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At this year's Open Source #Firmware #Conference, I will be presenting on "Boot Chains and Build Systems"! 🥳🥳
(spoiler: it's complicated 🫠)

Boot Chains and Build Systems Open Source Firmware Conference 2026
It is clear that booting a system based on an application processor requires multiple binaries and possibly multiple hardware components - at the very least, one to initialize the DRAM and one to run in it. This implies that the various components of the chain, however many, need to be aware of the respective next and previous one somehow: Any component has to know the source, the protocol, and the destination for loading the next one, and the build system needs to create an overall image for t…

I just submitted my #journal #research #paper (Grid Flex Rhymes With Derivatives Trading: an Observation)...
And breathe out...
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CFP: Religion, Politics, and Cognitive Warfare #acrel #amrel #conference #academia

CFP: Religion, Politics, and Cognitive Warfare | The Journal for Cultural and Religious Theory | JCRT
This call for papers invites work on religion, politics, and cognitive warfare, exploring how belief, media, conspiracy, identity, and power shape struggles over reality, interpretation, and life in an age of disinformat

In case useful for teachers starting the semester, my blog has gratuitous advice on lab notebooks, conference posters, oral presentations, lab write-ups, and plagiarism. Pitched for undergraduates but hopefully useful for all ages. #conferences #posters #academics #teaching #college #plagiarism #education #teachers #blog #school #biology #science #undergraduate https://colinpurrington.com/