Saying to Trump "that might have been too X" will invariably get the response "it probably wasn't X enough!". This is known. Too bad in this case it might lead to nuclear war.

Writing down your password in your office: pretty bad security.
Writing down your password at home: pretty good idea. How often have private homes been burgled by people looking in drawers for passwords? If that happens at all, it's only for CEO's of high risk companies or government officials.
Of course, if you write…

My thinking:
- Simple, standard password for trivial things that shouldn't require a password anyway.
- Totally random and long passwords for things that you don't want hacked, but also don't use a lot, and just use the password reset mechanism anytime you have to log in.
- Two factor authentication for stuff you use a…

I don't even half grasp what you mean by that, so I wouldn't be able to use that WiFi.

It's like they are actively discouraging you from using something you might be able to remember.

I used to think the same. But it turns out that if you are on WiFi without any password, it's INCREDIBLY easy to hack all your communication and steal your passwords for any site you log in to. So it's not about protecting their WiFi, it's about encrypting your communication through it.
It's still very much possible to…

Wait, isn't thinking that a random sequence wont have repeating characters one of the most well known fallacies in human thinking?

I can't stand systems that think a password is too long. I get they don't allow a 1000 characters. But I've seen sites that do require a mix of letters, numbers and special characters, but no more than eight total. Even my simplest, least secure standard password is more than eight characters.
And why do most systems…

I can't believe many security experts promote that "put all your eggs in the same, sometimes cloud based, basket" practice. If one of those is hacked, sooo many people are screwed.
My favorite method for stuff I don't have to access frequently but want to be secure: Just button mash something long and random and use…

As I mentioned above (below?), we have pretty draconian IT-security measures, including strict password rules. Stil, not long ago, one of our older developers had to give a presentation, where he had to log in to his machine that was presented on the screen. He accidentally typed in his password in the username field,…

That is utterly fantastic. I hope you're not making that up, it's almost too good to be true.
I print about 1.5 things a month. My monthly travel expenses because I have to physically sign those and then scan them in before sending them to HR, plus something else maybe every two months. Recently we can't just print…

I 100% agree deportation of some poor kids parents is MUCH worse than slightly annoying some other kids. I also think this has little to do with Trump, just with the secret service enforcing strict regulations.
But sadly, stuff that annoys rich white people might have a bigger impact on the overall discourse than stuff…

When no one has a computer, I concede, cryptocurrencies are less then worthless. But I won't be able to access my normal money either.
I will have to trade my body for goods and services. Meaning I will starve and/or freeze to death.

I won't deny cryptocurrencies probably are a huge bubble. But an EMP can't wipe them out, unless it's worldwide. I've got my cryptocurrency keys printed out on old fashioned paper (as well as backed-up digitally) so my computer can burn to the ground and I can still recover it.

#allmammalslivesmatter


…except those egg-laying motherfucking platypuses.

I'll talk to you when a bunch of wombats moving in next door ruins your property prices.

What? I'm being a marsupial racist now?

I guess the Ukraine thing is not nothing. But on a treason scale from 1 to 10, 1 being having coffee with your cute neighbor from Bellarussia and 10 being handing over the nuclear codes to Kim Jung Un, the Ukraine thing is a 2 and the Trump campaign's dealings with Russia a 7.

Dr. Strangelove used to be my favorite comedy. Now it's becoming my least favorite speculative fiction.

"So, what did we learn from this?"
"Well… I guess not to do it again."
the American public, on the 2016 elections, I hope