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Man, Ars' headline doesn't sugar-coat things:
“Meltdown” and “Spectre”: Every modern processor has unfixable security flaws https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2018/01/meltdown-and-spectre-every-modern-processor-has-unfixable-security-flaws/
And for completeness here's Google's blog post: https://security.googleblog.com/2018/01/todays-cpu-vulnerability-what-you-need.html (h/t @netshade and others)
curious what happens next
actually, here's a real sign that something's ~ going on ~ https://octodon.social/media/rKAbOBJck-zEoIbfbP4
@schlink ruh roh
@schlink well this is existentially spooky