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Article says "which was only a handful of bits away from the original". As non-native speaker i don't know the exact nuance of handful when considering bits, bu

by muhehe 4y ago

Article says "which was only a handful of bits away from the original". As non-native speaker i don't know the exact nuance of handful when considering bits, but it seems a lot

danachow 4y ago
No a handful in this abstract context (strengthened by the word “only”) means not so many (which given even the power of the computers at the disposal of the NSA at the time was enough to ruin your 2 weeks).
- egeozcan 4y ago
  And our love/hate relationship with the English language continues :) My latest annoyance: https://www.usingenglish.com/forum/threads/three-times-as-much-as-or-twice-more-than.237554/ https://www.usingenglish.com/forum/threads/three-times-as-mu... At least we don have such problems in programming langu... Actually, never mind.
- jaclaz 4y ago
  More like a pinch of bits, then?