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Next day, after another nightly build, no more crashes. I did a binary diff between the crashing version and the new one, it was a single bit. A bit flip on the build server.
If you have a smart TV/set-top box/streaming stick/etc bought in the past few years, the YouTube app is most likely running inside Cobalt. You can develop HTML5 applications that can run in Cobalt, but it supports only a subset of html/css/js stuff you'd expect from a browser.
Not just e-waste, they can also become a huge liability. In a presentation, the authors mention that one of the CPU families which have this vulnerability were used in Tesla cars. Tesla apparently switched to AMD APUs around December 2021.
This is because the same movies are also distributed in China, which is a huge market.
I have a 2011 Honda CB600F (Hornet) which I ride around the city becausethese past few months it was either unusually cold, or raining, or just didn't have time. Planned a 1000Km trip next weekend, and now I can't go any more because life happens. No matter, riding around the city with some good music before/after work is bliss.
If you think about it, if an update reaches 1.000.000 users, and 0.1% percent of them have an issue with it, that's 1.000 people who have to waste hours getting their system back up (and potentially recover lost data, if it's even possible).