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Becoming physically immune to brute-force attacks

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  1. Atvelonis
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    I enjoyed reading this article very much, thank you for sharing it with us.

    I enjoyed reading this article very much, thank you for sharing it with us.

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    deing
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    Interesting, short, and frankly, fun, paper related to this: Ultimate physical limits to computation. A few of the concepts explored are beyond my understanding, but the conclusion is rather...

    Interesting, short, and frankly, fun, paper related to this: Ultimate physical limits to computation. A few of the concepts explored are beyond my understanding, but the conclusion is rather memorable: the "ultimate laptop", the most capable vaguely computer-esque system conceivable with a mass-energy of one kilogram, is essentially an expanding cloud of superheated plasma.

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    1. Seirdy
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      I'd previously stumbled upon that article, but decided not to include it since it focused on too many variables and took a less extreme approach (A 1-kg black hole? That's it?). This was before I...

      I'd previously stumbled upon that article, but decided not to include it since it focused on too many variables and took a less extreme approach (A 1-kg black hole? That's it?). This was before I added a "further reading" section.

      Thanks for bringing it back to my attention; I added it to the "Further reading section. Diff.

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