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by wfn 12y ago
I'm wondering how much Aristotle's metaphysics of essence may have hindered certain paths of thought. :) You must admit, his base system is powerful and ever-penetrating (Descartes is probably a very good example, but it's on
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by wfn 12y ago
Did you read the article? > Just because it is a contradiction doesn't mean it is wrong That's basically precisely one of the points of this article.
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by wfn 12y ago
| 236kb of exploit source, must be written for enterprise.
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by wfn 12y ago
[hrr, can't edit my own message anymore, it seems] errata: mpOTR (as implemented by cryptocat) does not seem to support PFS right now, which is quite a big deal.
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by wfn 12y ago
I totally know what you mean! I've been recommending this book left and right around these parts, but can't hurt to say it again: you should probably read "Permutation City."[1] As far as literature, character developmen
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by wfn 12y ago
Hmm, maybe it's high time I gave an honest re-read of http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/connectionism/ - last time I glanced at it, it gave many sparks and inspiration to delve deeper into things. And lots of
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by wfn 12y ago
Will very much read it. Thanks for the link! (Also, that blog is kind of a big deal. Good stuff.)
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by wfn 12y ago
Two somewhat-related-pointers for people who decide that they're curious about these things: * a light and nice read: https://www.frc.ri.cmu.edu/~hpm/project.archive/general.arti... (an oft-cited article) * t
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by wfn 12y ago
Re: Fodor, Folk Psychology, and the Language of Thought hypothesis, obligatory link to Paul Churchland's retort :) "Eliminative Materialism and the Propositional Attitudes": http://commonsenseatheism.com/wp-co
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by wfn 12y ago
If you liked this, you might like to take a peek at: http://freehaven.net/anonbib/topic.html (take special notice at the highlighted papers.)
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by wfn 12y ago
Something like https://crypto.cat/ ? Supports multiparty OTR, etc. Server doesn't see message contents. Ephemeral key exchange via OTR (hence supports perfect forward secrecy), though of course there's always the
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by wfn 12y ago
Good use of full disk encryption (or encryption of everything but the base bootable OS) and separation of systems (bitcoind on a separate server.) That's the way to do things! Good on them.
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by wfn 12y ago
This is quite a big thing. Pity this didn't get more exposure on HN.
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by wfn 12y ago
Did you end up open sourcing the parts of the thing that you ended up implementing/writing? Seems like a waste to just throw it into a trash bin. (But of course there may be nuances / it may be hard to do that, etc.) Non-working c
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by wfn 12y ago
So, has anyone been working (or pondering working) on alternatives? Ideally (and perhaps naively), I can see a diaspora-like abstract semi-decentralized / federated social network infrastructure which could then be used to build all so
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by wfn 12y ago
Ah! I should have known better. ROT-13 for the win!
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by wfn 12y ago
> I think modern usage of the term dates to Aristotle's books: Physics & Metaphysics. 'Physics' is about nature and feels like a direct ancestor to modern science. 'Metaphysics' is pretty close to what we st
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by wfn 12y ago
Hmhm. Why do they use their own (by which i mean, 'custom') elliptic curve implementation (in pure python - what about timing / side channel attacks?) https://github.com/darkwallet/darkmarket/blob&#x
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by wfn 12y ago
..english letter frequency table based remapping did not help me here (and that was the extent of my effort).. I'm beginning to think that this might have been one of those autoironic fourth wall story-narrative-mocking jokes! Did you
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by wfn 12y ago
You don't say! :) Try googling for "the wizard book." See first result. Marvel at the book's cover, http://mitpress.mit.edu/sicp/full-text/book/book.html P.S. for a kinda-scientific treatm
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by wfn 12y ago
if ($sectrip != "") { $salt = "LOLLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL"; #this is ONLY used if the host doesn't have openssl #I don't know a better way to get r
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by wfn 12y ago
Any particular recommendations what to read for someone unfamiliar with Bohumil Hrabal? I just realized I've seen a film based on one of his novels of the same title, 'Closely Watched Trains' (a great film, by the way.) Inter
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by wfn 13y ago
> To remove side channels and preserve validation, you need to be slightly clever. You validate that a C implementation of one of the functions does the same thing as a function in the validated package, then swap them in the build outpu
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by wfn 13y ago
> Why should I use OpenSSL for TLS termination when formally validated alternatives exist? Oh please do share! (spoiler: alternatives which enable side channels because the pretty compiled-optimized-code (that is generated from source co
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by wfn 13y ago
fwiw, they actually try to do contracting/consulting and they do have sponsor programs (just fyi): http://www.openssl.org/support/donations.html http://www.openssl.org/support/funding/con
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by wfn 13y ago
Huh? How about 'culture'? The image of an angel is part of the lore of many cultures, and one does not have to associate it with religion exclusively, imho.
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OpenSSL Project received $841.70 in donations last week
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The OpenSSL code library on which so many companies rely for their Web security only has one dude working on the project full-time. [...] Steve Marquess, president of the OpenSSL Software Foundation, a separate entity that solicits funding
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What's Really Scary About Heartbleed(forbes.com)
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The audiobook for the LotR trilogy: "Lord of the Rings: unabridged audiobook." I couldn't find a decent info page, so here's a direct magnet link (554.8 MB): magnet:?xt=urn:btih:dbf280a187744045f68d64b9fdc2c581fee5

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