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https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2019/02/digital-exchange-loses-137-million-as-founder-takes-passwords-to-the-grave/
no backups...
Caveat Emptor.
"Progress doesn't come from early risers – progress is made by lazy men looking for easier ways to do things." Lazarus Long
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Can't they just cut off his finger and use his fingerprint to log in to his laptop?
> The debacle should be unthinkable for any financial institution, but sadly it’s just one of many similar issues to hit a cryptocurrency exchange in recent years.
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Security procedures supplied by QA questioners, I assume ... 
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Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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Okay, I'm old enough to get that one.
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Bemoaningly, so am I...
The best way to improve Windows is run it on a Mac.
The best way to bring a Mac to its knees is to run Windows on it.
~ my brother Jeff
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So, what do we learn from this?
0. Passwords work.
1. Encryption works.
And what should we have learned?
0, A laptop is a really bad place to store important stuff.
1. If you decide to use cryptocurrency to try to get rich quick, you can end up poorer than you were a damned sight quicker.
2. Multi-factor authentication isn't worth the breath that's wasted on it (US corporations don't demand your phone number for your benefit).
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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Has anyone checked the Post-It stuck to his monitor? 
<sig notetoself="think of a better signature">
<first>Jim</first> <last>Meadors</last>
</sig>
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Did they try password123 ?
“That which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence.”
― Christopher Hitchens
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Let's preserve his brain. Someday a transplant can yield 137 million*.
*Rates based on the year/time of the transplant.
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More with interest!
The best way to improve Windows is run it on a Mac.
The best way to bring a Mac to its knees is to run Windows on it.
~ my brother Jeff
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What do you get when you cross a joke with a rhetorical question?
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Do questions with multiple question marks annoy you???
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That's NOTHING!
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The problem with quotes on the internet is that you can never tell if they're genuine
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Spares or repairs Snowman[^]*
* Bucket not included
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Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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Where are the lumps of coal for the eyes?
The difficult we do right away...
...the impossible takes slightly longer.
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Sank to the bottom 
"The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge". Stephen Hawking, 1942- 2018
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Quote: Frosty the Snowman
Had to hurry on his way
But he waved goodbye
Saying don't you cry
I'll be back again some day
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Alas, poor Olaf
I knew him, OG,
A fellow of infinite jest,
of a most excellent movie
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.
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Ah! 3 hours it took me to work that out - obvious when you see it though. 
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And the answer is ?
We can’t stop here, this is bat country - Hunter S Thompson RIP
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FLOG - GOLF
I think.
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