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inari@piefed.zip 2 days ago
xkcd 221
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I thought this has to have been the reference
Alas, the reference is real life.
wtf 🫢️
Oh my God, when I heard about this I figured some super computer was out there breaking encryption, but nope.
Very cool if so. Because DDG tells me that the comic was published on Feb 9 2007, while the Debian vuln was announced May 13 2008. (ExplainXKCD is down, and I don’t know any other sources that cite the dates of XKCD comics, so idk if it’s accurate.)
victorz@lemmy.world 2 days ago
I thought this has to have been the reference
SlurpingPus@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Alas, the reference is real life.
victorz@lemmy.world 2 days ago
wtf 🫢️
grrgyle@slrpnk.net 2 days ago
Oh my God, when I heard about this I figured some super computer was out there breaking encryption, but nope.
SomethingBurger@jlai.lu 2 days ago
SlurpingPus@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Very cool if so. Because DDG tells me that the comic was published on Feb 9 2007, while the Debian vuln was announced May 13 2008. (ExplainXKCD is down, and I don’t know any other sources that cite the dates of XKCD comics, so idk if it’s accurate.)