Moodles

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by Moodles 9y ago
Indeed I was about to write as you have that key servers, or CT logs etc could arbitrarily decide not to include whatever keys they wanted -- although once included, it would be a pain to get rid of them because I think they're built o
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by Moodles 9y ago
Some interesting graffiti on the bitcoin blockchain: http://www.righto.com/2014/02/ascii-bernanke-wikileaks-photo... I have always wondered this. What will a country do if someone embeds child pornography or a pic
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by Moodles 9y ago
It might be the case that countries that invest in the study of curling will also produce better curlers. It might also be the case that a country that is mad about curling will produce good curlers, and have scientists who are interested i
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Russian spy: UK to expel 23 Russian diplomats(bbc.com)
3 points by Moodles 9y ago|0 comments
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John Oliver: Cryptocurrencies(youtube.com)
5 points by Moodles 9y ago|1 comments
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by Moodles 9y ago
This is probably a very naive question: What are the main differences between this and git?
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by Moodles 9y ago
I believe the term "frozen star" was also used for a time to describe black holes. I'm no physicist but I'm not sure this is an appropriate term either: blackholes are supposed to be really cold inside but really hot fro
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by Moodles 9y ago
In a similar vein, I often wonder just how many people actually check cryptographic algorithms. We'd all probably agree that it is good not to roll your own crypto algorithms, or even in implementation of known crypto such as AES. But
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by Moodles 9y ago
I would be surprised if there's not a correlation between intelligence and average salary. Is there a study on this?
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by Moodles 9y ago
This reminds me of the New York times redaction fail: https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20140128/08542126021/new-y...
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by Moodles 9y ago
I can believe that the single most important predictor in sport (indeed many things) is practice. I suspect, however, that what also matters immensely is the kind of practice. For instance, often those in the gym that measure practice as &q
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by Moodles 9y ago
Are you seriously comparing Merkel to Xi? Or the political structure of Germany to China?
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by Moodles 9y ago
Apologies as I misread "quantum" as "quantum-resistant" above. However, I would still contest that quantum key exchange is "simpler". I mean, you need a quantum channel and to accurately exchange qubits without
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I Fooled Millions into Thinking Chocolate Helps Weight Loss. Here's How.(io9.gizmodo.com)
1 points by Moodles 9y ago|1 comments
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by Moodles 9y ago
Hah, next. Reminds me of this: https://io9.gizmodo.com/i-fooled-millions-into-thinking-choc...
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by Moodles 9y ago
Possibly, but I'm not so sure. If you're smart, you will make more money, and yes of course money doesn't make you actually happy etc etc, but studies have shown it actually does up to a point (or, at least, money gets rid of
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by Moodles 9y ago
> Quantum cryptography is secure against quantum computers and is also vastly more simple than existing crypto (no complicated algorithms to mess up). Can you explain this statement? I understand that algorithms such as RSA might require
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by Moodles 9y ago
Google has experimented with post-quantum algorithms too: https://security.googleblog.com/2016/07/experimenting-with-p...
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by Moodles 9y ago
Rubinstein makes the point (which I wholeheartedly agree with) that game theory is a lot like fables. They might help you interpret a certain situation in a certain way, but they have no value in actually predicting anything. I'm not s
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by Moodles 9y ago
It is true that you can analyse many cryptographic schemes by modelling them as games. In fact, my PhD was largely focused on this exact topic :-) Our discussion really depends on what we define as “game theory” and “graph theory” I suppose
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by Moodles 9y ago
> Suggesting that the creatures will conspire to die and make room for their offspring suggests that the anthropomorphized idea of species is causing faulty assumptions about the nature of the subject to be held, and that the metaphor sh
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by Moodles 9y ago
Indeed, you have expressed my thoughts on the comment. It is hopefully clear that I don't think evolution is some entitty with goals, hah.
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by Moodles 9y ago
Of coruse I don't literally think evolution is a "thing" that is "interested" in anything. Hopefully it is clear what I'm saying from context. It's just the use of language. I'm sorry for the confusio
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by Moodles 9y ago
My MSc dissertation topic was on graph theory. I studied a lot of crazy stuff: things like random trees, hypergraphs and partitions of graphs into other graphs. I remember once this internet company came to campus and was trying to encourag
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by Moodles 9y ago
> most species haven't had time to evolve the mechanisms that solve the problems that appear later in life Or evolution isn't interested in this outcome. It is probably benefitical for a species if members die once they get old
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by Moodles 9y ago
Another thing which non-UK readers might not be aware of is that the UK government introduced a "Help to Buy" and "Lifetime" ISA, which is essentially an account with some bank where, any money you put in (up to a certai
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by Moodles 9y ago
Thanks. I actually don't think blockchains are all that interesting a technology, but the hysterical mania around them is interesting from an economic and psychological perspective. When will the bubble burst? I'm serious that I w
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by Moodles 9y ago
In my experience, what you say is very accurate.
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by Moodles 9y ago
I kid you not, I had the same questions as you, so I literally applied for a bunch of blockchain jobs just so I can talk to these people on the phone to see what they're all about. I end up asking really basic questions like: "So
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by Moodles 9y ago
Indeed: it would be nice to see these techniques applied in more contexts.

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