Kind: Reposts
Reposting of content from another site, often with commentary.
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GB number plate sticker no longer valid abroad
In light of legislative changes about 'GB' (now 'UK') stickers on cars, Dan adds a joke to his list of jokes that aged badly.
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What's wrong with what3words?
Andrew's latest video criticises what3words. Dan piles on, too.
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Chrome is the new Safari. And so are Edge and Firefox.
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I am not saying Apple’s approach is wrong. What Apple is doing is important too, and I applaud the work Apple has been doing in improving privacy on the web.
But it can’t be the only priority. Just imagine what the web would look like if every browser would have taken that approach … -
London civil servant's bus odyssey sparks Twitter storm
In light of Jo Kibble's 24-hour local bus journey from London to Morecambe, Dan relates planning a similar journey with his father.
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Mow-Rio Kart
Dan's ride-on lawnmower is less cool the one in this video, which plays Mario Kart.
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Using every car parking space in a supermarket car park
Dan shares Gareth Wild's achievement of using every bay in his local supermarket's car park.
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Exploiting vulnerabilities in Cellebrite UFED and Physical Analyzer from an app's perspective
Moxie Marlinspike "acquires" a Cellebrite UFED and hacks it, with all the delight and sarcasm you'd expect. Dan partially-translates.
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Tips for Text-based Interviews
Dan shares a post by a coworker on making text-chat-based recruitment interviews work.
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Big List of Naughty Strings
# Reserved Strings
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# Strings which may be used elsewhere in code
undefined
undef
null
NULL
...
then
constructor
\
\\
# Numeric Strings
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# Strings which can be interpreted as numeric
0
1
1.00
$1.00
1/2
1E2
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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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The Cursed Computer Iceberg Meme
Dan shares Blackle Mori's iceberg-diagram/list of computer science weirdness.
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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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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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Polyam Lingo
Dr. Doe vlogged about polyamorous terminology and Dan learned a thing or two.
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Tribute to Peter Huntley
One of Dan's dad's former colleagues puts a video on YouTube about him on the ninth anniversary of his death, for some reason.