A slightly less hyped headline would be:
"Mathematical theorem used to crack US government _candidate_ encryption algorithm"
Readit Newsdificilis commented on We are sorry to inform you that you are in a cult labskausleben.bearblog.de... · Posted by u/memorable
>maladaptive conditioning we receive from our families and society in general
We adapted to the world through our families and society. A human alone 50,000 years ago was a delicious meal, not a rugged individualist.
I would suggest that anything that encourages you to live an atomized life is maladaptive. We can get away with some degree of that now, but only due to thousands of years of various cult-like behaviors that built the world to be more fit for humans.
Cultures vary. Also individuals vary. That’s true now, and it was very likely true 50000 years ago.
Maybe not all the rugged individualists survived, but quite likely a few wandering souls travelled far away from their original homes, and got to see different places and experience different things.
dificilis commented on Ask HN: What sort of systemic risk to crypto is Paul Graham referring to? · Posted by u/pdog
With all the recent calls for transparency and public auditing, I'd guess USDT; My guess is as worth as any though. USDT run would be a mother of all systemic risks barring one of the majors (BTC/ETH/ADA) technical stumbling or second coming of Satoshi (dormant wallets resurrection event).
Silly question: if the "second coming" is a risk, then could bitcoin itself be amended to deem sufficiently old wallets no longer valid?
Of course if it was seriously proposed, then the holder of said wallets might rush to cash some of them in.
dificilis commented on Modern humans generate more brain neurons than Neandertals mpg.de/19178398/0906-mozg... · Posted by u/_Microft
IN MICE
dificilis commented on Do Your iPhone a Favor and Clear Your Cache cnet.com/tech/mobile/do-y... · Posted by u/dagenix
"Your Cache" is like "The Common Cold" - it's not actually one thing.
dificilis commented on Turkey Discovers 694M Mt of Rare Earth Element Reserves news.metal.com/newsconten... · Posted by u/ksec
dificilis commented on Ask HN: Does anybody still use bookmarking services? · Posted by u/joe8756438
My bookmarks have not changed in a long time. I use the same bookmarks. I never really use the service, because I never really use bookmarks all that much, I’ll just Google something. I found the bookmarks get on wielding and I start losing track of them and I start having lists of bookmarks that are 9 years old.
Rather than bookmarks I use Pocket. It’s been very helpful especially for articles and technical websites that I want to be able to reference later.
I tried Pocket, but it wouldn't let me edit titles, which was a bit of a deal-killer. So then I tried Raindrop (free plan), and I have been using that ever since.
I use "collections" to describe abstract properties of a bookmark, like "work" for work-related, "reference" for 'I have read it but I might want to refer to it later'. Then I use tags for identifying topic - but a lot of the time there's enough info in the title, and tags don't really add much for the effort involved.
Most of those definitions can be reduced to a single definition:
"the" <something> = the speaker believes that enough information has been given for the listener to know which <something> is being referred to.
Examples:
"the man who hit me" - makes sense as part of a story where only man hit me. "the world" - there is only one world, so we know which one it is.
dificilis commented on Mysterious invisible walls may have been discovered in outer space bgr.com/science/mysteriou... · Posted by u/SQL2219
That article contains 3 astronomical photos, but none of them are pictures of what the article is about.
They are not pictures of "invisible walls".
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