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Including a counter in each UDP packet does not make ECB mode equivalent to CTR mode. Let's assume the counter is at the start of the packet. An AES block is 16 bytes, so the count…

https://www.dictionary.com/browse/freedom-of-speech "the right of people to express their opinions publicly without governmental interference, subject to the laws against libel, in…

You've created a false dichotomy between an absolute right to free speech and absolute disregard for free speech. There's a third possibility, which is to believe that freedom of s…

Extraordinary that the author of this prophetic piece of social commentary was also one of the inventors of packet switching! https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Baran The diagram…

A salad with some pan-fried halloumi cheese and pine nuts is quick and satisfying, though probably too salty to eat every day. Halloumi works as a meat substitute in a lot of recip…

It's a reference to the film 'Soylent Green'.

I think the GP intended "the rest of Spain" to mean "Spain excluding Barcelona", rather than "Spain excluding Portugal". But I read it as "Spain excluding Portugal" the first time …

I'd be interested to know what fraction of laptops are fully powered on (i.e. not suspended) at any given time. Here's a graph of average hours of computer usage per US household i…

If I understand right, GP's saying we need proof that the nodes storing the data are collectively storing multiple copies (as opposed to being sybil identities for a single node th…