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Can the submitter, or anyone else, please explain what this is? There is zero information on the submitted page besides what's in the title, and this is a six-

Can the submitter, or anyone else, please explain what this is? There is zero information on the submitted page besides what's in the title, and this is a six-year-old GitHub repository with no activity in years. What are we looking at? What is the significance of this repo? Did it invent this idea? Does it have any practical uses? Is there any broader context at all?

milesrout 2y ago
I feel similarly with the occasional Wikipedia articles that get posted here with no context. Okay, yes, what about it? Someone posts "Tomasulo's algorithm" or "Newton's method" and then the comments are all just random anecdotes about a time someone encountered the topic. It is like playing a word association game.
thephyber 2y ago
Not the poster or repo author, but: Homomorphic encryption is a way of applying logic transformations on encrypted data without having to decrypt it first. A simple example would be multiplying a number field in an encrypted blob by 2. The repo title is JPEG compression (a file format used for photograph-like images that uses lossy compression to reduce filesize). The repo links to another project which converts bitmap images (an array of pixel colors… basically the completely uncompressed representation of an image) to JPEG compressed format.
- daniellaigz 2y ago
  Pls take a look at Lattica’s FHE survey, it shouldn't take more than ten minutes to complete and we’d appreciate your response https://forms.gle/XfKBUmDwpVHZkeTv7 https://forms.gle/XfKBUmDwpVHZkeTv7. Thank you!
stayclassyhn 2y ago
Literally got flagged off this comment thread for saying the same thing...
- notpushkin 2y ago
  I think you’re talking about the comment by whatdoinghere (as I don’t see any dead comments in your name in this thread). If that is your comment indeed, I think the problem was that you were overly dismissive and sarcastic. The parent poster asks questions instead, and doesn’t make remarks beyond stating the facts – this reads as harsh, but fair. (I also suppose they’ve accumulated some karma and this helps with the flagging algorithm somehow.)
  - stayclassyhn2 2y ago
    "I think the problem was that you were overly dismissive and sarcastic." Maybe. "There is zero information on the submitted page besides what's in the title, and this is a six-year-old GitHub repository with no activity in years." We made the same points though I'm admittedly more flippant and curt.
    - notpushkin 2y ago
      Yeah, I agree, the point is basically the same – I think it’s the tone that was the problem. You don’t have to be overly positive and wrap your opinion with tons of fluff, just remember it’s other people’s work you’re talking about (and not everybody is good at explaining what they do!)
nailer 2y ago
The best reply is further down the thread, so I’ll just link to it: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43284843 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43284843

milesrout 2y ago

I feel similarly with the occasional Wikipedia articles that get posted here with no context. Okay, yes, what about it? Someone posts "Tomasulo's algorithm" or "Newton's method" and then the comments are all just random anecdotes about a time someone encountered the topic. It is like playing a word association game.

thephyber 2y ago

Not the poster or repo author, but: Homomorphic encryption is a way of applying logic transformations on encrypted data without having to decrypt it first. A simple example would be multiplying a number field in an encrypted blob by 2. The repo title is JPEG compression (a file format used for photograph-like images that uses lossy compression to reduce filesize). The repo links to another project which converts bitmap images (an array of pixel colors… basically the completely uncompressed representation of an image) to JPEG compressed format.

daniellaigz 2y ago
Pls take a look at Lattica’s FHE survey, it shouldn't take more than ten minutes to complete and we’d appreciate your response https://forms.gle/XfKBUmDwpVHZkeTv7 https://forms.gle/XfKBUmDwpVHZkeTv7. Thank you!

stayclassyhn 2y ago

Literally got flagged off this comment thread for saying the same thing...

notpushkin 2y ago
I think you’re talking about the comment by whatdoinghere (as I don’t see any dead comments in your name in this thread). If that is your comment indeed, I think the problem was that you were overly dismissive and sarcastic. The parent poster asks questions instead, and doesn’t make remarks beyond stating the facts – this reads as harsh, but fair. (I also suppose they’ve accumulated some karma and this helps with the flagging algorithm somehow.)
- stayclassyhn2 2y ago
  "I think the problem was that you were overly dismissive and sarcastic." Maybe. "There is zero information on the submitted page besides what's in the title, and this is a six-year-old GitHub repository with no activity in years." We made the same points though I'm admittedly more flippant and curt.
  - notpushkin 2y ago
    Yeah, I agree, the point is basically the same – I think it’s the tone that was the problem. You don’t have to be overly positive and wrap your opinion with tons of fluff, just remember it’s other people’s work you’re talking about (and not everybody is good at explaining what they do!)

nailer 2y ago

The best reply is further down the thread, so I’ll just link to it: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43284843 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43284843