true_repairman
Re:The Fifth Gift (2005)
on Monday July 10, 2023 @07:51AM (#36665044)
~15 minute read about alien gifts to a small and childish civilisation.
Re:How to explain zero-knowledge protocols to your children (1998) [pdf]
on Monday September 26, 2022 @07:37AM (#32981812)
I think the point is, that a zero knowledge proof only works between two parties, the proofer and the verifier.
If I want to proof something to you I cant just say "Hey I showed it to Bob over there. Ask him if I'm telling the truth."
But that doesnt really come through in the analogy.
Re:How to explain zero-knowledge protocols to your children (1998) [pdf]
on Monday September 26, 2022 @05:40AM (#32981109)
Why should bystanders not know? It seems like Micks proof is an attempt at fame, so he would want everybody to know.
Re:Common tech jobs described as cabals of Mesoamerican wizards
on Wednesday August 24, 2022 @08:46AM (#32578694)
So if wizard = programmer, most charactes in Harry Potter wouldnt be wizards. Maybe you could call them spell users?
Re:“Harbinger households” consistently buy products that get discontin...
on Thursday June 23, 2022 @07:37AM (#31847646)
If this would work for stocks aswell...
https://xkcd.com/2270/
Re:Make Tracker Tunes in the Browser
on Wednesday May 25, 2022 @04:13AM (#31501822)
Title made me think of a browser plugin, that plays a sound everytime a tracker is loaded. But this is also cool.
Re:Translate a message 10 times into different languages and back
on Wednesday April 27, 2022 @04:31AM (#31177657)
Firefox is not used in 68.
Re:Broadband cables to be routed through water pipes in new trial
on Wednesday April 13, 2022 @02:35AM (#31011804)
The people of Penistone probably have some good ones.
Re:Twitter is using its embedded JavaScript to hide tweets that have b...
on Wednesday April 06, 2022 @04:15AM (#30929716)
What a shame that Jack left. We could live in a utopia where every tweet is an NFT in the Twitter Blockchain...
Re:Lab-grown meat may never be cost-competitive enough to displace tra...
on Thursday September 23, 2021 @07:59AM (#28627972)
"Oh my god the government is feeding us dead babies!" would probably be up there.