●● IRC: #techbytes @ Techrights IRC Network: Sunday, January 25, 2026 ●● ● Jan 25 [05:24] schestowitz[TR2] " [05:24] schestowitz[TR2] ffmpeg all day so far: speed=0.0114x :( [05:24] schestowitz[TR2] maybe it's too high resolution? [05:24] schestowitz[TR2] what's up with that? [05:24] schestowitz[TR2] if hw, then it may be related to the spectre and meltdown *categories* of [05:24] schestowitz[TR2] hw bugs in x86 The bugs have not been fixed, but the kernel addins work-arounds [05:24] schestowitz[TR2] each of which slow processing down and the effects are cummulative. [05:24] schestowitz[TR2] Intel was warned against speculative execution in the 1980s by its own engineers [05:24] schestowitz[TR2] but good luck re-finding that paper. It was public but is now buried in chaff [05:24] schestowitz[TR2] and noise. [05:24] schestowitz[TR2] Here is a recent write-up [05:24] schestowitz[TR2] https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2018/01/spectre_and_mel_1.html [05:24] schestowitz[TR2] Egregiously, the market *completely* ignored both spectre and meltdown [05:24] schestowitz[TR2] and continue to purchase only x86 hardware exclusively. [05:24] schestowitz[TR2] That's mostly, but not entirely, the effect of the Wintel duopoly. " [05:25] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-Spectre and Meltdown Attacks against Microprocessors - Schneier on Security ● Jan 25 [12:28] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #techbytes [12:51] *x-amarsh04 has quit (Quit: Konversation terminated!) ● Jan 25 [13:16] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #techbytes [13:39] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #techbytes ● Jan 25 [14:08] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #techbytes ● Jan 25 [15:29] schestowitz[TR2] Re: birthkeeper banned [15:29] schestowitz[TR2] > Did you previously notice the story about Victoria's Health Complaints [15:29] schestowitz[TR2] > Commissioner banning birthkeepers and sovereign birthing influencers and [15:29] schestowitz[TR2] > such? [15:29] schestowitz[TR2] > [15:29] schestowitz[TR2] > It was in the news after a mother died last year. [15:29] schestowitz[TR2] I didn't know or hear of such a thing. [15:30] schestowitz[TR2] > Sorry - that was on me. If it's not possible [15:30] schestowitz[TR2] > no worries, but www.nojs.us is updated [15:30] schestowitz[TR2] > with the correct terms. [15:30] schestowitz[TR2] At the moment we transcode a WebM version of the talk. [15:30] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-nojs.us | LTC NoJS Gallery ● Jan 25 [17:19] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #techbytes [17:53] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #techbytes ● Jan 25 [19:32] *x-amarsh04 (~amarsh04@kcb99h722ua4g.irc) has joined #techbytes [19:42] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #techbytes ● Jan 25 [20:09] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #techbytes [20:15] *psydroid3 (~psydroid@36imbvshpgubk.irc) has joined #techbytes [20:16] *x-amarsh04 has quit (Quit: Konversation terminated!) ● Jan 25 [21:35] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #techbytes [21:40] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #techbytes ● Jan 25 [22:09] *psydroid3 has quit (Quit: KVIrc 5.2.6 Quasar http://www.kvirc.net/) ● Jan 25 [23:27] MinceR 25 062525 < schestowitz[TR2]> and continue to purchase only x86 hardware exclusively. [23:27] MinceR well, the non-x86 hardware offered tends to be locked into one OS [23:27] MinceR typically some half-assed image they shat out once and never supported [23:28] MinceR while x86 tends to be able to just boot from a removable device and you can either get into a live OS right away or install one with an installer [23:28] MinceR and raspberry pi-s ship with a microslop backdoor running on the GPU from boot