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Re:Google researchers discover 'Reptar', a new CPU vulnerabi... by 1f60c on Tuesday November 14, 2023 @03:52PM (#38269576)
Sounds like the real story should be that Google solved the halting problem. :-P
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Re:Google researchers discover 'Reptar', a new CPU vulnerabi... by kadoban on Tuesday November 14, 2023 @04:06PM (#38269763)
You're free to solve the halting problem for restricted sets of programs, that doesn't break any rules of the universe.

They also could be just discarding any where it runs for longer than X time, or a bunch of other possibilities.

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Re:Google researchers discover 'Reptar', a new CPU vulnerabi... by tgv on Wednesday November 15, 2023 @10:00AM (#38277295)
They might be generating programs that they know will halt. Like: applications with finite loops and such. There are not enough details.
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