Daily Archives: 2024-07-12

Article note: HN apparently did not like Cory calling out the combination of monopolistic practices, B2B middlemen, patchwork legacy tech, and regulatory capture/failure that makes the exploitation engine run, but it's a great piece.

Article note: This has come up a couple times in different venues, this version links several of the earlier iterations. They seem to be so complicated no one can _exactly_ root-cause the behavior, but the gamers, and the hosters, and folks doing benchmarks and such all come to the same "there seem to be problems with Raptor Lake K-series parts that escalate over time" conclusion. I tend to believe the theory that they're slowly degrading some little chip area - likely in the memory system, probably because of localized heating and/or over-stressed power/ground routing, less likely due to some charge build up triggering migration - when run flat out near the top of the range that was supposed to be safe.

Article note: This is the most "do silly, frivolous things that serve no other purpose than making your happy" project. ARC firmware shim so you can boot NT4 on a handful of ancient PowerMacs. I love it.

Article note: Oh look, gigantic data silos that probably shouldn't be retained, held by third party vendors subject to supply chain attacks. Sprinkle on a little negligent reporting practices, and you've got a disaster.