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ymra··on Project Zero: Exploiting the DRAM rowhammer bug to gain kernel privileges
Would reducing the speed memory is clocked at prevent this?
ymra··on David Horne's 1K Chess on the ZX81 (2001)
It may only have had 128 Bytes of RAM, but it used 4K ROM cartridges, even more than that if the cartridge used bank switching. So Atari 2600 programmes had quite a bit more room to fit inside.
ymra··on Ask HN: Why is HN Search not working?
It seems to be working here. What symptoms do you have?
ymra··on Type 2 diabetes, fatty liver disease reversed in rats
If you want to base your life around the results of single, small scale studies, that's your choice. But I've seen too many studies that seemed impressive, but when people set out to replicate the the study, they failed to get the same results. This is not rare, it happens frequently.
ymra··on Type 2 diabetes, fatty liver disease reversed in rats
"More research is needed to see whether the reversal is permanent, say experts."

A single small trial isn't something to base medical advice around.

ymra··on Felony murder: why a teenager who didn't kill anyone faces 55 years in jail
If you're going to be sentenced as if you'd killed someone, even though you didn't, then you've got nothing to lose by actually killing someone.

Not the most sensible law ever created.

ymra··on Capturing a Generation of Aviation Geniuses and Their Flying Machines
Why did someone feel the need to have a photo of a topless 11 year old on that article?! It's not something I expect to see on a page about planes