@cstross @skjeggtroll Moore’s Law is dead for now. I did a study a few years ago to look at what is happening and will happen in microprocessors. Short story is that traditional processor architecture is hitting end of life. Feature sizes are so small now that quantum effects are a significant factor. High speed and small size also means we are up against a thermal barrier as well. Clever approaches with System-On-a-Chip ( #SOA), 3D stacking, maybe Processor-In-Memory ( #PIM) and distributed multiprocessing will squeeze out more progress for maybe a decade. After that comes the next computing revolution — a shift to non-Von Neumann #computing. #Quantum has the spotlight because that’s the really big win, but there are other approaches that are likely to be commercially viable before quantum is mature. I’m optimistic about the tech, less so about the rate of adoption and change that will be required, especially if the most talented early- career computer scientists and engineers keep chasing the associative/statistical methods that include LLMs.

@cstross @skjeggtroll Moore’s Law is dead for now. I did a study a few years ago to look at what is happening and will happen in microprocessors. Short story is that traditional processor architecture is hitting end of life. Feature sizes are so small now that quantum effects are a significant factor. High speed and small size also means we are up against a thermal barrier as well. Clever approaches with System-On-a-Chip ( #SOA), 3D stacking, maybe Processor-In-Memory ( #PIM) and distributed multiprocessing will squeeze out more progress for maybe a decade. After that comes the next computing revolution — a shift to non-Von Neumann #computing. #Quantum has the spotlight because that’s the really big win, but there are other approaches that are likely to be commercially viable before quantum is mature. I’m optimistic about the tech, less so about the rate of adoption and change that will be required, especially if the most talented early- career computer scientists and engineers keep chasing the associative/statistical methods that include LLMs.

Here are some details of the new #logseq DB variant (currently in alpha):
https://discuss.logseq.com/t/logseq-db-unofficial-faq/32508

TL;DR:
- you can't edit the #Markdown files directly
- #orgdown support is lost
- EDN export is introduced besides MD export
- sync and RTC require a subscription
- practically, you can't run the sync on your own
- #Zotero no longer part of the core app

If this holds true, I can't endorse use of logseq any more.

I need to migrate other people's setups I was maintaining to a different solution. Too bad as it was the only good #PIM tool option I could find outside #Emacs #orgmode. 😔

Background: https://karl-voit.at/2024/01/28/logseq-from-org-pov/

#enshittification

Here are some details of the new #logseq DB variant (currently in alpha):
https://discuss.logseq.com/t/logseq-db-unofficial-faq/32508

TL;DR:
- you can't edit the #Markdown files directly
- #orgdown support is lost
- EDN export is introduced besides MD export
- sync and RTC require a subscription
- practically, you can't run the sync on your own
- #Zotero no longer part of the core app

If this holds true, I can't endorse use of logseq any more.

I need to migrate other people's setups I was maintaining to a different solution. Too bad as it was the only good #PIM tool option I could find outside #Emacs #orgmode. 😔

Background: https://karl-voit.at/2024/01/28/logseq-from-org-pov/

#enshittification

#Emacs is probably the greatest tool there is. Unfortunately, it's so different to other tools you know that it's complex to explain without running yourself for a couple of weeks.

Just watch some random videos online to get some impression of the potential.

Other #PIM tools are like Playmobil. #Orgmode is like Lego. You'll build your digital workflows according to your requirements. It will adapt and change as your world does. You'll never lose any data because of some tool discontinuity or proprietary Markdown syntax elements.

Don't be intimidated by the Org-mode power: you should start lean and it's easy to do so: https://karl-voit.at/2020/01/20/start-using-orgmode/

Without serious trying yourself, you can't have a qualified judgement about this. I had to realize it myself as I began to understand Emacs only by retrying 10y later.

https://karl-voit.at/orgmode/

Drop me a line if you need any help.

#PIM