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Comment warning notice - final version (Score 1) 112

I hope its going to be easy enough to determine when this particular change goes live in the codebase, I dont think there's an actual date stipulated anywhere?

I actually like some of the features exclusive to chrome I wouldn't wanted ti be forced to part ways with it if I just don't know.

Hopefully someone spots when it is going to be time to download the latest release (unbroken) version available for keep-safe.

Comment Office 1st rel. 1990 - any notable improvements? (Score 1) 143

Microsoft have had 27 years to get office in a state where it does exactly what the end-user wants it do to...

Unfortunately they have failed miserably and the entire suite is still a shiny polished turd of limited functionality.

It would seem from my opinion they have never actually had the will power or skill to fix Office or they have never ever spoken to one of the many frustrated end-users.

oh well never mind, all hail the coming of Office 2020!

Comment tsunami in a teacup (Score 1) 165

There's really no excuse for Vote Leave to target Facebook users during Brexit...

It's actually unbelievable how anyone could think they had a right to get their message out there to the people, especially in such a modern democratic society with an allowance for a multitude of different viewpoints...oh wait

Comment Answer: lattice-based crypto around since 80's... (Score 3, Informative) 197

Article is very light on evidence of any new form of successful attack so it's a bit premature to advise the sky is falling just yet!

Better encryption methods are always being worked on and we will phase out the old encryption methods when they become stale and move onto more resistant types.

As it so happens there are already some constructions (and they have been around for some time) that can be used such as Ring-LWE and NTRU which have been shown to hold up against classic and Quantum based attacks.

I'm going back to my bowl of cereal now.

Comment Amazing. Every word in that sentence was wrong.. (Score 1, Informative) 195

From the study : "The turnover time associated with the microbial decay of frozen organic matter is ~14,000 years (Figure S28), making the Hg locked in permafrost effectively stable on human time scales. However, projections indicate a 30–99% reduction in near surface permafrost by 2100, and, once thawed, the turnover time for microbial decay drops to ~70 years (Koven et al., 2013; Schaefer et al., 2011). This makes the reservoir of Hg in permafrost soils vulnerable to release over the next century, with unknown consequences to the environment."

The title suggests a factual statement where the paper suggest a possible scenario outcome based on predictions. a possible sample of a clickbaity WPost science article which may require more study into how much of it is 'fake news' ?

I did however approve of the moderators including the original paper in the post, most impressive.

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