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anyone wanna lend me $3,048.75?

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I take immense psychic damage from the united states election cycle

wtfisgoingonews

OVER HALF THE COUNTRY HASN’T EVEN VOTED AND THE DEMOCRATS ARE TRYING TO STOP THE PRIMARIES!

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mutuals meet me in the exhaustion funnel

I lay myself face down and end my turn.

#yugioh

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my favorite thing about anime is when they scream stuff like “what the hell? this crap is really pissing me off!”

hometoursandotherstuff

What’s encrypting your internet surfing? An algorithm created by a supercomputer? Well, if the site you’re visiting is encrypted by the cyber security firm Cloudflare, your activity may be protected by a wall of lava lamps.

Cloudflare covers websites for Uber, OKCupid, & FitBit, for instance. The wall of lamps in the San Francisco headquarters generates a random code. Over 100 lamps, in a variety of colors, and their patterns deter hackers from accessing data.

As the lava lamps bubble and swirl, a video camera on the ceiling monitors their unpredictable changes and connects the footage to a computer, which converts the randomness into a virtually unhackable code.

Codes created by machines have relatively predictable patterns, so it’s possible for hackers to guess their algorithms, posing a security risk. Lava lamps, add to the equation the sheer randomness of the physical world, making it nearly impossible for hackers to break through.

You might think that this would be kept secret, but it’s not. Simply go in and ask to see the lava lamp display. By allowing people to affect the video footage, human movement, static, and changes in lighting from the windows work together to make the random code even harder to predict.