[-] xxce2AAb@feddit.dk 3 points 2 days ago

Ah, common issue. When that happens, you just start using your toes.

[-] xxce2AAb@feddit.dk 12 points 3 days ago

Pah, mathematicians and their generally applicable pure approach to solutions and fancy modulus operations, who needs 'em? Computing is applied and we always work with well-defined finite precision. Granted, writing the boilerplate for all possible 64 bit integers is a bit laborious, but we're programmers! That's what code generation is for.

[-] xxce2AAb@feddit.dk 2 points 3 days ago

At least he finally let go of the fake trophy that replaced the one he stole, so I guess it could have been worse.

[-] xxce2AAb@feddit.dk 1 points 3 days ago

Um. If you use the file encrypted with a weak keyphrase a the key for a second round, how would you decrypt the result unless you keep the first-stage encrypted file around, thus defeating the purpose?

[-] xxce2AAb@feddit.dk 5 points 3 days ago

There's a lot of decent models out there, these days. The following are all solid options:

[-] xxce2AAb@feddit.dk 33 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

It really doesn't. I highly doubt there isn't office politics going on inside Microsoft, Apple and Google, but unlike them, Linux development is all public. If anything, that's likely to curtail a lot of bad behavior rather than encourage it.

[-] xxce2AAb@feddit.dk 14 points 4 days ago

I suppose I could paint my windows with yoghurt. Or, and hear me out: I could eat the yoghurt and invest in some white curtains.

[-] xxce2AAb@feddit.dk 89 points 5 days ago

Eh. It's not like we'd be getting anywhere at sub-light speeds regardless and a working Alcubierre drive isn't exactly right around the corner.

On the other hand, it might make it harder for anybody with working FTL to get to us, which is probably a good thing. If they saw how we're conducting ourselves at the moment, orbital bombardment would be the best we could hope for.

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