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Hmm, how is one actually supposed to use O_SPECIFICFD in real life though? I mean, picking some specific FD nr can work in trvial, single threaded programs maybe, but how is that supposed to work on typical generic userspace code that has many threads and many libraries/subsystems all running in the same address space (and fd space) that want to take possession of some fd? I mean are apps supposed to block fd ranges ahead of time, by dup()ing /dev/null a couple of times, or how is that supposed to work? not getting this...

shiblukhan | 6 years ago | on: Intel x86 Root of Trust: Loss of Trust

A vulnerability has been found in the ROM of the Intel Converged Security and Management Engine (CSME).

A reference to the specific vulnerability would be nice. CVE? Conference presentation? El Reg? Sketchy blogspam? Maybe I've been living under a rock, but it would still help the reader out.

shiblukhan | 6 years ago | on: Intel x86 Root of Trust: Loss of Trust

"the scenario that they feared most", yet the scenario everyone was sure would happen.

shiblukhan | 6 years ago | on: Human reproductive cloning: The curious incident of the dog in the night-time

Is it unethical? I think that before long, we won't think that cloning humans is unethical. The reason is that the moral stances start sliding when the idea becomes more and more well known and normalized, in for example fiction.

shiblukhan | 6 years ago | on: Human reproductive cloning: The curious incident of the dog in the night-time

Sometimes what doesn’t happen is as interesting as what does.

Cloning human embryos has been possible for nearly seven years. Yet as far as I know, during that time no one has made a cloned baby or, apparently, has tried to make one. And what I find most surprising is that no one has announced they intend to make one.

shiblukhan | 6 years ago | on: Timsort, the Python sorting algorithm

This looks effective. I will try it out and thanks for posting.

shiblukhan | 6 years ago | on: Timsort, the Python sorting algorithm

If you want to master how Timsort works and get a feel for it, I highly suggest you try to implement it yourself!

This article is based on Tim Peters’ original introduction to Timsort, found here.