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      dpk avatar dpk edited 2 months ago

      I believe John Romero claimed that id Software also independently found the bug while developing Doom, so Nicely was not the only one affected for real. I’m not going to watch it again to find the exact timestamp right now but I think it was in this talk.

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        strugee avatar strugee 2 months ago | on: Intel's $475 million error: the silicon behind the Pentium division bug

        Duplicate: https://lobste.rs/s/cm8mcj/intel_s_475_million_error_silicon_behind