Tyr is a Danish metal band. Period. :-)

robert_foss 9 hours ago | parent | next [-]

I thought Tyr was the Norse god of War & Justice.

Considering that the Mali GPUs were developed by ARM Norway, and this driver is Just, I would say this is one aptly named driver.

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pinkmuffinere 4 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

T-Y-R is also the root in semitic languages (eg, Hebrew and Arabic) related to flying! Maybe not on purpose, but I really like that incidental connection, given the combined reputation of rust and GPU operations for being fast.

Edit: apparently T-Y-R is not a root relating to flight in Hebrew! Maybe other Semitic languages, Im not sure. In Arabic it certainly is

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afdbcreid 3 hours ago | parent [-]

As a Hebrew speaker I cannot understand how you came into this conclusion. The closest I can think of is ת-י-ר, which is the root of being in a trip.

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pinkmuffinere 2 hours ago | parent [-]

Oh sorry, i thought it was also in Hebrew but it looks like it is not. I would expect the same root to show up in other Semitic languages, but at least in Arabic it’s

ط ي ر

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afdbcreid 2 hours ago | parent [-]

ChatGPT claims that the same or similar root does exist in the meaning "bird" or "to fly" in a lot of other Semitic languages. Interestingly, it also claims that there is some correspondence in Hebrew, in the noun תור (tor) that represents a specific kind of bird (turtledove).

	▲	einpoklum 2 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Indeed, in Hebrew, תור (تور, Tor) is the word for turtle-dove.

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MisterTea 9 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Technically they are from the Faroe Islands. Great band, seen them live many times.

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MilanTodorovic 9 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Faroese actually