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811.
by VMG 10y ago
> The only good thing I can say about this product is that it does not create an MX record for your domain, upholding the "no MX" in the name. Haha
812.
by VMG 10y ago
> Even better was Windows (Live) Photo Gallery. Sadly it's dead since Feb 2017, you can't even install it anymore, as only a now broken WebInstaller exists. Slightly OT: is there any good photo organizer for windows? I would
813.
by VMG 10y ago
How many mines are needed for the production and maintenance of wind (or solar) of comparable capacity?
814.
by VMG 10y ago
Agreed. While you're not paying for using the product by buying a software license, you're often required to buy tokens (get it?) in order to use the product. The developers benefit from the increase in token price, because they o
815.
by VMG 10y ago
> Why not invest on a good stock picker? You can only tell them after the fact
816.
by VMG 10y ago
> What happened to the old rule of thumb People realized it's a stupid and impractical rule and ignored it.
817.
by VMG 10y ago
Users will just think it's part of the website branding.
818.
by VMG 10y ago
Premium Instagram filters as-a-service?
819.
by VMG 10y ago
> The first was assuming forward slashes for paths in tests. So, for example, if you know that a config file should be in the “juju” subfolder and called “config.yml”, then your test might check that the file’s path is folder + “/ju
820.
by VMG 10y ago
IIRC it was even software and the hardware (wiring etc).
821.
by VMG 10y ago
Watched a TV clip about this. I was surprised that apparently the control system was programmed by one guy (Dmitrij Laaber). I found a Master Thesis explaining control software for a prototype of this: http://elib.dlr.de/108
822.
by VMG 10y ago
Is there some explainer on how the support will look like in the end? I'm curious to know how multiple hash algorithms will be supported in parallel.
823.
by VMG 10y ago
QUIC is quite interesting https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/QUIC
824.
by VMG 10y ago
true, there are forms of government where your vote is correlated to your contribution
825.
by VMG 10y ago
> I love paying my taxes, How would you like paying somebody else's taxes as well?
826.
by VMG 10y ago
What is this?
827.
by VMG 10y ago
Maybe they are flushing out the bad stories that are out there?
828.
by VMG 10y ago
New clients could support multiple hash algs, so old torrents would not be a problem. New torrents could provide hashes for multiple algs, depending on the extensiblity of torrent format. Otherwise the torrent sites could provide two UR
829.
by VMG 10y ago
It's not supposed to be used as a security feature, but I think some tools use it as such. Dependency management tools that reference by SHA-1 hash come to mind. Of course they should have used other primitives all along, but we know h
830.
by VMG 10y ago
Funny, just yesterday I thought about what would be necessary to change and deploy this. Apparently the SHA1 hash wasn't designed as a security feature, but I would not be surprised if it is being abused as one today.
831.
by VMG 10y ago
> If someone would briefly describe argon2 and libsodium to the non-crypto geeks, it would be appreciated. Modern low-level primitives for encryption and signing. You can build something like OpenSSL and PGP on top of it, or what's
832.
by VMG 10y ago
worked great
833.
by VMG 10y ago
Thanks! Considering that this seems to be a popular question, maybe it makes sense to state this more clearly on the site.
834.
by VMG 10y ago
Why this instead libsodium?
835.
by VMG 10y ago
> Ask me Anything! I usually pay Bitcoin with my mobile wallet. Could you add a QR code for payment? Thanks!
836.
by VMG 10y ago
> Blockchains? Only for Bitcoin.
837.
by VMG 10y ago
> There's a lot of nuance here, because there isn't really a (current) clear-cut case of the US bombing a sovereign nation where the government has not given the US permission. That may be true, but having the permission of t
838.
by VMG 10y ago
The celeb sets look like nightmare fuel.
839.
by VMG 10y ago
Ken Perlin has an interesting collection of Java applet based graphics demos that is rapidly falling into obsolescence https://cs.nyu.edu/~perlin/
840.
by VMG 10y ago
I don't think it's cynical at all. These edge-case optimizations really are just entertainment. The author's claim that the other http servers are deficient is misleading.

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