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Researchers from Carnegie Mellon University and the University of Chicago have just unveiled a new, state-of-the-art password meter that offers real-time feedback and advice to help people create better passwords. I'll take "Wishful thinking" for $200, Alex
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All I need is the one with the girl who removes her clothing...
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So expect spam from Carnegle Melon, offering to test your password strength for you.
And the actual thing is a neural network -- that means that everyone in the world will be giving their passwords to an AI!
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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The algorithm is pretty simple isn't it?
1 - 3 character pwd = very, very, very weak
4 - 6 character pwd = very, very weak
7 - 9 character pwd = very weak
9 - 11 character pwd = weak
11 - 13 character pwd = now you're beginning to get there.
14 - 16 character pwd = ok, not bad
64 character password = you're probably going to be ok.
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raddevus wrote: 64 character password = you're probably going to be ok. heh.
When I'd typed the letter 'p' 52 times, it started flickered between "strong" and "pretty good".
'f' needed over 70, so 'f'-ing is obviously less safe than 'p'-ing
(Try it yourself; the numbers are real)
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Mark_Wallace wrote: 'f' needed over 70, so 'f'-ing is obviously less safe than 'p'-ing
That's a bug in the algorithm, for sure.
Better report it.
My passwords, as you probably know, are all sha-256 hashes that are 64 chars long.
Here, I give you one for free:
9e4ed6c3d4e16778c005190fd1dab5c5ab5b0f104660580e78d0f6c1bb0af558
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Hey, that's no good to me, unless you tell me where you bank!
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Mark_Wallace wrote: Hey, that's no good to me, unless you tell me where you bank!
You're not understanding.
I gave it to you for your use.
Now, which bank are you logging into?
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Oh what a great thing! At least, umlauts are accepted, but that thingy fails to recognize ßüöä as lowercase and ÄÖÜ as uppercase letters...
What will it do with a password written in a different alphabet which does not have the uppercase/lowercase differentiation? Anyway, with ต่ร๕ู๗คกแยอตัเสทลห๓ it suggests to change it to ต่Uร๕mู๗คกแยอKตWเสทลBห๓ - i.e. it added 1 ASCII lowercase and 3 ASCII uppercase letters. Great idea! Especially switching keyboard layout while typing a password can be fun.
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I'll Hunter2 your Hunter2 ing Hunter2 .
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, waging all things in the balance of reason?
Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful?
--Zachris Topelius
Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies.
-- Sarah Hoyt
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Don't use words used on Wikipedia (andi)
Because there's only a one or two thousand words on Wikipedia. I know that's not what they mean, but that's how it comes across.
"...JavaScript could teach Dyson how to suck." -- Nagy Vilmos
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If Java is dying, it’s safe to say that death becomes it. Plummeting from #1 all the way down to #1
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Microsoft is doomed, too.
And Apple? Ha! Fergeddabahdit!
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It ain’t just about Windows, macOS, or Linux. Also-ran or fairly obscure operating systems, like OS/2, are everywhere—in some cases, hiding under your nose. Geeks gotta geek
Also: who's going to write a virus against BeOS or OS/2? Better than running antivirus.
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Quote: We're specifically dedicated to maintaining OS/2 and derivative operating systems as long as possible. As long as there's hardware that will support OS/2, that's what our focus is. But what's really needed is an operating system that allows slashes in file names, obviously.
I've always wanted to know who decided to name it OS/2. It's such a stupid idea that it's almost art.
"Ok, they put Windows in the Windows directory, so we'll put OS/2 in the... Um... In somewhere else!"
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Mark_Wallace wrote: name it OS/2 "/2" means "half" - it is half of an Operating System.
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Why, oh why did I never think of that myself?
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Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University have come up with a way to add touch controls to any object, no matter what shape or material it is. The system is called Electrick, and it uses a software algorithm to read the press of your finger by measuring changes in the flow of electricity across a conductive surface. Type by running your fingers through your hair!
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So you could use your missus as a keyboard -- but be a bit careful around the caps-lock key.
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Good job keeping clean snark on that one! You are a better man than I...
Sudden Sun Death Syndrome (SSDS) is a very real concern which we should be raising awareness of. 156 billion suns die every year before they're just 1 billion years old.
While the military are doing their part, it simply isn't enough to make the amount of nukes needed to save those poor stars. - TWI2T3D (Reddit)
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It certainly does have the required prerequisites for being moved to the Soapbox.
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IBM, the company that just weeks ago said it was doing away with its work-from-home policy, is now preaching the benefits of telecommuting to customers. Do as we say, not as we do
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Telecommuting is fantastic. Just make sure you're at the office when you do it.
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You can always go into the office and remote to your home computer and work on personal projects.
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Roland M Smith wrote: You can always go into the office and remote to your home computer and work on personal projects.
I would, except the Internet connection at the office is so crappy it's not worth it.
Marc
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Learning to code with python is like learning to swim with those little arm floaties. It gives you undeserved confidence and will eventually drown you. - DangerBunny
Artificial intelligence is the only remedy for natural stupidity. - CDP1802
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