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  1. Comment on 2-factor authentication in ~tildes

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    I get a 404 for your first link: it's missing the "l" in "html". Correct link for those who couldn't find it: NIST 800-63B.

    I get a 404 for your first link: it's missing the "l" in "html". Correct link for those who couldn't find it: NIST 800-63B.

    3 votes

  2. Comment on Do you prefer an Ebook or a Paper book and why? in ~books

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    I prefer ebooks for fiction and paper for studying. If I need to remember something I like to have a tactile feedback. If I'm reading for fun I want to be able to easily read while I poo.

    I prefer ebooks for fiction and paper for studying. If I need to remember something I like to have a tactile feedback. If I'm reading for fun I want to be able to easily read while I poo.

  3. Comment on Hey tilders, how many of us are queer? in ~talk

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    Sorry to be off topic, but as far as I can tell there isn't a way to PM people yet. Just wondering if your name is from Shallan Davar of Brandon Sanderson's Stomlight Archive series?

    Sorry to be off topic, but as far as I can tell there isn't a way to PM people yet.

    Just wondering if your name is from Shallan Davar of Brandon Sanderson's Stomlight Archive series?

    3 votes

  4. Comment on Why did you choose this username for your Tildes account? in ~talk

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    I was pretty interested in cryptography and physics when I was in high school, back in the glory days of Applied Cryptography and A Brief History of Time. So "dice" is sort of a reference both to...

    I was pretty interested in cryptography and physics when I was in high school, back in the glory days of Applied Cryptography and A Brief History of Time. So "dice" is sort of a reference both to RNGs and Einstein's famously incorrect statement about God and the nature of the universe.

    11 votes

  5. Comment on Speaking Of Podcats, What Do You Use To Listen To Yours? in ~talk

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    Another vote for FOSS. I try to get all of my software from F-droid: I'm going to try a LineageOS for MicroG ROM when I have a spare day to mess around with my phone...

    Another vote for FOSS. I try to get all of my software from F-droid: I'm going to try a LineageOS for MicroG ROM when I have a spare day to mess around with my phone...

    4 votes

  6. Comment on What are you playing? in ~games

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    Shattered Pixel Dungeon: it's a mobile rogue-like with pixel art graphics. The main developer updates pretty frequently so there are fun changes to the gameplay every couple months. The original...

    Shattered Pixel Dungeon: it's a mobile rogue-like with pixel art graphics. The main developer updates pretty frequently so there are fun changes to the gameplay every couple months. The original Pixel Dungeon game is Open Source so there are a number of forks, but Shattered is my favorite.

    4 votes

  7. Comment on What books are you reading nowadays? in ~misc

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    Brandon Sanderson did a great job in finishing the series off. Sanderson is great on his own, too, if you haven't read his other work. I'd recommend starting with Mistborn.

    Brandon Sanderson did a great job in finishing the series off. Sanderson is great on his own, too, if you haven't read his other work. I'd recommend starting with Mistborn.

    1 vote

  8. Comment on What books are you reading nowadays? in ~misc

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    I recently finished Children of Time by Adrian Tchaikovsky. It's a Sci-Fi book about slower-than-light interstellar travel, the collapse of human civilization, and first contact with non-human...

    I recently finished Children of Time by Adrian Tchaikovsky. It's a Sci-Fi book about slower-than-light interstellar travel, the collapse of human civilization, and first contact with non-human intelligent life.

    Much of the story is told from the perspective of said non-human intelligences, and I thought that perspective was very well done by the author.

    I'm also about to finish Empire in Black and Gold which is the first of a Fantasy Epic by the same author, but I haven't liked it nearly as much. I'll give the 2nd book in the series a shot before making up my mind though.

    1 vote