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Re:Chaos Computer Club breaks Apple TouchID on Monday September 23, 2013 @01:02AM (#6429224)
and also the fingerprint.
Re:I hate the Pumping Lemma on Monday August 19, 2013 @01:02AM (#6235703)
The real insult is that the actual underlying idea, and the proof, is shockingly simple. It is essentially the pigeonhole principle: the principle that if you put more than n pigeons into n holes then there must be a hole with more than one pigeon in.

Right. I wonder how many statements in theory of computation are essentially the pigeonhole principle.

Re:Prism Break on Tuesday July 09, 2013 @04:36AM (#6011678)
No doubt. The element in question is the state authorization for burglary. Letting "authorized burglars" walk into your house and take a look around when you are having dinner with your family.
> In reality, this kind of thinking means that if you believe in Karma, you can ignore less-fortunates because clearly they screwed up their lives on their own.

Disagree - If some one is "less-fortunate" and you are in the capacity to help them, you accumulate the negative kind of karma by ignoring them.

> Conversely, you can get away with being a jerk to people, because they probably deserved it anyway.

Maybe. But do not forget the implications on you for being a jerk.

> It is a self-reinforcing bias of the worst sort.

Depends on how you take it.

Ahh.. alright a hundred thousand more people to be targeted..
Should we be saying "Research shows research underestimated"