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kbwt

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    Comment #24881775

    I work on software for augmented reality and distributed systems. That background is not directly applicable to quantum physics, but I like to think that I am highly trained at spo…

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    Comment #24881739

    > So yes, it "tunnels" through the timer field also, but the probability of interacting with the timer field is not zero. Of course, but it is less than one. Hence the measurement …

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    Comment #24878099

    I am not a physicist, but the experiment does not seem convincing to me. The Larmor clock doesn’t measure a proper time as in spacetime distance between two events. Instead it meas…

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    Comment #20853592

    And upgrade your server software within hours of vulnerabilities being published if you want to stay secure: https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/08/28/3

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    Comment #20853556

    From a few days ago: * CVE-2019-11500 : Critical Dovecot and Pigeonhole vulnerability ( https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/08/28/3 ) I still run my own mail server, b…

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    Comment #20807240

    I would think exactly the opposite.

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    Comment #20543936

    In your example, how do I embed a Foo in my FooAndBar object?

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    Comment #20311386

    > On a small scale, planar waves can be modeled like flat sheets of paper traveling through space without any angular momentum (no twisting motion). They certainly have angular mom…

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    Comment #20027840

    At that point, what does Protobuf really buy you?

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    Comment #19937224

    All of those will be around not because they are good, but because so many other things are built against their interfaces.

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    Comment #19905053

    The application is using a proprietary client/server protocol, so it already lacks lacks any kind of interoperability. In this specific case, it's unclear whether the bug has direc…

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    Comment #19892355

    Anecdotally I know of one very popular application that has a bug in their SHA-1 implementation causing it to effectively only perform a single round.

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    Comment #19403531

    In the currently proposed revision, the law applies to anyone facilitating access to an internet-based service "unless the criminal use of the service is of insignificant importanc…

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    Comment #19403440

    There is also a huge discrepancy between the proposal from January and the proposal that is being voted on: https://www.internet-strafrecht.com/wp-content/plugins/downl... A few hi…

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    Comment #19403424

    No, this law was proposed by NRW and Hessen, but if passed it would affect all of Germany.

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    Comment #19403312

    Latest revision of the law drops the "restricted access" condition. Diff can be found here: https://www.internet-strafrecht.com/wp-content/plugins/downl...

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    Comment #19403291

    That is not the version of the law that is being voted on. The amended version is much broader, doing away with the restricted access condition, and now applies to all crimes rathe…

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    Comment #19397474

    I haven't heard of anyone in Europe reporting their salary after-tax.

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    Comment #19122843

    Simple. You can only get old bonds on the market, where that surplus is priced in.

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    Comment #18799794

    iOS apps aren't Apple's products.

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    Comment #18782994

    But then you pay the cost every single time on startup, unless your components barely interact.