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yyyk commented on Go Proposal: Secret Mode   antonz.org/accepted/runti... · Posted by u/enz
yyyk · 2 days ago
Aka .NET SecureString - which is barely used because everything accepts String.
yyyk commented on Language is primarily a tool for communication rather than thought (2024) [pdf]   gwern.net/doc/psychology/... · Posted by u/netfortius
krackers · 18 days ago
Doesn't hellen keller provide a counterexample? She seemed to imply pretty strongly that before acquisition of language she operated more on stimulus and bodily perception rather than higher-level thought.
yyyk · 18 days ago
It's clear humans have several networks working together. Some Mathematicians report they 'see' the solution, these rely on a visual network *. Others report they prefer to do math symbolically (relying on the language network?).

Perhaps there are also multiple human paths to higher-level thought, with Keller (who lost her sight) using the language facility while others don't have to.

* Given Box 1 contents, the article authors seem unaware of the research on this? e.g.

https://www.youcubed.org/resource/visual-mathematics/

https://www.hilarispublisher.com/open-access/seeing-as-under...

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yyyk commented on We should all be using dependency cooldowns   blog.yossarian.net/2025/1... · Posted by u/todsacerdoti
yyyk · 25 days ago
This assumes the direct mode of exploitation. The indirect mode (where an attacker inserts a vulnerability) does not necessarily have the 'short time span' issue. So not a complete solution by any means.

Also, there should a way to distinguish between security updates and normal updates for this. If there is, a cooldown is a useful idea in general for normal updates, since (presumably) the current version works and the new version may introduce bugs.

yyyk commented on NextSilicon reveals new processor chip in challenge to Intel, AMD   reuters.com/business/next... · Posted by u/simojo
yyyk · 2 months ago
Sounds like an idea that would really benefit from a JIT-like approach to basically every software.

u/yyyk

KarmaCake day4510June 28, 2019View Original