This week I finally wrote the beginner's security guide I wanted to see in the world. Here's 8 tasks you can do right now, with plenty of vetted resources and the "Cliffsnotes" style summary on why you should do things, risks and limitations, and even what NOT to do. Enjoy! hashman.ca/security-101/
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Also a Mario Kart speedrunning category
Sometimes you gotta add that extra sauce
This is the way
Exactlyyyyy
I like TOTP and passkeys because I can manage those in my password manager and can still instantly log into a site without breaking my flow
Please, small business where I buy hair products sometimes, just give me a Sign In With Google button and we can both move on with our lives
There's a very specific account login flow that all medium-sized websites have now where you enter an email address, a password, and then also enter a code they sent TO your email address. As a password manager power user I am here to yell (to no one in particular) that this is the worst option
Headed to a restaurant that Google Maps says serves "grub". This is awesome because I love to eat grub. Everyone loves grub
It is implied that New Donk City was historically New Amsterdonk
McDonald's in the Pentagon (by Silly Stu) but it's in the style of the Doobie Brothers
I scheduled all the meetings I didn't want to do for 2am-3am on Sunday March 9th. They had no idea!!!!
Overdrafting to pay off my face card this month
"they got me," I sigh as I start reading the agreement word for word because that's the only way to get to the bottom
I kinda figured 95% of the value of AI is cutting through ads and click-farming. I honestly think Google in 2008 was good enough to do most of what we ask ChatGPT for now
bluesky beat #2: sitcom shuffle
just decided I want to get in the habit of making some random beats on the computer and posting them somewhere. here's one I just made tonight. let me know if you like the idea of this and would want more of this
I am!
Credit to @classicaltrombone.bsky.social for this theory, but I've personally never seen a Reel from with less than 100 likes. I only ever get pre-vetted and already viral content. Implies maybe TikTok takes more risks with random ideas from unestablished creators?
Alex at a Christmas-decorated house, smiling, holding drum brushes, about to play a snare drum
Alex at a Christmas-decorated house, holding drum brushes, making peace signs
Instead of being a guy who brings a guitar to parties, I'm trying to be the guy who brings a snare drum and brushes to your house to play some light jazz. Anyway here's Vince Guaraldi
these are wild numbers! is the router encased in a bowl of jello?
A still from the music video "Somebody That I Used to Know" by Gotye, but Kimbra's face is replaced with Astro Bot's face
I just realized whenever they release a Game Of The Year Edition it's always abbreviated as "GOTY Edition" because otherwise it would be GOTYE
scientists currently in a lab figuring out what happens if you drink both a liquid death and a liquid IV
A screenshot of an iPhone numeric keypad, with a 6-digit two factor auth code auto-populated from messages.
Hold up, Apple kinda cooked with this feature 🔥🔥🔥
Alex posing in front of the Brooklyn Bridge in Brooklyn Bridge Park
Like this picture for 7 years of good luck
fascism is stopped when enough people say one of two things:
1) "nah, I'm not doing that"
2) "nah, you're not doing that"
a lot of people want to imagine how they'll say the second thing, but you should *really* start practicing the first one
Due to inflation since the candy bar's debut in 1932, there are now 66.94 Musketeers
I think Glitch is free to host static sites if the code can be public?
