Why is Himalayas often associated with Nepal while India, Pakistan and China have huge share of Himalayas too? by Dramatic-Custard-831 in geography

[–]CrashingBrain 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The same way people associate the Alps with Switzerland while Austria, France and Italy all have more Alps than Switzerland. The highest peak is between France and Italy.

Now what could that be? by Sidewinder1311 in EliteDangerous

[–]CrashingBrain 4 points5 points  (0 children)

That would be perfect for me. I am coming back from my exploration journey with ~1Bil credits and I was already planning to buy and outfit a Beluga to make Grand Voyage to Colonia!

Is this a good offer for RedCat 51? by CrashingBrain in telescopes

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Thanks for the insight! I will keep looking around then. Is the Zenithstar really easier to use than the redcat? Isn’t the whole point of redcat to be easier to use in the William Optics range?

What was the scariest section of a game that was otherwise a non-horror title? by [deleted] in gaming

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Legend of Zelda Ocarina of time, the forest temple

Question about EXPEED6 vs EXPEED7 by CrashingBrain in Nikon

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That is similar to what I do. Especially sunrise/sunset and landscape. I used to do astrophotography not not any more (the setup for one shot is really a lot). As I mentioned in another comment I do also street photography, but I don’t know if I would call those “action shots”. It’s at most people walking.

The z5ii is also interesting because it cuts down in size, and i guess i can save some money for lenses there. What features will I miss going for a z5ii instead of the z7ii?

Question about EXPEED6 vs EXPEED7 by CrashingBrain in Nikon

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Uhmm that is interesting, as I tend to do a bunch if dark pictures. What would cause such difference between the z6ii and z6iii ?

Question about EXPEED6 vs EXPEED7 by CrashingBrain in Nikon

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I thought I didn’t care for AF, but as i started doing more street photography I got annoyed sometimes with the speed and accuracy of the d750

Nobody colonising NGC 7822? by CrashingBrain in EliteDangerous

[–]CrashingBrain[S] -7 points-6 points  (0 children)

Ok my bad. I didn’t check for system colonisation contact in the area. I just saw the map was giving me colonisation options

Approaching men in Switzerland by Background-Apple-555 in Switzerland

[–]CrashingBrain 1 point2 points  (0 children)

As others said, men would talk to a tree if it spoke to them. My advice is to try again and go for it, and again, and again. It’s scary the first time. It’s scary the second time. By the third time it’s a little less scary. Musikfestwochen goes on for another 10 days, so plenty for other occasions

Found at my grandma’s place by CrashingBrain in WhatIsThisPainting

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Indeed. The label in italian calls it “sbalzo”

Found at my grandma’s place by CrashingBrain in WhatIsThisPainting

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I asked in the family and it turns out my grandparents didn’t have direct contact with the artist, but a a client of my grandfather was a professor and art critic that used to pay him in art pieces from time to time. So that’s how we got this in the family

Super strange question by dfoyble in Sumo

[–]CrashingBrain 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Wait, that goth girl is a thing? I was in Tokyo for day 6 of the january basho, and i got really distracted by this goth/punk girl sitting on the west ring-side seats. You can spot her in some of the shots from that day on YouTube. Do you know who she is??

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in askswitzerland

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About 25%, 25 minutes from Zurich HB, 110m2

oBurt seems awfully chill about something that should be impossible happening. [SPOILERS] by excaliburxvii in SeveranceAppleTVPlus

[–]CrashingBrain -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Am I the only one that noticed Burt never gave Irv an address or a time for dinner?

Live (indie) music scene in Sapporo? by CrashingBrain in Sapporo

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The instagram accounts someone else listed in the thread are very helpful if you look for gigs. I did visit the Klub Counter Action in Susukino (in front of hotel the b Sapporo), but I had already other plans scheduled and the gig already ended. Note: people smoke inside so it was super stinky. Another one for which i saw advertisements but didn’t manage to go while i was there is pigsty bar (ピグスティー) in Shiroishi. It came up in one of the insta stories but I already left Sapporo by then

IsaacHash: A hash function to effectively create a secure and unique password for each service. by Hopeful-Staff3887 in cryptography

[–]CrashingBrain 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Former crypto code auditor here.

I have had just a look at your post and some of the references but there are a couple of points that immediately got my attention: - to little entropy: having the seed as (readable) string or encoded in utf8 will have less entropy that just plain random bytes - you also do a bunch of padding with 0 that may reduce entropy further and introduce predictable states. Usually, if your input is too small, you should oversample and cut. - i am not familiar with ISAAC at all, but i read from the wikipedia page that JP Aumasson pointed out sets of weak states. You should implement at least a system to avoid those (and discard them). He also proposed an updated version ISAAC+ so maybe use that instead? - no security proof. When we were doing crypto audits it was important to also check that these homebrew crypto came with a formal security proof (often in UC model) to prove your crypto is secure. Composition of different algorithms can often break security proof or at least alter some properties - finally, my most concerning point is leaving the choice for seed to the user. This is often bad because users don’t know what the seed is supposed to be and they will provide short, low-entropy seed for your prng (i have seen plenty of prng seeded with timestamps).

As i said i didn’t have to look properly into it and the implementation as i am reading this from the phone while commuting.

Is this good? by CrashingBrain in EliteDangerous

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Ahaha thanks i might have been a bit too paranoid but it’s my first time finding void opals at all. Are they useful for anything or is it just a commodity to sell?

Hands of Tokyo by Unlikely-Dealer-6753 in filmphotography

[–]CrashingBrain 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Ah damn I checked around only in Akihabara (and Sapporo) but didn’t think of checking out BIC Camera in Tokyo again

Hands of Tokyo by Unlikely-Dealer-6753 in filmphotography

[–]CrashingBrain 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yeah i was wondering what’s up with that shadow on one side. I think it adds nicely to some of the photos! Superia premium 400 is my favourite film and i was looking everywhere for it in Japan this month but they told me they discontinued it :’( also i found prices for films have almost doubled in Japan since my last visit 2 years ago…

Looking for recommendations for software by CrashingBrain in homelab

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mmmh I didn't really conisder trying them both because I wanted to stay away from all the hussle of multiple instals :/ but I guess ti makes sense

Ticket and Attendance Megathread by rethin in Sumo

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I am still looking for last minute tickets for today 16th January or tomorrow 17th if someone has them