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- Comment on Why we don't have 128-bit CPUs 1 week ago:
Quantum encryption isn’t something quantum computers can even do. It’s not just transforming bits into other bits, it’s about building entirely new security properties based on physical properties of matter.
So, even if it is interesting for end users, they would need dedicated hardware anyway.
- Comment on Why we don't have 128-bit CPUs 1 week ago:
- Comment on Why we don't have 128-bit CPUs 1 week ago:
We used to drive bicycles when we were children. Then we started driving cars. Bicycles have two wheels, cars have four. Eight wheels seems to be the logical next step, why don’t we drive eight-wheel vehicles?
- Comment on As a long-time user hearing YouTube wants to play ads when I pause a video 1 month ago:
I’m not necessarily disagreeing with you, but that estimate could have been wrong by a factor of 10 easily. The idea of an “average video” being 50MB, for example, is questionable: at typical bitrates of 1080p videos this would amount to about a minute-long video. I don’t think that’s an average video at all. It also doesn’t account for many things, for example the cost of replicating new videos to the CDN.
I also don’t find the idea of YouTube not being profitable ridiculous or hilarious. YouTube definitely wasn’t profitable before monetisation, and Google used to run it for prestige and data collection purposes at a financial loss. They clearly have been trying to make it more profitable, but whether or not they have crossed the break-even point in the past or are still hoping to cross it in the future is not as clear to me as it is to you.
- Comment on Looking for emotional game recommendations 3 months ago:
I’m surprised no one mentioned it. Hellblade (full title: Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice) had me in literal tears. Not only it’s a decent game, it’s also an essay on heavy topics like mental health and the story of viking invasions.
- Comment on Google workers complain bosses are 'inept' and 'glassy-eyed' 4 months ago:
[…] Sundar Pichai defended the layoffs and claimed that workers sometimes reach out to express gratitude for the cuts.
“It appeared that there had even been demonstrations to thank Big Brother for raising the chocolate ration to twenty grams a week.”
- Comment on We have a new lemm.ee status page, including federation status, at status.lemm.ee! 5 months ago:
Fantastic, thanks!
- Comment on We have a new lemm.ee status page, including federation status, at status.lemm.ee! 5 months ago:
Very nice! Could you tweak the colours a bit so they work in dark mode?
- Comment on If you had to choose one programming language that you had to use for the rest of your life, what would it be? 7 months ago:
Absolutely! I’m just wondering if everyone has that one language in their hearts :)
- Submitted 7 months ago to programming@programming.dev | 148 comments
- Comment on [deleted] 7 months ago:
Advent of Code is a fun collection of programming challenges ranging from trivial to moderate. It starts every year in December (obviously), but all the past challenges are still available: adventofcode.com