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.
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?
The bot account itself. It appears to have been merely trolling, and the article seems to think it’s actually a bot.
This is obviously fake, but I wouldn’t doubt thousands of such bots actually exist.
This seems to be an encrypted file: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/47712102/sd-card-files-with-encrypted-data-console-text-in-it-how-to-get-my-files-bac
I would try magick identify from imagemagick. If that doesn’t work, I would try strings just to see if it has any metadata at all. Cameras usually store their model name somewhere.
The “15 to 17” part is worded somewhat confusingly, but it’s not wrong.
The number of bits contained in a double is equivalent to ~15.95 decimal digits. If you want to store exactly a decimal number with a fixed number of significant digits, floor(15.95) = 15 digits is the most you can hope for. However, if you want to store exactly a double by writing it out as a decimal number, you need 17 digits.
He did some short format writing, but The Martian was his first published novel, I think. He was a software engineer before that.
Artemis follows the same pattern of a capable main protagonist solving problems, so it is not very different from the other books in terms of characters, but it is much better in character depth and development than The Martian.
Just as a general advice that has only occurred to me recently: if you don’t like a book, stop reading it and read another one. There are great books, and there are mediocre, and also you some might work better for you, and some worse. If you start with a book that you don’t like, and power through it anyway, you might be reluctant to try another one.
You’ve mentioned sci-fi, but didn’t mention Robert Sheckley. If you haven’t read any of his stories, drop everything and read Citizen in Space, for example.
If you’d rather go for something more modern, fun, but also a little sad, try The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon.
For something extremely entertaining, but also mysterious, try Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone by Benjamin Stevenson.
If you’re into videogames and like drama, try Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin. That’s the best book I’ve read in the past 5 years.
This, and Artemis too. Basically anything by Andy Weir at this point.
Despite this design, it is possible to write useful programs.
Interestingly, this applies to C++ too.
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.
to be fair, the way it’s worded I can parse as “a language for web programming”, instead of “a programming language for the web”
[…] 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.”
Absolutely! I’m just wondering if everyone has that one language in their hearts :)
I’m not sure what a “music jukebox” is, and how it’s different from a music player, but I would recommend to try mpd. It should work with your collection, although I don’t have personal experience with collections of this size. Some clients might also not have been designed to work with such collections, so probably you’d have to try several.