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Re:An Uncommon Cold on Wednesday January 06, 2021 @01:52AM (#25655263)
That is old definition, now in accordance to the new definition immunity can only be achieved through vaccination. https://twitter.com/simondolan/status/1341306917076021248
Re:The Nobel Prize in Physics 2019 on Tuesday October 08, 2019 @12:23PM (#21193948)
If jooz were a nationality they would likely win. They hold 26% of the prizes in physics. Remarkable considering they are 0.2% of the world population. Source https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Jewish_Nobel_laureates
Re:Perl 5.26.0 released on Thursday June 01, 2017 @07:25AM (#14459392)
Actually, he breaks examples from the manual. I think his point was that programmers inherently write exploitable Perl code as they assume certain types are secure.
Re:Perl 5.26.0 released on Thursday June 01, 2017 @06:01AM (#14459061)
Perl always reminds me of this guy :) https://media.ccc.de/v/32c3-7130-the_perl_jam_2
Re:Tectonic: a modernized, self-contained TeX/LaTeX engine on Wednesday May 31, 2017 @02:38AM (#14450766)
Nope, LuaTeX does a better job and even that is limited as compared to pdfTeX. See http://mirrors.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/microtype/micro... page 7, Table 1.
Re:End Geoblocking on Monday June 06, 2016 @06:31PM (#11850998)
Good guy EU: sensors the internet for its citizens, gets upset when sensored by third parties.
Re:Follow the money: Apple vs. the FBI on Monday March 28, 2016 @11:31AM (#11374834)
Around 2030 there will likely be a quantum computer running Shor's algorithm efficiently.