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Comment · 7 years ago
In this case it doesn't appear that the government intends to mass-decrypt data, but rather only tap into targeted individuals' communications.
Comment · 7 years ago
Australia requires companies to provide backdoors. It does not (and can't) require that non-companies do the same. This means every Jihadi with half a brain will be using XMPP with OTR or something like that.

At the same time, it provides a requirement for EMPLOYEES to make backdoors when asked without letting their employers know.

Comment · 8 years ago
Comment · 8 years ago
Would be awesome to fit air liquifiers there as well to replenish the coolant. After all, it's a bunch of pumps and radiators.
Comment · 8 years ago
Something doesn't quite add up. Cessna 172 and Robinson R44 use similarly powered engines for similar payload, same on the the heavy end of transport planes vs transport choppers.
Comment · 8 years ago
That had nothing to do with binary, wasn't a mini-game and was generally "out there" in terms of complexity. Definitely a good tool to scare children away from programming.
Comment · 8 years ago
You need ~0.2 Bar of oxygen partial pressure. The purpose of Trimix/Heliox is to keep oxygen partial pressure under 1 Bar while also reducing nitrogen to prevent narcosis. You can't breathe the 200m mix at sea level pressure.
Comment · 8 years ago
That's not actually true, Soyuz re-enter on a very shallow profile, shedding a lot of speed over a lot of time with relatively low G. Additionally, Soyuz is a lifting body, which makes the profile even shallower.

Mercury had 8g deceleration on orbital reentry vs 11-12g on suborbital one.

Comment · 8 years ago
You can get perhaps a minute of zero g on a MiG-25, that's just not what people ride it for.
Comment · 8 years ago
Comment · 8 years ago
4-containing houses and apartments sell for a discount even in Australia. Been to quite a few auctions, 0 Asian punters for 4s vs at least 5 for non-4s. Some apartment buildings are already built without level 4 altogether.
Comment · 8 years ago
Is there a benefit over just putting it in a boat/coastal building and using water (perhaps pumped from some depth) for cooling?
Comment · 8 years ago
Clearly you missed the very first point:

>We do not believe that our value as human beings is intrinsically tied to our value as knowledge workers.

You're supposed to be glad this guy wastes your time and money, he has a beautiful personality and deserves to be valued.

Comment · 8 years ago
This resolves to something like 70% males have larger brains than 70% females.

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