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by cdumler 13y ago
Huh? I... I don't know that. AAHAHAHAHHAHAHAhahaahahahhhhhhhhh.....
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by cdumler 13y ago
By definition, a CODEC starts with some series of bits (source) that encodes information into a new series of bits (encoding). A CODEC is said to be "lossy" when the results of the decoded encoding does not match the source, ie.
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by cdumler 13y ago
The reason to use it when you have a lot of conditional behavior tied to processing that can stop a process. With traditional code you have really two choices: highly-nested conditionals (or lots of utility subroutines) or using thrown err
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by cdumler 13y ago
The difference is between a PRNG and encryption. Encryption's design is to obscure the data stream; thus, if there is a failure in an encryption it is masked by another encryption. Personally, I do not think this is a particularly us
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by cdumler 13y ago
When part of your system becomes flawed (part or whole), the whole can be attacked. Thus, adding more deterministic behavior doesn't add more randomness (i.e. more safety). Generally, when crypto falls down, it falls somewhat gracefu
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by cdumler 13y ago
Any one who considers arithmetical methods of producing random digits is, of course, in a state of sin. - John von Neumann The very definition of a pseudo-random number generator is that it's deterministic, i.e. an algorithm. If you k
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by cdumler 13y ago
The entreprenuer in my heart really appreciates, and gives full kudos for, helping creating a product for the market. But, the ecological side of me just freaked out enough respond. Technological waste is a real issue. Please consider a p
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by cdumler 14y ago
Functional purity would be nice, but TCO not strictly necessary to be program very functionally. For instance, here TCO would be necessary to prevent the stack from being over-run: function fact(x) { return (function factIter(i,
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by cdumler 14y ago
The project that I am working is document-oriented, meaning that the schema cannot be well controlled. We end up with a lot of code is very guarded code that looks something like this: if(((json.author || {}).lastPublish || {}).publish