giucal

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by giucal 2y ago
> I have wondered why we have case/esac, if/fi but while/done. With the reverse-keyword convention we'd get "od", not "elihw", though. while ... for ... do do ...
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by giucal 2y ago
You don't even need a VPN. Just replace ISP's DNS servers with, say, Cloudflare's 1.1.1.1 1.0.0.1 or maybe OpenDNS's. [Edit: fixed wrong fallback address.]
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by giucal 7y ago
I think they don't matter because: 1. they are all fixed or bounded quantities; 2. all algorithms are subject to them. On the other hand, in practice, the input size is also bounded. You deal not with arbitrarily long arrays, for examp
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by giucal 8y ago
Not so, language is a convention. Look up "fascism" in a dictionary: you will find it has a well established meaning.
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by giucal 9y ago
Your own attitude towards life or criminals is not something worth considering when seriously pondering this question. Society is a collection of individuals; everyone has different opinions and feelings on almost anything: at least when we
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by giucal 10y ago
(Joke) The best Windows tablet is no tablet at all.
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by giucal 10y ago
Sorry, I'm not sure I've understood your question. Do you mean encrypting the same way we encrypt using public key ? If so: No, because as far as I can tell, when you "encrypt" a message with your public key you are in
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by giucal 10y ago
It works in both directions, but the purpose is different. To put it simply: Since you are supposed to be the sole owner of your private key, using it to encrypt something allows the public to verify your identity.
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by giucal 10y ago
He will more likely beat them to death.
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by giucal 10y ago
If a commit is signed, one can verify that the author is indeed who s/he claims to be. See https://git-scm.com/book/it/v2/Git-Tools-Signing-Your-Work . Some excerpt: Git is cryptographically secure, but