So are the Asiacrypt organizers just waiting until 30 days before the conference to open registration because that way they didn't have to set up a way to request a refund?

Turns out I can't even apply for a visa without documents the organizers have so far failed to provide. (They're also not answering emails.) I feel like there's some kind of joke going on that I'm not in on.

The use of Gouda in this Quiche Lorraine recipe makes me just a teeny tiny bit sceptical about its authenticity.

For the first time in my life the admonishment not to do sports after receiving a vaccination is potentially relevant.

I wonder if they charge an application fee waiver application fee.

So did anything interesting happen?

Ich bin ja kein Experte, aber wenn die Marine Waffen in Wilhelmshaven einsetzen muss ist schon irgendwas gründlich schief gelaufen.

Nothing can quite adequately describe the horror a theorist feels learning that people are trying to use their work in the real world.

People complaining that the government did in fact know about their one simple way to dodge taxes are pretty weird.

How do I tell my mother that due to Indian visa regulations she's no longer allowed to have a hyphened surname?

Visa forms be like "Give your address in 15 characters or fewer." "Describe your place of birth without using the letter e." "Give your date of birth using only digits 4-7."

It's almost as if storing important documents exclusively on someone else's computer might be a terrible idea. Who knew. 🤷‍♂️

Two-column formats need to die!

Compromise: if a conference insists on double column, they need to accept papers in landscape.

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Finland is a very odd choice for Latincrypt.

This is false. This *is* German cloud storage. Why else would these traditionally come in "Wolkenmarmor" on the outside?

The real terror - you don’t have imposter syndrome; you’re just accurately assessing how appallingly bad at your job you are

My 2cents about infosec following the recent political mess: Always assume that your government might flip on you like Trump flipped on Ukraine. Don't let government access assuming they are benevolent.

Pro tip: if you're launching a German organisation whose aim is to intervene in Polish affairs, "Lebensraum" is probably not the best choice of name