How much would hash digsets shortened if the whole alphabel was used
The sha1 hash for 64test64xa is 6779c53432b8badf049bb9d8924a5785dd887243 which is 41 characters only using hexadecimal, 10digits and 6letters. But how long it would be if it was using the whole 26 letters in the latin alphabet? What if it also differentiated between UPPER and lower cases?
Convicted murderer, filesystem creator writes of regrets to Linux list (arstechnica.com)
This made me so weirdly sad. I remember this guy; he was well known for being technically skilled but a huge pain in the ass for everyone to work with, and it's weird to see how resigned he is now to his prison life....
Atuin is an open-source shell command history app for Linux with syncing, unlimited history, and with contextual search (beehaw.org)
Atuin replaces your existing shell history with a SQLite database, and records additional context for your commands. With this context, Atuin gives you faster and better search of your shell history!...
Discontinued and unreleased Microsoft peripherals revived by licensing deal (arstechnica.com)
Apple partly halts Beeper’s iMessage app again, suggesting a long fight ahead (arstechnica.com)
YouTuber sues Google Spain for alleged wrongful dismissal (www.reuters.com)
Swedish company Northvolt develops new state-of-the-art sodium-ion battery produced with locally sourced materials, entirely independent of traditional battery value chains (feddit.de)
Cross-posted from: feddit.de/post/5922898...
Google witness accidentally blurts out that Apple gets 36% cut of Safari deal (arstechnica.com)
Optus network outage affects millions of Australians (www.reuters.com)
Pebble Shuts Down...But Starts a Mastodon Instance? (wedistribute.org)
'Crypto King' Sam Bankman-Fried guilty of FTX fraud (www.bbc.co.uk)
Google Paid How Much to Be the Default Search Engine? (gizmodo.com)
One executive revealed the number, and it’s more than the GDP of Haiti.
Internet artifacts (neal.fun)
A fun sort of online museum with exhibits on the early internet. From the first mp3, to the dancing baby gif, to the first webcam feed of a coffee maker and more. This was really cool!
Amazon adds AI-generated review summaries so you don’t have to read the comments (www.theverge.com)
It’s been there for a while and the article is also a bit older, but I only recently saw this.
Instagram ‘Sincerely Apologizes’ For Inserting ‘Terrorist’ Into Palestinian Bio Translations (archive.ph)
original page (paywalled): www.404media.co/instagram-palestinian-arabic-bio-…
Desalination system could produce freshwater that is cheaper than tap water (news.mit.edu)
The configuration of the device allows water to circulate in swirling eddies, in a manner similar to the much larger “thermohaline” circulation of the ocean. This circulation, combined with the sun’s heat, drives water to evaporate, leaving salt behind. The resulting water vapor can then be condensed and collected as pure,...
Can you guess the top 5 countries by IPv6 usage?
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EU hits Intel with $400 million antitrust fine in long-running computer chip case (apnews.com)
FTC Blames Microsoft for Devastating Xbox Court Document Leak - IGN (www.ign.com)
“Microsoft was responsible for the error.”
A giant leap forwards for encryption with MLS (matrix.org)
The New York Times prohibits AI vendors from devouring its content (arstechnica.com) German
The Internet is not forever after all: CNET deletes old articles to game Google (arstechnica.com)
It is perhaps another sign of how bad things have become with Google’s search results—full of algorithmically generated junk sites—that publications like CNET are driven to such extremes to stay above the sea of noise....
This Machine Could Keep Moore’s Law on Track (spectrum.ieee.org)
FTC Seeks Comment on New Parental Consent Mechanism Under COPPA (www.ftc.gov)
