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841.
by caf 6y ago
The function call overhead itself is irrelevant, because by definition these blocks are cold. The saving/restoring of callee-clobbered registers does affect the code size of the hot function though, so that's important.
842.
by caf 6y ago
The technique itself isn't new in clang either. This is about a new implementation of it, where the difference to the existing implementation is that this happens later in the process (it's deferred to the machine-specific code g
843.
by caf 6y ago
The key in question is a public key, it's not a secret. The CPU uses it to verify the BIOS, not the other way around.
844.
by caf 6y ago
No, it's about stopping BIOS-level rootkits from being installed when someone remotely compromises the machine.
845.
by caf 6y ago
I don't think this is supposed to secure against someone with physical access. If they have physical access and are replacing the BIOS, they could just replace the CPU at the same time with a fresh unlocked one that will lock itself to
846.
by caf 6y ago
No, the 30% vig developers pay (both Apple and Google) is for access to the customers . It's what you're being sold for.
847.
by caf 6y ago
I don't know, when you think about what makes easier (cheaper) for the vendor, this way they just have to assemble the CPUs into the motherboards and ship the systems like they always have. I can't see that the market for enterpri
848.
by caf 6y ago
Funnily enough one of the owners of S&P Dow Jones Indices is News Corp, which itself has a multiple share class structure (and is in the S&P 500).
849.
by caf 6y ago
On the other hand, Afghanistan, where the actions being investigated allegedly took place, is a party. I don't see anything illegitimate about Afghanistan investigating events that took place within its borders, or to delegate that
850.
by caf 6y ago
US nationals get prosecuted by entities that US citizens have not explicitly delegated their sovereign power to all the time .
851.
by caf 6y ago
I don't think Facebook even distributes it, they advertise it. Much like HN is doing for Reuters' content in this very thread.
852.
by caf 6y ago
Epic could have taken the matter directly to the courts and taken action (whatever it was) after a verdict. No, I don't believe they could. The courts in common law jurisdictions generally don't rule on speculative harm, they r
853.
by caf 6y ago
As someone who has written answers dating back more than a decade, if I see a comment along the lines you suggest I'll look into it and update the answer to try and keep it relevant.
854.
by caf 6y ago
Because their overt inspection activities are in most cases tightly circumscribed.
855.
by caf 6y ago
I believe that is Linus Walleij.
856.
by caf 6y ago
Given that it was DoE it is more likely to be an inspector on an IAEA mission that would carry this.
857.
by caf 6y ago
Lawyers don't do anything so gauche as lying . They might "creatively interpret the facts and make novel legal arguments in a way that paints their client's position in the best possible light", though.
858.
by caf 6y ago
The misunderstanding here is because the word "trust" has been misappropriated in this context to mean something slightly different from its everyday meaning. You do indeed have to trust the designers, manufacturers and supplier
859.
by caf 6y ago
It basically is that - most owners replace their iPhones regularly, and if you replace your iPhone with purchase price $P every M months, that's just as good for Apple as you paying P/M per month, with some additional benefits: Th
860.
by caf 6y ago
Time there appears to pass slower to us (an observer here). But time here also appears to pass slower to them (an observer there)!
861.
by caf 6y ago
I suppose we should think ourselves lucky that Safari doesn't limit us only to websites that have been individually listed, reviewed and rated by Apple.
862.
by caf 6y ago
In a cosmic coincidence, today (August 6) is in fact Hiroshima day.
863.
by caf 6y ago
I wonder if haptic feedback as seen in mobile phones could make touch screens usable by feel only.
864.
by caf 6y ago
On the Model 3 (the car in this article), the wiper controls are on a 'card' that you can swipe across to bring up. When the wipers are activated, either automatically or manually by the stalk on the steering wheel, that also bri
865.
by caf 6y ago
Some of those are involved in the OSINT community where they do this as their day job, because analysing random strange explosions can sometimes tell you things about military weapons development programs that aren't otherwise advertis
866.
by caf 6y ago
Known in liquid fuelled rocketry as a BFRC.
867.
by caf 6y ago
It'd be no less unfair to base sentencing on IQ. The switch you've made here is between "success" and criminal punishment.
868.
by caf 6y ago
Perhaps, but "I can tell if someone is lying or not by [their manner]" sounds like exactly the kind of situation where people wildly overestimate their own abilities, doesn't it?
869.
by caf 6y ago
I saw an early 90s Ford with "historic" plates the other day...
870.
by caf 6y ago
It's 12 and 200 nautical miles, to be precise.

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