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> “Linux never succeeded.”
> Almost all Supercomputers run Linux.
> Most Web Servers Run Linux
> Is the basis for Android
lol wat
Sorry, Windows still dominates the computer OS market.
Except for computers that are small, computers that are large, computers that are very fast, computers that are resource-limited, computers most used by normal people (mobile) and computers most used by enterprises (server VMs).But desktop computers that are used to launch MS Office or games, boy does Microsoft still dominate that market.
You had me triggered in the first sentence but I came around, haha
I’m hearing that Windows is good for exceptionally medium workloads. Is Windows the Cincinnati of computing?
Linux already won. Only people who don’t use it are losing.
Most corporate servers in general run Linux, let alone webservers. Intel literally used Minix without attribution in their Intel Management Engine, so technically every Intel chipset motherboard with an IME runs Linux. That’s basically every Intel motherboard since 2008.
Minix isn’t linux although it’s a character in Super TUX Kart
I am reminded of that one time we went to lunch with one of our scrum masters and he actually said “why does linux even still exist anymore”.
I didn’t even get into all of that i just told him i switched my home pc to linux a few months ago lol
scrum master
Remind me to kill myself if anyone ever gives me this as an official title
more like cum master, amarite??
i am so sorry. please forgive me ;w;that’s a much better title, I’d wear that with pride. don’t belittle cum by comparing it to that garbage.
Most complex life on earth owes its existence to cum in some form or another!
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> I run linux (slackware ftw!)
> praise Bob
I know Lovense Lush uses a Nordic nRF51822 microcontroller, this doesn’t run a full OS normally. It runs ARM machine code directly, usually programmed in a C variant in something like Keil. They provide an SDK with an Arduino compatible platform, so it might even just run Arduino. No idea if someone analysed the software on those microcontrollers as it’s pretty niche and the code inside is probably super simple. The microcontroller is way overpowered for what it does, but it isn’t that overpowered that it could run a full Linux stack.
Are you like an open buttplug dev or somwthing?
qDot is one
Yes I think I saw the episode over Brody Robertsons Podcast tech over tea. It seems like a fun project to have
Thank you for this comment.
I really needed that laugh
Have a nice day :3 or something
You as well!
Working hard to bring PornHub and GitHub together!
Idk what that means butt have fun ig :3
I remember watching a talk about sex toy hacking once, I’ll try to find it for your (and everyone else’s) pleasure. Think it was a Lovense in that talk
smea - Adventures In Smart Buttplug Penetration testing - DEF CON 27 Conference
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RnxcPeemHSc
Been a while since I watched that, should probably rewatch it soon
What you said is accurate but it implied systems with an OS don’t run machine code directly. They still do, just the CPU has ways of automatically interacting with the OS when it needs to (and those features are enabled), mostly via interrupt handlers. Things like address translation happens transparently, either via a lookup table for recently used addresses or the CPU will throw a TLB miss interrupt if it’s not ready to go and needs the OS to give it a mapping (or maybe even load the page from disk before it can proceed).
CPU architecture is pretty interesting and doesn’t require programs run through a translation layer like Java, Python, or JavaScript. The translation layers themselves are programs running as machine code at the user level.
Edit: I see now that you meant the directly as in the microcontroller runs the ARM uarch. I’ll leave this up in case anyone reads it like I did initially, but sorry for the misunderstanding on my end.
Unless the vibrator needs to be wireless that nrf is way overpowered and expensive. For mass production you want the cheapest, smallest, thing that will do the job.
Yes the Lovense Lush is the most popular wireless vibrator. It can be controlled over Bluetooth by an app or computer. It is used a lot in livestreams where viewers can donate to make the vibrator vibrate in a certain pattern and duration. There is a whole software ecosystem around these where the streaming platform handles the payments and integrates with the local software controlling the vibrator. I chose that vibrator specifically as an example, because it probably has one of the most powerful chips inside and the most functionality.
Not even the more expensive microcontrollers run Linux.
The kind of thing you would see in such a simple device like a dildo are the cheaper smaller ones with RAM sizes and Flash Memory sizes in the KB range and costs less that $1 in bulk.
Mind you, you can squeeze a Linux kernel into a really small amount of memory, but why for a production device pay more for a larger than needed microcontroller and then use most of its storage for a Linux kernel leaving little space for the actual functional code when you don’t need support for things like filesystems or networking?
Microcontrollers are a whole different world from microprocessors.
For the lolz probably. There doesn’t have to be a rational reason for everything…
Probably the web api enabled ones though
The only experience I have with those (I’m an EE but don’t practice it professionally so have only have done embedded circuits for fun) is things like the ESP8266 and ESP32 and those come with an RTOS, though at least the latter should be powerful enough to fit Linux. You can actually program for those in C on top of Arduino or on top of the manufacturer libraries which are a bit more high level than for simpler microcontrollers without WiFi support as they come with an IP stack rather than only exposing low level hardware functionality.
(It is actually a lot of fun making a proper web application on one of those to allow remote control of some hardware from an Android app - if you make it a REST interface - or even from a browser - if you make it serve web pages. I believe most “controllable from your mobile phone” lights out there use one of these microcontrollers or similar on the lamp side).
The Nordic nRF51822 somebody else mentioned doesn’t even have WiFi support, only Bluetooth LE and has less memory.
eh not really, i’ve run a (really simple) web server on esp32 before
Most simple consumer electronics run C
The microcontroller probably runs Zephyr, not Linux. It’s fine, Zephyr is also sponsored by Linux Foundation.
Probably some SDK-powered bare metal, don’t think an RTOS is needed for a vibrator (and certainly not a feature-packed one like zephyr). Could be, though
Depends on the features. Just an imbalanced motors, battery holder, and a switch could be enough. Anything else is extra.
“Linux never succeeded” is such a funny take when it’s quietly running most servers, phones (Android), and a ton of embedded stuff. The real Linux rule is: if it works, nobody notices 😄
Best “Yo Mama” comeback ever.
Hopefully not, the only reason it would need linux is if it connected to wifi and I don’t know who wants that.
Anything up to bluetooth should work with just a Microcontroller running nothing more complex that a small rtos.is if it connected to wifi and I don’t know who wants that.
Lots of folks enjoy playing with their partner remotely.
Teledildonics
Smart sex toys exist
the app is lit cat /dev/zero > /dev/null
Is this the right place for an “Of course it can run NetBSD” comment?
For running a vibrator, you’d probably can do with an ESP32 or RPi2040. No need for the big guns (pun intended).
Linux is a distant third in a three horse race.
If the only race track you consider is “personal desktop computer usage” then sure.
