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mtp0101 | 12 years ago | on: Some problems with SQRL

There's a bit where he implies that if an encryption process doesn't take very long to execute on a smartphone, then it must be easy to crack the resulting file on a powerful server. Am I making a mistake here?

mtp0101 | 12 years ago | on: David Cameron cracks down on online pornography

As a kid, my parents tried using parental control software on my computer to block porn and other inappropriate content. This turned out to be helpful because it motivated me to learn how to exploit the software. I applaud Mr. Cameron's inadvertent efforts to enhance the computer skills of his nation's youth.

mtp0101 | 12 years ago | on: How Silicon Valley's Tech Reign Will End

The article title is kind of misleading. When I see "Silicon Valley" in a headline, I interpret it as metonymy. So I thought the article was predicting the doom of the internet startup industry, not the valley as a hot location for startups. Such a "so what?" article.

mtp0101 | 12 years ago | on: How Silicon Valley's Tech Reign Will End

1. The VCs don't want to drive to Ohio when something comes up 2. It's important for teams to be physically together to facilitate better communication and forge a sense of community and solidarity. Without actually knowing their coworkers and managers, your employees may not develop loyalty to your company and are unable to benefit from workplace social life.

mtp0101 | 12 years ago | on: What could the NSA do with a quantum computer?

True, you can simulate the qbits, so the more precise statement would be they can execute some algorithms in a way that classical computers cannot and this gives them superior efficiency in some situations.

mtp0101 | 12 years ago | on: What could the NSA do with a quantum computer?

The article actually does mention Shor's, just not explicitly. The author introduces integer factorization as "a kind of reverse multiplication" (lol). He then explains that quantum computers can factor numbers efficiently and that this has implications for computer security.

mtp0101 | 13 years ago | on: Nerds, we need to have a talk (2011)

This post is extremely stupid. What is this, the first grade? If you can't take honest criticism, you suck. If you think computer technology is full of mean people, try working in finance. My peers don't hesitate to give me honest criticism and that's one of the things I like most about CS. Maybe you should start your own company called "we should be super nice to each other all the time" and have your product be an email subscription service where your clients receive affirmations like "you are a skilled person with value and you have a cute chin" along with some heart graphics and sound effects.

mtp0101 | 13 years ago | on: Just Landed

I think this is a prime example of the vast potential of computers to generate material value beyond what we could have ever dreamed of in the 1960s. Finally I can avoid making all those painful driving time estimates. This is really a significant improvement over plugging the flight name into Google. It could save me seconds, no minutes of valuable time that I could be spending developing my revolutionary messaging app that allows you to send small cartoon images of ice cream cones to your friends and family for a nominal fee.

mtp0101 | 13 years ago | on: Setting up Sublime Text 2

I find it odd that Sublime is so widely loved. It seems like a way-station between Notepad and Vim/Emacs. The extensions are nice, and the GUI is easy on the eyes, but it seems that most of my peers outgrew their Sublime Text/Notepad++/Textmate stage by the time they completed their first year of undergrad. I would hate to be stuck in the slow world of Sublime Text limbo as a result of being too lazy to learn and customize Vim/Emacs.

mtp0101 | 13 years ago | on: Helios

Why would they name their application Helios? It collides with Eclipse.

mtp0101 | 13 years ago | on: We call ourselves innovators, but most of us are really just iterators

False dichotomy out of helping the poor/helping the rich. Taking advantage of the neomarxist undercurrent of bay area culture and the information technology industry by framing technology as a method of helping the proletariat escape their unfortunate circumstances. Innovation/iteration binary unclear and implicitly related to the helping the poor/helping the rich binary. It is a bad idea to go sit in a poor area with a forty to come up with startup ideas relative to other things one could do. Other than drinking a 40 and loving the poor, the author offers little specific guidance to entrepreneurs.
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