41599799's comments

On: I am rich and have no idea what to do

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What things do people choose to do when they can have anything in the world ?

On: Ask HN: How do I search the web in the age of enshittified search engines?

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I don't have a good answer, but we sure could use (a new) +Fravia in this day and age.

On: New elliptic curve breaks 18-year-old record

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Ever since the DUAL_EC_DBRG backdoor[1], trust in cryptographic algorithms set by NIST has been reduced.

In the case of ECC curves, the NIST curves rely on a number of highly specific but unexplained constants. More info about the safety and security of curves can be found at https://safecurves.cr.yp.to/

For now, Curve25519 is considered a good bet.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NIST_SP_800-90A#Backdoor_in_Du...

On: Ask HN: I don't want higher salary, I need more freetime

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I have myself gotten to a point in my career where my expectations no longer fit the standard model of a job in a company. And that is OK in my opinion. When that becomes the case, starting your own company offers much more freedom.

On: Ask HN: How much money do you spend each month?

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Would you mind saying in which country this is ?