They literally just told you. Prime numbers have applicability in cryptography.
Comment on New largest prime number discovered by former Nvidia software engineer
just_another_person@lemmy.world 11 hours agoNo. I understand it plenty. Quantifying shit to the Nth degree doesn’t fix anything. It makes math more precise, but math that will never be used for any practical applications.
Please inform me about the ways this information and “breakthrough” will be used in a meaningful way that matters at all.
catloaf@lemm.ee 11 hours ago
just_another_person@lemmy.world 10 hours ago
And the highest degree of that is not used. So…
tyler@programming.dev 3 hours ago
They literally told you how it’s used for practical applications and you just ignored it. It makes cryptography stronger, hence your password less likely to be broken. National secrets less likely to be leaked. Your identity less likely to be stolen.
el_abuelo@programming.dev 1 hour ago
I wouldn’t bother arguing with this person. They’re either trolling or intentionally ignorant - either way, you will lose to their vast experience.