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Phishy

My company started with mandatory cybersecurity trainings for all employees. The training tool sends out automated emails to remind you when you have to do a new part of the training.

These emails, from a cybersecurity course, followed all the rules of being a phishing email:

  • Sent from a non-company server
  • Had a big red button to click here
  • Urged you to take action ("You have 5 days to complete your training")

IT decided to fix that, by adding a line to the emails that this email is really from our company. Like a phisher wouldn't think of saying "nah, trust me bro, I'm totally legit"

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I hope this ship holds together!

I worked on solar racing cars as a student. The main race crosses outback Australia. One of the questions we often got: Does it have A/C?

No, no it doesn't. A/C uses about as much power as all of the solar cells on the car deliver. We can either move, or power an A/C-unit.

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I can't disagree.

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A car nudging you towards an accident is dangerous, even if it's not forcing you into an accident.

An unnecessary distraction that needs active attention in a chaotic situation is a bad thing, bad driver or not. And yeah, there are many bad drivers out there. Cars should be designed to be driven by bad drivers, not armchair experts.

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Unbiased AI Rule

"Use one word to describe this person who did many things."

ChatGPT: Does exactly that

"Noooo, why are you not adding the important context I want you to add?"

What did you expect, exactly?

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"Big Clearance! 12 in place of 1!"

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This is a very common Dutch design for bike racks. You use the vertical bar to chain your frame to.

If your groceries are popping your front wheel up, you have a very awkward setup. I've only had that happen with very large/weird loads. Normal groceries should be over your rear axle, not behind it.

Not all bikes are the same, but over here 90% of bikes are city bikes, and this rack accommodates that.

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No Man's Sky lead says Light No Fire will let you climb mountains that are "miles high, taller than Everest"

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It's both a huge claim and an unimportant one, and that's why it's a problem.

Claiming you have "taller than Mt. Everest" mountains in your game is easily verifiable, and a ton of work. Because you need a map that fits a mountain that size, and need to do all the artwork, make it an interesting place to be. It's not impossible, just a lot of work.

At the same time, it's not very important. When I'm looking for a next game, I don't care how high the mountains are. I want an interesting place. Skyrims High Hrotgar for example is an interesting place with an interesting story. It felt very high and a long walk (7000 steps), but it probably pales in comparison to Mt. Everest.

So promise us a great story, interesting characters, or challenging gameplay. A good game, not a technical masterpiece that will be empty.

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Cookie Rule

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Also not putting the dough in the fridge before baking. You can see the lefthand picture is already sweating, meaning it is very soft dough at room temp