Re:Linux page table isolation is not needed on AMD processors
by username223 on Tuesday January 02, 2018 @05:17PM
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> But disabling JS because it can be used for intrusive ads is a lot like taking the wheels off your car...
You should try it sometime. Selectively enabling JS will be annoying at first, but as long as you save your preferences, the web will soon become a much less terrible place, and you'll rarely have to tweak your config. This approach won't work for non-techies, of course, but it's not much of a hardship for someone vaguely familiar with how the web works. Amazon, for example, works fine with a bit of JS not including amazon-adsystem.com.
Re:Linux page table isolation is not needed on AMD processors
by Yetanfou on Wednesday January 03, 2018 @05:45AM
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Bad comparison, unless you were to change it to 'reprogramming your car so it does not take you to - or warns you for - annoying sales people'. Javascript can be disabled for specific sites or purposes or only enabled for specific sites and purposes.
I fully support not making content delivery rely on JS. But I disabling JS because it can be used for intrusive ads is a lot like taking the wheels off your car because it can take you to the mall where you might see big for sale signs and annoying sales people. Effective, but stupid.