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Re:The Performance Cost Of Spectre/Meltdown/Foreshadow Mitig... by pritambaral on Thursday August 30, 2018 @04:57PM (#17880687)
> Don't update your OS

Sounds like a good way to remain insecure to all other types of vulnerabilities.

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Re:The Performance Cost Of Spectre/Meltdown/Foreshadow Mitig... by shakna on Thursday August 30, 2018 @06:27PM (#17881355)
It is, but if you care only about performance, and not security, you don't care.
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Re:The Performance Cost Of Spectre/Meltdown/Foreshadow Mitig... by pritambaral on Sunday September 02, 2018 @01:37AM (#17895752)
Let me rephrase: Sounds like a good way to remain insecure to all other types of vulnerabilities, and to never receive any performance improvements.
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