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  • Control Structure #142: Massive Data Maw
    Steven and Andrew return to talk RASPBERRY!, operating systems, vulnerabilities (as usual), warranties, shady URLs, PDFs, Payara, and a smartphone (with a blast from the past).

    Sorry for the poor audio on this show. Skype, yo.

    News
    • Raspberry Pi microSD card performance comparison – 2018 | Jeff Geerling
    • Apple starting to alert users that it will end 32-bit app support on the Mac – TechCrunch
    • Microsoft built its own custom Linux kernel for its new IoT service – TechCrunch
    • 7-Zip / Discussion / Open Discussion:Windows 10 works incorrectly with Large Memory Pages (2 MB)
    • As predicted, more branch prediction processor attacks are discovered | Ars Technica
    • FTC Says ‘Warranty Void If Removed’ Stickers Are Bullshit, Warns Manufacturers They’re Breaking the Law – Motherboard
    • AMD Ryzen 7 2700X User Publishes Benchmarks & Overclocking Results Ahead of Launch
    • Announcing 1.1.1.1: the fastest, privacy-first consumer DNS service
    • AT&T gateway (5268ac, maybe others) misrouting 1.1.1.0/24? – AT&T U-verse | DSLReports Forums
    • Hashes.org – Leak ‘Have I been Pwned V2’
    • Don’t Give Away Historic Details About Yourself — Krebs on Security
    • Dylan McKay on Twitter: “a historical record of every single contact on my phone, including ones I no longer have… “
    • ShadyURL – Don’t just shorten your URL, make it suspicious and frightening.
    • theAndrewBailey
    • Olds
      • Can I change default display width in built-in PDF Viewer? | Firefox Support Forum | Mozilla Support
      • Appreciate Deprecate
        • What’s New in Payara Server & Payara Micro 5?
        • Miscellaneous
          • Myst 25th Anniversary Collection by Cyan Worlds, Inc. — Kickstarter
          • Don’t forget
            • International Backup Awareness Day
            • Music
              • Bump Foot – Releases – foot132
              • This episode of Control Structure has a Fringe episode. You should really listen to The Fringe #472: CS #142 — I’m Steven I Killed A Deer!

                Listen to more at The Nexus and follow us on Twitter and Google+ for our latest episodes and news.

                38 min
              • Control Structure #142: Massive Data Maw

                Sorry for the poor audio on this show. Skype, yo.

                News
                • Raspberry Pi microSD card performance comparison - 2018 | Jeff Geerling
                • Apple starting to alert users that it will end 32-bit app support on the Mac – TechCrunch
                • Microsoft built its own custom Linux kernel for its new IoT service – TechCrunch
                • 7-Zip / Discussion / Open Discussion:Windows 10 works incorrectly with Large Memory Pages (2 MB)
                • As predicted, more branch prediction processor attacks are discovered | Ars Technica
                • FTC Says 'Warranty Void If Removed' Stickers Are Bullshit, Warns Manufacturers They're Breaking the Law - Motherboard
                • AMD Ryzen 7 2700X User Publishes Benchmarks & Overclocking Results Ahead of Launch
                • Announcing 1.1.1.1: the fastest, privacy-first consumer DNS service
                • AT&T gateway (5268ac, maybe others) misrouting 1.1.1.0/24? - AT&T U-verse | DSLReports Forums
                • Hashes.org - Leak 'Have I been Pwned V2'
                • Don’t Give Away Historic Details About Yourself — Krebs on Security
                • Dylan McKay on Twitter: "a historical record of every single contact on my phone, including ones I no longer have… "
                • ShadyURL - Don't just shorten your URL, make it suspicious and frightening.
                • theAndrewBailey
                • Olds
                  • Can I change default display width in built-in PDF Viewer? | Firefox Support Forum | Mozilla Support
                  • Appreciate Deprecate
                    • What's New in Payara Server & Payara Micro 5?
                    • Miscellaneous
                      • Myst 25th Anniversary Collection by Cyan Worlds, Inc. — Kickstarter
                      • Don’t forget
                        • International Backup Awareness Day
                        • Music
                          • Bump Foot - Releases - foot132
                          • 38 min
                          • Control Structure #141: Sounds Cooler With Enterprise
                            News
                            • Raspberry Pi 3 Model B+ on sale now at $35 - Raspberry Pi
                            • Smartphone sales fall for first time ever, says Gartner - CNET
                            • Ex-Google recruiter: I was fired because I resisted “illegal” diversity efforts | Ars Technica
                            • Java EE renamed 'Jakarta EE' after Big Red brand spat • The Register
                            • Jakarta - Wikipedia
                            • JDK 10: General Availability
                            • VLC 3.0 Vetinari - VideoLAN
                            • Memory Stick - Wikipedia
                            • Compact disc - Wikipedia
                            • Sony SMC-70 - Wikipedia
                            • Marrying Vega and Zen: The AMD Ryzen 5 2400G Review - Print View
                            • AMD Corporate: Initial AMD Technical Assessment... | Community
                            • Assassination Attempt on AMD by Viceroy Research & CTS Labs, AMD 'Should Be $0' | GamersNexus - Gaming PC Builds & Hardware Benchmarks
                            • Google Online Security Blog: A secure web is here to stay
                            • ACME v2 and Wildcard Certificate Support is Live - Issuance Policy - Let's Encrypt Community Support
                            • MPEG2 Patent List | MPEG LA
                            • Troy Hunt: I've Just Launched "Pwned Passwords" V2 With Half a Billion Passwords for Download
                            • GitHub - maxchehab/CSS-Keylogging: Chrome extension and Express server that exploits keylogging abilities of CSS.
                            • Compiler bug? Linker bug? Windows Kernel bug. | Random ASCII
                            • Appreciate Deprecate
                              • How Google Authenticator Works
                              • Don’t forget
                                • International Backup Awareness Day
                                • Music
                                  • Bump Foot - Releases - foot132
                                  • 36 min
                                  • Control Structure #140: Not my Cloud
                                    Steve and Andrew are excited to talk about RASPBERRY! hosted IoT, fake real missiles, Libreoffice, AMD, Mozilla, MPEG, Xerox, and threats of being a barista.

                                    News
                                    • How to build your own private smart home with a Raspberry Pi and Mozilla’s Things Gateway – Mozilla Hacks – the Web developer blog
                                    • Block ads on your network with Raspberry Pi and pi-hole | Opensource.com
                                    • Hawaii missile alert: Troubled worker sent alert believing attack was imminent, reports say – The Washington Post
                                    • Ending Bitcoin Support | Stripe
                                    • Bitcoin dropping alongside global stock markets, discrediting theory it would be a safe haven
                                    • The Document Foundation announces LibreOffice 6.0: power, simplicity, security and interoperability from desktop to cloud – The Document Foundation Blog
                                    • AMD Triumphantly Returns to Full-Year Profitability, Forecasts Strong 2018 – ExtremeTech
                                    • Japan’s Fujifilm to take over Xerox in $6.1 billion deal, create JV | Reuters
                                    • Preventing data leaks by stripping path information in HTTP Referrers | Mozilla Security Blog
                                    • A crisis, the causes and a solution – Leonardo Chiariglione | Blog
                                    • Olds
                                      • // If this happens, I am going to quit and become a barista – The Old New Thing
                                      • Don’t forget
                                        • International Backup Awareness Day
                                        • Music
                                          • Bump Foot – Releases – foot132
                                          • Sleet | Kubbi
                                          • This episode of Control Structure has a Fringe episode. You should really listen to The Fringe #464: CS #140 — Make a Smart Shack!

                                            Listen to more at The Nexus and follow us on Twitter and Google+ for our latest episodes and news.

                                            22 min
                                          • Control Structure #140: Not my Cloud
                                            News
                                            • How to build your own private smart home with a Raspberry Pi and Mozilla’s Things Gateway – Mozilla Hacks – the Web developer blog
                                            • Block ads on your network with Raspberry Pi and pi-hole | Opensource.com
                                            • Hawaii missile alert: Troubled worker sent alert believing attack was imminent, reports say - The Washington Post
                                            • Ending Bitcoin Support | Stripe
                                            • Bitcoin dropping alongside global stock markets, discrediting theory it would be a safe haven
                                            • The Document Foundation announces LibreOffice 6.0: power, simplicity, security and interoperability from desktop to cloud - The Document Foundation Blog
                                            • AMD Triumphantly Returns to Full-Year Profitability, Forecasts Strong 2018 - ExtremeTech
                                            • Japan's Fujifilm to take over Xerox in $6.1 billion deal, create JV | Reuters
                                            • Preventing data leaks by stripping path information in HTTP Referrers | Mozilla Security Blog
                                            • A crisis, the causes and a solution – Leonardo Chiariglione | Blog
                                            • Olds
                                              • // If this happens, I am going to quit and become a barista – The Old New Thing
                                              • Don’t forget
                                                • International Backup Awareness Day
                                                • Music
                                                  • Bump Foot - Releases - foot132
                                                  • Sleet | Kubbi
                                                  • 22 min
                                                  • Control Structure #139: People Don’t Read Anything
                                                    Andrew and Steven talk about RASPBERRY!, false alarms, Ubuntu, Firefox, encryption standards, and old mainframes.

                                                    News
                                                    • Now there’s an Alexa skill to help out Raspberry Pi tinkerers | TechRadar
                                                    • Take a former NSA head hacker, a Raspberry Pi, weird Kiwi radios and what do you get? • The Register
                                                    • Hawaii missile mix-up: That was no ‘wrong button.’ Take a look. – The Washington Post
                                                    • Amazon announces candidate cities for HQ2
                                                    • WineHQ – News – Wine 3.0 Released
                                                    • USN-3531-2: Intel Microcode regression | Ubuntu
                                                    • Making WebAssembly even faster: Firefox’s new streaming and tiering compiler – Mozilla Hacks – the Web developer blog
                                                    • Firefox — Notes (58.0) — Mozilla
                                                    • With WPA3, Wi-Fi security is about to get a lot tougher | ZDNet
                                                    • NSA Switches To Quantum-Resistant Cryptography – Deep Dot Web
                                                    • Olds
                                                      • The Eternal Mainframe
                                                      • Don’t forget
                                                        • International Backup Awareness Day
                                                        • Music
                                                          • Bump Foot – Releases – foot132
                                                          • little things | C418
                                                          • This episode of Control Structure has a Fringe episode. You should really listen to The Fringe #463: CS #139 — False Alarm KABOOM!

                                                            Listen to more at The Nexus and follow us on Twitter and Google+ for our latest episodes and news.

                                                            21 min
                                                          • Control Structure #139: People Don’t Read Anything
                                                            News
                                                            • Now there’s an Alexa skill to help out Raspberry Pi tinkerers | TechRadar
                                                            • Take a former NSA head hacker, a Raspberry Pi, weird Kiwi radios and what do you get? • The Register
                                                            • Hawaii missile mix-up: That was no 'wrong button.' Take a look. - The Washington Post
                                                            • Amazon announces candidate cities for HQ2
                                                            • WineHQ - News - Wine 3.0 Released
                                                            • USN-3531-2: Intel Microcode regression | Ubuntu
                                                            • Making WebAssembly even faster: Firefox’s new streaming and tiering compiler – Mozilla Hacks – the Web developer blog
                                                            • Firefox — Notes (58.0) — Mozilla
                                                            • With WPA3, Wi-Fi security is about to get a lot tougher | ZDNet
                                                            • NSA Switches To Quantum-Resistant Cryptography - Deep Dot Web
                                                            • Olds
                                                              • The Eternal Mainframe
                                                              • Don’t forget
                                                                • International Backup Awareness Day
                                                                • Music
                                                                  • Bump Foot - Releases - foot132
                                                                  • little things | C418
                                                                  • 21 min
                                                                  • Control Structure #138: Steal Your Private Key
                                                                    Steve wakes Andrew up to have a podcast in 2008. After sorting things out, they talk about Spectre, Meltdown, iPhone batteries, blockchains, Chrome, ADSL, Amazon, Crytek, Excel, and a few other things, because it's been a while.

                                                                    Banter

                                                                    Talking about each other has been moved to The Fringe. Please see The Fringe, episode 460, at about 20 minutes in.

                                                                    News
                                                                    • Meltdown and Spectre
                                                                    • Kernel-memory-leaking Intel processor design flaw forces Linux, Windows redesign • The Register
                                                                    • AMD Processor Security | AMD
                                                                    • AMD Looks Poised To Gain At Intel’s Expense
                                                                    • Untitled: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4073707/windows-os-security-update-block-for-some-amd-based-devices
                                                                    • Notes from the Intelpocalypse [LWN.net]
                                                                    • Why Raspberry Pi isn’t vulnerable to Spectre or Meltdown – Raspberry Pi
                                                                    • Intel with Radeon RX Vega Graphics: Core i7-8809G with 3.1 GHz Base, 100W Target TDP, Overclockable
                                                                    • AMD Reportedly Allows Disabling PSP Secure Processor With Latest AGESA – Phoronix
                                                                    • Full Disclosure: AMD-PSP: fTPM Remote Code Execution via crafted EK certificate
                                                                    • iPhone Performance and Battery Age – Geekbench
                                                                    • Long Island Iced Tea Soars After Changing Its Name to Long Blockchain – Bloomberg
                                                                    • KODAKONE – KODAKONE
                                                                    • Hang onto your graphics cards, as cryptocurrency mining spikes GPUs prices | PC Gamer
                                                                    • Chrome Apps are dead, as Google shuts down the Chrome Web Store section | Ars Technica
                                                                    • RevK’s rants: It’s official, ADSL works over wet string
                                                                    • Yes, Your Amazon Echo Is an Ad Machine
                                                                    • ScummVM :: Home
                                                                    • Crytek v. CIG | Damages | Copyright Infringement
                                                                    • Crytek sues Star Citizen studio over breach of contract and copyright infringement | PC Gamer
                                                                    • 2_2017cv08937_Crytek_v_CIG_(20180105)_Memorandum of Points in Support of Motion to Dismiss.pdf – Google Drive
                                                                    • Cloud Imperium responds to Crytek’s Star Citizen lawsuit | PC Gamer
                                                                    • Python as an Excel scripting language – Welcome to Excel’s Suggestion Box!
                                                                    • Automakers: Don’t Ask Customers What They Want
                                                                    • The Homer – The Car Built for Homer – YouTube
                                                                    • Download NVIDIA, GeForce, Quadro, and Tesla Drivers
                                                                    • Announcing the OpenWrt/LEDE merge – Installing and Using LEDE – LEDE Project Forum
                                                                    • Qualcomm Fast Path For LEDE – Community Builds, Projects & Packages – LEDE Project Forum
                                                                    • Miscellaneous
                                                                      • Google fired James Damore for a controversial gender memo—now he’s suing | Ars Technica
                                                                      • The Northerner Diaries – Symphonic Sketches by Jeremy Soule (with included message) – YouTube
                                                                      • Star Citizen Alpha 3.0.0 – Roberts Space Industries
                                                                      • Don’t forget
                                                                        • International Backup Awareness Day
                                                                        • Music
                                                                          • Bump Foot – Releases – foot132
                                                                          • Listen to more at The Nexus and follow us on Twitter and Google+ for our latest episodes and news.

                                                                            43 min
                                                                          • Control Structure #138: Steal Your Private Key
                                                                            Banter

                                                                            Talking about each other has been moved to The Fringe. Please see The Fringe, episode 460, at about 20 minutes in.

                                                                            News
                                                                            • Meltdown and Spectre
                                                                            • Kernel-memory-leaking Intel processor design flaw forces Linux, Windows redesign • The Register
                                                                            • AMD Processor Security | AMD
                                                                            • AMD Looks Poised To Gain At Intel's Expense
                                                                            • Untitled: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4073707/windows-os-security-update-block-for-some-amd-based-devices
                                                                            • Notes from the Intelpocalypse [LWN.net]
                                                                            • Why Raspberry Pi isn't vulnerable to Spectre or Meltdown - Raspberry Pi
                                                                            • Intel with Radeon RX Vega Graphics: Core i7-8809G with 3.1 GHz Base, 100W Target TDP, Overclockable
                                                                            • AMD Reportedly Allows Disabling PSP Secure Processor With Latest AGESA - Phoronix
                                                                            • Full Disclosure: AMD-PSP: fTPM Remote Code Execution via crafted EK certificate
                                                                            • iPhone Performance and Battery Age - Geekbench
                                                                            • Long Island Iced Tea Soars After Changing Its Name to Long Blockchain - Bloomberg
                                                                            • KODAKONE – KODAKONE
                                                                            • Hang onto your graphics cards, as cryptocurrency mining spikes GPUs prices | PC Gamer
                                                                            • Chrome Apps are dead, as Google shuts down the Chrome Web Store section | Ars Technica
                                                                            • RevK's rants: It's official, ADSL works over wet string
                                                                            • Yes, Your Amazon Echo Is an Ad Machine
                                                                            • ScummVM :: Home
                                                                            • Crytek v. CIG | Damages | Copyright Infringement
                                                                            • Crytek sues Star Citizen studio over breach of contract and copyright infringement | PC Gamer
                                                                            • 2_2017cv08937_Crytek_v_CIG_(20180105)_Memorandum of Points in Support of Motion to Dismiss.pdf - Google Drive
                                                                            • Cloud Imperium responds to Crytek's Star Citizen lawsuit | PC Gamer
                                                                            • Python as an Excel scripting language – Welcome to Excel’s Suggestion Box!
                                                                            • Automakers: Don't Ask Customers What They Want
                                                                            • The Homer - The Car Built for Homer - YouTube
                                                                            • Download NVIDIA, GeForce, Quadro, and Tesla Drivers
                                                                            • Announcing the OpenWrt/LEDE merge - Installing and Using LEDE - LEDE Project Forum
                                                                            • Qualcomm Fast Path For LEDE - Community Builds, Projects & Packages - LEDE Project Forum
                                                                            • Miscellaneous
                                                                              • Google fired James Damore for a controversial gender memo—now he’s suing | Ars Technica
                                                                              • The Northerner Diaries - Symphonic Sketches by Jeremy Soule (with included message) - YouTube
                                                                              • Star Citizen Alpha 3.0.0 - Roberts Space Industries
                                                                              • Don’t forget
                                                                                • International Backup Awareness Day
                                                                                • Music
                                                                                  • Bump Foot - Releases - foot132
                                                                                  • 43 min
                                                                                  • Control Structure #137: End Of The Internet
                                                                                    After commenting on Steven's shack, Andrew and him talk about abandoned IoT, Firefox, Chrome, Vegas, Intel, AMD, Python, Linux, and the dangers of leaving computers unlocked.

                                                                                    Links
                                                                                    • Firefox — Notes (57.0) — Mozilla
                                                                                    • Entering the Quantum Era—How Firefox got fast again and where it’s going to get faster – Mozilla Hacks – the Web developer blog
                                                                                    • Fearless Concurrency in Firefox Quantum – The Rust Programming Language Blog
                                                                                    • How Level 3’s Tiny Error Shut Off the Internet for Parts of the US | WIRED
                                                                                    • Microsoft rep installs Chrome mid-pitch because Edge keeps crashing
                                                                                    • Driverless shuttle in Las Vegas gets in fender bender within an hour | TechCrunch
                                                                                    • Intel to Create new 8th Generation CPUs with AMD Radeon Graphics with HBM2 using EMIB
                                                                                    • Raja Koduri, AMD’s Radeon Tech Group Leader, Resigns
                                                                                    • Intel to Develop Discrete GPUs, Hires Raja Koduri as Chief Architect & Senior VP
                                                                                    • numpy/dropping-python2.7-proposal.rst at master · numpy/numpy · GitHub
                                                                                    • ​Linux totally dominates supercomputers | ZDNet
                                                                                    • Apple is killing off MagSafe, one of the MacBook’s best features – The Verge
                                                                                    • Why Dell’s gamble on Linux laptops has paid off | TechRadar
                                                                                    • No boundaries: Exfiltration of personal data by session-replay scripts
                                                                                    • Don’t forget
                                                                                      • International Backup Awareness Day
                                                                                      • Music
                                                                                        • Bump Foot – Releases – foot132
                                                                                        • Kubbi
                                                                                        • Ember (Extended) | Kubbi
                                                                                        • Gas Powered EP | Kubbi
                                                                                        • There is no corresponding episode of The Fringe for this episode of Control Structure.

                                                                                          Listen to more at The Nexus and follow us on Twitter and Google+ for our latest episodes and news.

                                                                                          37 min

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