Year: 2021
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Big List of Naughty Strings
# Reserved Strings
#
# Strings which may be used elsewhere in code
undefined
undef
null
NULL
...
then
constructor
\
\\
# Numeric Strings
#
# Strings which can be interpreted as numeric
0
1
1.00
$1.00
1/2
1E2
...
Max Woolf
Max has produced a list of "naughty strings": things you might try injecting into your systems along with any fuzz testing you're doing to check for common errors in escaping, processing, casting, … -
OpenAI-powered Linux shell uses AI to Do What You Mean
River implements an OpenAI-powered Linux terminal. Just tell it what you want, let it work out what commands are needed!
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Found GC6T0EG Junior Passage
Dan finds a geocache while waiting for Robin to turn up in his boat.
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The Cursed Computer Iceberg Meme
Dan shares Blackle Mori's iceberg-diagram/list of computer science weirdness.
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Spy's Guidebook Reborn
When his 7-year-old asks Dan to print some crib from Usborne's Spy's Guidebook, he goes one step further and reimplements the cipher in Javascript.
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Wix and Their Dirty Tricks
Dan shares a post by Matt about Wix's awful new advertising campaign, and adds his own summary.
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Twinebook - Printable Interactive Fiction
Twinebook lets you use Twine to make printable adventure gamebooks. Is there mileage in expanding on the prototype, Dan wonders?
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How to beat Skyrim without walking
ymfah's produced a Skyrim "walkthrough" video with a difference. The difference? No walking is involved.
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The Ballad of John Crawford
Dan and his friends play a second game of Dialect, this time as a criminal gang on Portsmouth docks.
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Polyam Lingo
Dr. Doe vlogged about polyamorous terminology and Dan learned a thing or two.
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I Will Never Stop Learning
Dan mashes-up one of his favourite part of the Automattic Creed with his Howdymattic "origin story" in a fresh video for his course.
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The Devil's Quoits
Dan talks about a nearby sort-of-megalithic landmark as part of his video presentation skills course.
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Hey ONS: This Is Not A Mistake
Last census, Dan and his family had to fill the paper version to work-around monogamy-centric validations on the digital versions. The Office of National Statistics have had 10 years to fix the bug... do you reckon they've managed?
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The Bobstacle Course
For 'School at Home' this lockdown, this 7 y/o's PE teacher challenged her to "build an obstacle course".
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Jack and the Beanstalk
With help from Robin, the kids produce a puppet show of Jack and the Beanstalk.