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I wouldn't be surprised if a sizeable fraction, perhaps even the majority, of mathematicians are in fact ahead of all the others. They just have to be best at
by loup-vaillant 9y ago
I wouldn't be surprised if a sizeable fraction, perhaps even the majority, of mathematicians are in fact ahead of all the others. They just have to be best at their own chosen specialization.
(Also, one may need a little hubris to actually do something. I would never have written my crypto library if I didn't started with the overconfidence required to brave mainstream advice.)
- igravious 9y agoYou fool! Don't you know by now that you're not meant to roll your own crypto :-/ (I jest, of course)
- loup-vaillant 9y agoDon't worry, I survived the non-jest version as well. :-) I reckon opposition was not as unanimous as one might expect, though. If this thread¹ is to be believed, there's a rather wide range of opinions. [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14917378 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14917378