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If you remove the first word from the string "hello world" , what should the result be? This is the story of how we discovered that the answer could be your root password!
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If you remove the first word from the string "hello world" , what should the result be? This is the story of how we discovered that the answer could be your root password!
We have a CPU mystery! We found a way to cause some processors to enter a glitch state where the normal rules don’t apply, but what does that mean…?
I think I should blog more about random troubleshooting sessions, if nothing else it will remind me what steps I took when it inevitably happens again!