alphager

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by alphager 18d ago
Truenas core is BSD, not GPL.
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by alphager 22d ago
France24 is a reliable news channel based in France.
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by alphager 25d ago
They didn't run over BT. BT is used to initiate communication and share the password to a wifi-network. It then uses that Wi-Fi network for most communication, keeping the BT channel strictly for telephony.
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by alphager 2mo ago
Tell me about it! We've got slightly under 10'000 distinct software assets we are trying to catalogue. There are now a handful of vendors claiming to be able to scan for crypto, but they all suck .
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by alphager 2mo ago
I work as a security architect in a major European company. We're currently demanding a full cryptographic inventory of every new product purchased or service built in-house and will start demanding PQC in 2028. Not because we expect a
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by alphager 3mo ago
The check for citizenship is not done at the polling place; it's done at the time of voter registration with plenty of accepted IDs.
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by alphager 3mo ago
ZFS on Linux works great, but with most distributions, it will compile the kernel module on device upon installation. Only Ubuntu distributes binaries. As a consequence, you don't necessarily want a rolling distro, as the ZFS module ca
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by alphager 3mo ago
There's bias and then there's ignoring all of your own laws when it's convenient.
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by alphager 3mo ago
There are very limited seats (a few teens of thousands). Free market logic dictates that the 100000 richest fans get the tickets. If you don't like it, you are not a true believer in a free market. There's a reason social democrat
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by alphager 3mo ago
*in the US
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by alphager 4mo ago
It is absolutely bonkers to think about using UV to disinfect human skin, let alone the inside of the human body. Any UV radiation strong enough to destroy the cells of bacteria is strong enough to destroy human cells. We know that UV-radia
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by alphager 4mo ago
Nope. You have to possess a valid ID or passport, but you are not required to carry it. Keeping it at home is perfectly fine. Carrying it is practical and most Germans do carry their ID, but it's not a requirement.
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by alphager 4mo ago
We are as close as you can get, but we estimate that we're about 3.5% away from true optimum on the hardest problem we try to optimize.
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by alphager 4mo ago
Absolutely true in the real world; I was part of a real team that explored quantum optimization algorithms as part of a strategic initiative (my day job is algorithmic optimization on classical computers). Our problem is similar (but not id
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by alphager 4mo ago
Logistics would love to optimize the traveling salesman problem.
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by alphager 4mo ago
X$ for the ticket plus a convenience fee/service fee for standing in line.
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by alphager 4mo ago
What difficulties do you mean? We got Sepa instant transfers nowadays...
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by alphager 5mo ago
How is that a ban?
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by alphager 5mo ago
It's in all kinds of medicine. People take some pills and then add a cough syrup, not noticing that the syrup also contains it as an active ingredient.
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by alphager 5mo ago
Stealing is one possible problem (transactions out of country are really hard to claw back), but the major fear is probably stability. You won't like the consequences if a significant percentage of your countries banks are down for a f
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by alphager 5mo ago
That are paid (if not avoided) at the location of the owner, not the location of the dc. Datacenters really aren't that good for the locals. Low property tax, just tens of jobs but very high infrastructure needs.
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by alphager 5mo ago
Just be aware that DW is literally government propaganda. If you want news from a German perspective, it's great; however its purpose is explicitly to give the German governments POV.
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by alphager 6mo ago
A steam sauna originating in Turkey, popular in many Arabic countries.
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by alphager 6mo ago
People with 2 minimum wage jobs have even less time.
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by alphager 6mo ago
That would be about 10-15 years after the moment it would have been wise to migrate to PQC. You won't have the time to migrate before breach when you start after ECC is broken.
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by alphager 6mo ago
They are selling access to GPU computation. Seeking their used GPUs would flood the market with cheap competitors using their old GPUs.
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by alphager 7mo ago
Most admins on Wikipedia are competent in areas outside of webdev and security.
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by alphager 7mo ago
Those usecases are at least 5 years if not 10 years out. They require software support which won't come until a significant part of the pc market has the necessary hardware for it. Until then, paying extra for the hardware is foolish.
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by alphager 7mo ago
The UK supports the attacks by giving logistical support to the US through the use of UK airbases.
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by alphager 7mo ago
No, LTCS means the version after the end of public beta.

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