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randombit

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About randombit

Hello! My name is Jack Lloyd.

jack@randombit.net

https://twitter.com/randombit https://github.com/randombit

[ my public key: https://keybase.io/jacklloyd; my proof: https://keybase.io/jacklloyd/sigs/tKaiJfvmYONF1UqbqHH1z-ZkqDn7M9Awbs2XrGcPV-c ]

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    It's not really a significant factor here - the Botan build system allows you to select what features you want to include. For example if you wanted a binary that just supports AES…

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    Comment #35330677

    It's not just only limited to commercial spyware. It's limited to restricting "commercial spyware that poses significant counterintelligence or security risks to the United States …

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    Comment #22386727

    18992.1(b) excludes UBI for anyone "receiving benefits under the Medi-Cal program, the County Medical Services Program, the CalFresh program, the CalWORKs program, or Unemployment …

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    Comment #19685701

    Isn't that what I said? Edit: fortunately it looks like certbot plans to support using the old intermediate https://github.com/certbot/certbot/issues/6971 so this should not prove …

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    Comment #19682444

    Tried the test site on a Nexus 7 running Android 6.0.1, Firefox was ok (seems it ships with its own list of roots), but latest Chrome rejected it. My wife runs a blog which generat…

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    Comment #19163024

    Solar panels don't depreciate in the same way as most silicon. 20 years later, panels will still be producing power just fine, albeit with some degradation. Source: my house has 23…

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    Comment #18710594

    I've been flown to interviews at least a half dozen times over the years, mix of startups and big companies, every time travel (flight+hotel+meals) was covered as a matter of cours…

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    Comment #18133165

    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Aurora https://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/13/world/asia/13beijing.html

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    Comment #17671230

    Alas, I just started working on a Rust wrapper for Botan https://crates.io/crates/botan The existing Botan C API is in fact sufficient for OpenPGP already, https://github.com/ribos…

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    Comment #17297955

    Been working remote in Vermont for a decade now. Love it here and now that we have kids I'm not even considering moving anywhere. Nature, plenty of space, cheap (at least by major …

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    Comment #13631146

    The source code of procmail is terrifying

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    Comment #13120072

    It has WLE200NX a/b/g/n PCIe with antennas (all from PC Engines), plus an Alfa g/n 2000mW adaptor at the end of a long USB cable, positioned for better reception in another buildin…

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    Comment #13114698

    This is not quite what you ask for and a little more expensive that some options, but I use a PC Engines APU2 running Alpine as my router+wifi access. Great little machine that is …

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    Comment #12581371

    miTLS is a stack written in annotated F# and definitely a promising step in that direction https://github.com/mitls Unfortunately it doesn't offer a C-compatible ABI as far as I kn…

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    Comment #12137939

    > Vermonters want to do whatever the hell they want on their own land. Within the constraints of zoning, which are very strict both at the state level (Act 250 would certainly come…

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    Comment #9812741

    Location: Montpelier, VT Remote: Yes (been remote full time for 5+ years) Willing to relocate: No Technologies (key): C++, Python, Unix systems programming, security review, crypto…

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