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Hello, nice to see you again!

Busy as usual, this week. I was particularly busy, since I have a massive amount of work to try to get done for my primary client. There are several sub-projects involved, and I’m the sole tech-dude. I mean that ''nobody'' else I’m talking to knows tech, at all. That can be frustrating.

I did have a ''εὕρηκα!'' moment. One of the requirements is that the data be encrypted-at-rest. To do that, you need an “encryption key” to be available when the data are read or written. Up until now, I stored the key in a “safe” location on the server, e.g. a location which only the appropriate program should be able to access. But I wasn’t satisfied with that, since hackers could, if they got “root” access, get the key as well as the database and decrypt the data.

My insight was that I could use [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shamir's_Secret_Sharing Shamir’s Secret Sharing] to split the key into N pieces, any M of which could be used together to recreate the key. So now, the server has one “shard” of the key, and the client web-app has another “shard”. The actual key is only present on the server at the instant the client makes a request and the server processes it.

Thank you, thank you! Yes, I ''am'' a genius (he said with all due humility).

What about...
* Bibi [https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-722119 backs off] from presenting a gov’t this week (though the Knesset has been sworn-in). Probably partly due to [https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-722417 insane US meddling] in our internal politics. Brandon should mind his own business, y’know?
* The Donald [https://reason.com/2022/11/15/donald-trump-announces-he-will-run-for-president-in-2024/ announced his 2024 run] for POTUS. Haven’t we had enough drama?
* Adam Coleman on [https://adambcoleman.substack.com/p/universal-rhetoric-for-manipulation universal rhetoric] for manipulation in politics.
* Side-effects of the COVID vaccines [https://www.news.com.au/world/coronavirus/australia/atagi-didnt-know-about-heightened-risk-of-myocarditis-in-young-men-until-five-months-after-pfizer-moderna-approval/news-story/8d9874d0acca0edbb49e626663625e39 were not known] until after the vaccines were approved. A lot of this is surfacing now, from official sources. The CDC [https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/vaccines/safety/myo-outcomes.html is investigating] the myocarditis connection, while simultaneously touting the safety of the vaccines. Not good, at all.
* An [https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2022/11/an-untrustworthy-tls-certificate-in-browsers.html untrustworthy TLS certificate] in (almost all) web-browsers.
* Solana on [https://www.piratewires.com/p/surviving-and-thriving-in-techs-new surviving and thriving] in tech’s New Winter.
* Gad Saad on physicist Sean Carroll’s [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iZq-5aiZwvA confirmation that biological sex] is a spectrum.

I came down with ''something'' this week, which left me extremely tired and with a sore throat and a headache. Now it’s moved on to the lungs. I don’t know if it was the ''coof'', but since the bad part only lasted a day I won’t complain too much. Esther, of course, remained completely unaffected.

This week we were granted a couple rainy days, on the cool side (not yet really fall-cool). It’ll stay seasonably cool except for this coming Monday, apparently. No rain in the forecast.

This ''shabbat'' we’ll have:<br>
homemade ''ḥalla'',
chicken soup,
[https://www.winespectator.com/articles/adeena-sussman-passover-friendly-braised-short-ribs-with-roasted-kohlrabi-mash ''hawayij'' ribs],
chicken thighs,
rice pilaf,
various ''salatim'',
and “generous portions” cake (apple variety).<br>

Until next time,<br>
''shabbat shalom''!

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