As for a book from a different cultural background, I remember reading The White Tiger by Indian author Aravind Adiga about 10 years ago and really enjoying it.
Ah in which case there's this one where you might be able to see a total eclipse from a midnight sun AND the aurora borealis! (in certain areas of northern Russia)
I explained it poorly - what I mean to say is, two people trying to send the message 'Hello' for example both using the same public key would get the same output. So if you had a simple message like that, someone could work out by checking every word in the dictionary what your message was by checking if the output matched.
But I guess it's a bit of a moot point - it's unlikely that an encrypted message would ever be so simple. It could just as easily be much longer, and therefore basically impossible to guess the plaintext.
But say (simplying greatly) the public key tells my computer to multiply my text by a prime number
If the prime number is already known from the public key, then why is any computation required? To decrypt it can't I (or anyone else) just divide by the prime? Even with a significantly more complex calculation, can't you just work the steps back in reverse using the instructions from the public key?
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I hope this is actually good - I need more mice themed games 🐭
Not sure why you've been downvoted! What did you dislike about 3 out of interest?
An 'easy' book I read recently was Legends & Lattes - low stakes and cosy.
But if you want something with more of a substantial plot, Children of Time has a really fascinating and easy to follow sci-fi story if that's your thing. Or how about a Terry Pratchett novel? Guards! Guards! is a great place to start with those and they're always great fun.
I also found the Red Rising books very gripping.
Personally I feel like piracy shouldn't be criminalised in the way it is, and certainly any attempts to worsen the punishments should be fought against. However your reddit comment is quite bizarre to be honest... I think laws protecting children and animals against harm are a good idea!
On Switch I've just started M&R: Sparks of Hope. It's great so far! Feels really polished, and I like the new changes to the movement system. If I remember correctly the first game required you to buy more powerful weapons throughout, whereas this one you attach and upgrade 'sparks' to a character. It's a pretty neat system as you can change out sparks to suit the battle.
On my Steam Deck I've been playing through the Spyro trilogy. A lot of love has clearly gone into this remake. It looks beautiful and the levels are fun and well-designed.
On PS4 I'm most of the way through Cyberpunk 2077. It's... rough on PS4. But I'm pushing through because the story and gameplay is great for the most part. I wouldn't have bought it on PS4, but a friend lent it to me. Can't complain with free.
Oh and I don't really have a resolution besides continuing to work through my backlog! I made some good progress over Christmas.
I wasn't aware that this was a thing, but I'm interested now! Are these printed magazines?
Can I also ask what CNF is?
Your labelling system is a good idea! I do have plenty of games from bundles, but I only add the ones to my library that I'm actually interested in. So everything in my backlog is something I want to play at some point. Personally I don't feel that there is any negative connotation to the word backlog, but maybe that's because mine is full of stuff I intend to play.
I have a spreadsheet listing the games I've got to play, and whilst I do usually set an 'up next', this can change depending on how I'm feeling at the time. So it's rare that I play a game I don't like or doesn't fit my mood :)