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Troy Hunt, the security expert behind Have I Been Pwned (HIBP), has released 306 million previously-pwned passwords in a bid to help individuals and companies ramp up their online security. OK, I'll switch to 123546
How did he think this was a good idea? "I know, if we give hackers a convenient brute force database, people will stop using p@ssword?"
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Quote: Good news — no pwnage found!
And I have it like 20 years, and lately all sites declared it too weak so I started to switch it... (the new one not on the list also)
Skipper: We'll fix it.
Alex: Fix it? How you gonna fix this?
Skipper: Grit, spit and a whole lotta duct tape.
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Quote: although Hunt advises you don't check any passwords you currently use, for obvious security reasons.
Didn't you read that? Now, the hacker who has access to that site knows both your current and your previous passwords...
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Kent Sharkey wrote: How did he think this was a good idea?
Why not ask the man himself? He's a member here[^], but I'm not sure if he's still active: @User-993886
"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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looking at the reputation history... i would say, no. The account has been abandoned for a big while
M.D.V. 
If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about?
Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you
Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
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I particularly like the "Do not send any password you actively use to a third-party service - even this one!" on the Password Search page.
"If you don't fail at least 90 percent of the time, you're not aiming high enough."
Alan Kay.
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Microsoft is giving its Windows Console (Command Prompt) a color overhaul. If this doesn't get everyone to upgrade, what will?
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Forget Robots, AI, and Augmented Reality...this is next-level tech disruption.
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There are still some I haven't used.
Besides, CGA ought to be enough for anyone.
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Great, one more thing I'll have to turn off.
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I had to check my calendar. I figured it was more plausible that I had been sucked into a time vortex, taking me back to April 1 than the article been legit.
"When you don't know what you're doing it's best to do it quickly" - Jase #DuckDynasty
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I thought cmd was being deprecated in favor of PowerShell in the near term.
I guess that dream has died.
"There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies and statistics."
- Benjamin Disraeli
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Additionally, the following table describes the color scheme change in terms of RGB values.
Color Name Console Legacy RGB Values New Default RGB Values
BLACK 0,0,0 12,12,12
DARK_BLUE 0,0,128 0,55,218
DARK_GREEN 0,128,0 19,161,14
DARK_CYAN 0,128,128 58,150,221
DARK_RED 128,0,0 197,15,31
DARK_MAGENTA 128,0,128 136,23,152
DARK_YELLOW 128,128,0 193,156,0
DARK_WHITE 192,192,192 204,204,204
BRIGHT_BLACK 128,128,128 118,118,118
BRIGHT_BLUE 0,0,255 59,120,255
BRIGHT_GREEN 0,255,0 22,198,12
BRIGHT_CYAN 0,255,255 97,214,214
BRIGHT_RED 255,0,0 231,72,86
BRIGHT_MAGENTA 255,0,255 180,0,158
BRIGHT_YELLOW 255,255,0 249,241,165
WHITE 255,255,255 242,242,242
So Black and white are no longer black and white? Even RGB is less RGB than before.
@Chris-Maunder: The preview is showing me extra spaces before each column in the bolded lines. I'm using tabs. It's perfectly aligned if I don't bold the entire line. Will see what happens when posted.
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Bassam Abdul-Baki wrote: The preview is showing me extra spaces before each column
Our tab-to-space converter isn't taking into account the (invisible) markup in the text. I'll add it to the TODO
cheers
Chris Maunder
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I thought the Year of Linux didn't come because of the terminal and nobody uses it under Windows, but "developers have been asking for"... Interesting, because this request has less then a hundred votes, and Microsoft already ignored request with over three thousands...
Skipper: We'll fix it.
Alex: Fix it? How you gonna fix this?
Skipper: Grit, spit and a whole lotta duct tape.
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Despite what you might have heard around the industry and on the Internet, Test Driven Development (TDD) is not dead. The practice is still alive and well, especially in this new modern agile world. Can you show me the tests for that?
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It's deader than dead, at least where I work 
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Like everything else - it has its place and is useful in that place but should not be applied outside of that place...
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Test Driven Development promotes the idea of understanding what you are trying to build before you start building it
Building something before you understand what you are trying to build - now there's the real reason for why IT projects still fail. 
It exposes weaknesses in requirements, in the architecture, and even in your test infrastructure before you start trying to build something.
Ah, right. By the time you've tested all that, you've practically built the thing you're supposed to be testing. Particularly when the reality is that requirements shift as pieces of the project come online, and more importantly, time marches on and requirements often change during the development process as a result of external, uncontrollable shifts in markets and technologies.
Funny how you could take that exact same sentence as a reason for why TDD fails!
Marc
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Artificial intelligence is the only remedy for natural stupidity. - CDP1802
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I'm still working on Debugger-Driven Development. 
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Workers who specialize in artificial intelligence also saw big jumps in demand for their expertise. Are the jobs also virtual?
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The lies of FB and Co. are not big enough anymore...
Skipper: We'll fix it.
Alex: Fix it? How you gonna fix this?
Skipper: Grit, spit and a whole lotta duct tape.
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Given that it will be coming from a base of near zero, it doesn't take much to be "fastest growing". Just after Occulus released, it must have seen a near infinite growth spurt (as a percentage).
"If you don't fail at least 90 percent of the time, you're not aiming high enough."
Alan Kay.
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