Is there a way to link to a number? Or enter a number to view the image?

That is very a good idea! For now it is stateless & frontend-only. But I was thinking on improving it, like a prettier UI and adding a "print" button, or maybe a "export to png". If I ever add a server side to it, it will feature a share & see option.

Afterthought: actually, I was thinking on using IPFS to store stuff, but I do not know if its model applies to this scenario. Feedback is appreciated.

You could link to a number by just adding a query or hash with the base64 encoding of the number in 171 characters. You'd lose the original image of course.

Edit: I bet a RLE would compress down really nicely except for the bottom row if you want to reduce URL sizes

Thanks guys, you can now access a prime dog right there: https://geonnave.github.io/primg/#17976931348623159077293051...

This is (one of the reasons) why you should use HTTPS Everywhere and enable blocking of all unencrypted requests. This isn't new.

You're susceptible to even worse MITM attacks if you allow unencrypted traffic when using public wifi.

Thought I'd mention yours.org [1] which has multiple ways of monetizing content. With micropayments it's much more feasible to support this type of model. See their FAQ for more info [2].

[1] https://www.yours.org/

[2] https://www.yours.org/faq/

Wikipedia article on this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toba_catastrophe_theory#Geneti...

The Toba supereruption does correlate with a population decline, but evidence beyond that isn't very conclusive.

They would need to MITM you. But take into account that it doesn't need to be Savitech. If Savitech was compromised, an attacker could get access to their private key.

In a sense, your security becomes dependent on the security of Savitech. I imagine their private key is not as securely stored as a real CA would store theirs. (e.g. with Superfish, Lenovo included the private key on all laptops, for anyone to grab[1])

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superfish#Lenovo_security_inci...

And yet somehow America didn't lose WWII. This type of rhetoric (that we need big government to make decisions for us) scares me a little.

Also, people don't need to be altruistic saviors, they can buy bonds.

At least we'd have the choice to secure ourselves

From a product perspective, it seems like a big decision and discussion about it may be insightful to those building other products.

From an engineering perspective, those who have Slack API integrations may be affected.

Yep. This is the code that's causing it[1]:

  var now = Date.now()/1000;
  var dt = now - then;

Adding this line fixes it:

  dt = dt > 1 ? 1 : dt;

[1] https://github.com/grondilu/grondilu.github.io/blob/47d41d/p...

This is a good overview. The formula described is basically the Drake equation[1] - I'm surprised that isn't mentioned (other than in the sources) considering it is the basis of the Fermi Paradox.

There are lots of potential explanations for the Fermi Paradox[2]. One of the more popular theories is that we're intentionally not interacted with, for example the Prime Directive in Star Trek. Also, apparently 2001: A Space Odyssey is a rendition of the encounter of a type 1 civilization with a type 3 civilization[3]. This is along the lines of what was mentioned in the article about how earth is a young planet and that it would only take a relatively short amount of time (3.75 million years) to fully colonize the galaxy.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drake_equation

[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fermi_paradox#Hypothetical_exp...

[3] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6GooNhOIMY0&t=383