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The GSMA, the organization behind MWC, the world’s largest mobile trade show, has announced that it is officially canceling the show. MWC usually attracts over 100,000 attendees from 200 countries to Barcelona. This year’s show was supposed to take place on February 24-27. First time I've heard a conference phone in sick
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Passwords are a notorious security mess. The FIDO Alliance wants to replace them with better, more secure technology and now Apple is it them in this effort. I'll give up my 'P@ssword1' when you pry it from my cold, dead hands
It's the only password I can remember ;(
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There's nothing wrong with passwords -- in fact they're the only really reliable log-in security method.
The problem is people, as always, and no method, new or old, will ever be able to solve that one.
All the arguments against passwords read exactly like the arguments against goto -- the complaints are really about improper use of goto, not goto itself.
Following that "Because some people use it wrongly, it's cr@p and should be banned!" logic:
• There are too many instances of For loops being used where IF or case statements should be used, therefore For loops should be banned.
• There are too many instances of IF statements being used where For loops or case statements should be used, therefore IF statements should be banned.
• There are too many instances of case statements being used where For loops or IF statements should be used, therefore case statements should be banned.
• There are too many instances of programming languages being used incorrectly, so all programming languages should be banned.Mind you, passwords don't give data-slurpers the opportunity to add people's personal information to their databases, so it's easy to see why they're not liked by the industry.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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The signal comes from a "fast radio burst" (FRB). FRBs are typically very difficult to locate. "Say again: repeat your last transmission"
modified 12-Feb-20 15:04pm.
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The aliens used Fluid Framework? 
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If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
"If you just follow the bacon Eddy, wherever it leads you, then you won't have to think about politics." -- Some Bell.
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 Thanks, fixing
TTFN - Kent
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Keep your eyes open for a tiny, obscure, hard-to-find follow-up statement, later, saying it was just Thrash FM, bouncing off a satellite.
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And the 16.35 day cycle is that's just how long until their playlist repeats.
TTFN - Kent
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"Send this on to 5 other stellar systems, and within umpteen years, you will get 1030 tons of Hydrogen - enough to power your entire civilization for a few billion years.
Do not break this chain!
- The Plutonians ignored the letter, and were banished to the outer darkness. Their planet was demoted to a "minor planet"!
- The Vulcans considered the letter illogical. Their star flared, and their planet was turned into a hot desert!!
- The Klingons declared war on the letter creators. Their moon Praxis exploded, and endangered their home planet!!!"
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.
-- 6079 Smith W.
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Silicon Valley has long been known for its “ask forgiveness, not permission” and “move fast and break things” attitudes, but lately it’s had to reckon with the consequences of that mindset. Sorry, should I have warned you before dropping this shocking news on you?
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Now we wait for the research that says it has a financial benefit and few repurcussions if stuff breaks.
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If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
"If you just follow the bacon Eddy, wherever it leads you, then you won't have to think about politics." -- Some Bell.
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Eddy Vluggen wrote: Now we wait for the research that says it has a financial benefit and few repurcussions if stuff breaks.
And then we look at who paid for that research.
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We did; most research is done at public funded universities. The last 5% is done by some private entity who can copyright it and make the profit.
Bastard Programmer from Hell
If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
"If you just follow the bacon Eddy, wherever it leads you, then you won't have to think about politics." -- Some Bell.
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The potential for wasting taxpayers' money and greed don't really need to be researched, do they?
Why bother researching things that are 100%?
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It's not 100%; there's always a retard trying to do the right thing.
..but otherwise you are right. For 99.999999999901%.
Bastard Programmer from Hell
If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
"If you just follow the bacon Eddy, wherever it leads you, then you won't have to think about politics." -- Some Bell.
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Interesting stuff. I wouldn't have expected such clear-cut results, especially in the test to see if locomotion can cause ethical failures.
Nothing will be done with it, of course. People who don't have any sense can't see sense, even if it's put right in front of their noses.
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Eh, moving slowly just makes things break slower
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We’re introducing an easier and more seamless way to work with GitHub from the command line—GitHub CLI, now in beta. Say Hello to the new command-line, same as the old command-line
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Proposed contract allows Verisign to raise registration fees 7 percent per year. Sounds like a dot-con
I guess Verisign has to make up for all those people not paying (through the nose) for certificates
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Well, they'll just have to work 70% (the eventual total) harder at providing cr@p customer support.
Talk about money for nothing.
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Artificial intelligence and machine learning aren’t the only changes to expect in QA, but they’re a big part of it. If we test with AI, will only the dumb bugs get through?
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Security firm discovers what appears to be one of Emotet's most dangerous modules. We shall call it the 'coffee-shop virus'
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Software doesn't spontaneously generate new capabilities; it a brute force attack on nearby WiFi networks. It merely proves that a weak password gives weak security.
"Correct Horse Battery Staple" 
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If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
"If you just follow the bacon Eddy, wherever it leads you, then you won't have to think about politics." -- Some Bell.
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zdnet wrung their hands and wailed: it relies on users utilizing weak passwords for their WiFi networks
So you can stop reading at that point.
Amazing, isn't it, that giving your phone number, mother's maiden name, etc, to google et al has never proved to be anywhere near as effective as using a sensible password?
And biometrics in a business environment can be an administrative nightmare.
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We've all shared the frustration—software updates that are intended to make our applications run faster inadvertently end up doing just the opposite. Uh..the programmers?
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