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This is a 90-page book in the form of slides. It supposedly takes you from not understanding virtual memory up to understanding the details of modern side-channel attacks like Meltdown and Spectre. Either you know it mostly and this is boring, or you don't know it and you're in for a super-steep learning curve.

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> Either you know it mostly and this is boring, or you don't know it and you're in for a super-steep learning curve

Or you sort-of-know-but-have-half-forgotten most of it and this is a nice refresher with a few interesting new bits thrown in?

That plus a belgian beer, what else ? The guy presenting it live was very enthusiastic and you just can enjoy the whole thing. Seriously it's a thing to live.

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