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Chuck Norris Will Be The First Person To Find An SHA-512 Collision
Security Algorithms Math Programming
26 days ago 151.5K views 0 shares
Chuck Norris Will Be The First Person To Find An SHA-512 Collision
The meme is playing with two impossible computing feats. Finding an SHA-512 collision (where two different inputs produce the same hash) is practically impossible due to the algorithm's design - it would take more computing power than exists in the universe. Meanwhile, generating the same UUID repeatedly is statistically absurd since UUIDs are designed to be unique across space and time. It's like saying "I won the lottery five times in a row... by accident." The joke subverts the classic Chuck Norris format by showing Bad Luck Brian instead - implying even his terrible luck somehow breaks fundamental cryptographic principles.

The Quantum Improbability Of Nonce Collisions
Security Webdev Programming Debugging Frontend
3 months ago 118.6K views 0 shares
The Quantum Improbability Of Nonce Collisions
Ah, the classic case of overengineering a solution for a problem that barely exists. Imagine using nanosecond precision for generating unique tokens in an app that only five people use, and STILL getting collisions. That's like bringing a nuclear warhead to kill a spider and somehow missing. For the uninitiated, a "nonce" is a number used just once in security protocols. Using nanoseconds (billionths of a second) should be massive overkill for uniqueness in a tiny app, yet somehow this dev defied probability itself. The cat's expression perfectly captures that moment of existential crisis when you realize the universe is conspiring against your code.

Programmers' Gambling Addiction
Hardware Security Algorithms Math Programming
4 months ago 228.2K views 0 shares
Programmers' Gambling Addiction
Oh. My. GAWD. This is Bitcoin mining in its purest form—the world's most RIDICULOUS lottery! Imagine being asked to guess a number between 1 and 10^22 (that's a 1 with TWENTY-TWO zeros after it, sweetie). The odds are so astronomically against you that you'd have better chances of finding a bug-free code on the first try! 💅 What makes this ABSOLUTELY HYSTERICAL is that this is literally how mining works! Your fancy mining rigs are just glorified random number guessers, burning enough electricity to power a small country while playing the world's worst guessing game. And for what? The CHANCE to win 3.125 BTC and validation from the blockchain gods! The "Sounds good" guy with his mining farm is all of us thinking we're going to strike it rich with our pathetic hash rates. Honey, you'd have better luck teaching JavaScript to a goldfish!