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As a "lost cause" (because I boycott 3 of the GAFA for personal reasons), I would say that you're very judgemental when saying that, but, as I faced people like the ones you mention in your 1st paragraph, I just used them cards to buy any random item, then get it refunded and cash the money to buy what I really wanted, and where I really wanted. Another lifehack (still questionable though, I agree). I'd like to read what you advice OP in order to ask for cash too :) — OldPadawan 36 secs ago
#20709 OldPadawan (14649 rep) | A: (How) can I ask gifts be in cash/check instead of more restrictive instruments? (score: 0) | posted 3 hours ago by WendyG (2494 rep) | Toxicity 0.32113928 | tps/fps: 0/0
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@Upper_Case It might be helpful to have a shared chore schedule, but this falls outside scheduled chores. If a situation is disgusting and/or unhealthy and/or dangerous on Monday, leaving it until Sunday when the next cleaning is scheduled is not really a good idea. Poop outside the toilet bowl should be cleaned up immediately, for example. — David Thornley 1 min ago
#20669 David Thornley (335 rep) | Q: How do I talk to my housemate about bathroom hygiene? (score: 5) | posted 3 days ago by AlakazamAlaska (26 rep) | Toxicity 0.34561202 | tps/fps: 0/0
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6:45 PM
Your question poses an interesting challenge. As a gift-giver, I want to ensure that my gift is something that the recipient actually wants and can use. However, as a gift-giver, I don't enjoy hearing that "I prefer cash". To me, that's just asking for money which in US culture is frowned upon. I assume you also don't want to be seen as someone who just asks for money? — baldPrussian just now
#20707 baldPrussian (24412 rep) | Q: (How) can I ask gifts be in cash/check instead of more restrictive instruments? (score: 4) | posted 13 hours ago by Spencer Joplin (124 rep) | Toxicity 0.11852529 | tps/fps: 0/0
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Q: Practical quantum attacks on AES - Is AES-128 used in a block mode vulnerable to attack using quantum algorithms

big_fish_small_pondCan Grover's (or similar) algorithm be used to attack AES-128 when used in cipher modes like CTR? It seems like the answer is no... Also I have a similar question for SHA256 when used for a MAC. It looks like using quantum attacks on SHA256-MAC would only produce only a parallel key that gener...

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Q: Practical quantum attacks on SHA256 MAC and HMAC

big_fish_small_pondIs SHA256 MAC (or HMAC) vulnerable to any quantum attacks? Game setup: The attacker's goal is to produce a valid MAC to be accepted by other devices in the ecosystem. The ecosystem consists of many devices with a shared secret key (named "key). The attacker can query an oracle with messages...

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Q: what benefits quantum offer over classical parallelism

Glenn CamilleriWhat is the benefits of quantum computing vs parallel processing using classical computer ? Can classical parallel processors outperform quantum computing ?

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Q: Would Zero Knowledge Proof (ZKP) remove the need for Quantum Key Distribution? (QKD)

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Q: Can AES be broken by factorization (using Quantum Period Finding)?

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DannyNiuAfter we've concluded that 64-bit is an insecurity for classical computers, I think many would like to know, how secure in a perspective view, is 64 quantum bits security. As we know, the Grover's algorithm halves the security strength offered by symmetric key primitives - a 128-bit-key block c...

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forestAccording to the web page for NewHope, an R-LWE post-quantum key encapsulation mechanism (KEM) candidate for standardization, it comes in types that are or IND-CPA or IND-CCA secure. I know what CPA and CCA security are, but I don't understand the difference between the two types of NewHope and w...

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Q: Question about degree of regularity

NatalieI have been reading some papers on cryptography based on multivariate systems and I have a question. How does one relate the difficulty of calculating Gröbner basis (GB) of a multivariate system with its degree of regularity? From what I understand, for a lot of cryptosystems, there are ways of ...

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AiYagamiI am trying to understand the action of the CSIDH protocol. Let $E_0:y^2=x^3+ax^2+bx$ be a Montgomery elliptic curve over $\mathbb{F}_p$ for some prime $p$. If we take $\mathcal{O}$ as $End_{\mathbb{F}_p}(E_0)$, then $Cl(\mathcal{O})$ acts on $\mathcal{E}\ell\ell(\mathcal{O})$ as follows: Let ...

 
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posted on December 11, 2018 by Scott

Hi from the Q2B conference! Every nerd has surely considered the scenario where an all-knowing genie—or an enlightened guru, or a superintelligent AI, or God—appears and offers to answer any question of your choice.  (Possibly subject to restrictions on the length or complexity of the question, to prevent glomming together every imaginable question.)  What do […]

posted on December 17, 2018 by Scott

[By prior agreement, this post will be cross-posted on Microsoft’s Q# blog, even though it has nothing to do with the Q# programming language.  It does, however, contain many examples that might be fun to implement in Q#!] Why should Nature have been quantum-mechanical?  It’s totally unclear what would count as an answer to such […]

posted on December 27, 2018 by Scott

I’m planning to be in Australia soon—in Melbourne January 4-10 for a friend’s wedding, then in Sydney January 10-11 to meet colleagues and give a talk. It will be my first trip down under for 12 years (and Dana’s first ever). If there’s interest, I might be able to do a Shtetl-Optimized meetup in Melbourne […]

posted on December 31, 2018 by Scott

I have a treat with which to impress your friends at New Year’s Eve parties tomorrow night: a rollicking essay graciously contributed by a reader named Sebastian Oberhoff, about a unified and simplified way to prove all of Gödel’s Incompleteness Theorems, as well as Rosser’s Theorem, directly in terms of computer programs. In particular, this […]

 
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Good advice, Bob has a lock on his door and I was thinking of telling him to keep it locked if he's so concerned, but that may sound rude? — Haptometer 46 secs ago
#20712 Haptometer (154 rep) | A: How do I set the boundaries I’m not ok with how someone is speaking to me? (score: 1) | posted 6 hours ago by Zebrafish (656 rep) | Toxicity 0.13298951 | tps/fps: 0/0
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