You know how the weather forecast has the temperature and the “feels like” temperature?
Well, this is the 405 and the “feels like” 405.
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71·14 days agoBASIC uses (used?) it to declare variables. (I don’t know if earlier languages did.)
Not that that’s a reason for other languages to copy it.
From the person who brought us “This video has [number] views.”
With a mesh screen.
252·23 days agoMy autistic son would happily play in the park. Just once every few months he would decide that “now is the time to run” and just take off as fast as he could in a straight line. How would that play out in a busy street.
People can’t imagine that: so much of the time things are calm, straightforward to handle, but if EVER you let your guard down for a second at the wrong time, you’ll end up on the news as a “tragic story of grieving negligent parent.”
“If you put a large switch in some cave somewhere, with a sign on it saying 'End-of-the- World Switch. PLEASE DO NOT TOUCH, the paint would’t even have time to dry.”
- Terry Pratchett
Except for the Doofenshmirtz “2 nickels” one, I see that everywhere.
“It’s too late for me. But you can still save yourself.”
Well, I used to. They don’t let me talk to the interns any more.
A private key would be built in to the camera. It would be stored in a way that’s hard to get at, physically or in software (like the secure enclaves in phones).
The pics or videos are signed using the private key (again, this process needs to happen in a secure way without revealing the secret key).
The camera manufacturer publishes the matching public key. Anyone can use it to verify that the file matches the signature. But no one can sign a fake image unless they can get at the private key.
This would work even if the camera manufacturer no longer existed. The camera does need to ever be online.
The public/private key pairs are also part of what makes blockchains work, but for this process blockchains would add nothing.
Seriously. It’s something about shampoo, hair conditioner, laundry detergent and laundry conditioner especially. The product type is printed as small as the dosage on med bottles.
Stop this Madness!
I have seen a gas pump have a “press cancel to skip PIN entry” message…
Edit: here it is https://imgur.com/bypass-pin-veorkyV
Usually they ask for the zip code of the billing address, and if you found a card, there’s a good chance you’d be in that zip code.
Technology Connections has covered how they work.
Unless I need to, like, fly up in the air it something.
Then I need a jetpack.
Have you seen the Thatcher Effect?
Web browser? “app”. Web page? “app”. Dialog box? “app”. Phone app that’s just a thin shell for the web site? “appapp”.
I think I heard “applet” being mentioned for embedded java or something in the early 2000s. I don’t know if that’s connected.
Via Tom Scott’s newsletter, an explanation of a strange ngrams anomaly in an xkcd. Why is the 11th of all months apparently the least popular date?
https://drhagen.com/blog/the-missing-11th-of-the-month/