[–] 118 points 4 days ago (7 children)

There are two parts to this answer.

First, as many have pointed out, eMudhra as a trusted certificate authority has issued eight high-level certificates with a key length of onle 3-8 bits, when they should be 384 bits long. And yes, the smallest key was '4'.

But the other point is tha xkcd predicted using 4 as a random number, decades ago. It was supposed to be a joke.

https://xkcd.com/221/

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  • [–] 3 points 5 days ago

    You decide.

    And you work at it.

    Change your mind? Fine . Then work at it.

    Don't give up because it's hard. Change only because it's wrong for you.

    And work at it.

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  • [–] 13 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 child)

    Honestly, not really.

    That 25% includes both the shitstain separatists who have always been here, as well as the none-too-bright "send Ottawa a message!" idiots who wouldn't actually vote for separation.

    For decades I've heard numbers of 5-15% of the province are actively separatists. Seems pretty consistent.

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  • [–] 10 points 1 week ago (1 child)

    Oh for fuck's sake, really? If I don't blindly support the Liberals and everything that Carney does, I'm a Russian bot (although apparently not from the farm that got bombed yesterday, since I'm still here)?

    I voted Liberal last election to keep Poilievre out of office, and under this fucking FPTP system, I stand by my vote; but that doesn't mean that Carney is beyond criticism. Take a look at his record, and you'll see someone who puts more emphasis on dollars than on the overall health of the nation. I'm disappointed to say it, because I thought he might be a centrist leader, but he's governing from the right, and it's my job as a dirty hippy to call him out on it.

    Facts are facts. The federal Liberals are now very close to where Mulroney's conservatives were, back in the day. This is why we need electoral reform. I am still glad to have him at the helm (vs. Poilievre) when dealing with the fucktards south of the border, but from the second he got his majority, he stopped pretending to give a shit about anything other than economics.

    He rolled back environmental protections, he's been playing nice with the traitor of a premier ruining Alberta, and here we are talking about what happened to pharmacare. If you're going to "Yandex" away legitimate criticism, then we end up with the worst government that the parties can get away with.

    But hey - keep toeing the party line.

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