On Sat, May 8, 2021, 7:22 AM Andrei POPESCU
wrote:
> On Du, 21 mar 21, 09:55:32, Andrei POPESCU wrote:
> >
> > Of course the *primary* private key should be protected properly. A
> > Debian recommendation (that I can't find) was suggesting to generate and
> > keep it on a Tails USB stick and use
On Du, 21 mar 21, 09:55:32, Andrei POPESCU wrote:
>
> Of course the *primary* private key should be protected properly. A
> Debian recommendation (that I can't find) was suggesting to generate and
> keep it on a Tails USB stick and use it only for certifying other keys.
>
> Day to day work (mes
On Tue 23 Mar 2021 at 21:21:32 +0200, ellanios82 wrote:
> On 3/23/21 5:51 PM, Viktor Vogel wrote:
> > An observation from a native English speaker -
> >
> > I've lived and worked in the Republic of China, and had gotten a fairly
> > good grasp of Mandarin. In my experience tackling Russian I foun
On 3/23/21 5:51 PM, Viktor Vogel wrote:
An observation from a native English speaker -
I've lived and worked in the Republic of China, and had gotten a
fairly good grasp of Mandarin. In my experience tackling Russian I
found it much more difficult than Chinese.
Chinese has different sounds,
On 2021-03-23, Viktor Vogel wrote:
> An observation from a native English speaker -
>
> I've lived and worked in the Republic of China, and had gotten a fairly
> good grasp of Mandarin. In my experience tackling Russian I found it
> much more difficult than Chinese.
>
I remember seeing an inter
An observation from a native English speaker -
I've lived and worked in the Republic of China, and had gotten a fairly
good grasp of Mandarin. In my experience tackling Russian I found it
much more difficult than Chinese.
Chinese has different sounds, and tones that need to be mastered, but
On 23-03-2021 06:06, deloptes wrote:
> Weaver wrote:
>
>> Not an easy language to learn, however, unless you already have Slavic
>> roots.
>
> You mean Chinese is easier than Russian and Russian is harder than French?
> And I mean not only speaking, but also writing
Yes, once you understand the
deloptes writes:
> You mean Chinese is easier than Russian and Russian is harder than
> French?
I have no experience with Chinese but I found Russian harder than French
(though I've pretty much forgotten both).
--
John Hasler
jhas...@newsguy.com
Elmwood, WI USA
Weaver wrote:
> Not an easy language to learn, however, unless you already have Slavic
> roots.
You mean Chinese is easier than Russian and Russian is harder than French?
And I mean not only speaking, but also writing
On 23-03-2021 05:47, deloptes wrote:
> Weaver wrote:
>
>> Yes.
>> But, once there, far better to learn the language.
>> The resultant experience is well worth it.
>> The money is not the same, but the cost of living is much lower.
>> Cheers!
>
> I was thinking to go to Chech Republic or Russia -
Weaver wrote:
> Yes.
> But, once there, far better to learn the language.
> The resultant experience is well worth it.
> The money is not the same, but the cost of living is much lower.
> Cheers!
I was thinking to go to Chech Republic or Russia - found the language
easier, but thanks anyway - wil
On 22-03-2021 19:00, deloptes wrote:
> Weaver wrote:
>
>> They have some excellent language schools and, being surrounded by it,
>> it's a fast way to learn.
>
> you mean I can look for a position in China without knowing Chinese?
Yes.
But, once there, far better to learn the language.
The resu
On Mon, 22 Mar 2021 01:20:02 + (UTC)
Long Wind wrote:
>
> term Chinese government is quite misleadingit's used as if it's same
> as other legitimate government, i.e. elected by people its true
> nature is criminal group, as described in bill by US senator
>
All governments are criminal g
Weaver wrote:
> They have some excellent language schools and, being surrounded by it,
> it's a fast way to learn.
you mean I can look for a position in China without knowing Chinese?
On 22-03-2021 18:13, deloptes wrote:
> Long Wind wrote:
>
>> where do you live? most rich Chinese are considering emigration to West,
>> this is called vote by feet. how many people in West come to live in
>> china?
>
> my problem is the language, otherwise we could switch for couple of years to
Long Wind wrote:
> where do you live? most rich Chinese are considering emigration to West,
> this is called vote by feet. how many people in West come to live in
> china?
my problem is the language, otherwise we could switch for couple of years to
exchange experience
LOn Sun, Mar 21, 2021 at 11:49 PM Long Wind wrote:
> where do you live? most rich Chinese are considering emigration to West,
> this is called vote by feet. how many people in West come to live in china?
>
I know quite a few Chinese people who lived in the US for 5-8 years and
could have easily s
deloptes writes:
> The difference as said is, that you know what China is doing
You think you know what China is doing.
--
John Hasler
jhas...@newsguy.com
Elmwood, WI USA
On 22-03-2021 16:49, Long Wind wrote:
> On Monday, March 22, 2021, 2:20:20 PM GMT+8, deloptes
> wrote:
>
> The difference as said is, that you know what China is doing, but you
> do not
>
> know what USA is doing. The moment you speak out (Assange, Snowden and
> many
>
> many others) it is the
On 22-03-2021 16:19, deloptes wrote:
> Long Wind wrote:
>
>> term Chinese government is quite misleadingit's used as if it's same as
>> other legitimate government, i.e. elected by people its true nature is
>> criminal group, as described in bill by US senator
>
> The difference as said is, that
On Monday, March 22, 2021, 2:20:20 PM GMT+8, deloptes
wrote:
The difference as said is, that you know what China is doing, but you do not
know what USA is doing. The moment you speak out (Assange, Snowden and many
many others) it is the same as China.
China is bad, but the illusion of democr
Long Wind wrote:
> term Chinese government is quite misleadingit's used as if it's same as
> other legitimate government, i.e. elected by people its true nature is
> criminal group, as described in bill by US senator
The difference as said is, that you know what China is doing, but you do not
kn
On 22-03-2021 11:20, Long Wind wrote:
> deloptes wrote:
>
> Well, they are brain washed - in a sense they know that it is
> impossible to
>
> stand up against and also might be not wise, because proven is the
> fact
>
> they manage things better than neighbor India or developed Europe.
>
> I
deloptes wrote:
Well, they are brain washed - in a sense they know that it is impossible to
stand up against and also might be not wise, because proven is the fact
they manage things better than neighbor India or developed Europe.
I wanted to avoid being criticized for praising China.
can yo
On Sun, 21 Mar 2021 14:33:50 +0100
deloptes wrote:
> Weaver wrote:
> >
> > I was in China at the time, and it was far from
> > `totalitarian/militant'. The people just played it smart, as they
> > also did in New Zealand, which was also not
> > `totalitarian/militant'.
>
> Well, they are b
Weaver wrote:
> On 21-03-2021 20:39, deloptes wrote:
>> Andrei POPESCU wrote:
>>
>>> In hindsight, what was meant as a joke probably came out as mocking, I
>>> apologise for that.
>>>
>>> I'm sure you do know that the public key needs to be made available for
>>> others to be able to send you enc
On 21-03-2021 20:39, deloptes wrote:
> Andrei POPESCU wrote:
>
>> In hindsight, what was meant as a joke probably came out as mocking, I
>> apologise for that.
>>
>> I'm sure you do know that the public key needs to be made available for
>> others to be able to send you encrypted messages.
>>
>> O
Andrei POPESCU wrote:
> In hindsight, what was meant as a joke probably came out as mocking, I
> apologise for that.
>
> I'm sure you do know that the public key needs to be made available for
> others to be able to send you encrypted messages.
>
> Of course the *primary* private key should be p
On Sb, 20 mar 21, 19:11:07, deloptes wrote:
> Andrei POPESCU wrote:
>
> > In my (not so humble) opinion, this level of security could make sense
> > for a disident in a totalitarian state, less so for regular users in
> > democratic country.
> >
>
> And you disappoint me here too - you believe i
On Sb, 20 mar 21, 19:03:58, deloptes wrote:
> Andrei POPESCU wrote:
>
> > Good luck in doing public key cryptography without publishing the public
> > key :)
>
> Andrei - you disappoint me here!
In hindsight, what was meant as a joke probably came out as mocking, I
apologise for that.
I'm sur
On 21-03-2021 17:06, Charlie Gibbs wrote:
> On Sun Mar 21 00:01:59 2021 Stefan Monnier wrote:
>
>>> In my (not so humble) opinion, this level of security could make
>>> sense for a disident in a totalitarian state, less so for regular
>>> users in democratic country.
>>
>> Reminds me of the sayin
On Sun Mar 21 00:01:59 2021 Stefan Monnier wrote:
>> In my (not so humble) opinion, this level of security could make
>> sense for a disident in a totalitarian state, less so for regular
>> users in democratic country.
>
> Reminds me of the saying that the difference between USA and USSR was
> t
Stefan Monnier wrote:
> Reminds me of the saying that the difference between USA and USSR was
> that in USSR the population knew that it was propaganda.
Exactly - this part is absolutely the same.
The difference is in the methods. There it was wellknown, here - not until
internet came out ... or
> In my (not so humble) opinion, this level of security could make sense
> for a disident in a totalitarian state, less so for regular users in
> democratic country.
Reminds me of the saying that the difference between USA and USSR was
that in USSR the population knew that it was propaganda.
Andrei POPESCU wrote:
> In my (not so humble) opinion, this level of security could make sense
> for a disident in a totalitarian state, less so for regular users in
> democratic country.
>
And you disappoint me here too - you believe in illusion of democracy, which
is not so obvious as i.e. in
Andrei POPESCU wrote:
> Good luck in doing public key cryptography without publishing the public
> key :)
Andrei - you disappoint me here!
On Vi, 19 mar 21, 00:54:08, deloptes wrote:
> Stefan Monnier wrote:
>
> > I hear there's a lot of interesting discussions there about how to
> > communicate safely, but sadly so far I haven't managed to configure my
> > safe not-internet-connected machine to participate.
>
> do you think it is po
Stefan Monnier wrote:
> I hear there's a lot of interesting discussions there about how to
> communicate safely, but sadly so far I haven't managed to configure my
> safe not-internet-connected machine to participate.
do you think it is possible to have public & encrypted discussion, when we
do n
38 matches
Mail list logo
