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Those were the days where if you knew someone’s real name and town that they lived, you could just go and get the telephone directory for that area (the library had all of them) and look up their address and phone number. It would have to be quite a big town before you found multiple people with the same name.

You are mostly correct it’s (possible char values) ^ length.

Do you use a browser extension for this? Can you share it? Thanks!

Ironically, I had to turn on reader mode to read his website because the black text on white background is just too harsh on my eyes. My reader mode settings have a contrast ratio of 6.16 according to the site that he links.

Remember when “Chia coin” came for our HDDs too?

https://www.tomshardware.com/news/hard-drive-prices-skyrocket-asia-scalpers-making-bank

It’s not as impressive when they’ve already crossed the 1, 2, 3 trillion marks.

Call me when they hit 1 quadrillion dollars market cap.

This is a brilliant presentation. I heard about his paper that demonstrated integer factorisation with an abacus, a VIC-20 and a dog, but I hadn’t seen this before.

Aside: The Quantum Supremacy Drinking Game – Open a new bottle of wine every time quantum supremacy is announced – Requires a well-stocked wine cellar

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Utility is born of necessity, and it’s true that every joke needs a punchline.

Thank you both for telling me the answers to your security questions.

I generally do not trust manfucturer preinstalled OS.

Especially pertinent for Lenovo.

I checked your Mastodon timeline but I don’t see the post, only the one where you relate the story.

Yes the volunteer software authors should work to the beat of the drum of the baying and braying users who insist on using cutting edge software before its wider ecosystem has adapted to its novelties. A very good point.

It really is a shame that they force you to update to the new version. If only there was some way to continue using the existing Gnome version until the extensions have been updated by their authors.

https://mastodon.social/@Liberux/114773833271790172

We’ll relaunch crowdfunding with a functional prototype. We’re also in talks with investors who respect our values.