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 Discussion on answer by James K: What…

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Guran
Sep 4, 2023 09:05
@JamesK Thank you for enumerating the options. Could you elaborate about any actual political implications of a situation in the US where either. a) an elected president is removed by a legal process. (ie the judicial system effectively overrules the peoples choice) b) the formal acting president is under severe restrictions, basically either running the country from a cell, by proxy (ie a puppet VP) or with some sort of parole restrictions.
 

 Discussion on answer by Graham: Least…

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Guran
May 19, 2021 14:01
Good one! It explains how he flies but handwawes how it's actually done which is perfectly fine.
 

 Discussion on question by TryaxReck: …

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Guran
Mar 7, 2020 17:18
Also: You want 1750s tech but without gunpowder. Thats a pretty significant deviation from the (military) tech of the 1750s of our world. Can you specify available tech more?
Guran
Mar 7, 2020 17:18
Why don’t you give the cylinder a pointy end and some stabilizing fins?
 

 Discussion on question by user2741831…

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Guran
Oct 16, 2019 08:54
The question is interesting, but a bit broad. (Well, not really broad, since it is a simple yes/no, but since we can't help getting into how far you /could/ boost a tribe and how it meanders out.) Please expand your question into some specifics. Like "What's the best way to start boosting a stone age tribe?" "Once a stone age tribe has a major tech advantage, how can it keep the pace?"
 

 Discussion on answer by Giter: How wo…

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Guran
Feb 26, 2019 21:39
"but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die."
 

 Discussion on question by Loid Thanea…

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Guran
Jan 10, 2019 04:11
Could you clarify when a skeleton is "completely destroyed"? Is it when all individual bones are separated, or when all matter is blown into fragments? Or could even small splinters of bone keep fighting by themselves? Are the joints "magically strong" or would they come apart in an explosion?
 

 Discussion between MichaelK and Guran

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Guran
Aug 14, 2018 10:03
[seconf guessing]
Guran
Aug 14, 2018 10:03
Anyway. We're second the OP:s intentions here. Perhaps the purpose is to write a story where the technical part of read-once is flawless, and it hinges on the social and practical issues?
Guran
Aug 14, 2018 10:01
Yeah... My knowledge of Quantum physics is both thin and rusty, I'll admit. But if the charge of the capacitor is merely one "quanta" of energy...
Guran
Aug 14, 2018 09:52
BTW, a capacitor mamory chip with infinitestimally small charge sounds like a real world implementation of a qauntum memory chip.
Guran
Aug 14, 2018 09:52
True.
Guran
Aug 14, 2018 09:19
Yeah, there are several means to achive read-once as long as you assume that Eve does not have access to more advanced sensoring equipment than you.
Guran
Aug 14, 2018 09:16
But that the very act of observing (by any means) destroys state.
Guran
Aug 14, 2018 09:16
Since observing quantum state destroys it. The theory is not that quantum state is destroyed if observed in the way it is supposed to be observed.
Guran
Aug 14, 2018 09:14
The difference is that such a quantum memory chip would guarantee read-once (if the theory holds)
Guran
Aug 14, 2018 09:13
Apart from the fact that quantum memory chips do not (yet) exist?
Guran
Aug 14, 2018 09:12
True. Still lots of attack vectors for Eve. (There is a xkcd reference which I'm too lazy to google, but I think You know which one)
Guran
Aug 14, 2018 09:11
Hey, I'm a coder, which is pretty much the same thing :)
Guran
Aug 14, 2018 09:10
That's why I thought of quantum encryption. That certainly does not solve all crypto related issues, but it does solve this particular aspect (Guaranteed read-once)
Guran
Aug 14, 2018 09:09
And in a comment "Yes, this is only intended to stop people from reading the message after the recipient receives it"
Guran
Aug 14, 2018 09:08
Doesn't say who views it does it?
Guran
Aug 14, 2018 09:07
"I need a way to send messages that can only be viewed once, and then become permanently unreadable (physical media destroyed, encrypted, any method as long as the message cannot be feasibly recovered by anyone). How can this be accomplished?"
Guran
Aug 14, 2018 09:06
Don't get me wrong here, You wrote a really good answer but not really to the question asked.
Guran
Aug 14, 2018 09:04
Yeah, but as I understood the OP, re-transmitting as well as forcing Bob to give up the info was out of scope.
Guran
Aug 14, 2018 09:01
See my answer above.
Guran
Aug 14, 2018 09:01
Yes that's the tricky bit. Remember, it was required that the message can be read exactly once. It was not required that the message can be read only by the intended recipient.
Guran
Aug 14, 2018 09:01
A good answer to the wrong question. The OP does not require that Eve cannot read the message, only that Eve cannot read it after Bob has read it. (Or that Bob cannot read it if Eve has intercepted it for that matter)
 

 Discussion on question by Phung D. An…

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Guran
Jun 24, 2018 19:07
Since this is not really an answer, I'll write it as a comment. Based on your question you have several serious security flaws in your application. You might need to cancel all new features and go for a full rewrite, actually. Most blatantly: a hacker got your admin PASSWORD through SQLI! That must mean it's stored in plain text somewhere.
 

 Discussion on answer by Michael_B: Wh…

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Guran
Mar 2, 2018 08:07
The thing is that the line between "oppressive" and "upholding law and order" is quite arbitrary. No regime, democratic or not, will ever be 100% in sync with every citizens view. When am I right to pick up a gun and rout a militia in defence of my (subjective) freedoms? When my land is threatened by a hydro dam or pipeline? When relatives worry about how children are treated in my cult? When the police won't let me sell these substances to voluntary customers?
 

 Discussion on answer by Royal Canadia…

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Guran
Nov 23, 2017 21:28
The UK itself presenting a united front would be a nice start...
 

 Discussion on question by Shamis: mag…

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Guran
Jul 6, 2016 17:07
Interesting question. Would a religous code or outright divine intervention work in your world? I.e. a wizard who "cheats" or is simply too clever is punished either directly by [deity who gave wizard the power] or by his peers who (rightly or because of superstition) acts as inquisition. Religous purity is a big thing in a medieval setting, after all.