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by greyfade 2y ago
rotthirteen would "work", but it's not a protocol. Actual protocols include tcp, udp, dccp, sctp, etc.
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by greyfade 2y ago
I would suggest that if you need to search every instance of the variable `i`, your loop is too large and needs to be refactored. Variables like this should only be used in a highly restricted scope that fits on your screen in 36-point fo
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by greyfade 3y ago
Who? This is the first I've heard of a youtuber sticking his nose in this.
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by greyfade 5y ago
Neither is Bash. And, being GNU projects, Bash and `info` generally come hand-in-hand.
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by greyfade 7y ago
> I think Knuth (in his famous "... root of all evil" quote) was referring specifically to programming, and to spending time on optimizations prior to functional completion. What he said is, quote, "... we should forget ab
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by greyfade 7y ago
> Is it too much to ask that tech journalists proof read their articles before hitting publish? Yes.
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by greyfade 7y ago
The key is the obfuscation algorithm. In cryptography, the key isn't just a string of bytes, it's also the algorithm and cipher.
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by greyfade 7y ago
They're just variants on the IFF theme.[1] All of these files are broken into chucks with a FourCC header (sometimes with letters alternately upper or lower case, depending on features and version) that includes a chunk length and occa
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by greyfade 7y ago
There's a lot I'm not explaining, in part because I don't (yet) understand crypto well enough to know if my idea even makes sense, let alone is feasible. Matrix is close , but not what I'm describing. It's far more
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by greyfade 7y ago
Not exactly. I rather dislike XMPP's design, and what I'd like to see is something not only decentralized (relying at most on a DHT seed), but supporting group chats with trivially-expirable keys. My limited exposure to OTR su
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by greyfade 7y ago
Maybe it is, but it's not the decentralized replacement for Discord and Teams that I envision.
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by greyfade 7y ago
There's enough conflicting information about the suicide that that particular conspiracy theory is going to have legs for a long time to come.
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by greyfade 7y ago
I've been bouncing around the idea of a fully decentralized end-to-end encrypted chat protocol for exactly this reason, but I've been afraid to work on it for precisely the reason this thread is being discussed. I know that if my
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by greyfade 7y ago
Yes. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_instruction_set_computer
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by greyfade 7y ago
Python has been around since, what, 1994? C# goes back to '99 or '00 or something like that. Nim goes back to maybe 2008 and only hit 1.0 today.
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by greyfade 7y ago
I think it's fair to say that LoC is perhaps the least relevant metric it is possible to imagine. Languages differ in expressive power in ways that effectively mean that 200kLoC in one language is trivial to implement in a few thousand
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by greyfade 7y ago
You realize your microwave operates at over 1100 watts in a small enclosure designed to reflect RF, while 5G currently maxes out at 1100 watts in an open space that dissipates the energy in all directions, right? You also realize that a mic
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by greyfade 9y ago
Speaking for myself, this is partly why I want to contribute to the kernel. I tend not to take my own mistakes very seriously unless they come with serious consequences. Having someone I respect tear into me would, I think, force me to ta
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by greyfade 10y ago
Graphics drivers are by no means the only drivers that require updates.
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by greyfade 10y ago
A better way to do that find command is: find -name '*.xls' -print0 | xargs -0 xls2csv
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by greyfade 11y ago
I see it fine on Arch. I have a relatively minimal set of fonts installed, and it seems to be coming from a font named "Standard Symbols L", which seems to be included as a Type1 font with Ghostscript's core35 font collection
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by greyfade 11y ago
The react format is not original. It predates FineBros by some years. Even the name being "X reacts to y" predates FineBros. It could not be more unoriginal. But what Fine was doing was claiming that people were copying them a
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by greyfade 11y ago
If you configure your SSH server for a limited, secure set of ciphers and HMACs, these automated attacks won't even get to the point of attempting authentication. https://stribika.github.io/2015/01/04/sec
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by greyfade 12y ago
They're not, but it's been common practice in their industry for decades, and it's generally seen as beneficial to OEMs and users to have access to datasheets before purchase. This is why it's also commonplace for most c
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by greyfade 12y ago
Presumably because international treaties extend the reach of certain domestic laws. ... Or because the Copyright cartels bribed the NZ gov't to roll over. We'll never know.
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by greyfade 12y ago
Sometimes, that's simply not possible. Those of us that don't have the option of a better employer need laws that mandate some reasonable minimum of benefits, because we won't get them any other way.
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by greyfade 12y ago
Equally authoritative? I had no idea WHATWG was drafting specifications, let alone considered authoritative.
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by greyfade 12y ago
If HB is a front for Steam, then there's a lot of side-deals going on: HB has its own distribution system and also ties into Desura. If that makes HB a front for Steam, then you might want to clarify what you mean by "front."
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by greyfade 12y ago
Jamming signals in the US is a federal crime. CFR Title 17 is pretty clear that the FCC thinks it's a heinous offense.
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by greyfade 12y ago
In my reading, it appears to be an assumption based on GCC, which apparently uses lisp-like code to represent its AST. (Is this true? I don't know, I haven't looked.)

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