bouncycastle

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Comment · 10 days ago
Core run time vulnerabilities in PHP, the language and runtime itself, are rare. I remember the days when an exploit in the JVM was a daily announcement. To the point where they had to ban java applets from the web.
Comment · 22 days ago
group 4 ultra processed is basically food fraud in my opinion. There is so much complex industrial scale chemistry going into it that it's mind boggling that it's actually legal. On the other hand, the process for making real cheese is simple and relies on a natural process.
Comment · 1 month ago
I too have the same skepticism here. If you're using dating apps then you're at least motivated to seek physical relations.

However, I'm surprised nobody has bought up porn yet (and other equally addicting digital habits).

Comment · 1 month ago
I think it is an illusion because as you approach the speed of light everything in your wide view contracts to the front of where you are going, so it would seem like you are moving back. Stop, and you now appear closer. It's probably why you do not see this effect on sci fi films, instead they show the ship moving forward by streaking the stars showing through the window, which is more intuitive for our brains to understand.
Comment · 2 months ago
Dear app developers: please do not detect screenshots, and do not change behavior. It is my phone and I should have the right to save anything on my screen for my own purposes and you should not know that I do that.
Comment · 3 months ago
I have a TV in my Google Home that I cannot remove. It says it's offline and when I try to remove if it says "communication error". Yes, I know, I stopped using that TV 5 years ago! Normally, I haven't seen such bugs from Google, but lately it's been getting worse.
Comment · 3 months ago
ironically, the collapse of the global economy is what could save us
Comment · 4 months ago
Does this mean that apks that i've built and installed through adb will stop working? That would be a real damn shame.
Comment · 4 months ago
Perhaps someone could have some fun with this...

Feeding faked looped security camera footage is a classic plot device in many films, and could make some good comedy!

These days you could do with AI. Godzilla over Tokyo anyone?

Comment · 4 months ago
Many positives. For example, the buildings get to be maintained and left in a better condition, rather than deteriorate. Streets look better too, and landrods have an interest that their assets are located in areas with low crime and adequate public services, as that improves the value of their properties. Often airbnb properties are well maintained, and I've seen a few examples where derelict properties were turned into nice looking houses in my town.

Landlords such as Airbnb hosts usually invest a lot in furniture and equipment, helping to keep the producers in business. Not to mention provide employment thanks to renovations, cleaning and maintenance. I'd say it leaves the economy more vibrant and benefits all. A classic example where landlords were banned was the Soviet Union, and all the housing problems that followed. Although the USSR finally collapsed, people there still live in the old Khrushchevkas...

Comment · 4 months ago
Highly unlikely. Just the energy cost of running centrifuges, let alone manufacturing them is impossible to hide. It's staggering when you consider it.

To put some more perspective, an LLM could show you how to make a Boeing 747 in detail, but the actual chance of someone making one with no tools and logistics would be 0.

LLMs haven't changed the economic realities.

Comment · 4 months ago
you can already get that information by reading books in the library.

The biggest barrier is not information, it's the ability to secure enough of the materials and equipment.

For example, information for how to make a nuclear weapon is already there in the library. However, mining enough yellow cake and then purifying it is an industrial scale operation, out of reach unless you are a nation state, and have good mountain tunnels, etc. To a lesser extent, this is also true for producing chemical weapons. The theory is there, but actual production extremely out of reach. No LLM can help you there. (You can verify by reading up on Aum Shinrikyo to get an idea of the staggering scale required)

Comment · 4 months ago
it doesn't matter if it's 29 or 2900. Even 1 is wrong.
Comment · 5 months ago
freshwater lakes have shellfish too, so it doesn't automatically mean that place was a sea.
Comment · 5 months ago
Meanwhile, I cannot ask ChatGTP how to pick my own lock. Even though this information is available in a book in the library.

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