0xbxd's comments

RClone ( https://rclone.org/ ) synchronizes (similar to rcopy) directories with a multitude of providers and allows for client-side encryption. I use a combination of Google Cloud Storage (for really important files and pictures) with the "crypt" extension and an USB HDD Hub (4 disks) with Raid 5 hooked to a Raspberry PI for less important data. The backup scripts start on boot. It's a charm. Oh and rclone is written in Go so it works on all platforms, including Windows, macOS, Linux (and also ARM).

That's not how quantum computers work. They ("quantum networking") significantly increase security as you can tell whether a qubit has already been observed (eavesdropped) or not. Also, there are proven asymmetric cryptographic algorithms that work with quantum computers. Algorithms based on factorization (RSA) won't be safe any more but you still need a large amount of qubits (around 1000s - don't cite me on this please) to break them, which has not been achieved yet.

Definitely not the end of the world.

edit:// And they can not solve any NP-complete problem in polynomial time. That is a common misconception and not based on facts.

edit2:// Researchers working on quantum computers actually don't believe that they will make it mainstream (partially due to their complexity like cooling them down to near zero Kelvin) but instead be specialized systems available via the internet for rent - or something similar. More on the side of predicting complex systems like the weather than powering your smartphone. Then again, who thought the PC would make it mainstream.

Ok, so what actual science is this based on? Why should I give out personal stuff like "What are you avoiding right now" if it doesn't have an effect on the outcome when completing this form (because you're probably trying to figure out what people procrastinate most often...)?

Anyways, not sure about this type of application. In general one should avoid medical apps or forms put together by a start up. It typically doesn't involve any science or actual medical advice, and with things that can also be caused by some serious medical issue (procrastination can be caused by depression) I don't really think this is the right way to go.

If you actually did not just pull a content marketing thing, and this is based on actual science, then why not include some sources?

Could you elaborate why? To me this seems like your typical, not based on actual science, 1 minute to conclude form put together by content marketing in typeform or something similar.

LA Times is not available in Europe. Does anyone know a way of how to access the article?

edit:// Seems to be available in Google Cache at ( http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:6Zh46Sr... ).

As suspected, more of a press release than anything else. Just because the name "Tesla" is in it this gets upvoted?

edit2:// This is the original article which has much more detail and is overall better:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-switch/wp/2018/06/20...

I don't really get what this is about? Ok, connecting the technology to Elasticsearch - but it would be much more helpful if the article contains some description of a problem that is solved by doing this.

Just seems like "yeah we just wrote a doc article on how to set up our technology, let's drop it to HN and get some traffic".

edit:// It doesn't even explain HOW these things are coupled. Just download the git repository and execute it.