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loup-vaillant on Aug 9, 2017 | parent | context | favorite | on: The Kolmogorov option

I wouldn't be surprised if a sizeable fraction, perhaps even the majority, of mathematicians are in fact ahead of all the others. They just have to be best at their own chosen specialization.

(Also, one may need a little hubris to actually do something. I would never have written my crypto library if I didn't started with the overconfidence required to brave mainstream advice.)

igravious on Aug 9, 2017 [–]

You fool! Don't you know by now that you're not meant to roll your own crypto :-/ (I jest, of course)

loup-vaillant on Aug 9, 2017 | [–]

Don't worry, I survived the non-jest version as well. :-)

I reckon opposition was not as unanimous as one might expect, though. If this thread¹ is to be believed, there's a rather wide range of opinions.

[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14917378

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