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A fundamental design flaw in Intel's processor chips has forced a significant redesign of the Linux and Windows kernels to defang the chip-level security bug. Fortunately not a lot of people use those chips
And yes, it does include one possibly naughty acronym. Sorry for offending anyone with that.
If you noticed it.
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I thought this was going to be an article on the downfall of kentucky fried chicken and their spokes person.
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This is awful. 5% to 30% slowdown on affected systems to remain secure.
"If you don't fail at least 90 percent of the time, you're not aiming high enough."
Alan Kay.
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It seems that picking the AMD FX 8xxx starting to pay off...
Skipper: We'll fix it.
Alex: Fix it? How you gonna fix this?
Skipper: Grit, spit and a whole lotta duct tape.
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Just a little reminder that it’s about 100 times more important what you build than how you build it. Unless you build it on a swamp, of course.
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This software collects TV-viewing data for advertisers “by identifying audio signals in TV ads and shows, sometimes even matching that information with the places people visit and the movies they see.” Advertisers then use this information to target ads more appropriately to individual users. Black Mirror watches you, while you watch it
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That explains alot. I keep my phone in my back pocket and get endless advertisements for whoopee cushions.
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The Redmond firm says passwords are a relic from the early days of computing that have outlived their usefulness. Let's replace it with something almost as bad!
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Is this the part where they introduce underwear tag handwriting recognition? Thats how I know which ones are mine...and i doubt anyone will be trying to steal my "identity" anytime soon.
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Because all the new alternatives are bulletproof...
Skipper: We'll fix it.
Alex: Fix it? How you gonna fix this?
Skipper: Grit, spit and a whole lotta duct tape.
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NASA astronauts successfully sequenced the DNA of microbes found aboard the International Space Station, marking the first time unknown organisms were sequenced and identified entirely in space. I'm a little disappointed it wasn't the Andromeda Strain
But also kind of glad
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Is it not more "was"? 
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Agreed. The article is not clear on whether they killed it or not.
The difficult we do right away...
...the impossible takes slightly longer.
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In case "they" killed it, stupid human being!
Anyway thanks for bring this in front.
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So that's what Kent looks like??? 
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I must admit that I don't get the reference. 
The difficult we do right away...
...the impossible takes slightly longer.
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Richard Andrew x64 wrote: I must admit that I don't get the reference.
As in, Kent Sharkey. 
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Not *quite* that old. Feels like it some days 
TTFN - Kent
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The picture makes an interesting change from the Sun's usual Page 3 girls... 
If you have an important point to make, don't try to be subtle or clever. Use a pile driver. Hit the point once. Then come back and hit it again. Then hit it a third time - a tremendous whack.
--Winston Churchill
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The chief executive of Exmo Bitcoin exchange has been kidnapped in Ukraine. "He who profits by crime is guilty of it." (hopefully it works out with him safe)
Not that bitcoin is used to launder money or anything like that
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A recent study suggests a very simple solution helps limit the appeal of conspiracy theories: news media literacy. This isn't knowledge of the news, per se, but knowledge of the companies and processes that help create the news. Or so *they* say
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Conspirational thinking is being fed by politicians, and the media's reaction. Take Blairs word, there are WOMD in Irak. Yes, it is better for Libya to destabilize them. They will be happy with the democracy we bring. No, it just dentists and lawyers that are seeking refuge in Europe.
Bastard Programmer from Hell 
If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
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Blair? You're a little our of date, aren't you? Besides, lies and conspiracies are not quite the same thing.
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A_Griffin wrote: Blair? You're a little our of date, aren't you?
Perhaps you'd like to explain that in Irak?
A_Griffin wrote: Besides, lies and conspiracies are not quite the same thing.
No one claimed they are 
Still, governments are trying to label a lot of "fake news" as conspiracy-thinking, where more and more conspiracy-theories become conspiracy-facts.
Bastard Programmer from Hell
If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
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