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@@ -22,12 +22,12 @@ things are slowly changing due to ongoing multi-man-year
 reverse-engineering efforts, 3D driver source code is often
 proprietary as well.
 
-At the BoF, one attendee described how they are implementing
-*transparent* shader algorithms. Most shader hardware provides
-triangle algorithms that asume a solid surface. Using such hardware
-for transparent shaders is a two-pass process which clearly comes with
-an inherent *100%* performance penalty. If, on the other hand, they had
-some input into a new 3D core, one that was designed to be flexible...
+At the BoF, one attendee described how they are implementing *transparent*
+shader algorithms. Most shader hardware provides fixed-function triangle
+algorithms that assume a solid surface. Using such hardware for transparent
+shaders is a two-pass process which clearly comes with an inherent *100%*
+performance penalty. If, on the other hand, they had some input into a
+new 3D core, one that was designed to be flexible...
 
 The level of interest was sufficiently high that Atif is reaching out
 to people (including our team) to set up an Open 3D Graphics
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ the power consumption and four times the silicon area.
 Thus, we simply cannot use an off-the-shelf vector extension such as the
 upcoming RISC-V vector extension, or even SimpleV, and expect to
 automatically have a commercially competitive 3D GPU. It takes texture
-opcodes, Z-buffers, pixel conversion, linear interpolation, trascendentals
+opcodes, Z-buffers, pixel conversion, linear interpolation, transcendentals
 (sin, cos, exp, log), and much more, all of which has to be designed,
 thought through, implemented, *and then used behind a suitable API*.
 
@@ -69,7 +69,8 @@ These were the challenges discussed at the first
 [meetup](https://www.meetup.com/Bay-Area-RISC-V-Meetup/events/264231095/)
 at Western Digital's Milpitas HQ. Experts at the meetup from the 3D
 industry who have worked for decades for ATI, NVIDIA, and Intel, were
-really enthusiastic and praised this approach, saying that it was exactly
+[really enthusiastic](https://groups.google.com/a/groups.riscv.org/d/msg/isa-dev/JlKZdzS6VtQ/eDStaf8vAQAJ)
+and praised this approach, saying that it was exactly
 the kind of shake up the 3D Industry needs.
 
 ### Reconfigureable Pipelines
@@ -163,7 +164,8 @@ In addition, if anyone wants to receive tax deductible charitable
 donations direct from NLNet for working on aspects of this project,
 do get in touch, there is plenty to do.  Application reviews start in two
 weeks, we will hear from NLnet by December as to what has been approved,
-and will be able to expand the project scope around January 2020.
+and will be able to expand the project scope around January 2020,
+which is just in time for FOSDEM2020.
 
 Also, remember, if you work for a corporation that could financially
 benefit from this project being a reality, sponsorship, via NLNet,