Author: Dan Q
Dan Q is a software engineer, a director of a voluntary organisation, a trainee counsellor, a keen geocacher, and an amateur magician. He lives with his partner and her husband in a polyamorous triad, and occasionally finds time to blog.
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NISTs new password rules what you need to know
It’s no secret. We’re really bad at passwords. Nevertheless, they aren’t going away any time soon.
With so many websites and online applications requiring us to create accounts and think up passwords in a hurry, it’s no wonder so many of us struggle to follow the advice of so-called password security experts.
At the same time, the … -
How Learning To Be Vulnerable Can Make Life Safer - Empathy increases Shell oil workers' safety by 83%
Men who worked on oil rigs lived by certain rules. They were tough. They worked under any conditions. They didn't ask questions. It was this way as far back as Tommy Chreene, 60, who started working on rigs in the Gulf of Mexico back when he was 15, can remember.
Back then, it wasn't unusual to … -
Ellipse
Oglaf -
The Asexual Succubus
Discord Comics -
Breaking https' AES-GCM (or a part of it)
The coolest talk of this year's Blackhat must have been the one of Sean Devlin and Hanno Böck. The talk summarized this early year's paper, in a very cool way: Sean walked on stage and announced that he didn't have his slides. He then said that it didn't matter because he had a good idea …
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#FirstSevenLanguages
Basic (Locomotive, Q, Visual)
Z80 Assembly
Pascal/Delphi
Perl
PHP
Java
C
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The network is reliable
In the spring of that year, my travels brought me upon a previously undiscovered civilization. The people called themselves Ossians, and they lived in an isolated collection of villages in a remote part of South America.
Being remote as they were, their level of technology was understandably primitive. But I was surprised by the locals' recent … -
20 Ways To Slice A Continent
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Review of Power Banks RAVPower 26800mAh Portable Charger
This review originally appeared on Amazon. See more reviews by Dan. Power Banks RAVPower 26800mAh Portable Charger 3-Port 5.5A iSmart - Black Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Powerful, heavyweight battery: great, but wish the ports were labelled!
Big, powerful battery, but still (barely) small enough to fit in large jeans pockets alongside a phone, for charging-on-the-go. Never seen … -
Review of Pierre Calvini Luxury Stripe Cotton Rich Sock
This review originally appeared on Amazon. See more reviews by Dan. 6 Pk Mens Pierre Calvini Luxury Stripe Cotton Rich Sock 6-11 UK, 6-11 UK, Multicoloured Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Good value socks
Perfectly fine socks at a fair price. Because losing or wearing holes in socks is sort-of my superpower, I stocked up (or should that … -
The Illusion Of Truth
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Couldn't find GC6NWBN Pansy's Cache
This checkin to GC6NWBN Pansy's Cache reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. Nope, no luck this morning. Thought I'd be in with a chance of an FTF for sure, but I can't find the cache.
Both my GPSr and my phone seem to think that the posted coordinates are about 18m … -
Posted a note for GC6NWBN Pansy's Cache
This checkin to GC6NWBN Pansy's Cache reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. Having difficulty getting closer than 18m away (according to my devices): looks like it's in someone's garden! Gonna assume that the coordinates are off (or the satellites hate me today) and just start searching in a wide area...
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McDonalds Let the Internet Create Their Own Burgers and Guess What Happened
McDonalds had to know what they were doing. The New Zealand branch of the franchise launched its "Create Your Taste" campaign with a special promotion: Design your own burger and get free fries and a soft drink for your trouble. Not a bad idea in theory, but then there's the part where they let everyone … -
Doing IPv6 arithmetic by hand isn't normally my idea of a fun night in, I swear. In other news, 128 bits is a LOT. https://t.co/JCAZ0Al9Wi