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(This is a long post; there's a TLDR near the bottom.)
This is a tale of the intersection between thermal physics, cosmology, and a tiny amount of computer science to answer a seemingly innocuous question: "How strong does a password need to be for it to be physically impossible to brute-force, ever?" This is a tale of the intersection between thermal physics, cosmology, and a tiny amount of computer science to answer a seemingly innocuous question: "How strong does a password need to be for it to be physically impossible to brute-force, ever?"
Note: this post contains equations. Since none of the equations were long or complex, I decided to just write them out in code blocks instead of using images or MathML the way Wikipedia does. Note: this post contains equations. Since none of the equations were long or complex, I decided to just write them out in code blocks instead of using images or MathML the way Wikipedia does.

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amount of computer science to answer a seemingly innocuous question: "How strong does amount of computer science to answer a seemingly innocuous question: "How strong does
a password need to be for it to be physically impossible to brute-force, ever?" a password need to be for it to be physically impossible to brute-force, ever?"
[TLDR]({{<ref "#conclusiontldr" >}}) at the bottom.
*Note: this post contains equations. Since none of the equations were long or *Note: this post contains equations. Since none of the equations were long or
complex, I decided to just write them out in code blocks instead of using images or complex, I decided to just write them out in code blocks instead of using images or
MathML the way Wikipedia does.* MathML the way Wikipedia does.*