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Brevity is the soul of wit.
by nukeop 9y ago
Brevity is the soul of wit.
- ceejayoz 9y agoPerhaps, but that hardly makes everything brief witty.
- deadbunny 9y agoYet the comment in question was entirely lacking in wit.
- stochastic_monk 9y agoWhenever I read this, I think of Bradbury's counterpoint to the Shakespeare quip that "Digression is the soul of wit." It's about having something to say, not just being of few words. More apropos here, concision can be a powerful dramatic device, but I don't feel that there's any wit in the post you're commenting on above. If you want a clickbait/digest-in-an-instant headline, why not "IOTA is vulnerable to replay attacks but has no intention of fixing the flaw"? [0] Personally, I like having a more detailed, precise, technical assessment. It may not be concise, but you can't put a pretty bow on cryptography without dumbing it down. [0]: https://thenextweb.com/hardfork/2018/02/21/iota-replay-attacks-vulnerability/ https://thenextweb.com/hardfork/2018/02/21/iota-replay-attac...
- Semaphor 9y agoFWIW the TNW article title should have been "IOTA is vulnerable to replay attacks if you use a malicious wallet that could also steal your private keys"
- UncleMeat 9y agoThis line is ironic in the play, as it is spoken by someone who is absolutely not brief. It isn't a truism.