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digitalPhonix
·7 วันที่ผ่านมา·discuss
> A NOBUS backdoor in an asymmetric primitive that looks like "X% of all keys is weak"

That’s not a NOBUS backdoor. It’s a different type of backdoor and I’m pointing out that proving there is no NOBUS backdoor doesn’t mean there’s no other backdoor.

It’s a counterexample that I came up with in 5 minutes, not a proof that it’s useful to a state actor.
digitalPhonix
·8 วันที่ผ่านมา·discuss
This post makes a bad argument.

Saying that there's no "Nobody but us backdoor" to prove there's *no* backdoor of *any kind* is clearly naive at best, dishonest at worst.

As an example - if there's a weakness that affects 50% of keys (replace with whatever hypothetical number), NSA can make sure it doesn't use those affected keys but still retain the ability to decrypt 50% of everyone else's communications. And using the entropy analysis from this post, that would require 1 bit hidden in the parameters which is clearly within the entropy budget.
digitalPhonix
·8 วันที่ผ่านมา·discuss
I can:

- Right-click and re-open a tab in a different container

- Automatically switch to a container for certain domains

- Organise tabs of different containers amongst each other (eg. same site opened in different containers next to each other)

- Not clutter my window manager just to separate browsing data
digitalPhonix
·9 วันที่ผ่านมา·discuss
> AI search is a totally different product

Exactly. Sometimes I need "determinism" in my queries (ie. I understand how my search query shapes the results) because I know what I'm looking for. Other times I need help exploring the result space.

Importantly, *I* know which situation I'm in and I can choose which tool satisfies it.
digitalPhonix
·13 วันที่ผ่านมา·discuss
Plenty of GUI apps target advanced users.

I use CLI tools when CLI tools make sense, GUI tools when GUI tools make sense.

(This has a graph, so a GUI doesn’t seem unreasonable)
digitalPhonix
·19 วันที่ผ่านมา·discuss
> This is how every benevolent dictator starts

I don’t think “benevolent” is necessary in that sentence. It’s how many non-benevolent dictatorships started.
digitalPhonix
·24 วันที่ผ่านมา·discuss
The intersection of phones that have unlockable bootloaders, public-ish driver blobs and decent hardware is tiny.

What other phone would you pick?
digitalPhonix
·24 วันที่ผ่านมา·discuss
If they wanted to do that, your chances of "I talk, and it screws me" are pretty high anyway.

Also, don't take my word for it - here's a US police officer saying the same thing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-7o9xYp7eE (skip to the second half)

He wouldn't talk to police.
digitalPhonix
·24 วันที่ผ่านมา·discuss
The point of the article (and any similar advice) is that 4 is not possible
digitalPhonix
·เดือนที่แล้ว·discuss
67 feels different. The vim/emacs gag feels authentic in the way that someone surrounded by cs/vim/emacs/unix culture would want to stir the pot playfully. "Do a barrel roll" similarly feels like something culturally relevant to whoever implemented it.

No one involved in implementing 67 is of the age group where it was culturally significant so it feels like trying to jump on a bandwagon to feel relevant. And also making the screen shake was the best they could come up with?

Or I'm just looking for excuses to justify my idea that old Google was cool ̄\_(ツ)_/ ̄
digitalPhonix
·เดือนที่แล้ว·discuss
I still don't see where HF is explained?
digitalPhonix
·เดือนที่แล้ว·discuss
But no new easter eggs (that I'm aware of). I think those easter eggs could only have been created in the 2000s Google culture.

The fact that they're still around doesn't really say anything about the current culture (but the lack of new ones does, somewhat).
digitalPhonix
·เดือนที่แล้ว·discuss
> No broadcaster has a 'right' to use the pubic [sic] spectrum,

(Last line on page 5: https://docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/DA-26-530A1.pdf )

The lack of any proof-reading seems pretty emblematic of the thought process of this "threat".
digitalPhonix
·เดือนที่แล้ว·discuss
I’m guessing you’re not from Melbourne?

“Tramways” are a specific type of road dedicated for trams, separated by dividers. “Tram lanes” are regular roads with tracks that are for exclusive use by trams, usually for part of the day and shared with cars for the rest.

The majority of the tram network is on roads shared with regular vehicle traffic (ie. neither a tramway nor a tram lane).

When trams are moving on shared roads they have no right of way special to them EXCEPT at roundabouts.

(I also know a PTV tram operator who lost their job for rear ending a car that suddenly stopped to turn right)
digitalPhonix
·เดือนที่แล้ว·discuss
The context was

> If I have to slam the brakes on to avoid hitting a pedestrian

In that case you will not be at fault.

> in lane dedicated ONLY for trams and buses where trams have priority anyway

I’m not sure about Swedish road rules, but I don’t see any note about it being a dedicated lane
digitalPhonix
·2 เดือนที่ผ่านมา·discuss
> At least that's how it always in American English

You already found the answer.

To me, all of ()[]{} (and depending on context <>) are “brackets” in the sense that they bracket whatever is between them. Then a brace is a single side of a bracket (ie. opening brace plus closing brace make a bracket).

So to distinguish between the different brackets/braces you use “round”, “square”, “curly” or “angled” respectively. And “round” is the default so you often skip specifying that.

That’s been the convention in programming and maths everywhere I’ve worked outside America (in English).
digitalPhonix
·2 เดือนที่ผ่านมา·discuss
Sure, for context the image in the article captioned

> Jarczak’s code shows that his fork of OrcaSlicer identifies itself as “BambuStudio,” but mostly just by saying that out loud and hoping Bambu’s systems don’t ask any questions. Image: Bambu

is the “security gap” claimed by Bambu
digitalPhonix
·2 เดือนที่ผ่านมา·discuss
> that possibly exploited a security gap

It set a HTTP user agent string...
digitalPhonix
·2 เดือนที่ผ่านมา·discuss
“About 5 grams”, “approximately 250ml”.

Precision is orthogonal to the unit.
digitalPhonix
·2 เดือนที่ผ่านมา·discuss
A lot of the commonwealth countries switch ~1970 (UK, Australia, Canada at least).

Why does the absolute number matter? Every trades truck/stockpile will need to stock double for some time, not some absolute value increase.