Things that make you go "Hmmmm…"

[Xyzzy]

http://arstechnica.com/security/2015...-us-diplomats/

[Dubslow]

There is a new paper out hypothesizing that the NSA has the ability to crack most current implementations of Diffie-Hellman key exchange.

https://freedom-to-tinker.com/blog/h...o-much-crypto/

[only_human]

Originally Posted by Dubslow

There is a new paper out hypothesizing that the NSA has the ability to crack most current implementations of Diffie-Hellman key exchange.

https://freedom-to-tinker.com/blog/h...o-much-crypto/

So at the same time that it's ok for the gummint to break encryption it is wrong for researchers to even look at unencrypted code.
The EPA Opposes Rules That Could’ve Exposed VW’s Cheating

[Xyzzy]

http://codegolf.stackexchange.com/

[kladner]

Originally Posted by Dubslow

There is a new paper out hypothesizing that the NSA has the ability to crack most current implementations of Diffie-Hellman key exchange.

https://freedom-to-tinker.com/blog/h...o-much-crypto/

Some of the comments are really illuminating, as is the article. Thanks.

[retina]

http://qntm.org/responsibility

[LaurV]

[their computer] could execute an infinite loop in less than ten seconds.

Haha, brilliant, thanks for the link, I will put a variation of this to be my new motto.

[kladner]

27 rockers, no less.
I dispute that Kurt Cobain's death (as stated in the blurb about same) brought this phenomenon to light. Some of us had noticed before then.

[ewmayer]

Originally Posted by kladner

27 rockers, no less.
I dispute that Kurt Cobain's death (as stated in the blurb about same) brought this phenomenon to light. Some of us had noticed before then.

Surprised to not see any Spinal Tap drummers in the clickbait-o-rama list. Were there at least any members of the "27 club" who died in bizarre gardening accidents, of the kind the police would prefer to 'leave unsolved'?

[kladner]

Was George W. Bush President On 9/11? An Investigation Into The Controversy Tearing The GOP Apart

On Friday, Donald Trump generated substantial controversy when he asserted that George W. Bush was president at the time of the 9/11 attacks.


“When you talk about George Bush, I mean, say what you want, the World Trade Center came down during his time,” Trump said. “He was president, O.K.?”


Jeb Bush immediately pushed back, calling Trump’s comments “pathetic” and insisting “my brother kept us safe.”


The media jumped on to the burgeoning controversy. According to The New York Times the idea that Bush was president on 9/11 and failed to stop the attack is a “break from the GOP.”

In a break with the GOP, Donald Trump suggests George Bush failed to stop 9/11 attacks http://t.co/Y8RtgtaKBu pic.twitter.com/kd6m0ZoRUZ
— The New York Times (@nytimes) October 17, 2015

Was George W. Bush president on September 11, 2001? It’s time to settle this once and for all.

[xilman]

Originally Posted by ewmayer

Surprised to not see any Spinal Tap drummers in the clickbait-o-rama list. Were there at least any members of the "27 club" who died in bizarre gardening accidents, of the kind the police would prefer to 'leave unsolved'?

Or, indeed, any who drowned in someone else's vomit.