The entire scientific community isn't talking about "the death of all life," that's not a realistic scenario. The entire scientific community isn't behind this analysis either, although eventually they might be.
Kim is really the one who's responsible for this. Kim has been ratcheting up the rhetoric. He's been saying stupid stuff about Trump, Pompano and Pence even. I personally think that Kim is afraid of a revolt if he is out of the country for too long with any advance warning
There are people in North Korea who don't want to end the war. These are the people who have believed the propaganda (that N Korea is powerful enough to fight against the US and win, that N Koreans are 'pure', etc. If those are your beliefs, then negotiating is illogical).
Kim has to balance all the various factions in his government. To me, he seems to want peace. He's been outside the country, he knows how it is. He knows things can be a lot better, but not everyone in North Korea agrees. In the past violent rhetoric has worked, so it seems reasonable that some of his advisors would want to try that again.
Keep in mind China might have been putting on some kind of pressure, too.
Because it feels good. Because it helps you focus. Because you gain weight when you quit. As you mention, the addictiveness makes it really hard. Switching to e-cigs is not hard though. Any smoker can do it. It's not a matter of will-power, it's a matter of going slightly out of your way for a day or two.
At this point e-cigs are so much better than cigarettes in every way, that you'd have to be a moron to keep using traditional cigarettes at this point.
It is true that e-cigs make you look like a tool, but cigarettes make you look like a tool and a fool.
If you smoke cigs, stop today! Switch to e-cigs. You will not regret it.
A more normal way to explain that would be to say, "Do good and avoid bad to improve your karma, to make it easier to understand enlightenment. But enlightenment is beyond good and evil, you leave the karma wheel behind you."
The FBI doesn't do a very good job. They have a long history of corruption, of lies, and being untrustworthy. They don't catch criminals very often. The only good they do is provide support for local law enforcement, for example the national finger-print data base.
I therefore suggest the FBI be dissolved, or modified to the "National Police Support Unit." They can provide services to local police forces, but they don't need to be out harassing people on their own.
And the AC above you pointed out exactly that: [The proof of work (mining) in bitcoin is SHA-256].
Block generation is safe.
No, SHA-256 is vulnerable to quantum computing attacks. Or are you saying it isn't vulnerable?
Of course, they can simply change the algorithm protecting the transactions, and thus your wallet's balance.
No, 'they' can't do this. (Wallets aren't a real thing, only transactions are. Wallets are an abstraction used to make things easier for users, but the blockchain is just a list of transactions.) Only the person with the key can unlock a transaction to spend it again. If SHA-256 is broken, then anyone can unlock the transaction.
No, it has nothing to do with 'at rest' or smoking around.' Elliptical curve cryptography is heavily relied on in bitcoin, so bit coin will be in trouble.
This comment is all that needs to be said. Please shut down the thread and never bring it up again. Maybe it should be put into an FAQ on the sidebar, since it keeps being brought up. Even if you only watched the movie, you would be given several examples. "Not this again........"
There's a book about post-quantum cryptography, and also conferences. There is plenty of research on the topic, and cryptography will be fine, just computationally more expensive (since our current block ciphers were chosen to be as computationally simple as possible).
>At the start he set out to discover how to overcome suffering! He had observed suffering old people
Suffering isn't a great translation of dukkha
>Buddhism doesn't even teach that things are good or evil. And meditation is not anything you're supposed to do, it is only a tool you can use to reduce attachment or control your thoughts.
It's from Dhammapada 183, part of the Canon: Avoid all evil, cultivate the good, purify your mind: this sums up the teaching of the Buddhas.
Wtf are you talking about? He started two wars and you call him an angel? I'm open to your viewpoint but you'll need more supporting facts than what you have, which is none.
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The entire scientific community isn't talking about "the death of all life," that's not a realistic scenario. The entire scientific community isn't behind this analysis either, although eventually they might be.
Kim is really the one who's responsible for this. Kim has been ratcheting up the rhetoric. He's been saying stupid stuff about Trump, Pompano and Pence even. I personally think that Kim is afraid of a revolt if he is out of the country for too long with any advance warning
There are people in North Korea who don't want to end the war. These are the people who have believed the propaganda (that N Korea is powerful enough to fight against the US and win, that N Koreans are 'pure', etc. If those are your beliefs, then negotiating is illogical).
Kim has to balance all the various factions in his government. To me, he seems to want peace. He's been outside the country, he knows how it is. He knows things can be a lot better, but not everyone in North Korea agrees. In the past violent rhetoric has worked, so it seems reasonable that some of his advisors would want to try that again.
Keep in mind China might have been putting on some kind of pressure, too.
Nice work, way to go!
Do whatever you want. Science says intermittent smoking is still bad for you, which isn't surprising considering you're putting tar into your lungs
No, smoking is still probably your bigger problem. Emphysema is no joke.
It is not skillful to try to do good, it is only skillful to do good out of compassion for others
Um, how does that help you reach enlightenment?
Why would you want to continue smoking at all?
Because it feels good. Because it helps you focus. Because you gain weight when you quit. As you mention, the addictiveness makes it really hard. Switching to e-cigs is not hard though. Any smoker can do it. It's not a matter of will-power, it's a matter of going slightly out of your way for a day or two.
At this point e-cigs are so much better than cigarettes in every way, that you'd have to be a moron to keep using traditional cigarettes at this point. It is true that e-cigs make you look like a tool, but cigarettes make you look like a tool and a fool.
If you smoke cigs, stop today! Switch to e-cigs. You will not regret it.
It's well-known that Nessie doesn't have DNA anyway.
Except in your mouth and eyes.....it takes a lot less than that.
A more normal way to explain that would be to say, "Do good and avoid bad to improve your karma, to make it easier to understand enlightenment. But enlightenment is beyond good and evil, you leave the karma wheel behind you."
The FBI doesn't do a very good job. They have a long history of corruption, of lies, and being untrustworthy. They don't catch criminals very often. The only good they do is provide support for local law enforcement, for example the national finger-print data base.
I therefore suggest the FBI be dissolved, or modified to the "National Police Support Unit." They can provide services to local police forces, but they don't need to be out harassing people on their own.
Only a few years away from what?
You hate her? Really? I don't think she'd be a great president, but I don't hate her. She seems all right, and I'd probably even hang out with her.
And the AC above you pointed out exactly that: [The proof of work (mining) in bitcoin is SHA-256]. Block generation is safe.
No, SHA-256 is vulnerable to quantum computing attacks. Or are you saying it isn't vulnerable?
Of course, they can simply change the algorithm protecting the transactions, and thus your wallet's balance.
No, 'they' can't do this. (Wallets aren't a real thing, only transactions are. Wallets are an abstraction used to make things easier for users, but the blockchain is just a list of transactions.) Only the person with the key can unlock a transaction to spend it again. If SHA-256 is broken, then anyone can unlock the transaction.
The proof of work (mining) in bitcoin is SHA-256.
Good analysis.
The I'd rather have the repo man with my data than Uber
No, it has nothing to do with 'at rest' or smoking around.' Elliptical curve cryptography is heavily relied on in bitcoin, so bit coin will be in trouble.
This comment is all that needs to be said. Please shut down the thread and never bring it up again. Maybe it should be put into an FAQ on the sidebar, since it keeps being brought up. Even if you only watched the movie, you would be given several examples. "Not this again........"
So, Bitcoin is screwed, because to 'unlock' money in Bitcoin, all you need is one hash that matches? What a shame,
There's a book about post-quantum cryptography, and also conferences. There is plenty of research on the topic, and cryptography will be fine, just computationally more expensive (since our current block ciphers were chosen to be as computationally simple as possible).
>At the start he set out to discover how to overcome suffering! He had observed suffering old people
Suffering isn't a great translation of dukkha
>Buddhism doesn't even teach that things are good or evil. And meditation is not anything you're supposed to do, it is only a tool you can use to reduce attachment or control your thoughts.
It's from Dhammapada 183, part of the Canon: Avoid all evil, cultivate the good, purify your mind: this sums up the teaching of the Buddhas.
Wtf are you talking about? He started two wars and you call him an angel? I'm open to your viewpoint but you'll need more supporting facts than what you have, which is none.
They are weak AI. The problem is you don't know the meaning of the words weak AI. Stop being ignorant.