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  • Lambda@lemmy.catoScience Memes@mander.xyzColours of Blood
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    20 days ago

    Whenever I see this image I always wonder 2 things:

    1. What makes hemoglobin more efficient?
    2. Why do we even need these fancy molecules to transport oxygen? Can’t we produce some kind of biological ampule that holds some pure O2 for consumption by the various processes that need it? We have dedicated organelle structures for similar tasks (i.e. mitochondria)



  • Lambda@lemmy.catoLinux Gaming@lemmy.world*Permanently Deleted*
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    4 months ago

    Sadly front end, like “High Level” is a very relative term. For example, in compiler design, the bit that parses code is called the “front end” since the “back end” is what emits machine code. I think that’s what they mean here, the “front end” that understands D3D8 code has been added, presumably there is also a “back end” that converts the parsed/analyzed D3D8 code into valid opcodes for consumption by GPU/CPUs.

    In the other direction, a UI/UX is sometimes called a “back end” when it is part of a more complex embedded project where physical controls are the “front end”.