2021-05-18

Cool

• Intel Atom CPU microcode disasm

  So last year we managed to extract the microcode for the actual Intel Atom microprocessor having codename Goldmont. We don’t intend to describe the process now, but instead we would like to share our results of the reverse engineering that we’re doing for the Atom’s microcode.

Worthy

• Fierce Nerds

  There has never been a better time to be a nerd. In the past century we've seen a continuous transfer of power from dealmakers to technicians — from the charismatic to the competent — and I don't see anything on the horizon that will end it. At least not till the nerds end it themselves by bringing about the singularity.

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• Minoan Language Linear A Linked to Linear B in Groundbreaking New Research

• City pays $350k after suing “hackers” for opening Dropbox link it sent them

• Tesla on 'autopilot' crashes into deputy's vehicle in Washington state

Horseshit

• My Daughter Doesn’t Use Social Media–But She’s Being Cyberbullied

• We’re divorcing – has my husband got hidden bitcoins?

• Can magic mushrooms help you understand Bitcoin?

• Citizen app siccs entire user base on wrong man after offering reward for arson

Culture War / Re segregation / Identdoctrination

• Twitter Suspends Spanish Politician for Tweeting ‘A Man Cannot Get Pregnant.’

Media / Many Ministries of Truths / Censorship

• Amazon is reportedly negotiating to acquire MGM for about $9B

• Matti Friedman: Associated Press 'Wouldn't Report' on Hamas Attacks

TechSuck

• My apps were listed at the top of Developers Tools (iOS and Mac App Stores), I made around $60 | outcoldman

  About 30 downloads in 4 days got me in the Top of the Developers Tools on Mac App Store.

• A Further Step to Getting GeForce Cards into the Hands of Gamers | The Official NVIDIA Blog

  We’re reducing the hash rate of newly manufactured GeForce RTX 3080, 3070 and 3060 Ti graphics cards so they’re less desirable to miners.

  • Nvidia: Anti-crypto flags on newly produced RTX GPUs will work this time

• AirPods Max and AirPods Pro Don't Support Apple Music Lossless, Apple Confirms

Economicon

• Ethereum will use at least 99% less energy post merge

• Millennials are buying fixer-uppers because it's the only way to afford a home

• 64% of millennials have regrets about buying their current home–here’s why

Poilitcks

• How Joe Biden Decided to Run for President

Security / Militaria / Crime / Police

• Companies may be punished for paying ransoms to sanctioned hackers

• What We Know About The High-Altitude Balloons Recently Lingering Off America's Coastlines

World

• BBC – UBI to be tested in Wales

• New Zealand to cut ‘low-skill’ immigration and refocus on wealthy

Health / Medicine / COVID

• Europe Failed Miserably with Vaccines. Of Course It Did

• Two Months After Biden Blasted "Neanderthal Thinking", Texas Reports Zero COVID Deaths

• Deadly Fungi Are the Newest Emerging Microbe Threat All over the World

Environment / Climate / Green Propaganda

• Galapagos Islands: Erosion fells Darwin’s Arch

• Climate Change Meant Hurricane Sandy Caused $8B More Damage