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Re:Picoc: A very small C interpreter for scripting on Friday September 04, 2015 @07:11PM (#10173250)
Used it when testing some PCMCIA CAM hardware for my day job. Good tool.
Re:A query complexity breakthrough on Thursday June 18, 2015 @01:55PM (#9740451)
>Amabainis et al refute a major conjecture about the biggest possible randomized/determinstic classical gap.

Sorry, but could you explain what that major conjecture is?

Greenwald has a good critique of the claims here:

https://firstlook.org/theintercept/2015/06/14/sunday-times-r...

>"Well, we are told authoritatively by people in Downing Street, in the Home Office, in the intelligence services that the Russians and the Chinese have all this information and as a result of that our spies are having to pull people out of the field because their lives are in danger."

"Authoritatively".

How can we tell if this is true or just a PR stunt? I'm naturally suspicious of anything the security services say, but can see that this could have a germ of truth.

I have no idea how Snowden encrypted the files, nor do I know if any people are singled out in them. Does anyone know any better?

Re:Source code for backdoor found in Tenda router on Saturday October 19, 2013 @02:11PM (#6577233)
Er... where, exactly?
Re:Documents Reveal N.S.A. Campaign Against Encryption on Friday September 06, 2013 @10:19AM (#6340535)
They probably ask their advertisers.