The password should be unique, but not “unique”!
Category Archives: Computers and Internet
Posts on computer science and the web, rants about OS:es, Window Managers, Platforms for almost publishing content on the web, and the like.
What’s the username?
Colleague: What’s the root password?
Me *tells him the password*
Colleague: So, what’s the username?
Me: …
Featured image by Scott Schiller (Flickr: Master lock, “r00t” password) [CC BY 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons
Footware budget
Customer: So, when I got Windows I had no clue it would require a footwear budget…
Support: A what?!
Customer: Yeah, it says so here… it needs new shoes.
Support: I am fairly certain Windows does not require shoes…
Customer: In fact, you’re right… It asks for boots.
Support: OK. Can you read the message from Windows for me?
Customer: In order to finish this installation, please reboot.
Facerape – No you weren’t fucking raped!
This week’s unrecommended word: Facerape
Facerape: The act of abusing someone’s Facebook account on a computer where they have left themselves logged in. (Urban dictionary).
So, what’s so wrong with this expression then? (I am sure someone “just has to ask.”)
New way to perform online commerce
Tidbit
In November 2013, Jeremy Rubin, a 19-year-old MIT student, developed a JavaScript program called Tidbit. This program was a concept/pilot, but the idea behind it was to use JavaScript to mine for Bitcoins.
It was thought as a replacement for advertisements. Instead of being overwhelmed by ads, a user visiting a site using this script would lend part of their processor cycles to mine for Bitcoins while surfing on the site.
Who’s really, really, really homebrewing?
As a former Linux user, I’m getting really, really, really burnt by homebrew.
My big fallacy is that I was used to having the package manager handle everything for me.
Brew doesn’t do that. Oh my, it certainly does not!
No escape
In programming, there’s no escape from backslashes!!\!
Macaroni package over VPN
My VPN makes Google serve pages in german. The other day I realized the macaroni package in my cupboard had german writing… for half a second I wanted to cuss my VPN…
(Time to leave the house and take a walk IRL… Oh, and yes, I think that’s in fact dutch…)
On usability
On usability: If you feel your app requires a manual, you’re probably not doing it right!
When God uninstalls Linux
When God uninstalls Linux, the Devil installs Windows…
Talkwards 