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@thesamesam
thesamesam / xz-backdoor.md
Last active May 13, 2026 23:14
xz-utils backdoor situation (CVE-2024-3094)

FAQ on the xz-utils backdoor (CVE-2024-3094)

This is a living document. Everything in this document is made in good faith of being accurate, but like I just said; we don't yet know everything about what's going on.

Update: I've disabled comments as of 2025-01-26 to avoid everyone having notifications for something a year on if someone wants to suggest a correction. Folks are free to email to suggest corrections still, of course.

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@porglezomp
porglezomp / exception.c
Last active May 26, 2022 20:43
Exception handling in C with setjmp and longjmp!
#include <iso646.h>
#include <setjmp.h>
#include <stdio.h>
// Exception Macros
int _exn_handler_idx = 0;
jmp_buf _exn_handlers[1024];
@jboner
jboner / latency.txt
Last active June 11, 2026 16:37
Latency Numbers Every Programmer Should Know
Latency Comparison Numbers (~2012)
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L1 cache reference 0.5 ns
Branch mispredict 5 ns
L2 cache reference 7 ns 14x L1 cache
Mutex lock/unlock 25 ns
Main memory reference 100 ns 20x L2 cache, 200x L1 cache
Compress 1K bytes with Zippy 3,000 ns 3 us
Send 1K bytes over 1 Gbps network 10,000 ns 10 us
Read 4K randomly from SSD* 150,000 ns 150 us ~1GB/sec SSD