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Re:Caltech Awards 10,000th PhD Degree by lordgrenville on Tuesday November 17, 2020 @03:11AM (#25121256)
I guess he thinks of it as a trapdoor function - it's trivial to find his name given the comment, but just given his name it's probably hard to turn up this comment.
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Re:Caltech Awards 10,000th PhD Degree by BalinKing on Tuesday November 17, 2020 @11:27AM (#25125626)
TIL the term "trapdoor function"β€”and also, you're correct[0] :-)

[0] with the added protection that someone non-HN-familiar might not know to click on the profile name to get more information

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