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New comment by occamofsandwich in "Quantum Computers Are Not a Threat to 128-Bit Symmetric Keys"

occamofsandwich — Mon, 20 Apr 2026 20:02:02 +0000

Assuming a member of the target audience sees the connection between HMAC and symmetric keys AFA usage, would you like them to be making leaps like this in their regular usage of cryptography? (I really couldn't tell you if an algorithm that involves being able to look into the box in the middle might not have characteristics that means part or all the primitives involved are less quantum safe than an algorithm that lacks that possibility yet I'd suspect I have a lot more experience than the average reader drawn in by the title.)

New comment by occamofsandwich in "Ask HN: How to solve the cold start problem for a two-sided marketplace?"

occamofsandwich — Mon, 20 Apr 2026 19:34:59 +0000

Liability. I.e. when they get sued they can try to argue the contractor is an employee of the nothing firm and doesn't need an equivalent retirement plan to Bezos.

New comment by occamofsandwich in "At long last, InfoWars is ours"

occamofsandwich — Mon, 20 Apr 2026 18:41:52 +0000

Exactly. Buying would at least mean you aren't revamping the value of the site for some next renter in a deeply cynical age where making fun of the orange pedo at a press club ball could cause WWIII.

New comment by occamofsandwich in "Quantum Computers Are Not a Threat to 128-Bit Symmetric Keys"

occamofsandwich — Mon, 20 Apr 2026 18:27:16 +0000

Disconcerting opening. If you want to put hash algorithms in the same category as symmetric keys in this particular case then say so without referring to them as if they are symmetric keys.

New comment by occamofsandwich in "At long last, InfoWars is ours"

occamofsandwich — Mon, 20 Apr 2026 18:07:39 +0000

I guess.. But renting a 4th reich site seems far darker than they might be used to and likely to make them the butt of the joke when Hitler's testtube clone gets elected from it in 35 years.

New comment by occamofsandwich in "Not buying another Kindle"

occamofsandwich — Mon, 20 Apr 2026 16:21:46 +0000

The ereader scene is just a disaster that shows the dangers of prioritizing DRM. I had ereaders for two decades, managed to read about 6 books on them and ultimately have almost nothing to do with related media forms because of the experience which replaced any actual reading routine with jumping through hoops.

New comment by occamofsandwich in "Tesla concealed fatal accidents to continue testing autonomous driving"

occamofsandwich — Mon, 20 Apr 2026 13:05:43 +0000

Sure, but then I don't want you to have a vehicle at all to minimize my own risk.

New comment by occamofsandwich in "The RAM shortage could last years"

occamofsandwich — Mon, 20 Apr 2026 05:36:16 +0000

Right, the second was a conspiracy to form a monopoly.

New comment by occamofsandwich in "The RAM shortage could last years"

occamofsandwich — Sun, 19 Apr 2026 21:51:01 +0000

The strange deals on the entire future output are what was allowed. Try to do the same thing with onions and the government understands you are a criminal.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Onion_Futures_Act

New comment by occamofsandwich in "Critical flaw in Protobuf library enables JavaScript code execution"

occamofsandwich — Sun, 19 Apr 2026 19:45:00 +0000

Given that JS/TS is still near mandatory in the client and optional in server side, I doubt a high percent of the "50 million downloads" are server side. Are you using go in WASM and how's that working out?

New comment by occamofsandwich in "Scientists discover “cleaner ants” that groom giant ants in Arizona desert"

occamofsandwich — Sun, 19 Apr 2026 12:38:39 +0000

> What ever the reason the bigger ants are allowing this to happen I am convinced that there is some sort of beneficial reason.

Isn't it an opportunity to find lice and ticks?

New comment by occamofsandwich in "Global freedom declined for the 20th consecutive year in 2025"

occamofsandwich — Sun, 19 Apr 2026 11:46:20 +0000

They are funded by the US and putting the US in a largest decline section. It's nice for you if your favorite freedom is braiding your hair since that might be the last one to go.

New comment by occamofsandwich in "The FBI Director Is MIA"

occamofsandwich — Sat, 18 Apr 2026 12:47:18 +0000

Found dead in an alleyway dressed as a party clown is just part of the job even if it is only a partial final karma payment.

New comment by occamofsandwich in ""Liberation Day" at OpenAI as multiple senior executives announce leaving"

occamofsandwich — Sat, 18 Apr 2026 12:23:04 +0000

Probably there long enough to be a hindrance to criminal activity.

New comment by occamofsandwich in "Congress extends controversial surveillance powers for 10 days"

occamofsandwich — Fri, 17 Apr 2026 19:30:28 +0000

Short enough to possibly be correct.