Posts by diodesign 3533 publicly visible posts • joined 21 Sep 2011
It's a way to obfuscate the Windows API calls used by malware to make reverse engineering more tricky. It's down at the executable level, where the program imports functions from libraries. See:
https://www.ired.team/offensive-security/defense-evasion/windows-api-hashing-in-malware
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Kinda irrelevant, no?
Women want to be given a fair crack at getting these particular technical jobs that use their brains and skills, and if they get the job, to be treated fairly and thoughtfully as equals. It's pretty straightforward.
Go talk to The Register of construction about those other careers.
"If you want equity, then it has to be done at every level and every job"
Uhm, why?
Edit: My "why?" meant: why does it have to be all or nothing? Why can't we start with IT seeing as we're an IT crowd.
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That magazine article is dated Oct 8, a day before the latest statement we saw from LH (on Oct 9, our story published Oct 10) contrary to that magazine article.
So it's up to LH to clarify what's going on. Last time we saw, LH was saying ATs are too dangerous for checked baggage.
Edit: LH has U-turned mid-flight. AirTags are now allowed, and we've added an update.
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As much as some of us like IT Crowd, gotta pay respect to the origin of the quote: They Live.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Du5YK5FnyF4
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It's pretty clear, right off the bat, this is a code-level issue, with patches for vulnerable apps rather than changes to the protocol.
Yes, the protocol is mentioned, in that, a study of a protocol may not only uncover shortcomings in the protocol design but also may indicate where there will likely be problems in implementations [triv.]
Don't forget to use corrections@theregister.com if you think you've spotted something wrong, please.
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The general-purpose cores in the X280 are 64-bit RV64GCV CPU cores. As the name suggests, RISC-V is quite RISC.
RISC-V uses letters to represent extensions and features. GCV basically means the CPU cores support the base (bare bones) RISC-V instruction set plus support for integer multiplication/division, atomic operations, single and double-precision floating point math, compressed instructions, and vector math, and some other bits and pieces.
RV64GCV is all you need to run an OS like Linux and applications. It's fit for general purpose, and includes vector math support in hardware.
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Yeah, well, we don't have large 1970s Crays on our desks, in our pockets, in our bags, and in our 1U racks in 2023. So we'll make do with this.
I love the history, don't get me wrong. But that doesn't make today's implementation, for today's computers and users, any less interesting or useful or relevant.
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I don't believe anyone accused him of actual crimes so when you say no crimes were proven, it's a bit of a strawman. ICBW on that: we didn't TTBOMK report him breaking any laws, alleged or otherwise.
The criticisms against him were that he was crashingly insensitive or naive about sensitive topics, and that he allegedly did things like, as a senior academic, ask 19 year old students out on dates within minutes of meeting them. It just creeps people out after a while.
He suggested that the possession of sexual material of minors, and even sex between an adult and a child, should be legal under the assumption that a minor could consent to it and everything would be OK. I believe he later backtracked on all or most of that stuff.
Bottom line is, his colleagues in the community just didn't like him any more. And when the press covered that tension, it was all wrongly interpreted - for some weird reason - as an attack on Free software. Free software has and had nothing to do with it.
This was all on RMS and his behavior. I'm aware of the concept of free speech and that folks should generally support those with differing opinions, and all that, but if people find you sketchy on the basis of your attitude and comments, don't be surprised if they don't want to keep you in their community.
You don't invite back the loudmouth bore who scared away guests at a previous party.
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Yeah? That's a tweet from 2017 about the 2016 election in which Russia spammed Facebook and other places with thousands of messages to divide Americans and undermine confidence in the elections.
Tho the 2016 election was nothing like the 2020 one. The 2016 one was mostly all about the media milking the outrage over Trump and that Clinton's campaign was so-so. 2020 was on steroids.
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Apple's architectural license is so special, I've sometimes seen it referred to as a founders license, as a reference to the fact that Apple helped get Arm started way back in the day.
This Qualcomm case, from Arm's allegations, seems to boil down to what exactly is in Qualcomm and Nuvia's license fine print, and what exactly is Qualcomm using from Nuvia.
Ever since Arm started touting off-the-shelf server-grade CPU core designs, I can imagine it really wanting to make the distinction between an architectural license for server and mobile processors.
Arm is so incredibly secretive and strict about its licensing that this lawsuit, if it somehow ends up at public trial, will blow the lid off all that. This is quite high stakes for Arm.
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Yeah, mea culpa. I was trying to write and edit two pieces at once, as we've got a rush of interesting pieces to get out.
I could have sworn trolls thought she was in either UK or Canada, and when I saw London, I assumed UK when I edited in that paragraph. That was stupid - I hate making mistakes.
It was fixed pretty quick. Don't forget to email corrections@theregister.com if you spot anything wrong.
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"What's 'left wing' about campaigning for pay rises that reflect the cost of living?"
The overall policies and wishes of EiE are left wing - classic trade unionism - looking through them. It's not a pejorative, it's an observation.
It's funny how some people think we're beyond-woke liberal morons and others think we're channeling the Daily Mail. It's like there's a spectrum of ideologies and we're trying to find a decent spot in the middle.
I have a feeling some of those upset by 'left-wing firebrands' weren't upset we called Boris Johnson a 'Churchill cosplayer'.
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I love it when people try to be pedantic. Love it to bits.
The article says the deal has yet to close - so yes, as you say, and as we acknowledge, Broadcom has not completed the acquisition of VMware.
And don't forget to email corrections@theregister.com if you think you've spotted something wrong.
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