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2020-11-29, 05:39 PM (ISO 8601)
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In that case your password library would have to be on a remote server in order not to pass the data through an unsecure computer. As for how to safely log into your password manager, you would need some one-use codes which require you to have some physical object generating those for you. For example in banking a smartphone is often used for authentication exactly in this fashion with the only change in that the password is generated remotely and sent to your phone.
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2020-12-07, 04:12 PM (ISO 8601)
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Missing States.
Alaska and Hawaii are obvious. Anyone else able to spot the other 7 missing states without singing "Fifty Nifty United States"? I confess I almost got through the whole list of states before figuring out the last missing state.
SpoilerThe Dakotas, Nebraska, and Kansas were the first ones I noticed were missing. Delaware, New Mexico, and Pennsylvania were the ones I needed to song for.Last edited by Lord Torath; 2020-12-07 at 04:13 PM.
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2020-12-07, 06:17 PM (ISO 8601)
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2020-12-07, 06:19 PM (ISO 8601)
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Spoiler: from memory
Pennsylvania
Delaware
Both Dakotas
New Mexico
Kansas
Nebraska
I found them by comparing the map to what the map should look like. I actually spent a good 5 minutes trying to make sure I had found them all.
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2020-12-07, 06:20 PM (ISO 8601)
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SpoilerI noticed Delaware, New Mexico, and the Dakota. I had to pull up a real map for comparison before I remembered Pennsylvania, Nebraska, and Kansas.NOW COMPLETE: Let's Play Starcraft II Trilogy:
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2020-12-07, 06:21 PM (ISO 8601)
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2021-01-04, 02:50 PM (ISO 8601)
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https://xkcd.com/2407/
Speaking from experience, I can say that the bread-first search is by far the easiest and most pleasant of the three.
EDIT: Fixed the linkLast edited by Tetrimino; 2021-01-04 at 02:51 PM.
Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, are also remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so.
- Douglas Adams
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2021-01-19, 01:21 AM (ISO 8601)
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The #2 cause of astronomer hand injuries is trying to do vector math when the second axis points off to the right.Not "fire at". I never used the word "at"
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2021-01-19, 02:15 AM (ISO 8601)
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2021-01-20, 06:24 PM (ISO 8601)
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Except that the direction of vector products is defined by the right hand rule.
Not "fire at". I never used the word "at"
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2021-01-20, 06:34 PM (ISO 8601)
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It's a completely arbitrary convention, just like the convention to measure angles counterclockwise from the positive X-axis. Rockphed uses a left-handed system, meaning they follow the opposite convention for cross products from what most people do.
Last edited by 137beth; 2021-01-20 at 06:35 PM.
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2021-01-20, 09:43 PM (ISO 8601)
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2021-01-21, 03:13 PM (ISO 8601)
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The Hindsight Awards, results: See the best movies of 1999!
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2021-02-15, 11:40 PM (ISO 8601)
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https://xkcd.com/2425/
There is a 100% chance that I will use this to explain how vaccines work to my friends. (Sound effects included)Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, are also remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so.
- Douglas Adams
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2021-02-16, 12:12 AM (ISO 8601)
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This is a good one. Real-life virus explanation based on silly fanfic style Starwars.
Not "fire at". I never used the word "at"
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2021-02-16, 03:30 PM (ISO 8601)
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I'm super dubious about the resistance's construction crew B being able to build a Death Star.
Especially without having to report about need of funds, material or people at some point.Posting from France
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2021-02-16, 03:51 PM (ISO 8601)
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2021-02-17, 12:17 AM (ISO 8601)
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A Death-Star-like empty shell wouldn't stand up nearly as well to bombardment, though, would it?
I guess this is where the analogy breaks down - the surface proteins are the virus's way in to host cells, and immunity is about preventing and mitigating that rather than just blowing things up.I'm pretty much the opposite of concise. If I fail to get to the point, please ask me and I'm happy to (attempt to) clarify.
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2021-04-02, 01:10 AM (ISO 8601)
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New April 1st comic is up :)
Spoiler: Hint:Button at the bottom right...Last edited by theangelJean; 2021-04-02 at 01:11 AM.
I'm pretty much the opposite of concise. If I fail to get to the point, please ask me and I'm happy to (attempt to) clarify.
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2021-04-02, 06:49 PM (ISO 8601)
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Well, call me stumped. The only answers I've gotten out of it are "HUH," "WHAT," an "EIEIO." I think one of us is failing the Turing test, but I'm not sure which.
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2021-04-02, 07:19 PM (ISO 8601)
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I'd give it a try, but my knowledge of Morse code...
Let's just say there's a more than even chance I mess up SOS even after looking it up.
Three long, three short, three long? Other way around?
No idea, and I only looked it up a few hours ago."If it lives it can be killed.
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2021-04-02, 07:20 PM (ISO 8601)
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2021-04-02, 08:39 PM (ISO 8601)
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Okay, I confess to looking up explainxkcd to see what was on offer, but after that I did get by okay using headphones and these two:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Intcode.png
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morse_...code_tree3.png
Also, using the keyboard helped - my mouse has an annoying tendency to double-click when I least want it to.
If you don't want any spoilers, start with "HI" and assume you're talking to some"one".Last edited by theangelJean; 2021-04-02 at 08:40 PM.
I'm pretty much the opposite of concise. If I fail to get to the point, please ask me and I'm happy to (attempt to) clarify.
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2021-04-02, 09:00 PM (ISO 8601)
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Oh no. I don't know Morse code at all. But I had a table in front of me because I'd tried to cheat. I went into the page source looking for a JavaScript file that might shed light on things. But all I found was this, which just seems to be converting between Morse code and plain text.
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2021-04-06, 05:46 PM (ISO 8601)
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Try opening up the Javascript console while on the page (Ctrl-Shift-J); it makes things a lot easier.
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2021-05-12, 05:33 AM (ISO 8601)
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I openly admit I had to look for a explanation for this one.
And even with the explanation I can't really tell what that is. I mean, I've probably seen one of those toys before- at least I knew what it is after looking it up- but just from the image? Not a clue.
(My first thought was "How is making popcorn supposed to launch that capsule?")"If it lives it can be killed.
If it is dead it can be eaten."
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2021-05-12, 07:47 AM (ISO 8601)
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Yeah, it's pretty much an XKCD equivalent of one of those articles on image aggregator sites titled 'only ____ <specific decade> kids will understand.'
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2021-05-12, 12:13 PM (ISO 8601)
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It took me a while, but I got it without having to look it up. My first though was "That doesn't look anything like the thingy in the Pop-O-Matic die roller." But once I got myself off that... Troublesome train of thought, I landed on the correct poppy toy.
As an aside, recently, while trying to place some 404 LEDs on a board for a school project, it went flying out of the tweezers. I said something about tiny components being "like Tiddlywinks," and then had to explain what Tiddlywinks is. I wonder what decade you're supposed to have been born in to know that game.My Perpetually-Unfinished Homebrew: Tier-3 Class Suite, Homestuck Races for Pathfinder, Homestuck Races for 5e, Psionic Class Redux
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2021-05-12, 12:24 PM (ISO 8601)
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2021-05-12, 09:16 PM (ISO 8601)
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