TL;DR – Microsoft hacked in support for more than 64 logical CPU cores by adding ‘processor groups’. Existing process level CPU affinity masks apply to only a single processor group, but threads within a process can be manually assigned to other CPU groups by the application developer. As systems with more than 64 logical CPU […]
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I wanted to wish all our customers, free users, translators, testers, and affiliates a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! I haven’t bothered with any Christmas sales and such, as we always have competitive offers and pricing. Also it all seems a little disingenuous to me… Besides, I don’t think many people buy our software […]
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I often make passing comments trying to downplay the hype surrounding Artificial Intelligence. This is because the hype has gotten so out of control that many people believe we are much further along than we actually are. It’s important to re-enter reality if we are to have honest conversations about this. It scares me that […]
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MANY years ago, the Linksys WRT54G was the most popular wireless router because it was easy to apply third-party firmwares to, such as OpenWrt (a fully-fleshed out linux distro for wireless routers!) or DD-WRT (a bit more ad-hoc, but does the job) , and extend functionality. Then the WRT54G v5 came and Linksys went to […]
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Long ago, I included an early version of ParkControl in Process Lasso – buried deep in it’s menus and rarely used. Ever since then, I’ve been trying to remove it, but get met with resistance when I do. Why would I remove it? Well, because it is now a distinct application, ParkControl. And it is 99% free. […]
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