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I also dislike the pretentiousness of "379 year old". "2500 year old geometry calculates something or other". What does including age have to do with anything
by mc32 5y ago
I also dislike the pretentiousness of "379 year old".
"2500 year old geometry calculates something or other". What does including age have to do with anything, other than trying to "wow" readers.
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- WhitneyLand 5y agoOther times I might agree with you, but it’s hard to be pretentious when you’re talking about Fermat. The guy was such a badass in so many ways… For God’s sake he wasn’t even a mathematician if I recall correctly he had a day job.
- klyrs 5y agoI'd call it condescending, not pretentious. Is it reasonable to expect somebody implementing security to be aware of an algorithm that's 4 years old? 38 years old? 379 years old? I'd say yes to the last two, and only prevaricate about the first. I think some condescension is warranted in this case (less so for a 38 year old algorithm -- there's 38 year old hardware out there). We want people to hit the clickbait when it includes lessons so important.