<nates93[m]>
Any tips for persuading other ppl that Amaranth is viable for small - midsize FPGA designs (or perhaps it's not recommended yet?)? Curious what might happen if, say, chipflow went under
<tpw_rules>
what does viable or not viable mean? you could always archive the generated verilog. amaranth being under chipflow has been a relatively recent part of its history
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<tpw_rules>
(but nonetheless a very important one indeed)
<whitequark[cis]>
<nates93[m]> "Any tips for persuading other..." <- Amaranth has outlived more than one sponsor; it's an independent community led project for a good reason
<whitequark[cis]>
as for the actual contingency plan I have if ChipFlow somehow unexpectedly goes under? applying for grants from European agencies like NLnet and continuing essentially as before
<whitequark[cis]>
I used to not really be able to accept NLnet grants, but this is no longer true that I'm a UK resident
<galibert[m]>
You legal presence in the uk is not contingent to your job?
<whitequark[cis]>
not at all, I'm on a 5-year immigration track with a 5-year-long visa
<galibert[m]>
excellent
<whitequark[cis]>
the only conditions are (1) no recourse to public funds (2) no work as sportsperson
<whitequark[cis]>
* longer true now that I'm
<galibert[m]>
manageable
<whitequark[cis]>
I don't even have to work, legally speaking?
<whitequark[cis]>
nothing in the visa conditions says I need to. and I've already paid something like $5000 upfront for the NHS, so healthcare remains free either way
<whitequark[cis]>
(yes, they make you pay for the NHS when you get a visa)
<galibert[m]>
Kinda surprised the tories left the possibility for such a reasonable immigration path to exist
<whitequark[cis]>
oh, it's all because of Brexit. I cannot overstate it: I fucking love Brexit. is it bad for Britain? yes! does it tear families apart and break people's futures? yes!! does it lower the standard of living of pretty much everyone involved? yes, absolutely!!! but it's good for me personally because everyone with microelectronics and semiconductor experience who could flee Britain, did, and now it's in extreme need of a skilled
<whitequark[cis]>
workforce to remain relevant internationally
<galibert[m]>
Ohhhhhhhhhhhh
<whitequark[cis]>
while I was applying for the visa they actually relaxed the requirements somewhat
<whitequark[cis]>
so I was like, ah, ok, I actually need to prove less? cool
<galibert[m]>
It's nice when the lobbies work for you for a change
<whitequark[cis]>
I love being a doll dancing on the strings of a bunch of British politicians 🎉
<galibert[m]>
mwahahahhaa
<whitequark[cis]>
the doll will be given IV glucose in exchange for productivity, which is better than not being given IV glucose due to wartime restrictions, after all
<galibert[m]>
the fibro responds to glucose?
<whitequark[cis]>
the glucose is also metaphorical
<galibert[m]>
ah ok
<whitequark[cis]>
I've never had it. could probably find out easily enough
<galibert[m]>
I have zero idea of what fibro responds to
<whitequark[cis]>
we've never installed a peripheral cath so that'd be something to learn
<whitequark[cis]>
you're in good company, most doctors have no clue either (and this is only partially because they're doctors)
<whitequark[cis]>
mine responds to tramadol+pregabalin well enough that I can work full time instead of like, lying down and screaming in pain
<galibert[m]>
Yeah, good thing is I'm not supposed to know in the first place
<whitequark[cis]>
so the NHS prescribed that for us when we arrived in the UK. it kind of sucks, fibro doesn't respond all that well to pharmacological treatment, but at least it's not as bad as just SSRIs (which do largely nothing)
<galibert[m]>
iirc it's not really known what causes it, right?
<whitequark[cis]>
not with any degree of certainty
<whitequark[cis]>
given what I've seen? probably "decades of abuse"
<galibert[m]>
So, a psychological component?
<galibert[m]>
Or a complete fuckup of the dopaminic pathways?
<whitequark[cis]>
it's a neurological disorder that also has a central component
<whitequark[cis]>
I don't know what's psychological and what's not, I don't really do mind/body dualism
<whitequark[cis]>
it certainly gets worse with stress, and I generally expect the worst from people (for very good reasons), so everything is more stressful
<galibert[m]>
Mostly the distrinction I see is whether there's a external cause that the brain can't compensate for
<whitequark[cis]>
"decades of abuse", yes
<whitequark[cis]>
you get yelled at and occasionally beaten and even more occasionally attempted-choke-to-death by your birthgiver and you learn that this is how the world is (which is accurate, it is like this a lot)
<whitequark[cis]>
we compensate for that by making sure that even if we wake up with no memory in a place we don't know covered in blood with nothing to our name, we'll still survive and do well somehow (and then find out who's responsible to them and make sure they'll never do that again)
<whitequark[cis]>
it's a choice, underlied by extensive experience
<whitequark[cis]>
s/to/for/, s/them/that/
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<galibert[m]>
That's... well.. something I'm very happy never to have experienced
<cr1901>
Only thing different from amaranth is build-1.1.0 vs build-1.0.3, which I somehow doubt is the culprit. But guess I'm making a Docker container locally to dup
<whitequark[cis]>
it's probably old pip from github's image
<whitequark[cis]>
you need to use setup-python or setup-pdm first
<cr1901>
Okay, I'll try that. Where are you doing either of those in the publish-code job?
<cr1901>
Hrm, I don't like the LUT resource usage of the dividers, but that's with v0.1.1 is for. I have other things to finish. I'll hold off on announcing until v0.1.1. At least upload works.
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