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giucal

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    Comment #41934085

    > I have wondered why we have case/esac, if/fi but while/done. With the reverse-keyword convention we'd get "od", not "elihw", though. while ... for ... do do ... ... od od The 'od…

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    Comment #41004188

    You don't even need a VPN. Just replace ISP's DNS servers with, say, Cloudflare's 1.1.1.1 1.0.0.1 or maybe OpenDNS's. [Edit: fixed wrong fallback address.]

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    Comment #19499174

    I think they don't matter because: 1. they are all fixed or bounded quantities; 2. all algorithms are subject to them. On the other hand, in practice, the input size is also bounde…

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    Comment #18479641

    Not so, language is a convention. Look up "fascism" in a dictionary: you will find it has a well established meaning.

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    Comment #14726593

    Your own attitude towards life or criminals is not something worth considering when seriously pondering this question. Society is a collection of individuals; everyone has differen…

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    Comment #12088297

    (Joke) The best Windows tablet is no tablet at all.

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    Comment #12080493

    Sorry, I'm not sure I've understood your question. Do you mean encrypting the same way we encrypt using public key ? If so: No, because as far as I can tell, when you "encrypt" a m…

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    Comment #12080278

    It works in both directions, but the purpose is different. To put it simply: Since you are supposed to be the sole owner of your private key, using it to encrypt something allows t…

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    Comment #11656030

    He will more likely beat them to death.

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    Comment #11653367

    If a commit is signed, one can verify that the author is indeed who s/he claims to be. See https://git-scm.com/book/it/v2/Git-Tools-Signing-Your-Work . Some excerpt: Git is cryptog…

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