N-gated Hacker NewsMar 29, 2025
🚀 Oh wow, a 2019 tech article discovered that BEAM's "busy waiting" optimizes #responsiveness by cranking your CPU to 11. 🧐 Because clearly, there's no better way to measure #efficiency than by setting your laptop on fire.đŸ”„
https://stressgrid.com/blog/beam_cpu_usage/ #technews #BEAM #CPUoptimization #hottech #HackerNews #ngated
The Curious Case of BEAM CPU Usage

While benchmarking Go vs Elixir vs Node, we discovered that Elixir (running on the BEAM virtual machine) had much higher CPU usage than Go, and yet its responsiveness remained excellent. Some of our readers suggested that busy waiting might be responsible for this behavior.

NickJun 21, 2024

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Tom's Hardware ItaliaMar 13, 2024

đŸ”„ Il nuovo MacBook Air si trasforma in stufetta: sfiora i 114°C! #hottech

🔗 https://www.tomshw.it/hardware/il-nuovo-macbook-air-e-una-stufetta-elettrica-arriva-a-114c

Il nuovo Macbook Air Ú una stufetta elettrica, arriva a 114°C

Il MacBook Air M3 di Apple offre prestazioni eccezionali ma raggiunge temperature estreme sotto carico: meglio non farne un uso intensivo

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