Comment on What is behind the current Lemmy meme about 4 being a private key?

• davetortoise@reddthat.com ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  It’s a pointlessly obscure way of saying there are more numbers

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  • klankin@piefed.ca ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Its a measure of the randomness of numbers in the system, ie the definition of entropy.

    People do use it to sound cool, but this use still fits its mathematic definition.

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    • davetortoise@reddthat.com ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      I know. Its still pointlessly obscure

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      • Tetsuo@jlai.lu ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        Aren’t all words you don’t understand obscure ?

        Entropy is the correct word and is commonly use in cryptography.

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