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occamofsandwich··on Quantum Computers Are Not a Threat to 128-Bit Symmetric Keys
Assuming a member of the target audience sees the connection between HMAC and symmetric keys AFA usage, would you like them to be making leaps like this in their regular usage of cryptography? (I really couldn't tell you if an algorithm that involves being able to look into the box in the middle might not have characteristics that means part or all the primitives involved are less quantum safe than an algorithm that lacks that possibility yet I'd suspect I have a lot more experience than the average reader drawn in by the title.)
occamofsandwich··on Ask HN: How to solve the cold start problem for a two-sided marketplace?
Liability. I.e. when they get sued they can try to argue the contractor is an employee of the nothing firm and doesn't need an equivalent retirement plan to Bezos.
occamofsandwich··on At long last, InfoWars is ours
Exactly. Buying would at least mean you aren't revamping the value of the site for some next renter in a deeply cynical age where making fun of the orange pedo at a press club ball could cause WWIII.
occamofsandwich··on Quantum Computers Are Not a Threat to 128-Bit Symmetric Keys
Disconcerting opening. If you want to put hash algorithms in the same category as symmetric keys in this particular case then say so without referring to them as if they are symmetric keys.
occamofsandwich··on At long last, InfoWars is ours
I guess.. But renting a 4th reich site seems far darker than they might be used to and likely to make them the butt of the joke when Hitler's testtube clone gets elected from it in 35 years.
occamofsandwich··on Not buying another Kindle
The ereader scene is just a disaster that shows the dangers of prioritizing DRM. I had ereaders for two decades, managed to read about 6 books on them and ultimately have almost nothing to do with related media forms because of the experience which replaced any actual reading routine with jumping through hoops.
occamofsandwich··on Tesla concealed fatal accidents to continue testing autonomous driving
Sure, but then I don't want you to have a vehicle at all to minimize my own risk.
occamofsandwich··on The RAM shortage could last years
Right, the second was a conspiracy to form a monopoly.
occamofsandwich··on The RAM shortage could last years
The strange deals on the entire future output are what was allowed. Try to do the same thing with onions and the government understands you are a criminal.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Onion_Futures_Act

occamofsandwich··on Critical flaw in Protobuf library enables JavaScript code execution
Given that JS/TS is still near mandatory in the client and optional in server side, I doubt a high percent of the "50 million downloads" are server side. Are you using go in WASM and how's that working out?
occamofsandwich··on Scientists discover “cleaner ants” that groom giant ants in Arizona desert
> What ever the reason the bigger ants are allowing this to happen I am convinced that there is some sort of beneficial reason.

Isn't it an opportunity to find lice and ticks?

occamofsandwich··on Global freedom declined for the 20th consecutive year in 2025
They are funded by the US and putting the US in a largest decline section. It's nice for you if your favorite freedom is braiding your hair since that might be the last one to go.
occamofsandwich··on The FBI Director Is MIA
Found dead in an alleyway dressed as a party clown is just part of the job even if it is only a partial final karma payment.
occamofsandwich··on "Liberation Day" at OpenAI as multiple senior executives announce leaving
Probably there long enough to be a hindrance to criminal activity.
occamofsandwich··on Congress extends controversial surveillance powers for 10 days
Short enough to possibly be correct.