0xkrt26

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   by 0xkrt26 1mo ago

   Thank you, glad it landed good!
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   by 0xkrt26 3mo ago

   Author here. In the article I explicitly mention that the second part (about high degree polynomial and descrete exponentation) is based on Diffie-Hellman's 1976 paper and presents their one-way function constructions, not MD5 or SHA
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   by 0xkrt26 4mo ago

   Exactly! The idea was to show how asking the right question can completely change the result, which von Mises himself uses as a core argument in his original article. He tells the story about math bureau showing that they weren't wrong
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   by 0xkrt26 4mo ago

   That's a very interesting approach! Such a big difference between 366 people for 100% and only 23 for 50% would have been much more intriguing. Thanks, I'll keep it in mind for the future posts:)
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   by 0xkrt26 4mo ago

   Thanks for noticing! Exactly that part with "requier" didn't go through grammar check:)