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Day: 10 December 2018

  • Posted a note for GC7QG1Z Oxford’s Wild Wolf Three

    This checkin to GC7QG1Z Oxford’s Wild Wolf Three reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. Visited GZ as part of maintenance; all well here, although the "obvious" path to the cache continues to become increasingly overgrown - a fallen tree in the way almost but not quite justifies putting the terrain …

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    • posted 10 December, 2018
  • Enabled GC7QG1Z Oxford’s Wild Wolf Three

    This checkin to GC7QG1Z Oxford’s Wild Wolf Three reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. Ran the trail myself, all looks good now!

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    • posted 10 December, 2018
  • Made-maintenance OK045A Oxford’s Wild Wolf Three

    This checkin to OK045A Oxford’s Wild Wolf Three reflects an opencache.uk log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. Replaced Waypoint #2 and checked on final stage. All well and ready to go!

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    • posted 10 December, 2018
  • Performed maintenance for GC7QG1Z Oxford’s Wild Wolf Three

    This checkin to GC7QG1Z Oxford’s Wild Wolf Three reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. Replaced Waypoint 2. Trail should be followable again.

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  • Two factor authentication using Google Authenticator (TOTP) to log in to a Google Account

    Second Factor Safety Net

    If your phone is your second-factor, what happens when you lose it? Dan shares his backup strategies and encourages you to think about your own.

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    • Article
    • posted 10 December, 2018
  • Temporarily disabled GC7QG1Z Oxford’s Wild Wolf Three

    This checkin to GC7QG1Z Oxford’s Wild Wolf Three reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. User Sapphirites advises that Waypoint #2 is missing. I plan to perform maintenance later today to bring this series back into working order.

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  • Image representing post: The Case Against Quantum Computing

    The Case Against Quantum Computing

    by Mikhail Dyakonov Quantum computing is all the rage. It seems like hardly a day goes by without some news outlet describing the extraordinary things this technology promises. Most commentators forget, or just gloss over, the fact that people have been working on quantum computing for decades—and without any practical results to show for it.

    We’ve …

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    • Repost
    • posted 10 December, 2018

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