geemili @leroycepearson@librem.one

Starting to break the encryption on text appended to my input data before it goes through AES128 ECB encryption

Woot! Just completed the first set of challenges from #cryptopals 😁

I broke a repeating key XOR encryption for cryptopals! It's a clever algorithm; first key size is guessed. Then each byte is placed into a bucket for 1st/2nd/3rd/etc byte of the key. At this point you break each byte using character frequency analysis. 😁

Just completed cryptopals set 1 challenge 4: detect single-character XOR in #ziglang. :D

https://github.com/leroycep/cryptopals/commit/8781a22d2407a72f6ff1eb18f605668ca595526f

Just solved "Search in Rotated Sorted Array" on Leetcode: https://leetcode.com/problems/search-in-rotated-sorted-array/submissions/

It was interesting to solve it in `O(log n)` time, as I had to use a binary search to find the pivot, instead a specific value. I love problems that take an old tool and use it in a new way.

Made a simple chat app using #ziglang, SDL2, pathfinder[0], and ENet[1]! The long-term plan is to make a multiplayer game like minecraft.

[0]: https://github.com/servo/pathfinder
[1]: http://enet.bespin.org/index.html

@wizard @sir Artists will still be able to sell their work. Removing copyright will change which business models are sustainable, but I bet that independent artists (especially those already on platforms like Patreon) would see no difference to their business model.

@sir @codesections I disagree with the statement that information has no value. It does have value. However, it is also exceedingly cheap to copy. I think the point is that copyright 1) has given large companies a stranglehold on culture and 2) doesn't help artists as much as one might think.

@LogicalDash@cybre.space @ajroach42 I don't think this is necessary. Artists can still sell their time (i.e. commissions), and can still sell prints or access to the digital art. They can also use Patreon and the likes to get support. But nobody "deserves" money just because they happen to make art.

I'm not against a state sponsered art program, but it would still have to decide who it sponsors. It's usefulness is independent of copyright.

Built a snake game using zig and #WebAssembly, you can check it out here: https://leroycep.github.io/snake-game/

@musicmatze@mastodon.technology I've been thinking the same thing. I installed Manjaro on a second laptop, and things just work. I did install nix on it, but having a regular system structure is nice.