David Bakin

Use cases for weak vs strong `compare_exchange`

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(This paper is excellent; but I do have a couple of suggestions. Instead of commenting on your blog I thought I'd "open an issue" or two. But well done! I...

Section 12 _Cache effects and false sharing_ is an excellent addition to the paper as these issues are not often discussed yet can be important. However, the discussion did leave...

FEATURE: Use multiple hash algorithms

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(Just started using `dirhash` when making backups of lots of VHDs, their split archives, their par2 files, etc. and it is invaluable at catching occasional errors writing to external USB...

When oath2 token needs to be renewed message only appears if --debug on

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Was running perfectly (1.9.1) then gmail apparently decided to invalidate the oath2 token - so gmvault hung. On restart (new command window) hung immediately after saying "getting oath2 token". Turned...

Git Credential Manager for Windows doesn't work?

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Installed `git` via `scoop` as per usual. Tried to use it for the first time with a repo that requires an ssl client cert - got basic auth errors. It...

What is the url of the "beta program" changelog?

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This has been bugging me for awhile. I can't see anywhere the url of the beta program changelog window so I can look at it in a browser. (For some...

[INFO] What happens during the "allocating" check anyway?

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[BiglyBT Beta (3.0.0.1_B45 on a Windows Server 2016 Datacenter system with an unfortunately very slow HDD array ...] So I'm downloading (for several days) a torrent ~5TB and ~60000 individual...

`make install` doesn't install `tap`

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I can get it installed with `make install-binPROGRAMS`. (Sadly I don't know enough about automake tools to make a PR on this.)

BIP-341: Explain the 64-byte signature format

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The signature would be expected to be 65-bytes: the 64-byte Schnorr signature plus the appended sighash byte. But the new sighash value `SIGHASH_DEFAULT`, encoded as `0x00`, allows the space optimization...

BIP-341: Define c[0] as leaf version plus pubkey parity bit

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Add explicit definition of _c[0]_ as the _leaf version_ and the public key _parity bit_. Prior to this change that interesting fact is only implicit in the code of `taproot_tweak_pubkey`...