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WebGPU-Based WiFi Simulator

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325 points jasmcole | 4 comments | 20 Oct 24 18:01 UTC | HN request time: 0.005s | source
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noahbp ◴[20 Oct 24 19:07 UTC] No.41897720[source]▶
It's so frustrating that WebGPU support was released 1.5 years ago on Chrome, and yet is still unavailable on all other browsers.

This is a real killer feature that will dramatically slow adoption of non-Chromium browsers, even with Google defanging ad blockers.

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pjmlp ◴[20 Oct 24 19:20 UTC] No.41897800[source]▶
Even Chrome only supports it officially on Windows, macOS and Android, no GNU/Linux (as stable).

And when it becomes widespread, just like WebGL 2.0, it will be a decade behind of what native APIs are capable of.

And in both cases, good luck debugging, other than replicating the content on native APIs, as means to use proper GPU debuggers, because even Chrome has yet to offer any developer tooling for GPU debugging.

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petermcneeley ◴[20 Oct 24 19:23 UTC] No.41897822[source]▶
Runs great on my ChromeBook.
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pjmlp ◴[20 Oct 24 19:26 UTC] No.41897848[source]▶
Forgot about that, which isn't GNU/Linux anyway.
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1. murderfs ◴[20 Oct 24 19:54 UTC] No.41898034[source]▶
By what metric? It's a gentoo deriviative with glibc, coreutils, etc.
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2. pjmlp ◴[20 Oct 24 20:38 UTC] No.41898273[source]▶
A JavaScript userspace juggling Chrome instances.
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3. murderfs ◴[20 Oct 24 20:55 UTC] No.41898381[source]▶
...no, it isn't?

Even if you're claiming (incorrectly) that the window manager, etc. contain javascript, the same would apply to GNOME!

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4. pjmlp ◴[21 Oct 24 06:30 UTC] No.41901221{3}[source]▶
GNOME allows GNU userland to be used.