or you could benchmark the functions that compare secrets to user input and figure out how much time it's supposed to take, add 0.5s to the average and always add time before responding to get to that target so essentially your response time is constant regardless of input
Important to keep in mind here that the timing attacks Kettle is talking about generally do not take the form of "providing secret input to a function with variable timing".
He says this exact same thing in the Defense at the end:
> Finally, yes I do recommend using constant-time functions when comparing user input with secret keys. Just ask anyone who says this is an actual threat to provide a proof of concept.
It is sort of known that meditation can be a double edged sword, it is a tool and like any tool it can be used badly which is why traditionally you would have a teacher.
Bad analogy in my opinion. Learning basic vim can be done in a couple of hours and I think would benefit literally every programmer to know the basics because it is so much nicer to even navigate a single line of code using the vi keys (w, b, f, % etc) than any other alternative I've heard of.
Yeah those people are just confused or simply adhering to their group by calling themselves Christians. Being a Christian and not believing in the bible is oxymoronic
That’s a rather Euro-centric view of things (you’ll find the corresponding articles for the american continents are very different), but even still it’s missing the point. The question is whether this “critical mass” you speak of seeks to be a disciple of Christ (the group of people first ever referred to as “Christians”), not whether they have a particular interpretation of “God as depicted in the bible”.
It is, for instance, rather common to believe Genesis 1 is more of an allegory than an explicit recounting of God’s work, but that does not preclude someone from accepting Christ as their Lord and choosing to live as His disciple.
I was specially referring to "Christians" as becoming a generic term for someone following a set of Christian values or belonging to a Christian group, even when they don't seek to be a disciple of Christ in any way shape or form.
I understand it goes against the very defintion of the term, but that's a thing.
I'm trying to steer away from my personal anecdotes, so for instance:
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Unfortunately over time, the word “Christian” has lost a great deal of its significance and is often used of someone who is religious or has high moral values but who may or may not be a true follower of Jesus Christ. Many people who do not believe and trust in Jesus Christ consider themselves Christians simply because they go to church or they live in a “Christian” nation.
What a ridiculous argument. By this “logic” anyone could claim anything at all is “a simple for of Christianity” and you’d jump in to say “why yes, you see some people don’t view Christianity as meaning much of anything, therefore we can clearly argue it means everything!”
Suit yourself but I find this reasoning cyclically brain-dead.
Well, given the centuries and number of people and things around the globe that fit some kind of Christianity, yes I expect the meaning of the word to be pretty diluted.
That's the same logic regarding any concept at that scale ("American" would be the same case, there is a tight definition, but the wider usage has almost nothing to do with it)
Saying it’s diluted is one thing - I actually agree there. Saying that because it’s diluted, it actually means specifically “X” is totally different and indefensible.
While I've never heard it put exactly that way I have been listening to a lot of Ram Dass and he has a few talks where he discusses Trungpa Rinpoche ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ch%C3%B6gyam_Trungpa#Controver... ). The way I remember it for Ram Dass he saw Trungpa as enlightened so all the "bad" stuff he did was sort of ok because that was Trungpa's dharma and he did it in a detached state.
I understood it like.. just as there are people who's dharma is to reduce suffering in the world there are people who produce it and that's fine and normal.
LE: I think Ram Dass used the Hindu meaning for dharma which afaik means "path in life" not "teaching" like in Buddhism
Or maybe his brutal exile from Tibet due to Chinese invasion traumatized him in some way. I’m not a fan of rationalizing abusive behavior or hypocrisy. People can gain a lot of skill at something but it doesn’t make them a good person. Elon Musk falls in a similar category IMO.
I don't think enlightened beings can be traumatized. A better theory I've heard it's that it is easy to keep vows when you live in a temple and never been tempted.
My memory is that he had to escape through the Himalayas as a teenager. I don’t think teenagers can be enlightened beings. He failed to keep 2 of the 5 layperson Buddhist vows - a temple has nothing to do with it. From what I understand jhana >> booze, so why choose booze?
Hobbies are something you do for yourself not others. If you are attracted to cooking then it could be fun to try to recreate the amazing food the robot gives you for free just as a challenge
People still play chess even though computers have been better at it for quite some time now. You could say the same for woodworking or other crafts, people don't start these hobbies to become the best in the world at it, you will probably never be better than someone who has 20 years experience on you but people enjoy learning and building something with their own hands regardless
As someone who has enough passive income to live with my parents indefinitely without having to work more than 10 hours a month this view is ignoring the access we have to cheap gratification and escapism. If people didn't need to work I suspect a large portion of the population will feel depressed, without a purpose and will waste their life getting whatever convenient pleasure they can afford on that basic income (doom scrolling, Netflix, video games)
What's a "large portion" and what's the concrete basis for your suspicion?
People are aspirational, my observation of people that have sufficient means to just survive is that a large portion will apply themselves to levelling up in a variety of ways, some in crafts, some in small business, some in music, sports, etc.
Of those that do, a number go on to join leaders in their chosen fields.
Sure, another portion might also kick back and do little else but doom scroll, but that's on them and at least that's keeping them off the streets, adding to the crime stats, etc.
People that have sufficient means in the current system had to have discipline and motivation to get in that position and considering how few people are like this then that's where my theory comes from.
I'm in a pretty unique position because I've never had a strong drive to work but got lucky and got that passive income without having it as a goal I worked towards. If I had no financial or social pressure I would do little else than play video games all day.
Considering how popular social media is I suspect I'm right about most of the population. I mean just look on the streets, in subways etc. most people are addicted to cheap pleasure
For that price or maybe a little more you could buy a 4k projector and a nice screen that would make watching a movie a whole lot nicer
> $3500 usd might be what I already spend on all forms of entertainment + 2 years worth of food
Where do you live? I live in Romania and even my mom who makes around 1000e a month spends like 400e on food, so she spends around 5k euros a year on food
It is easy to spend EUR 400 for the monthly food, or even much more, if you buy industrially-processed food and various kinds of food that are tasty, but which are expensive and unnecessary.
Nevertheless, not only in Romania, but probably in most countries of the European Union, a human can spend for food only between EUR 100 and EUR 150 per month, while still eating very healthy food, with the condition of cooking at home and buying only raw ingredients. Even the industrially-made bread is at least 3 to 4 times more expensive than the bread made at home. For other kinds of food, the price ratio between buying and making at home is even greater.
So at most 5 euros per day you say? maybe only if you eat lentils or something idk.
2 eggs = .8 euro
250ml milk = .8 euro
300g chicken breast = 2 euro
1 large tomato = .8 euro
150g cheap cold cuts = 1 euro
I'm already at 5.4 euro and that's not even 2000 calories, add butter, olive oil, other vegetables, bread and you easily reach 8-9 euro per day and I bet Romania is at least 20% cheaper than most EU countries
So please englighten us, give me a menu that's 2k calories, has some animal protein in it and costs less than 5 euros
Buy frozen vegetables, salmon (20€/kg), bio eggs and milk at 1.25 to 2€/L. Add some bread from the baker, whole grain noodles, oats for breakfast and maybe get cheese every once in a while. Vegetable oil, nut oil and whole nuts complete what you need. Spices are bought in bunch and mixed up at home. For some greens you can have mint and herbs on any windowsill for <2€.
I don't eat out, never eat processed food, cook all myself and have a hard time (germany) hitting 150€ a month, so 5€ a day is totally doable. Don't get me wrong, it's hard to know what you can buy, but Stiftung Warentest is your friend and a book about medical nutrition at university level will make sure you don't buy from advertisement.
Is food in your country/area that expensive? I live in an expensive city in the middle of Europe and get most of those things for half the price in a normal supermarket. If I optimize for sales and seasons, I even get cheaper prices, while still have a divers healthy diet. Even more so if I buy in bulk and prepare in advance. But to be fair, it would demand more time and knowledge, which is not for everyone.
We are family of 2 adults and 1 child. We spend very easily 400 (and more) per month. We don't buy any processed food. We cook at home. 90% of time. Some weekends we go out for a single lunch or dinner. We live in Czech republic. We rarely buy "bio" (or "organic" depending on where you live) food.
150/mo? Even if I buy from my neighbors (who grow only for themselves but have overage) I cannot do that. Growing myself, yes. I live in a tiny village in portugal.
I spend way more than 100/week in food for two people. To spend less than a quarter of that I would have to scale down or remove fruit, vegetables, meat or fish from the menu. Probably would have to eat pasta and rice with some sauces all the time which isn't healthy at all. And I'm in Portugal, not the most expensive place in Europe by a long shot.
2 years was actually a bit of a reach now that I think of it, but Canada, living relatively frugally, buying for typically just me, and I could do ~300cad a month + ~$100/month for transport would bring me up to the $4850CAD before sales tax. Tax would add another $500 and that would probably cover me for most entertainment, vacations excluded, games included, climbing included, movies included, just estimating though.
that's 145 USD/month for me. It's not impossible, but you're not eating out ever and are basically on little more than a rice and beans diet at that point.
If u wanted to be less annoying do it after the user has a "win" on your app, after they use it for something useful or they had a fun interaction depending on the type of app.
Don't just interrupt me randomly before I do the thing I need
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