Brian, Brandon and Ryan discuss Meltdown and Spectre and just how big an issue they really are, thoughts on the powerful new iMac Pro, contemplate the nature of architectural decisions and where they are saved for reference, plus Twitter followees!
Episode Summary
00:00:00 | Intro
Topics
00:00:57 | Meltdown and Spectre
Project Zero: Reading privileged memory with a side-channelMeltdown and SpectreWhat’s behind the Intel design flaw forcing numerous patches? | Ars TechnicaExploiting Speculative Execution (Meltdown/Spectre) via JavaScript | React, etc. Tech StackPDF: keystroke_js.pdfAmazon: Intel Meltdown patch will slow down your AWS EC2 server • The RegisterGraham Sutherland [Polynomial^DSS] on Twitter: “Explainer on #Spectre & #Meltdown: When a processor reaches a conditional branch in code (e.g. an ‘if’ clause), it tries to predict which b… https://t.co/heyKXPU0I4”Nicole Perlroth on Twitter: “1. Apparently I don’t know how to thread, so here goes my second attempt at blasting you with critical news on this “Intel Chip problem” whi… https://t.co/GsdewuYG4a”00:23:22 | iMac Pro
iMac Pro – AppleCabel Sasser on Twitter: “ iMac Pro Alert! Apple (amazingly/unprecedentedly?) provided me with a loaner iMac Pro a few days ago to check out, and in turn, I’m very… https://t.co/os6SCdYuDU”ATP 252ATP 25300:29:22 | Mac Mini: Not Dead
The Mac mini isn’t dead yet, says Tim Cook | Ars Technica00:31:39 | Plain Text Documentation
Technology Trends for 2017 | Technology Radar | ThoughtWorksBlog | Documenting Architecture Decisions | Relevance00:54:05 | New Twitter Followees
Joel Weinberger (@metromoxie) | TwitterQuizzie McGuire (@ScottRogowsky) | TwitterMetropologeny (@metropologeny) | TwitterSarah Drasner (@sarah_edo) | TwitterJonathan Levin (@Morpheus______) | TwitterNadieh Bremer (@NadiehBremer) | TwitterKent C. Dodds (@kentcdodds) | Twitter1 Second Every Day 2017 – YouTube01:03:12 | Outro
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