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Reposting of content from another site, often with commentary.

  • 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, โ€ฆ

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    • Repost
    • of this original
    • posted 21 April, 2021
  • Image representing post: OpenAI-powered Linux shell uses AI to Do What You Mean

    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!

    Read more (109 words)

    • Repost
    • of this original
    • posted 20 April, 2021
  • Image representing post: The Cursed Computer Iceberg Meme

    The Cursed Computer Iceberg Meme

    Dan shares Blackle Mori's iceberg-diagram/list of computer science weirdness.

    Read more (176 words)

    • Repost
    • of this original
    • 1 comment
    • posted 14 April, 2021
  • Image representing post: Wix and Their Dirty Tricks

    Wix and Their Dirty Tricks

    Dan shares a post by Matt about Wix's awful new advertising campaign, and adds his own summary.

    Read more (384 words)

    • Repost
    • of this original
    • posted 8 April, 2021
  • Image representing post: How to beat Skyrim without walking

    How to beat Skyrim without walking

    ymfah's produced a Skyrim "walkthrough" video with a difference. The difference? No walking is involved.

    Read more (285 words)

    • Repost
    • of this original
    • posted 23 March, 2021
  • Image representing post: Polyam Lingo

    Polyam Lingo

    Dr. Doe vlogged about polyamorous terminology and Dan learned a thing or two.

    Read more (44 words)

    • Repost
    • posted 5 March, 2021
  • Peter Huntley, circa 1985, in a bus depot.

    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.

    Read more (204 words)

    • Repost
    • of this original
    • posted 26 February, 2021
  • Image representing post: The Varieties of Intimate Relationship

    The Varieties of Intimate Relationship

    The Information Is Beautiful folks have made an infographic showing how different kinds of relationships relate to one another. It's a relationship-relationship diagram!

    Read more (81 words)

    • Repost
    • posted 24 February, 2021
  • Image representing post: Basilisk collection

    Basilisk collection

    Blackle Mori's "Basilisk collection" is an amazing piece of alternate history science fiction, presented in the style of a Wikipedia article. Dan explains why it's so good and encourages you to read it.

    Read more - about 3 minutes (664 words)

    • Repost
    • of this original
    • 7 comments
    • posted 18 February, 2021
  • Review for ProtonMail Encryption Status by Morgan Larosa

    The first review for Dan's first Thunderbird plugin gives it... five stars! Hurrah!

    Read more (108 words)

    • Repost
    • of this original
    • posted 16 February, 2021
  • image captionThis image from Coca-Cola's filling line gives a clear view of the plastic cap still in use

    Coca-Cola company trials first paper bottle

    Coca-Cola want a highly-recyclable new bottle, so they're experimenting with complex paper bottles. Rather than just using glass, which worked great for them for most of a century. Sigh.

    Read more (366 words)

    • Repost
    • posted 13 February, 2021
  • Octave Compass showing the scale and chords of D Major

    Octave Compass

    Dan shares the "Octave Compass": an interactive visualisation of music keys.

    Read more (94 words)

    • Repost
    • posted 26 January, 2021
  • Loremen Podcast Simulator

    Michael's latest experiment produces random believable folklore.

    Read more (89 words)

    • Repost
    • posted 21 January, 2021
  • Stumbling

    Sharing a post by Lucy Belwood, Dan wishes more people used the open web more, Facebook/Twitter/Instagram etc. less.

    Read more (343 words)

    • Repost
    • posted 21 January, 2021
  • First frame of "Story Time" comic from Channelate. An old man sits in an armchair and talks to two small children sitting on the floor in front of him. The old man says "I ever tel you squirts about the year 2020?"

    Story Time

    On his 40th birthday, Dan shares a comic about an old guy reminiscing about 2020. Hey, wait...

    Read more (132 words)

    • Repost
    • posted 8 January, 2021

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