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Regarding hashing functions and recent news. FYI: Everything beyond lossless compression regarding representation of bytes abide by the pigeonhole principle (n = km + 1), collisions will happen, always.

SHA-1 collision attacks are now actually practical and a looming danger. Research duo showcases first-ever SHA-1 chosen-prefix collision attack.
zdnet.com/article/sha-1-collis

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"Abby Martin interviews former Technical Director of the National Security Agency, Bill Binney, who blew the whistle on warrantless spying years before Edward Snowden released the evidence. They discuss mass surveillance and the Intelligence Industrial Complex." youtube.com/watch?v=SjHs-E2e2V

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there's a funding initiative by Square for Bitcoin Core devs, apparently? twitter.com/jack/status/110848 (sorry for birdsite link)—if you're actively involved in Bitcoin Core's development and need this funding, and would like me to write a recommendation for you, let me know!

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Is there really no alternative to the Huawei Matebook X Pro? It seems to be so much better than other laptops I've looked at, while still being significantly cheaper.

Is it just that the specs just happens to match my requirements, or do they have no competition?

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