing is just as susceptible to it
really anyone's susceptible to the thinking, what's important is being able to change your belief system
really anyone's susceptible to the thinking, what's important is being able to change your belief system
it's just so nonsensical that it almost becomes kind of funny in a weird grim morbid way. like this isn't some one off fringe thing, there's a worrying amount of people actually buying this shit without even thinking
like if you actually do the research you see how utterly stupid this conspiracy is
like if you actually do the research you see how utterly stupid this conspiracy is
December 19, 2025 at 8:25 AM
it's just so nonsensical that it almost becomes kind of funny in a weird grim morbid way. like this isn't some one off fringe thing, there's a worrying amount of people actually buying this shit without even thinking
like if you actually do the research you see how utterly stupid this conspiracy is
like if you actually do the research you see how utterly stupid this conspiracy is
the fact the heritage foundation explored the individual mandate somehow makes a bill written and introduced by a democratic representative and pushed to signing by democrats (with one R yes in the House with the original version, and NO R yes with the Senate version) a "heritage foundation" plan.
December 19, 2025 at 8:25 AM
the fact the heritage foundation explored the individual mandate somehow makes a bill written and introduced by a democratic representative and pushed to signing by democrats (with one R yes in the House with the original version, and NO R yes with the Senate version) a "heritage foundation" plan.
do i even need to explain why this is the most braindead kind of lack of thought possible? just think. they never thoroughly explored it and canned it (and even though republicans tried again up until the 90s, other republican senators completely shitcanned individual mandates time and time again!!)
December 19, 2025 at 8:25 AM
do i even need to explain why this is the most braindead kind of lack of thought possible? just think. they never thoroughly explored it and canned it (and even though republicans tried again up until the 90s, other republican senators completely shitcanned individual mandates time and time again!!)
i should also add that even if the discharge petition goes anywhere aca subsidies will be cut off anyways because mike "hasatiny" johnson forced the house into recess until january.. 2026. you can think a little bit about what that means on your own
December 19, 2025 at 1:59 AM
i should also add that even if the discharge petition goes anywhere aca subsidies will be cut off anyways because mike "hasatiny" johnson forced the house into recess until january.. 2026. you can think a little bit about what that means on your own
yeah. she really would have been so right-wing that she would gut tons of government agencies, sens fucking ice into dozens of cities (including most recently the city I live in) to terrorize people, and all the other terrible evil shit trump has done. yeah. definitely.
December 19, 2025 at 1:46 AM
yeah. she really would have been so right-wing that she would gut tons of government agencies, sens fucking ice into dozens of cities (including most recently the city I live in) to terrorize people, and all the other terrible evil shit trump has done. yeah. definitely.
it pisses me off because demanding perfection is WHY we're here. why we're sitting here, waiting until december 31st or republican defectors on the fate of ACA subsidies (of which they'll probably end up expiring more likely than not).
b-but "COPMALA". b-but "moderate right-wing" amirite?
fuck off.
b-but "COPMALA". b-but "moderate right-wing" amirite?
fuck off.
December 19, 2025 at 1:46 AM
it pisses me off because demanding perfection is WHY we're here. why we're sitting here, waiting until december 31st or republican defectors on the fate of ACA subsidies (of which they'll probably end up expiring more likely than not).
b-but "COPMALA". b-but "moderate right-wing" amirite?
fuck off.
b-but "COPMALA". b-but "moderate right-wing" amirite?
fuck off.
blaming democrats for even trying to create a stepping stone to fixing the fucked up healthcare system is just shooting yourselves in the foot. which i imagine is probably the name of the game for tankies and Bernouts but that doesn't make it any less fucking ridiculous
December 19, 2025 at 1:46 AM
blaming democrats for even trying to create a stepping stone to fixing the fucked up healthcare system is just shooting yourselves in the foot. which i imagine is probably the name of the game for tankies and Bernouts but that doesn't make it any less fucking ridiculous
and, as much as i hate to say it, because it should be patently obvious, especially with this months looming deadline for literal ACA subsidies, the blame for almost every healthcare crisis in the last 30 something has been pretty squarely on republicans and/or happened when they were in power.
December 19, 2025 at 1:46 AM
and, as much as i hate to say it, because it should be patently obvious, especially with this months looming deadline for literal ACA subsidies, the blame for almost every healthcare crisis in the last 30 something has been pretty squarely on republicans and/or happened when they were in power.
compromise isn't fun! but it's what you have to do to get what you want. if you hiss and piss around demanding perfection all day every day, everyone will rightfully clock you as bad faith and what you want will be ignored. it's tedious, it takes a long time. but compromising gets you what you want.
December 19, 2025 at 1:46 AM
compromise isn't fun! but it's what you have to do to get what you want. if you hiss and piss around demanding perfection all day every day, everyone will rightfully clock you as bad faith and what you want will be ignored. it's tedious, it takes a long time. but compromising gets you what you want.
i will agree the ACA does suck in a few pretty big areas. but it was compromise. a step towards the "M4A" utopia everyone wants without actually detailing HOW you get there (or saying it's "JUST" that easy, which is a good way to tell if someone has no political experience and is unserious)
December 19, 2025 at 1:46 AM
i will agree the ACA does suck in a few pretty big areas. but it was compromise. a step towards the "M4A" utopia everyone wants without actually detailing HOW you get there (or saying it's "JUST" that easy, which is a good way to tell if someone has no political experience and is unserious)