TLS 1.3 FTW

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In common slang, FTW is an acronym “for the win” and while that’s appropriate here, I think a better expansion is “for the world.”

We’re pleased to announce that we have sponsored the development of TLS 1.3 in OpenSSL. As it is one of the most widely-used TLS libraries, it is a good investment for the overall health and security of the Internet, so that everyone is able to deploy TLS 1.3 as soon as possible…

A Constructive Look At TempleOS

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TempleOS is somewhat of a legend in the operating system community. Its sole author, Terry A. Davis, has spent the past 12 years attempting to create a new operating from scratch. Terry explains that God has instructed him to construct a temple, a 640×480 covenant of perfection. Unfortunately Terry also suffers from schizophrenia, and has a tendency to appear on various programming forums with a burst of strange, paranoid, and often racist comments. He is frequently banned from most forums

seriously, the guy has a point

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I got metaphorically spanked a couple of days ago. Folks have been talking about the Fearless Girl statue ever since it was dropped in Manhattan’s Financial District some five weeks ago. I have occasionally added a comment or two to some of the online discussions about the statue.

"Fearless girl" statue

How a bullet turns into a beep

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Here’s a minor mystery:

echo •

That last character is U+2022. Select that line with the mouse, right-click, and select Copy to copy it to the clipboard. Now go to a command prompt and paste it and hit Enter.

You’d expect a • to be printed, but instead you get a beep. What happened?

Dan Q found GLQXF927 Arnside Viaduct (revived)

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Found without difficulty before a cross-bay walk. Had to hang around for a few minutes to find a muggle-free opportunity to enter the GZ, but sitting on the grass had made it easy to work out where the container was in the meantime. TFTC!

Dan Q found GLQXBVZP Shopperholics Paradise – Deepdale MK II

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I remember when this was all… well, not this! Strange to come back to a town I lived in on the 80s and see how much has changed
Found without difficulty. Totally room for a bigger container here: perhaps worth an upgrade! TFTC.