This is sadly entirely accurate, and the whole problem...

(Edit: Original is here. Go follow the artist. https://mastodon.social/@workchronicles/112417993863156684)

@Crell @danluu has written an interesting comment on this topic at https://danluu.com/cpu-bugs/#fn:S .

(I found the comment interesting, but haven't checked whether it's factually correct. The mentioned "Becker-ian policy" appears to refer to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Becker#Crime_and_punishment).

We saw some really bad Intel CPU bugs in 2015 and we should expect to see more in the future