[Nottingham] [Social] *TODAY* 8:30pm Thursday 12/11/2020: Surfing a New Age!

[Martin]

Folks,

( pt.2: )

>> *TODAY* 8:30pm Thursday 12/11/2020 (That's 8:30pm _GMT_  )
>>
>> NLUG 'Social': *Surfing a New Age* !
>
> To briefly recap some of the topic links we covered:
>
> (In whatever random order  )

A few other bits mentioned were:


Matrix 4 (due end 2021?...)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Matrix_4


Intel Discloses 40 More Security Advisories - [including] PLATYPUS...
https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Intel-40-More-Playpus

"40 security advisories... addressing 95 vulnerabilities. ... relating
to the Converged Security and Management Engine (CSME) as well as the
Intel Wireless Bluetooth support -- including a "critical" vulnerability
that could lead to escalation of privileges via the LAN. [And CPUs]..."

"PLATYPUS can be exploited to break Intel SGX Enclaves, thwart Kernel
Address Space Layout Randomization (KASLR), attacking AES, etc."


Intel Releases New Processor Microcode For Security Advisories, CPU Bugs
https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Intel-20201110-Microcode

"... also a number of "functional issue" updates around CPU bugs
spanning [multiple] generations..."


What can you do with the PCIe x 1 on Raspberry Pi CM4 IO board
https://www.seeedstudio.com/blog/2020/11/03/what-can-you-do-with-the-pcie-x-1-on-raspberry-pi-cm4-io-board-m/


And there's some very tantalising close attempts for getting GPUs to
work on the CM4 PCIe... More code tweaks needed... ;-)


Have fun!

Cheers,
Martin



> Ya cannae take the logarithm of a negative number!
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Logarithm
>
> Raspberry Pi 400: the $70 desktop PC
> https://www.raspberrypi.org/blog/raspberry-pi-400-the-70-desktop-pc/
>
> SpiNNaker (Spiking Neural Network Architecture)
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SpiNNaker
>
> SpiNNaker: 1 million core neuromorphic platform
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V3MlOAru6Qk
>
> Human Brain Project
> Advances in neuromorphic computing technology
> Steve Furber, The University of Manchester
> (Introducing SpiNNaker2)
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IvlKVrvtcx4
>
> Unix time
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unix_time
>
> Julian day
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julian_day
>
> Covert Bombe
> https://www.bad-dog-designs.co.uk/contemporary-clocks/bombe/
>
> Nixie Tube Clocks - DIY Gallery
> https://www.bad-dog-designs.co.uk/submitted/
>
> OpenWrt on Raspberry Pi
> https://openwrt.org/toh/raspberry_pi_foundation/raspberry_pi
>
> Raspberry Pi PoE
> https://www.raspberrypi.org/products/poe-hat/?resellerType=home
>
> SpaceX at Boca Chica
> https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/tag/boca-chica/
>
>
> And... Basic, Compilers, p-code, 3d graphics...
>
> p-code
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bytecode
>
> WebAssembly
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WebAssembly
>
> And whatever else?