Quantum Computers Are Not a Threat to 128-bit Symmetric Keys

https://hackaday.com/2026/04/25/quantum-computers-are-not-a-threat-to-128-bit-symmetric-keys/

The speed at which a virus spreads depends mainly on two factors:

1: How dense the population is.

2: How dense the population is.

This is precisely correct.

"The difference from corporate social media comes down to incentive structures. Platforms designed around narcissism & parasocial relationships produce content optimized for engagement. A federated network w/ no central owner produces something closer to actual knowledge-sharing, because nobody profits from making it addictive."

https://boingboing.net/2026/03/06/why-mastodon-matters-now-more-than-its-creators-imagined.html

https://gizmodo.com/the-trump-administration-wants-gamers-to-step-up-and-fill-the-air-traffic-controller-shortage-2000745070

These MAGA Fascist's are completely insane.

Publishers attempts to block AI scraping may limit access to the historical record, raising questions about how we preserve the web over time 📚

PRESERVING THE WEB IN THE AGE OF AI, a LIVE Future Knowledge #podcast recording with Mike Masnick, Mark Graham, & Kendra Albert, explores access and accountability 🔍

📆 Tues, April 28
🕙 10 AM–11 AM PDT
📍 ONLINE
🎟️ https://blog.archive.org/event/preserving-the-web-in-the-age-of-ai/

@masnick.com @mark @kendraserra

1. Invent an illness;
2. Put up a couple of preprints about it;
3. See AI companies' web crawlers swallow it hook, line, and sinker whole;
4. LLMs start telling users that the condition is real. WTF.
5. See published papers cite them, likely from authors using LLMs to write them. WTAF.

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-01100-y

#LLMFail #LLMs #chatbots #Bixonimania