privong

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by privong 13y ago
One-time pads are probably what they meant to say instead of simply symmetric crypto. One-time pads are unbreakable, but the issue is transmitting the key to the recipient. Public-key crypo is so widely used because it offers a solution to
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by privong 13y ago
The next logical step is to create a mount for the back of a holga to replace the film plane with a smartphone camera. Or, to create a holga look-alike that interfaces with a smartphone's camera.
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by privong 13y ago
> Is there any intrinsic value in Twitter other than the plethora of people using it? s/Twitter/[any social network]/ The point is the people using it.
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by privong 13y ago
I think such a thing would be unenforceable without the consent of those same nations which currently ignore privacy rights.
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by privong 13y ago
Not quite. https://www.fsf.org/campaigns/surveillance
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by privong 13y ago
Often the grades will follow a gaussian (normal) distribution. In that case, the wider, less used range, is important in capturing and quantifying the outliers. It would be an effective grading system if it saturated at the high or low end
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by privong 13y ago
> Seeking asylum isn't an endorsement of Venezuela. It's a last-ditch-effort to stay free against government oppression. It's not clear that jumping out of the pan and into the fire is the best option though.
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by privong 13y ago
This gets into the issue of where rights originate. Do they originate with the government (or its founding documents) or are they an integral part of being human?
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by privong 14y ago
Technically Sgr A* is a component of the Sgr A region. There is also Sgr A East and Sgr A West, in addition to Sgr A*.
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by privong 14y ago
The activity level (in terms of how much material is falling into it) is fairly low, such that it doesn't qualify as being an "active galactic nucleus". However, a gas cloud (called "G2") will be passing close enough to the supermassive bla
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by privong 14y ago
The lines forming a cross in pictures of stars is a separate phenomenon. That is due to diffraction from the support structures of the secondary mirror. For a detailed answer to why the Einstein cross has 4 images, see: http://physics.stac
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by privong 14y ago
To be technical, you could still see an object that is smaller to than your resolving power (this happens essentially every time we observe individual stars). The issue is what is called the "confusion limit" - the point at which you can't