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by Gopher
Mon Mar 10, 2014 9:47 pm
Forum: The Lounge
Topic: Are passwords a necessary evil?
Replies: 7
Views: 19197

Re: Are passwords a necessary evil?

Yeah, I've thought of that before, too. Wouldn't really need to invent an algorithm, sha256 or something would be fine. But again, I'm not just looking at this from a user's perspective. This is a problem for developers as well. You have to waste resources dealing with people forgetting their passwo...
by Gopher
Mon Mar 10, 2014 12:57 pm
Forum: The Lounge
Topic: Are passwords a necessary evil?
Replies: 7
Views: 19197

Re: Are passwords a necessary evil?

Password managers are nice, sure. I should really start using one. However, I'm also thinking about this from a developer's perspective. There are all these technologies like one-time passwords, biometrics, public key encryption, and so many more that can provide so much more convinience and securit...
by Gopher
Sat Mar 08, 2014 9:05 pm
Forum: The Lounge
Topic: Are passwords a necessary evil?
Replies: 7
Views: 19197

Are passwords a necessary evil?

The whole idea of passwords has really started to bug me lately. It's hard to pin down exactly why. They just seem to easy to choose poorly, too easy to forget, too easy to scam out of ignorant users. Just getting into someone's email gives you access to every password protected site they visit, and...
by Gopher
Sat Mar 08, 2014 8:46 pm
Forum: The Lounge
Topic: cryptocurrencies
Replies: 1
Views: 7377

Re: cryptocurrencies

I've been trying to port bitcoin-py to common lisp in my spare time, but more as a learning experience than anything. No real intention of developing a product from it.
by Gopher
Sat Dec 28, 2013 11:48 pm
Forum: Common Lisp
Topic: The character \x04
Replies: 3
Views: 7108

Re: The character \x04

Alright, thanks.
by Gopher
Sat Dec 28, 2013 10:14 pm
Forum: Common Lisp
Topic: The character \x04
Replies: 3
Views: 7108

Re: The character \x04

Oh, duh. It means ascii value 4 (EoT), doesn't it?
by Gopher
Sat Dec 28, 2013 8:42 pm
Forum: Common Lisp
Topic: The character \x04
Replies: 3
Views: 7108

The character \x04

I'm currently in the process of porting py bitcointools to lisp. I'm having trouble with this section: def get_pubkey_format(pub): if isinstance(pub,(tuple,list)): return 'decimal' elif len(pub) == 65 and pub[0] == '\x04': return 'bin' elif len(pub) == 130 and pub[0:2] == '04': return 'hex' elif len...
by Gopher
Sun Dec 01, 2013 12:21 am
Forum: Common Lisp
Topic: Problem with cl-xmpp
Replies: 5
Views: 10988

Re: Problem with cl-xmpp

I'm getting the same result as you when I try to connect to jabber.org, but I'm not able to register an account to see if it's actually working past that stage.
by Gopher
Sun Dec 01, 2013 12:20 am
Forum: Common Lisp
Topic: Defining setf behavior (Or is there an easier way?)
Replies: 9
Views: 17017

Re: Defining setf behavior (Or is there an easier way?)

I see, thanks for your help.
by Gopher
Sun Dec 01, 2013 12:02 am
Forum: Common Lisp
Topic: Problem with cl-xmpp
Replies: 5
Views: 10988

Re: Problem with cl-xmpp

I also tried xmpp.dukgo.com . I'll try jabber.org in a little bit.