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No, that's something like a one-time pad. There's a single secret that can be used for encryption and decryption. The thing about... -
FactChecker replied to the thread Is this public key encryption?.My (non-expert) two cents: Suppose I broadcast a "public key": aieo19gkeu, and say that anyone can use it to encrypt and send me a...
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FactChecker replied to the thread Who is responsible for the software when AI takes over programming?.The only exception I can think of is if AI tools are provided by a company that makes some guarantees of the results. Then they would...
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FactChecker reacted to .Scott's post in the thread Who is responsible for the software when AI takes over programming? with
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The same people who were responsible before the AI "took over". If someone does their home work with AI assistance, it is still their... -
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Open Office Writer got left behind when the project forked in 2010 to create LibreOffice, which is very widely used, on MS Windows, and...
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Yes, sometimes. We need to be a bit nimble to select basis and reference frames to make simple calculations as well as further...
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There are lots of materials you might run across that naturally have non-orthogonal basis to describe anisotropic behavior like strength...
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FactChecker replied to the thread I Non-orthogonal bases.I would say this a little differently: There are things (like crystal structure) that are natural to represent using a non-orthogonal...
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FactChecker replied to the thread I Non-orthogonal bases.Unless two variables, X and Y, are not related, they will not be orthogonal. The vast majority of variables related to the same subject...
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FactChecker reacted to Dale's post in the thread B Is a table levitating possible, even at a minuscule probability? with Like.
There is a certain level of probability which is so close to 0 that if you did observe it then you would think that your theory was...
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FactChecker replied to the thread B Is a table levitating possible, even at a minuscule probability?.Would you say it is "possible" even if the probability of it happening in the past life of the universe is minuscule?
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FactChecker reacted to PeroK's post in the thread B Is a table levitating possible, even at a minuscule probability? with Like.
Or, a fair coin coming up heads 200 times in a row. Or, a pack of cards being randomly shuffled into a given configration. Even these...
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FactChecker reacted to PeroK's post in the thread Making the denominator of a certain fraction real with Like.
##zz^*## is always real.
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FactChecker replied to the thread Making the denominator of a certain fraction real.I don't know how much complex analysis you have had. If you just want to multiply by something to make the denominator real, notice...
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FactChecker replied to the thread Learning Assembly and computer architecture for x86.So "Office Space" was fiction??!? It sure seemed realistic to me. :-) (Don't it feel good to be a gangster?)