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feverfew | 1 year ago | on: TikTag: Breaking ARM's memory tagging extension with speculative execution

MTE can be enabled in two modes. One is "synchronous": tag checking occurs on the relevant load/store instruction and will raise a segmentation fault immediately in case of a mismatch; this mode is slower but retains information about where the bad memory access was (i.e., hence intended for debugging). The second mode is asynchronous, where any mismatches are only raised after a context switch; this mode has minimal overhead but loses relevant debugging information (i.e., hence intended as a run-time protection).

feverfew | 4 years ago | on: Is this what enterprise means?

> I'm pretty sure this only works for me because I spend at least $1,500 a month via Amazon

What are you buying such that you're spending at least $18,000 a year on Amazon?

feverfew | 7 years ago | on: How air-conditioning created the modern city

Have you climbed twenty stories at once? As someone who is asthmatic it is incredibly hard for me to do this in one go without reaching for the inhaler, and I am a fairly active person. Anyone who does any amount of floors above 5 will find themselves tired. And then think about the disabled and elderly? Not having an elevator relegates them to the first floor, meaning the government will have to impose that they belong to disabled people, and likely resulting in an abnormally high rent/mortgage unless their are rent controls or the flat itself is owned by the government, which you can't always rely on. Also I wouldn't rely on a hook to hook much modern stuff upwards, for health and safety it wouldn't be allowed. In fact, why not just have an elevator? Then you wouldn't need a professional to hoist the cargo!!

I have a feeling the people who installed elevators in buildings thought it through.

feverfew | 7 years ago | on: What Happens to #MeToo When a Feminist Is the Accused?

Racist jokes, are just that, jokes. IMO it's ok for anyone to make a joke against anyone else due to a joke's harmless nature. Although yes, someone who is a racist (i.e will deny you a job because of your race, or hold negative stereotypes about you to your detriment) is more likely to utter a racist joke, but the joke itself is the harmless act. However I'm not talking about jokes. I'm talking about racist actions that are actually negative to the person on the receiving end, you know, the things that actually matter -- not jokes. It's bad for anyone receiving it. Whether you are denied a job, or an opportunity due to your race it is bad. For example, read up on Asian-americans being the victims of positive discrimination and having to earn more marks to get in solely due to their race. Typically these people are affluent and definitely not powerless and probably are the most powerful in terms of getting a place at an Ivy, I'd argue they are at the receiving end of a policy that is racist. Also remember, power can be localised. For example is it impossible for a white person to be racist in South Africa, because they are in the minority? Yeah I'd say so. Thougu under your definition - I definitely can say we can have a debate on that. Is it impossible for a black person to be racist in South Africa? No, according to my definition of racism and also according to yours (though you may disagree depending on how you believe powet works); whilst I imagine the average white person in South Africa is richer than the average black person, they dont enjoy much political power nowadays and they are in the minority in terms of people.

My point is, don't let people commit racist actions (I don't care about jokes) because they may have 'less power' due to their race.

feverfew | 7 years ago | on: What Happens to #MeToo When a Feminist Is the Accused?

I think what people are truly angry about is when someone is racist (to be clear I'm using the definition involving prejudice based on race) towards someone who is of a generally privileged class (i.e. white) and when this is pointed out sometimes the answer is is that they're not being racist because their definition of it is also related to power. And so both parties are drawn into the argument over language semantics. However, it is the wrong argument to be involved in, because it is correct to point out the hypocrisy: it is not ok to be racist (using the definition without power) to anyone, regardless if in general they benefit from their race.

feverfew | 7 years ago | on: False Advertising for College Is Pretty Much the Norm

I personally found that 13 (5-18) whole years of education was more than enough time to determine, at least academically, what I wanted to do in life. If you want to 'find yourself' take a gap year and do some self-study or self-reflection, without paying the inflated fees. Heck you can do a degree and still attend lectures in a different course even if you are not enrolled, if you seek to broaden your horizons.

Did you need the university framework to grow as a person, or maybe it was the independence, that allowed that growth?

feverfew | 7 years ago | on: False Advertising for College Is Pretty Much the Norm

> I'm surprised you aren't seeing legitimate universities responding to the market and producing a 2-3 year BSc program, stripped of almost all general-studies courses.

Funnily enough this is how it works in the UK. All BSc/BA degree are 3 years long without any GenEd requirements.

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