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  1. Comment on Direct ring 3 to ring 0 privilege escalation on some x86 processors using an embedded RISC core. in ~comp

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    I knew this guy looked familiar, I watched his whole Sandsifter talk last year. This whole thing is borderline insane amounts of determination, especially for a processor that no one really uses....

    I knew this guy looked familiar, I watched his whole Sandsifter talk last year. This whole thing is borderline insane amounts of determination, especially for a processor that no one really uses. Every minute worth watching!

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  2. Comment on <deleted topic> in ~misc

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    Hey, this is a pretty cool channel! It has some nice, digestible content on a variety of issues. Thanks for posting.

    Hey, this is a pretty cool channel! It has some nice, digestible content on a variety of issues. Thanks for posting.

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  3. Comment on Does anybody else find themselves lurking a lot more on Tildes? in ~tildes

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    I'm more of a lurker on both fronts - but slightly more so on reddit. On reddit I'll be "active" in places like r/tech, r/hardware, r/askscience, and other places where I can offer my expertise....

    I'm more of a lurker on both fronts - but slightly more so on reddit. On reddit I'll be "active" in places like r/tech, r/hardware, r/askscience, and other places where I can offer my expertise. But I dare not comment on anything opinion-related because of how easily searchable it is. At least on tildes, given its mission and privacy, I do feel at least a little more comfortable to just share some miscellany.

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  4. Comment on Vetting new users in ~tildes

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    One problem is that while I really like the idea of Tildes, I currently find myself forcing myself to interact on the site, because it's much like reddit was in the beginning - few users and low...

    One problem is that while I really like the idea of Tildes, I currently find myself forcing myself to interact on the site, because it's much like reddit was in the beginning - few users and low content production. And so while I like the site, I currently don't enjoy it that much because the rate of content creation is so slow. And content creation can only come with growth. Of course I agree that it should be paced to try to establish a community with strong principles, but at the same time Tildes risks losing people if it can't provide what reddit does. I think that I spend maybe an average of 10 min/day on Tildes but 3+ hr/day on reddit.

    4 votes

  5. Comment on Now that Ubuntu 18.04.1 is out, have you upgraded from 16.04 LTS? in ~comp

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    Was on vacation so I haven't installed it, but definitely planning to.

    Was on vacation so I haven't installed it, but definitely planning to.

    1 vote

  6. Comment on Mitsubishi wants your driving data, and it's willing to throw in a free cup of coffee to get it in ~transport

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    At least it's an opt-in type of thing, rather than a lot of companies that will just notify you of a privacy policy update and start collecting the data anyways. Pretty much every car since the...

    At least it's an opt-in type of thing, rather than a lot of companies that will just notify you of a privacy policy update and start collecting the data anyways. Pretty much every car since the beginning of GPS inclusion has the capability to send off your driving and location data to the manufacturer. Tesla, in fact, automatically opts-in users to sending their driving data, and it's not clear if you can opt out last time I checked.

    3 votes

  7. Comment on What happens when ordinary people learn economics? in ~finance

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    To me, this is a poorly written article -- nearly clickbait. The author spent the entire article beating around the bush and not answering the question in the title. The writing is unfocused and...

    To me, this is a poorly written article -- nearly clickbait. The author spent the entire article beating around the bush and not answering the question in the title. The writing is unfocused and meandering, and by the time I've read 70% I still don't have an answer to the title. It seems like an interesting experiment but I have no idea what the actual answer to the title question is.

    1 vote