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0 pointsactionfromafar2y ago0 comments

I don't understand this comment. It's a marvel of course how far we have come, but what today is so intensive?

The (old!) Apple iPad cable runs BSD Unix and does real time video encoding.

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refulgentis2y ago· 1 in thread

Correct, you're violently agreeing, _they embed a whole *NIX computer in the cable to make it happen_.

They were replying to someone saying why does everyone make it so complicated.

Refer to my comment for the math on why its intensive

actionfromafarOP2y ago

Are you violently agreeing with me now? :-)

saagarjha2y ago

It did video encoding because the cable wasn’t capable of streaming full quality video at the required bandwidth. Not because they wanted to make a complicated dongle.

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