Graham Sutherland / Polynomialgsuberland@chaos.social
Aug 8, 2026, 3:15 PMsquirrels are so good at climbing trees because they have branch prediction
squirrels are so good at climbing trees because they have branch prediction
@gsuberland looking at how they engage bird feeders designed to keep them out I think they also have speculative execution
@gsuberland flying squirrels have fan out
@gsuberland Ouch :-) Many pause after jumping from branch to branch; that's their delay slot :-)
@gsuberland wanting to say they flush their pipes if they mis-predict a jump (but jmp isn't conditional so 🤷 )
@gsuberland UGH
@gsuberland terrible cache coherency tho
@gsuberland squirrels have potential because they stay off the ground so much