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PROGCRYPTO (programmable crypto) The capabilities of multiparty computations, fully homomorphic encryption and zero knowledge proofs are super interesting and will allow for new ways of using the internet. In the same way it was hard to imagine what the consequences of asymmetric encryption was at the time when it was conceived, it think the same is true for MPC and FHE today. These technologies are only recently getting feasible. Example use-case: Look for relatives (think ancestry) based on your DNA sequence with cryptographic guarantees, that everyone's DNA stays secret.

I really liked this article. It's the first time I see async Python used to solve a problem.

Suggestion: I think it would make sense to use softmax as the scaling function. This way you don't need to worry about outliers and you get to decide the running time.

This week I am refreshing my front-end skills, so I did a little market research.

The best resource on CSS basics, I have found, is https://web.dev/learn/css. It includes flexbox and grid.

For design guidelines I recommend Refactoring UI. It is full of actionable advice, which books such as The UX book is lacking.

In my project I use TailwindCSS (by the author of Refacturing UI) with Daisy UI components, so I don't actually write raw CSS. At first TailwindCSS feels like a step backwards to inline CSS, but it is just better than the alternative. I recommend giving it a chance.

I use it to launch GUI apps from the terminal, e.g.

    coproc 'nemo .'

(zk-)SNARKs are essentially succinct (sub-linear / O(log)) arguments of knowledge. Essentially the arguments (proofs) boils down to the Schwartz-Zippel Lemma which states that two non-identical polynomials disagree on a random x-value w.h.p.

Its a rabbit hole but it is an interesting niche if you like this kind of stuff.

To get you started, you can read about the KZG scheme which is even O(1):

https://dankradfeist.de/ethereum/2020/06/16/kate-polynomial-...

and if you want more, I suggest you start with the zk-MOOC.

I like to add:

Shift + ZA -> :up (save only if needed without quitting.)

by adding to your .vimrc:

    nnoremap ZA :update<CR>

Because it is better than the alternative.

Pick two:

  (1) memorizable passwords
  (2) bruteforce-resistant passwords
  (3) account-unique passwords.

The best tradeoff for me is (2)+(3) sacrificing (1), so I use a local password manager (named 'pass'). That said, I would never trust a 3rd party like LastPass.

I enjoyed Branching Paths, which gave provides a unique window into the Japanese indie game developer scene -- If you liked Indie Game: The Movie 2012 and are interested in Japanese media, then watch at least the trailer:

https://store.steampowered.com/app/494680/Branching_Paths/

How come there appears to be symmetry in Rio de Janeiro?

What makes you sleepy is that the drugs cross the blood-brain barrier. Newer drugs containing fexofenadine do not have that side effect.

13.3", 2200x1650 pixels http://ereader-store.de/en/77-onyx-boox-max-carta.html

Something like half of the supermarkets in Denmark scan all money bills they receive supposedly with the purpose of defeating counterfeit money. However it could easily do OCR on the serial as well. Combine that with CCTV records, and and it does not offer much more privacy than credit card payments.

Ironically I started to appreciate it, after I received a fake bill from a different store.

How anonymous is cash really? All money bills have serial numbers that could automatically be correlated with ATMs and your time/location data.

Until recently I didn't even know there existed such a pen-and-paper algorithm resembling long division:

https://xlinux.nist.gov/dads/HTML/cubeRoot.html

Watch the talk here: https://media.ccc.de/v/33c3-7946-console_hacking_2016

"command echo" instead of just "echo" should bypass the shell builtin.

Shameless self-plug:

Three-factor authentication with ssh public key, Google Authenticator and password

https://turquoiseliquorice.wordpress.com/2013/10/05/three-fa...

This seems to be slightly inferior to the Pax calendar[1].

The Pax calendar has another very cool property, which is that the weekdays are always in sync with Gregorian calendar. This is done by carrying over leapdays until you have one full week accumulated, which is then inserted as a leapweek, in the same way we insert leapdays in the Gregorian calendar.

[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pax_Calendar

Does the blockchain have a notion of time as in dates? I believe it only notes continuity from one block to the next.

and you can get a neat ASCII representation by using 'tree' in the directory.

You can, but it is not officially supported.

I had to sideload the WhatsApp.apk on to my Nexus 7 Wi-Fi.

Then you receive your activation code on your phone and tab it in on your tablet.

It works perfectly well.

This is relevant to my interests. I get the search feature through Vimperator as well, though.

Firefox fanboi here.

I use my browser as a reading list as well. And I like it.

I have had epic browser sessions with more than 500 tabs, until I discovered the Max Tabs extension, that let's you set a max limit. I use 100 now.

The extension Bartab Heavy lets you load only current page on start and automatically unloads tabs after x amount time. Otherwise 500 tabs wouldn't be possible.

Furthermore I use Tree Style Tab extension, that put them on the left side. I got used to this in Opera. Still miss the Ctrl + Tab (IIRC) feature, that only showed the list when you tabbed trough them akin to Windows' Alt-Tab window.

The existence of these extensions sooths me a bit since it means I am not the only one with these bad habbits.

Good to see Opera still attracks new users.

> For Lenovo laptops, by contrast, you have to somehow know exactly what components are used in your laptop and then go hunt for those drivers. (And no, I don't want to use Lenovo's mysterious automatic update tools.)

Biased IBM supporter here. All IBM/Lenovo Think systems have a MachineType-Model (eg: 2537-25A). It's written on the button of Thinkpads, or you can find it by:

Windows: GUI: msinfo32, CLI: systeminfo Linux: dmidecode -t 1

The only possible exception, I can think of, is if you order a custom configuration - then the model part will say 'CTO'.

Source: http://forums.lenovo.com/t5/T400-T500-and-newer-T-series/Pro...

ssh-copy-id is made for exactly this:

  ssh-copy-id  -  install  your  public  key in a remote machine’s authorized_keys

Part of Wikileaks' manifest is a promise to the leakers to release the information eventually, and they have proven track record of doing so.

Aware of this, I wonder if new insurance files will have any influence on the actions of their enemies.

We should make a collection of 500$ and give them to him as a reward.