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Re:How a researcher hacked his own computer and found 'worst... by cjbenedikt on Thursday January 04, 2018 @03:40PM (#16073876)
Why was this down voted? Danjoc said exactly the same: I'm surprised practically nobody cares about this. NPR was running a story about meditation this morning. Here at HN, we're all excited about a new Linux laptop with defective Intel chip included. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16073039

I guess this is why Intel can get away with it. Nobody cares.

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Re:How a researcher hacked his own computer and found 'worst... by swsieber on Thursday January 04, 2018 @03:53PM (#16073979)
Because that comment was incredibly wrong - look at the front page and see what's plastered all over it: Spectre and Meltdown. HN definitely "cares"
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Re:How a researcher hacked his own computer and found 'worst... by danjoc on Thursday January 04, 2018 @04:01PM (#16074032)
When I said we, I meant it. Even I find myself excited about the new Dell Laptop even though I know it has defective hardware in it, straight out of the box.

NPR did run a meditation story this morning too,

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2018/01/04/5751679...

So I'm failing to see how it's wrong. Are you going to put off a purchase because of Meltdown? Are you going to do anything beyond complain for a few threads on HN, apply kenrel patches, and go back to business as usual? Are any of your actions going to cost Intel in any significant way?

I did at least disable javascript in my browser. That's probably more than what most have done so far.

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