So I think this axioma is based on a previous one: everyone wants to be challenged, which I believe is not true. You have to give people a reason for that motivation first, to be able to challenge them. Otherwise you will make people feel insecure, because they will think that they’re not smart enough, and we are taught that maths = smart. (Maybe we have to tackle this social construct first.)

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[1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mathematical_anxiety

It's akin to saying that we created the concept of "physics", yes we created it, and physics govern, for example, how a car moves, but it doesn't mean our concept of physics created the car or physics itself, we just use physics to describe and understand the car's movement.

Maybe statistics can't generate anything, but if you imagine everything we can do as very complex, unimaginable multi-dimensional functions that can generate outputs based on inputs, we can use statistics to find functions that fit any real (ground truth) function in the observable universe.

Telegram is said to have been given authorities access to user data [1], despite the fact that they advertise the opposite. I guess that’s what happens when your app is not encrypted E2E by default.

Also, they have used their own encryption algorithm in the past (I don’t know now) instead of the well known and proven algorithms out there. Something highly criticized by experts, back then [2]

-[1] https://www.androidpolice.com/telegram-germany-user-data-sur... -[2] https://eprint.iacr.org/2015/1177

As a software engineer this all is very inspiring. I’m tickled and excited to do things again. I’m also learning deep learning and statistics and having a blast with toy projects.

I wish they would make this distinction clearer in the UI. Most of the time it can answer without resorting to search, I think it would be better if the user explicitly specifies that they need web results.

Is that hyperbole? Because that would be very sad if true, culturally speaking. There are 5 different official languages in my country (Spain) and there are several laws to prevent them from becoming extinct for this very reason.

Is that how you call trying to protect consumers over there? Really, there are genuinely good reasons for those "stances".

It's only useful when you have some cognitive work that you want to automate so it saves you time and you can do it on a large scale, but I don't think writing massive amounts of viruses is the goal here. The objective is to code very specific and particular viruses or exploits for very specific targets.

Also, writing code is only a small part of hacking, especially when it is against specific targets.

Also, what are the benefits for me, as a user? I could give you ideas for the challenges but I’m missing a “search” or “explore” feature to find solutions for my problems in an engaging way that would encourage me to contribute my own

I feel that they're always very biased in these comparisons.

If they keep releasing older models and keep their cutting-edge technology for profit I’m fine with it.