Today I learned that for the last six years it's been possible to root just about any Linux box to which you have physical access by pressing the backspace key 28 times at the bootloader password prompt (assuming the box was even protected with one, which a lot of people don't do). Fortunately, (hopefully) nobody else knew about this either until ( Read more... )

Question for my techie friends ( Read more... )

Angry tech rant ( Read more... )

In the policy statement where Trump attempts to justify his "no Muslims allowed" nonsense (which I'd assumed had to be being exaggerated by the press until I saw it for myself), he cites a survey of US muslims to justify the assertion that "there is great hatred towards Americans by large segments of the Muslim population ( Read more... )

...you run into a technical problem, go searching through the relevant forum for an answer, and find a post from someone with the same problem, plus a follow-up with the solution they found "in case anyone else ever runs into this issue"... and those posts are by you, you just don't remember ever writing them.

Thanks, past me?

Today we saw The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time. To say much about what I thought of it, I need to sort of pick it up and put it in a little bubble, a vacuum wherein you can talk about it on a technical level separate from its role as art in a larger context ( Read more... )

We started the NYC leg of our minimoon in earnest, seeing a matinee of A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder, followed by Fun Home in the evening ( Read more... )

So, you know how Bruce Banner and Tony Stark are Ultimate Science Bros? It turns out the hosts of the Reply All podcast are like the Bruce and Tony of NPR*.

https://gimletmedia.com/episode/36-todays-the-day/

*ok, technically this family of podcasts isn't related to ( Read more... )

I haven't organized a theater outing in a bajillion years. Let's fix that. Shitfaced Shakespeare (which is exactly what it sounds like, and also awesome) just extended its run again, and Goldstar has cheap tix.

How about... Friday, 4 Sept? Who's in? :D If you're interested in attending, be sure to buy your own tix via the link above. As far as I ( Read more... )

Confluence Highlights, Part 2: Super Smash Opera ( Read more... )