Technology
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How to make a strong password you can remember
Read more…: How to make a strong password you can rememberI recently acquired some files containing over 78,000 username/password combinations. I won’t say where or how I got them, but I broke no laws in the process and simply possessing these files are perfectly legal. After all, they’re nothing but lists of words and numbers. Sadly, there is no additional information. I don’t know…
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Kick Google out of Firefox
Read more…: Kick Google out of FirefoxOne of the first steps you can make in kicking Google out of your life is to use a browser like Firefox, Safari, Brave, Opera, or any other you can find. As an engineer who spends a lot of time on the Linux command line, I actually like to use the all-text Lynx from time…
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Googlisms
Read more…: GooglismsGoogle does two things very well: search (which they’re now ruining) and maps. They talk a lot about how “innovative” they are, yet they’ve failed to come up with anything new since Maps. Me-too projects like Sheets and Docs don’t count. There’s nothing really new or revolutionary about half-baked and bug-ridden garbage like Hangouts, Chrome,…
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People still don’t want self-driving cars
Read more…: People still don’t want self-driving carsThis probably won’t stop companies like Google, Uber, and Tesla from throwing shareholders money away by developing technologies no one wants (like Google Glass and touch-screen computers), but self-driving cars are a myth altogether. I’ve long argued that self-driving cars would appeal to people who cannot drive due to a physical disability. Fantastic, let’s build…