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schestowitz[TR2]"Jan 25 05:24
schestowitz[TR2]ffmpeg all day so far: speed=0.0114x  :(Jan 25 05:24
schestowitz[TR2]maybe it's too high resolution?Jan 25 05:24
schestowitz[TR2]what's up with that?  Jan 25 05:24
schestowitz[TR2]if hw, then it may be related to the spectre and meltdown *categories* of   Jan 25 05:24
schestowitz[TR2]hw bugs in x86  The bugs have not been fixed, but the kernel addins work-aroundsJan 25 05:24
schestowitz[TR2]each of which slow processing down and the effects are cummulative.  Jan 25 05:24
schestowitz[TR2]Intel was warned against speculative execution in the 1980s by its own engineersJan 25 05:24
schestowitz[TR2]but good luck re-finding that paper.  It was public but is now buried in chaffJan 25 05:24
schestowitz[TR2]and noise.  Jan 25 05:24
schestowitz[TR2]Here is a recent write-up Jan 25 05:24
schestowitz[TR2]https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2018/01/spectre_and_mel_1.htmlJan 25 05:24
schestowitz[TR2]Egregiously, the market *completely* ignored both spectre and meltdownJan 25 05:24
schestowitz[TR2]and continue to purchase only x86 hardware exclusively.  Jan 25 05:24
schestowitz[TR2]That's mostly, but not entirely, the effect of the Wintel duopoly.  "Jan 25 05:24
-TechBytesBot/#techbytes-Spectre and Meltdown Attacks against Microprocessors - Schneier on SecurityJan 25 05:25
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schestowitz[TR2]Re: birthkeeper bannedJan 25 15:29
schestowitz[TR2]> Did you previously notice the story about Victoria's Health Complaints Jan 25 15:29
schestowitz[TR2]> Commissioner banning birthkeepers and sovereign birthing influencers and Jan 25 15:29
schestowitz[TR2]> such?Jan 25 15:29
schestowitz[TR2]> Jan 25 15:29
schestowitz[TR2]> It was in the news after a mother died last year.Jan 25 15:29
schestowitz[TR2]I didn't know or hear of such a thing.Jan 25 15:29
schestowitz[TR2]> Sorry - that was on me. If it's not possibleJan 25 15:30
schestowitz[TR2]> no worries, but www.nojs.us <http://www.nojs.us/> is updatedJan 25 15:30
schestowitz[TR2]> with the correct terms.Jan 25 15:30
schestowitz[TR2]At the moment we transcode a WebM version of the talk.Jan 25 15:30
-TechBytesBot/#techbytes-nojs.us | LTC NoJS GalleryJan 25 15:30
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MinceR25 062525 < schestowitz[TR2]> and continue to purchase only x86 hardware exclusively.Jan 25 23:27
MinceRwell, the non-x86 hardware offered tends to be locked into one OSJan 25 23:27
MinceRtypically some half-assed image they shat out once and never supportedJan 25 23:27
MinceRwhile 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 installerJan 25 23:28
MinceRand raspberry pi-s ship with a microslop backdoor running on the GPU from bootJan 25 23:28

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