Isaiah 17:12 speaks of God’s judgment against the nations that oppose Israel, using vivid imagery to describe the chaos and destruction of their actions. The “multitude of many people” and “rushing of nations” symbolize the overwhelming force and aggression of these nations, likened to the tumultuous noise and power of the seas and mighty waters. This verse highlights the futility of opposing God’s will, emphasizing that despite their power, these nations will ultimately be overthrown by His authority.

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Woe to the multitude of many people, which make a noise like the noise of the seas; and to the rushing of nations, that make a rushing like the rushing of mighty waters! Book of Isaiah 17:12 KJV
Isaiah 17:12

Reverse-engineering the ModR/M addressing microcode in the Intel 8086 processor (righto.com) One interesting aspect of a computer’s instruction set is its addressing modes, how the computer determines the address for a memory access. The Intel 8086 (1978) used the ModR/M byte, a special byte following the opcode, to select the addressing mode.1 The ModR/M byte has persisted into the modern x86 architecture, so it’s interesting to look at its roots and original implementation.