Year: 2018
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Storytime: Rebel Lieutenant
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We've Always Hated Girls Online: A Wayback Machine Investigation
We’ve Always Hated Girls Online: A Wayback Machine Investigation by Julianne Aguilar (Longreads) Julianne Aguilar | Longreads | February 2018 | 14 minutes (2,894 words) Once upon a time, in 1999, when the internet was small, when it came through your phone and not just on your phone, when the first browser war had not …
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Faceswapping, Unethical Videos, and Future Shock
Faceswapping, Unethical Videos, and Future ShockYouTube (youtube.com)
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Launching An Entire Fireworks Display At Once
Tom Scott - YouTube (YouTube) Hi, I'm Tom Scott. These are some of the things I've made and done. They'll probably come back to haunt me in a few years' time. (Want to get in touch about ...
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Lunar Lander
Back in 1997 Dan made a "Lunar Lander" game in Turbo Pascal. Twenty years on, he's re-implemented it in Javascript.
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Digest for February 2018
Summary
This month I developed a workaround to WordPress/Jetpack's (terrible) CAPTCHA, replaced "love" with "butt" in song lyrics (snortle), and argued with a pension provider that I shouldn't need a doctor's letter to justify changing my gender on their website from "not provided" to "not specified" because that isn't actually a change of gender identity, … -
Bureaucracy vs. Common Sense
When Dan's pension provider made "Gender" a mandatory field, he never expected to be asked to PROVE the gender he clicked on. Especially since he clicked on "Not provided"...
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Payment Options
http://buttersafe.com/2018/02/20/payment-options/ (buttersafe.com)
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2018 CVE List
xkcd: 2018 CVE List (xkcd.com)
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Posted a note for GC13WZQ Swing Lower (Historic Site)
This checkin to GC13WZQ Swing Lower (Historic Site) reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. That's a shame, @brianbrianharvey. Who kicked you out, exactly? It should be possible to reach the cache without treading anywhere that you're not "allowed" to (i.e. you'd expect to spend some time on a public road, …
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Understanding Your Respiratory System
Understanding Your Respiratory System (Fake Science)
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Replacing "love" with "butt" in song lyrics
As an early celebration of Valentine's Day, Dan channels his inner 12-year-old by replacing the word "love" with "butt" in song lyrics.
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Review of The Jam Factory
This review of The Jam Factory originally appeared on Google Maps. See more reviews by Dan. The Jam Factory, 4 Hollybush Row, Oxford OX1 1HU, United Kingdom. Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐
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Review of The Jericho Tavern
This review of The Jericho Tavern originally appeared on Google Maps. See more reviews by Dan. The Jericho Tavern, 56 Walton St, Oxford OX2 6AE, United Kingdom. Rating: ⭐⭐⭐ Nice venue and location, but expect to post the kinds of prices for drinks that you don't normally see outside the capital!
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After Section 702 Reauthorization
After Section 702 Reauthorization - Schneier on Security (schneier.com) For over a decade, civil libertarians have been fighting government mass surveillance of innocent Americans over the Internet. We've just lost an important battle. On January 18, President Trump signed the renewal of Section 702, domestic mass surveillance became effectively a permanent part of US law. …