jay2
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- Comment on Electricity Does Not "Split" H₂O. And That's VERY Useful. 1 week ago:
Ben is fantastic. I’ll be trying his waterproof cardboard later this fall.
- Comment on LastPass notifies users of yet another data breach 1 week ago:
That is actually quite effective, though I would likely spell out the 35 and allow sylization to create numerics.
You can likely now remember that phrase “My-brain-isnt-made-for-35c” forever if you just reinforce the memory from time to time. Creating an absurd image in your head or even using a real image to associate is another good way of remembering something. For this, I would leave myself a clue of ‘I thought 36 was OK’.
Maybe not for everything though.
Look, the amount of negativity I’m generating for myself just trying to encourage a simple alternative and self reliance is really irking me. I’ve used this method for twenty years or so, and found it to be extremely effective. Consider it a door. Use it if you want. It is possible. You are better and smarter than a machine or software. Last post about it.
- Comment on LastPass notifies users of yet another data breach 2 weeks ago:
You offering to pay?
- Comment on LastPass notifies users of yet another data breach 2 weeks ago:
Write clues to your passphrase, not the actual passphrase. I spend a fair amount of time making my username and password. I choose something that I’m going to remember.
As an example, I was asked to attend a meeting to check out a point maker, a box that bombards objects with photons to collect the reflections, generating a 3d point cloud model that can be measured in cad. This particular one was fairly awful. Bottom of the barrel effort. The salesman was a complete slob, he was late, he took forever to set it up and had much difficulty getting it to actually work. When it did, it measured a 12.75" brick at 14.5". I knew right away it was shit.
They forced us to create an new account on the laptop with the software as it was too advanced and proprietary (pukes) for me to run it on my cad workstation. So, my password begrudgingly became a stylized derivation of “This Guys Balls Smell Like Cheese”. I still remember that password to this day 12 years later.
Not only that, but when we would have the guy out to troubleshoot, I would sometimes have to log in for him to repeat our steps. The salesman was always impressed with my typing speed and ability to remember my password. He probably never even knew my password was a total insult at him. My clue for the pass phrase was “Lynard Skynard”.
- Comment on LastPass notifies users of yet another data breach 2 weeks ago:
Don’t use random characters. Use absurd phrases that mean something to you.
- Comment on LastPass notifies users of yet another data breach 2 weeks ago:
Flashcards are your brains friend. They are no joke.
- Comment on LastPass notifies users of yet another data breach 2 weeks ago:
You can do it. That’s my point. Yes it takes time. Yes it takes patience. Yes it takes practice. Your brain is an incredible machine capable of so many things, much more by far than a computer. Computers are chunks of silicon. They do basic addition. They just do it so much quicker is all. Yours is superior. Keep it exercised.
I do keep a cheat sheet of clues. Things that I write to remind me of the actual phrase, but I rarely need it. Make a point to memorize 10 a week. Custom photo screensavers (I use jpeg Saver 5.3 by Goat 1000) are great for flash cards. I find writing it out to be the best way to learn, but reading is my second, and listening is third (but rather poor considering I lose focus and miss bits). Try to learn how you learn best and exploit that. I used to have an old braintest that was incredibly accurate. It would tell you whether you were more inclined for audio or visual learning. It also defined your brains inclination to be left hemispheric or right hemispheric in its dominance. It was called brainworks. I think it ran on windows 95. For sure Windows 98SE.
Honestly, a lot of the ones I ended up needing to lookup or reset were the ones that are restricted with a maximum length and I cant use an entire phrase. That just jambs up my plumbing, if you know what I mean.
- Comment on LastPass notifies users of yet another data breach 2 weeks ago:
Well, good luck when it’s your turn in the barrel.
- Comment on LastPass notifies users of yet another data breach 2 weeks ago:
It is possible. I have 78 unique passphrases. You only need to train your brain and not turn it over to a machine.
- Comment on LastPass notifies users of yet another data breach 2 weeks ago:
Oh really? What is it? Please tell.
- Comment on LastPass notifies users of yet another data breach 2 weeks ago:
Use your brain. Literally. It’s the only safe way to store passwords.
- Comment on Request: GPX editing software recommendations for Windows 2 weeks ago:
Where did you find the append option? I could not find it anywhere, and drag and drop just closed the currently open file and opened the dropped one. Opening multiple files only resulted in one file getting loaded (usually the first one selected in explorer).
I remember not being able to split a track either.
- Comment on Request: GPX editing software recommendations for Windows 2 weeks ago:
It’s a good editor in it’s own right, but it does not work offline.
- Comment on Request: GPX editing software recommendations for Windows 2 weeks ago:
It is with great sadness that I must report that the software can only open one .gpx file at a time. Therefore, merging multiple .gpx files seems to be an impossibility.
- Comment on Request: GPX editing software recommendations for Windows 2 weeks ago:
Handheld GPS track editor. For mapping trails and such.
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- Comment on Assume You Will Be Hacked: AI is enabling a deluge of cyberattacks the likes of which we’ve never seen before. 3 weeks ago:
I’ve been told that the majority of cyberattacks now start after a disgruntled employee sells a login to hackers. And honestly with how bad most companies are treating their employees, that sounds about fair.
- Comment on Samsung's SSD warranty policy scammed me so I'm taking them to court. 4 weeks ago:
You, uhh, offering to sell on the cheap maybe?
I do put mine through some abuse, between the programming, gaming and server duties. Still having rotten luck with them though. I think I bought my first in 2020, my girls in early 2021, and my second in late 2021. Mine are now both dead. Glad yours is going strong.
- Comment on Samsung's SSD warranty policy scammed me so I'm taking them to court. 4 weeks ago:
He makes an honest point. Besides, my first 980 pro lasted only 24 months. The second lasted 26. It’s nice performance but without much reliability.
- Comment on Playing Games: General Thoughts 5 weeks ago:
I prefer older games. I don’t like a lot of buttons to push. Hell, I still fire up the old arcade games.
- Comment on When did programming become "coding"? 2 months ago:
Stop it! You’ll go blind.
- Comment on When did programming become "coding"? 2 months ago:
I remember it from the 2000’s. The internet was up and we could all share our own pet names for things or just make up a new word. mIRC and newsgroups were big on that. Weird times but cool for sure. Some of it stuck. I still use the exclamation ‘Blargh’ occasionally.
The first time I remember it was someone from California asked me to ‘code summin’ for their daughter. I had to make sure what they were asking of me before I agreed. 2002 maybe.
- Comment on [deleted] 5 months ago:
Came to say it. Was an hour late. Don’t forget all the advertising. It makes your day go WHEEEEE!
- Comment on Europeans set to launch an alternative to X. It’s called W 5 months ago:
Hey now. We had W in the early 2000’s. Was just as racist as X. Maybe more.
- Comment on I Can’t Sell You Laptops Anymore (video) (enshittification of computer repair) 5 months ago:
This is not enshittification. This is supply and demand like it’s always been played out with far more demand than there is supply, and no real good supply relief in the foreseeable future. Gonna get way worse as people scalp/panic buy in bulk.
- Comment on Microsoft Edge is getting a Copilot-inspired redesign 5 months ago:
I’m betting this move loses them even more marketshare, and rightfully so. Garbage in, garbage out.
- Comment on [Gamer's Nexus was] Contacted by the US Secret Service | The AI Surveillance Center Dystopia 7 months ago:
I don’t put much value on the things gamers nexus covers. I feel like they tend to create drama where none really exists, and it’s all for ratings. Much better sources of information out there.
I’m guessing there is an bit of truth in what they found. I’m guessing nvidia isn’t shit stain free either. But I’d bet money that if Nvidia releases another high end card tomorrow, everyone gonna line right up to hand them their money, including gamers nexus.
And for the record, the Kraken Z7 I bought 6 years ago and mounted vertically is still running quite strong, despite gamers nexus all but telling me I was an asshole for mounting it that way because it was going to die within 2 years and I’ll have only myself to blame.
- Comment on Name a game that you found SO FUN, but no one talks about it anymore. 8 months ago:
Twisted Metal 2 was insanely fun and if you had it for the PC, it was even better. I had 6 different computers set up in various rooms in my house for TM2 parties since you could LAN everyone together. Couldn’t cheat off of other peoples screens either.
It’s still out there I believe, though it’s not the best port.
- Comment on RIAA: Telegram & Discord Are Notorious Hubs For Pre-Release Music Piracy * TorrentFreak 8 months ago:
Obligatory as related. This is a total repeat from the two thousands which saw the napster/metallica feud and was documented via Camp Chaos Flash Videos (linked below) by Bob Cesca. Maturity is recommended as they may contain adult language, adult situations, Cheryl Crow but they do paint a pretty accurate picture.
Metallica Wants To Be A Millionaire
Such good memories. If you get to watch these for the first time, I extend to you my jealousy.
- Comment on Collective Shout Purge Sees Horror Games In Crosshairs 11 months ago:
I own ‘Fear & Hunger’, the game pictured atop the article. I play it. I enjoy it. I have nothing to give but accolades for this game. The author was brilliant in the game design and story. Their target audience is a mature adult. The video game plays as a turn based top down survival horror rpg. It’s a very minimalistic game in it’s world, though it has a lot of unique gameplay programming that elevates it’s style above others. The story though… Wow.
You are simply going to the bottom of the dungeon to kill someone and then leave. That’s it. However, It does have very adult oriented… things… peppered into the game. The setting is pretty dreadful, and as you proceed it only gets worse. Eventually, when you think it’s hit rock bottom, it finds a brand new shovel. It hits pretty hard too.
If you are an adult that can handle adult and survival horror themes, it’s well worth a play and you should buy it immediately. It’s a lot of fun, though get you feet set. The game will shock you out of your comfy place, and it will do so multiple times. Not my favorite horror game, but probably in my top 5. Brilliant and violent, both to the extreme.
