Hey, crypto-nerds. Anybody got a good solution to the following? I need to authenticate a bunch of devices against a server and then set up an encrypted channel. Catch is that the devices are very simple, so the encryption cannot be too expensive, and I probably have to code the protocol myself in C (and […]

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Now would be a good time for Apple to do a little introspection, and realize the new Mac OS needs multiple editions. A King’s Quest Edition. A Hero’s Quest Edition. A Police Quest Edition. A Space Quest Edition. A Leisure Suit Larry Edition. And if you do a wrong operation in any of them, you […]

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UI Horror: iOS X

Note: this is based on a (fairly late) preview of iOS X; the behavior outlined has changed slightly in one of the earlier betas and might change again before final release.  Hopefully this will change again before the final release, because the current behavior is literally worse than Stalin. Apple has been struggling with widgets for […]

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It’s a very real possibility that those translating the bible just suck at prepositions. With this in mind, we can reinterpret “If a man lies to a male as to a woman, both of them have committed an abomination,” as no longer homophobic but rather sexist. You go Christianity, you sexist OR homophobic anachronism. […]

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