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2:55 AM
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3:45 AM
Question please:
What do I need to learn in order to do file encryption and authentication on my own? I want to use Argon2, control session keys, use really strong PGP, etc. I do not know where to start.
I am tired of gpg. I am proficient with it, but I don't like it.
Which programming language should I start with?
I want to do asymmetric, symmetric, and hybrid encryption and control the hashes and ciphers as much as I can.
 
 
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4:49 AM
@rahuldottech Awww
 
5:00 AM
@Patriot don't roll your own crypto
If you're asking how implement your own crypto, you shouldn't be implementing your own crypto.
 
Bob
5:18 AM
@Patriot If you want to use it seriously ... that's probably a bad idea, you're almost guaranteed to have flaws (it's seriously easy to stuff this up, even if you're experienced - usually with a side channel vuln but there's others).
@Patriot If you just want to do this as a learning exercise... you can either start by learing how the crypto algos work, or pick a language with a low-level crypto library and build from there.
As far as languages, that's entirely up to you. There isn't really a language that's necessarily "better" for crypto though the more popular and mature ones tend to have more complete libraries available.
 
 
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8:13 AM
morning
 
9:02 AM
mooooooornin
 
 
1 hour later…
10:27 AM
Ahbajshsgsgskdkdkkdjdjdd
 
catliike typing detected
 
yes.
Would you like some toast?
 
T-O-E-A-R-S-T. Toearst.
 
Black Books?
 
10:43 AM
don't think i've seen that episode
 
Yup!
Bernard develops a gambling addiction, Fran works in BB because she has a job interview and she thinks having a current job will help
Hum
> Hello BertieB,
You are receiving this email about Cyberpunk 2077 because you have played a game from the Witcher series (also made by CD PROJEKT RED)
Steam, you've never done this before
How much did that Polish studio pay you to send that?
 
Probably just the threat of it being another epic exclusive
 
11:19 AM
why would it be an epic exclusive when they have their own games platform (GOG)?
 
witcher 3 was a GOG exclusive for a few months
 
That's kinda the joke
 
ah sorry, i was awake until 3am with bad hayfever
 
@bertieb wow I've never watched it :D
 
11:34 AM
@djsmiley2k It's definitely worth a watch!
 
3am?! that's some crazy hayfever bud :/
 
Can recommend
Can also recommend Baby Driver (proof that Edgar Wright can do non-comedy action films)
And District 9 (which was proof that Sharlto Copley can indeed act, before he got all those other roles)
Anyway, Film Night With Barry Norman Bertie B time is over
I'm off to get some keys cut o/
 
Baby Driver was good
We also watched Searching the other night, that was surprisingly good, and filmed in a really cool way.
 
11:51 AM
we are still working our way through Good Omens
 
I'm 2 episodes in
Its excellent
The casting of the dog was perfect ;p
 
12:09 PM
@Burgi Still on american gods here, but Good Omens is deffo on the list.
 
@djsmiley2k i'm finding american gods hard going
its very pretty but the characters and plot seem...
 
The book's better
I'm actually surprised how good good omens is
 
12:27 PM
@Burgi series 2 has gone completely.... weird.
feels like they've tried to stretch it.
 
we only got 4 episodes in and gave up
 
ah, yeah takes awhile to get going
then just as suddenly the first series ends...
Lucifer, Vikings, all very good
 
the guy that played trevor philips in gta5 is in the tick series 2
lucifier was great
season 4 was a bit "meh" but i like the way they ended it
 
I've not watched S4 yet, wife has tho
 
lucifer's odd
it benefits from taking the original premise of the source material
then ignoring everything else
 
12:42 PM
season 2 and 3 were CSI: LA
 
Pretty much
 
stylistically it is very bruckheimer
i did like the way they shot it so tom ellis' face was in the dark but his eyes would shine
 
He also chewed just enough of the scenery
 
how do you mean?
 
slightly over the top acting
but not too much
 
12:59 PM
ah yes
i feel that the character needed it
 
1:28 PM
The neil gaiman original was a little more...
gothy
 
having all sorts of crazy mysql errors on this new server
 
> SQLSTATE[42000]: Syntax error or access violation: 1071 Specified key was too long; max key length is 1000 bytes (SQL: alter table users` add unique users_email_unique(email))`
the fix is to use MariaDB 10.3
which i am but i still get the problem
all the answers on Stack Overflow suggest editing the code to fudge it
i'm sure its a server config tweak taht i need to do
 
1:55 PM
?!
1000 bytes is a heckuva long key
or am I missing something?
 
you need 3096 bytes to cope with emojis
nothing is ever easy :(
 
I'm definitely missing something
as I am 50/50 on whether that is a joke or serious response ;-P
I mean, emojis touch everything these days
 
dude i'm literally repeating what is in the laravel docs about migrations
 
Sure, that's fair enough
 
its cheesing me off because all the answers i find are "oh just change this core laravel file"
 
2:08 PM
I just meant I couldn't tell if "need a 3096 byte key length to handle emojis in emails" was a legit thing, or if it was a BOFH excuse calendar entry ;-P
@Burgi That sounds like a good way to have changes nuked next update and weird, unexplained behaviour
 
exactly
 
Emojis. 👎, amirite?
 
glares
 
In my defence
I thought it was funny
Huh
MS took over Double Fine?
And Keanu Reeves is in that CD Projekt Red thing?
 
2:33 PM
yup and yup
 
2:47 PM
Hey guys, I have a hardware related question.
 
have you tried turning it off and on again?
 
I need to buy a PCI Express Network Adapter and I'm going for "Gigabit PCI Express Network Adapter TG-3468" for different reasons. On tp-link's website it mentions that it needs to be on a 32-bit PCI Express, does this imply all PCIe ports even the X1 ones?
The only vacant PCIe on my mobo are 2 PCIe 2.0 x1 slots
 
You may need to check, but its likely x1
 
They only mention 32bits PCIe
 
2:52 PM
It has two small entries so I guess it's X1 friendly
Oh yeah so it goes on X1
thank you Journeyman
 
One small thing
its probably a realtek.
Folks have had super mixed results with them
they're cheap and common but do a little homework on the specific model, and hope they didn't change the chip
 
 
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4:45 PM
What is 32 bits PCI-e?
I know there is 32 bit PCI (without the e, completely different) and 64 bit PCI-e.
Put PCI-e is always x1, x4, x8, x16.... Never saw an x32 and I do not think that it even exists as 32 lane PCI-e board
 
> Disclaimer: this post is very subjective and all facts mentioned here are purely my assumption (even can be wrong).
...so they're not facts?
 
5:07 PM
yud
 
Bob
5:23 PM
@Hennes erm. context?
most likely someone just using the wrong word
 
5:35 PM
Even the powerful, tart Granny Smith cultivar is proving ineffective against new Gran-negative doctors.
5
 
@Hennes The spec technically allows a 32-lane connection. I haven't heard of any setup that actually uses 32 lanes in a single link.
@XKCD lol, but antibiotic resistance is a serious issue...
 
 
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6:40 PM
Heh.
May 28 at 2:32, by bwDraco
Previous generations of AMD Ryzen processors were only a few percent behind Intel in benchmarks like Cinebench, but performed significantly worse clock-for-clock in games. Cinebench isn't particularly sensitive to memory latency, but games often do care about it.
May 28 at 2:39, by bwDraco
Lisa Su did state that they focused a lot on gaming performance, especially single-threaded games and lower resolution. Clearly, there's been work on improving the performance of the processor's memory subsystem because a lot of games didn't like the latency the Infinity Fabric introduced. Among other things, AMD doubled the size of the L2$ and L3$, with the latter being a colossal 64 MB on the Ryzen 9 3900X.
I still have serious doubts that AMD will completely close the gap. But it's definitely getting better with each generation.
AMD's Next Horizon Gaming event is in three hours. Stay tuned.
 
 
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8:21 PM
 
lol
 
Why
I mean why
Why does Rocket League now have a Ghostbusters mode
and music by Kenny Loggins?
 
ghoistbusters mode? XD
 
I don't object to the latter - it's a huge improvement - just not what they usually have
@djsmiley2k "Ghost hunt"
"Use your cars proton packs to ensare the ball and carry it to the opposing team's Containment Zone"
 
i was hoping for a hot potato mode
or king of the ball mode (hold the bal lfor the longest time)
 
8:25 PM
Reminiscient of one of the powerups in, uhhhh
Rumble
that's it
Aye
They need to sell more car and rocket trail DLCs tho...
 
8:51 PM
guys is thqt sqfeM
?
network card
putting them like that I mean.
 
9:18 PM
@Luyw I'm not a pro but looks ok to me
 
That does appear to be a network adapter. Nothing is obviously wrong with it AFAICT.
 
 
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11:40 PM
Ryzen 9 3950X: 16C/32T Zen 2 @ 3.5-4.7 GHz; 64 MB L3$, 8 MB L2$; 105W TDP.
$749 MSRP.
 
hhm. The premise behind the new watchdogs game dosen't have me excited. Apparently you can recruit and use any npc
but one of the things with the better watchdogs games is the writing and how you felt attached to your core charecters
 

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