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GordonS

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A CA Built for the Threat Model We Have

unmitigatedrisk.com
2 points·by GordonS·2 เดือนที่ผ่านมา·0 comments

Learning to Code, 1990s vs. 2026

ayende.com
1 points·by GordonS·2 เดือนที่ผ่านมา·1 comments

Report on Microsoft Office and Windows software: still privacy risks remaining

privacycompany.eu
318 points·by GordonS·7 ปีที่แล้ว·112 comments

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GordonS
·เมื่อวานซืน·discuss
The Zanagrams game, which AFACK is from the same developer (?), actually does this - it counts up like a stopwatch, then compares your time to the global average at the end.

I much prefer this way, personally at least.
GordonS
·3 วันที่ผ่านมา·discuss
But does it have to be one or the other? Or is there some possibility of somehow removing the PFAS from donated blood?
GordonS
·7 วันที่ผ่านมา·discuss
Back in the 80's the British air force would fly ridiculously low over the rural village I grew up in, certainly lower than they were meant to be allowed to - everyone hated it. You'd be minding your own business and then just about shit yourself out of nowhere!
GordonS
·8 วันที่ผ่านมา·discuss
If you're really serious, you use a strong password, not a PIN.
GordonS
·11 วันที่ผ่านมา·discuss
I guess it's a play on the popular word "quadcopter", rather than "helicopter".
GordonS
·12 วันที่ผ่านมา·discuss
Have you blogged about the earrings perchance? They really do look great, and I'd love to see some details of your process.
GordonS
·25 วันที่ผ่านมา·discuss
Ooh, that is a nice quartz watch! Really good review here: https://www.peterferenczi.com/blog/2023/3/19/the-casio-ocean...
GordonS
·25 วันที่ผ่านมา·discuss
Those look really nice (love the moon phase indicator that some of them have too!), but the "red star" motif on the watch face does put me off.
GordonS
·26 วันที่ผ่านมา·discuss
I just installed Bazzite-DX, and have been really surprised with how easy it was to install, and how well everything "just works". It even tells me when my wireless keyboard batteries are running out, something Windows couldn't do without running proprietary Logitech software.
GordonS
·เดือนที่แล้ว·discuss
We struggled to get our son into reading too, but he took straight away to comics, and from there he had a long stint with graphic novels (e.g. Percy Jackson, Artemis Fowl). You can get more mature graphic novels as they mature and progress, e.g. City of Dragons. And eventually he picked up an Alex Rider book, and hasn't stopped since. He's now how I remember myself as a kid - nose stuck in a book, completely engrossed!
GordonS
·เดือนที่แล้ว·discuss
I've been wondering about this lately. As a kid, I spent hour upon hour learning about computing: typing in Basic code from a magazine into a Commodore 64, playing with music on an Atari STe, learning my way around a DOS command line, dabbling with 3D modelling... just so much stuff that my own kids would never have the patience for.

I wonder if it's just that kids today (gods that makes me sound old!) are constantly surrounded by entertaining things to do - gaming, TV/films, music, social media.
GordonS
·เดือนที่แล้ว·discuss
This is really nice! Would be great if it could handle regular rooftop solar calculations too.
GordonS
·2 เดือนที่ผ่านมา·discuss
Rummo is pretty good, but you have to cook it just right - a minute either side, and it's either grainy or falls apart as a soggy mess.

Still, gluten-free pasta has come a long way.
GordonS
·2 เดือนที่ผ่านมา·discuss
Huh, I'd swear earlier today that page didn't have any actual prices on it, but it clearly does now, thanks.
GordonS
·2 เดือนที่ผ่านมา·discuss
> looking at Civo.com for UK presence

Hadn't come across Civo. They advertise "transparent" pricing, but I can't seem to find prices for VMs... or anything else!

Maybe it's just me, but do you have a link to a pricing page perchance?
GordonS
·2 เดือนที่ผ่านมา·discuss
Those tiny b1ms VMs are absolutely pitiful (long time Azure sufferer here). It's crazy how little compute and memory Azure give you for so much money.
GordonS
·3 เดือนที่ผ่านมา·discuss
For asking questions, on Hacker News?

I think not.
GordonS
·3 เดือนที่ผ่านมา·discuss
This is a big topic, but here are a few random bits:

Pretty much any strain will make me feel more empathic to some degree.

In particular "orange" strains work well for me during the day. They're slightly stimulating, and not too sedating; they clear my mind and allow me to focus on a task; I get good muscular and neuropathic pain relief; I feel much more empathic, better able to understand subtleties of spoken and body language, and just better able to understand other people in general.

I find strains with myrcene and ocimene best for pain.

Strains with alpha-pinene are very relaxing.

Some high limonene strains can cause me anxiety even worse than terpinolene-based ones. Maybe it depends if they also have enough of other, calming terpenes such as myrcene, alpha-pinene, caryophyllene and linalool.

I try to avoid strains with limonene at night, as they can keep my mind going when I'm trying to sleep.
GordonS
·3 เดือนที่ผ่านมา·discuss
This is a big topic, but here are a few random bits:

Pretty much any strain will make me feel more empathic to some degree.

In particular "orange" strains work well for me during the day. They're slightly stimulating, and not too sedating; they clear my mind and allow me to focus on a task; I get good muscular and neuropathic pain relief; I feel much more empathic, better able to understand subtleties of spoken and body language, and just better able to understand other people in general.

I find strains with myrcene and ocimene best for pain.

Strains with alpha-pinene are very relaxing.

Some high limonene strains can cause me anxiety even worse than terpinolene-based ones. Maybe it depends if they also have enough of other, calming terpenes such as myrcene, alpha-pinene, caryophyllene and linalool.

I try to avoid strains with limonene at night, as they can keep my mind going when I'm trying to sleep.
GordonS
·3 เดือนที่ผ่านมา·discuss
I think you're going to need to provide sources for such an outrageous and unbelievable claim.