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Well with my amazing maths this looks like a dumb idea. If it only uses one hand that is only 5 fingers (counting thumb here, simple maths).
So that like using five bits. 00100.
so 2 to power 5 = 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 = 36
x2 again = 64 - 1 = 63 possible combinations.
and i can only hold my middle finger down i use my thumb, so thats a few combos less.
so like 60 possible combinations.
now let me work out how many combos a-Z0-9 for 8 characters is...
oh maybe this better. Usually questions are what first pet. so this hand thing offers more combinations then that.
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I think you've confused fingers and gestures.
Given the 32 permutations of fingers, you could hold your hand horizontally, vertically, pointing towards the camera, moving between 2 positions and changing the number of fingers. Pretty soon you'll reach an astronomical variety of permutations.
I still thinks it's an awful idea as a password alternative, as it will be extremely easy to see someone else's gestures.
(Also 2 ^ 5 = 32, not 36)
"If you don't fail at least 90 percent of the time, you're not aiming high enough."
Alan Kay.
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Their next idea will be that you shout your password, but it also detects the loudness!
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Using magnetoencephalography, researchers showed that while the human brain is still able to perceive sounds during sleep, it is unable to group these sounds according to their organization in a sequence. OK, I need a new plan for meetings then
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Is that not ideal to study the theory of chaos?
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That pretty much explains my school career, then.
I've always thought that if there were any value in the theory that it's possible to learn whilst asleep, we'd have mastered it long ago and would all be polyglottic polymaths by now.
Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect. - Mark Twain
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PeejayAdams wrote: I've always thought that if there were any value in the theory that it's possible to learn whilst asleep, we'd have mastered it long ago and would all be polyglottic polymaths by now.
Just like we all mastered rational logical thinking long ago? 
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"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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In 2009, manufacturers including Apple, Samsung, and Nokia, signed a memorandum of understanding to say they would voluntarily standardize on the then-current micro-USB connector. Apple as an outlier? Youdon'tsay?!
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And samsung broke away with th S8 by using a usb charger with no bias - no up or down. While it is convenient I now need 2 cords for different devices.
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity
RAH
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Good news....so the cost of chargers will also standardise to the cost of the generic adapter rather than them all increasing to the cost of the Apple charger.
Right?
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Obligatory XKCD[^]. 
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer
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'SegmentSmack' Linux bug gives a remote attacker the means to knock out a system with minimal traffic. It's nice to know Linux is now popular enough to get hacked
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Kent Sharkey wrote: It's nice to know Linux is now popular enough to get hacked
I have been reading "this is the year of the linux" since Windows 10 came out. I think this is the proof of it.
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Coursera is unveiling a new machine learning tool to show companies what skills their employees are acquiring from its classes and their level of expertise. It says I need a sense of humour
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They were going to print out my weaknesses for the all important review time. Luckily inventory management is one of my weaknesses and we didn't have any paper left to do it.
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Brilliant! 
TTFN - Kent
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Are the bosses going to be evaluated too? 
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The headline makes it look like some AI can gauge your expertise.
If you read the article, it becomes clear that it is simply a list of all the courses that Coursera offers that you did not order yet. Meaning that according to this "AI", Zuckerberg, Linus and Gates have no expertise at all.
Come on, that's selling a query as AI simply to save on advertising costs; it will not be used to judge resumes.
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Eddy Vluggen wrote: it will not be used to judge resumes.
I would not bet on it. 
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I would. Short any company that does so 
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That it makes no sense at all and that a company doing so loses all credibility and frightens every person with healthy common sense... it is crystal clear.
But no company will use it?
After seeing what some companies / HHRR do in the interviews... it would not surprise me that some start to "sort out" using the new "fancy AI process"
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Top web browsers 2018: IE, Edge and Firefox return to the road of ruin | Computerworld[^]
I've been strictly using Chrome for at about 3 years.
I switched to Firefox today to see if I could.
Chrome is way too popular and you know why? Convenience.
The way it saves your activity across computers and sessions is quite amazing. (But maybe that is actually intrusive too?)
Can I live without that? Can you?
We will see.
EDIT
I've held out all day with FF and I'm happy so far. I also learned that it was very easy to sign up for FF's service which saves your tabs, history , etc across devices. Also it seems like you can manage the data more precisely.
EDIT 2
Last night I switched to FF at home too. And this morning my FF browsers are synced via the FireFox service. Very cool. I'll probably install mobile FF on my Android phone too.
So far, so good.
modified 8-Aug-18 9:05am.
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I like FF. It's had hiccups here and there with tech changes that didn't go well like when it first switched to multi-process but overall it's been great.
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Yeah, it's working quite well and I notice that it doesn't fail / stop while playing my Amazon Music stream like Chrome was doing all the time. INteresting.
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