I find it a little disturbing . . .

Posted Oct 31, 2024 3:13 UTC (Thu) by himi (subscriber, #340)
Parent article: An update on Apple M1/M2 GPU drivers

. . . that she's apparently ~22 and doing world-beating stuff like this . . .

It's always amazing seeing kids doing this sort of thing. I'm old enough to remember seeing Rasterman making everyone else feel old back in the day (even though I'm a few years younger than him, he still made me feel old) - it's nice to see that in this aspect at least, the world of 2024 is as exciting and hopeful as the world of 1999.

I find it a little disturbing . . .

Posted Oct 31, 2024 17:02 UTC (Thu) by Lennie (subscriber, #49641) [Link] (4 responses)

And on a side note, they are women, the presenter of this talk but also the person who started Asahi Linux.

I find it a little disturbing . . .

Posted Oct 31, 2024 22:19 UTC (Thu) by himi (subscriber, #340) [Link]

Yeah, that's one of the things that makes me hopeful - there are so few women in this industry, and even fewer in the open source/free software subset, having young women out there doing exciting things and having fun with it is great to see.

I find it a little disturbing . . .

Posted Nov 1, 2024 0:05 UTC (Fri) by lockecole2 (✭ supporter ✭, #63710) [Link] (2 responses)

Thought it was Hector Marcan who founded it:

https://web.archive.org/web/20210217130206/https://asahil...

I find it a little disturbing . . .

Posted Nov 2, 2024 11:41 UTC (Sat) by Lennie (subscriber, #49641) [Link] (1 responses)

I assumed the name of Lina came first, but I guess not.

I find it a little disturbing . . .

Posted Nov 2, 2024 22:27 UTC (Sat) by Lonjil (guest, #152573) [Link]

But the presenter is Alyssa Rosenzweig, not Lina.