true_repairman

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   The Fifth Gift (2005)(localroger.com)

   3 points by true_repairman 3y ago|1 comments
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   by true_repairman 3y ago

   ~15 minute read about alien gifts to a small and childish civilisation.
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   by true_repairman 4y ago

   I think the point is, that a zero knowledge proof only works between two parties, the proofer and the verifier. If I want to proof something to you I cant just say "Hey I showed it to Bob over there. Ask him if I'm telling the tru
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   by true_repairman 4y ago

   Why should bystanders not know? It seems like Micks proof is an attempt at fame, so he would want everybody to know.
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   by true_repairman 4y ago

   So if wizard = programmer, most charactes in Harry Potter wouldnt be wizards. Maybe you could call them spell users?
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   by true_repairman 4y ago

   If this would work for stocks aswell... https://xkcd.com/2270/
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   by true_repairman 4y ago

   Title made me think of a browser plugin, that plays a sound everytime a tracker is loaded. But this is also cool.
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   by true_repairman 4y ago

   Firefox is not used in 68.
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   by true_repairman 4y ago

   The people of Penistone probably have some good ones.
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    by true_repairman 4y ago

    What a shame that Jack left. We could live in a utopia where every tweet is an NFT in the Twitter Blockchain...
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    by true_repairman 5y ago

    "Oh my god the government is feeding us dead babies!" would probably be up there.