Course it would be easy if we could create the file first and then encrypt it, but that isn't the right way to do it, so it's time for bouncycastle (that's a Java encryption library).

"It's time for bouncycastle" probably sounds more fun than the reality.

playing with Excel on my iPad

I don't remember if linked this here before or not. Stand-up comedy routine about spreadsheets, on Youtube: [link]

Tep, if you want to engage in a very minor way, you can just say "I'm glad to hear your voting for her. I think she will make an excellent president" and leave it at that.

Or, you know, not responding at all is a perfectly cromulent course of action.

Yeah, bouncycastle sounds like fun but the reality is like:

try (InputStream is = PGPUtil.getDecoderStream(new FileInputStream(keyFile))) {
  PGPPublicKeyRingCollection keyRingCollection = new PGPPublicKeyRingCollection(is);
  Iterator rings = keyRingCollection.getKeyRings();
  List list = new ArrayList();
  while (rings.hasNext()) {
    Iterator keys = ((PGPPublicKeyRing)rings.next()).getPublicKeys();
    while (keys.hasNext()) {
      PGPPublicKey key = (PGPPublicKey)keys.next();
      if (key.isEncryptionKey()) {
        list.add(key);
      }
    }
  }
  return list.stream();
  } catch (Exception e) {
    throw new RuntimeException("Cannot load public key from: " + keyFile, e);
  }

I get an idea. Probably not quite the right one.

Thank you for that, dcp, that was delightful.

Teppy, there's a whole page you can just send people like your FB friend to.

[link]

(It's the "want to like, don't know where to start" page.)

Thanks, Plei. I can use that link!

In anticipating the conventions I expected much more out of Trump. I thought that creating a television production might be a place where he had real experience.

Trump thinks Big and Shiny with his name on it is all that's needed for a great television spectacle.

I think perhaps this individual is just bad at boundaries and communication and is just blunt, rather than being combative

Yeah, that's how it sounded to me. I'm bad at that myself - I tend to forget that simply asking for information can sound combative unless I'm really careful how I phrase it. I woldn't do it at 7am though... although you know I might, if I'd pulled an all-nighter myself; I might just assume the person wouldn't even see it until later. However you are not obligated to instruct this person.

I look at it this way, Steph, when people are debating what to do in their mind, they telegraph their choices based on who they reach out to. Often what they want is confirmation. So reaching out to you when just about the only thing she knows is that you are pro-Hillary strikes me as an indication that she wants to vote for her, but hasn't figured out how to frame it to herself yet.

oooh, Burrell is way smart.

The debate is going to be painful to watch.

Just had a late visitor: [link]