Random Thoughts 2: Arbitrary Speculations

[The_J]

There's also quite some difference in the used hardware (CPU vs GPU vs specialized hardware), and in the algorithms. E.g. MD5 (not a crytographic algorithm) will be cracked in seconds, whereas e.g. SHA256 will take way longer. Depending on used algorithm you can also crack the whole database at once, or have to crack each password new. The whole thing isnt easy.
Rule of thumb: 10 is okay-ish (although probably not for a very long time), 20 will be impossible.

Edit: cannot find what i wanted, but this https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2015/09/10/11-million-ashley-madison-passwords-cracked-in-10-days/ gives a quick idea about the differences.

 

[Timsup2nothin]

Never tell yourself you are putting something off until tomorrow when the evidence shows you may never do it at all.

 

[Broken_Erika]

Never tell yourself you are putting something off until tomorrow when the evidence shows you may never do it at all.

that's the beautiful thing about tomorrow; Tomorrow is always tomorrow, and tomorrow, tomorrow will be the day after tomorrow.

 

[Takhisis]

Rule of thumb: 10 is okay-ish (although probably not for a very long time), 20 will be impossible.

And change it how often?

 

[Broken_Erika]

Site seems screwy again, just sayin. I wonder if this will double post?

 

[Takhisis]

So far you haven't double posted, but my previous message was still left in the memory and not rendered until I pressed F5.

 

[Broken_Erika]

So far you haven't double posted, but my previous message was still left in the memory and not rendered until I pressed F5.

So, press post reply once and nothing happens, press it a second time and end up with a double post.
edit:now it went up no problem.

 

[Takhisis]

I almost just got a DP again.

 

[Broken_Erika]

Alerts drop-down thingie still not working, should i post in the site feedback forum or just wait it out?

 

[Takhisis]

It's working, as of right right now.

 

[Lohrenswald]

there was like a spambot thread posted

kinda scared of what's going on with the site at the moment

 

[Takhisis]

Speaking of rogue AI, I've just been reading about people who programmed a drone to be able to identify heads and follow a target customer around holding an umbrella. I wonder how long it will take to adapt that to fit into autocannons to replicate the robotised sentry guns from the Fallout series.

 

[Valka D'Ur]

Alerts drop-down thingie still not working, should i post in the site feedback forum or just wait it out?

Yes. And you did double-post upthread. You might want to mention it in Site Feedback and delete your duplicate.

 

[The_J]

And change it how often?

Recently the opinion goes more into the direction that you rather should keep one long and safe password and not change it. Because frequent changes will result in people picking shorter and easier to guess passwords.

Speaking of rogue AI, I've just been reading about people who programmed a drone to be able to identify heads and follow a target customer around holding an umbrella. I wonder how long it will take to adapt that to fit into autocannons to replicate the robotised sentry guns from the Fallout series.

Great and scary video.

 

[Ryika]

Different topic:

You know these kids on youtube who comment on, for example, old Michael Jackson Videos, to announce to the world that they've definitely been "born in the wrong decade", and that music back then was so much better? I always found those comments really laughable, but lately I find myself looking up old 80s music that was released way before my time so much more often than actual music from current artists. It's just so much more... genuine and "raw".

I think I'm not that far away from snapping and might be making my first "born in the wrong decade"-comments in the near future.

 

[GoodSarmatian]

Different topic:

You know these kids on youtube who comment on, for example, old Michael Jackson Videos, to announce to the world that they've definitely been "born in the wrong decade", and that music back then was so much better? I always found those comments really laughable, but lately I find myself looking up old 80s music that was released way before my time so much more often than actual music from current artists. It's just so much more... genuine and "raw".

I think I'm not that far away from snapping and might be making my first "born in the wrong decade"-comments in the near future.

Seletcion bias.
The 80's stuff that's still around and searchable has endured because it's the best the 80's had to offer. The decade looks pretty good now because time has filtered out all the GARBAGE TRASH. In time people wiil wistfully look the to the very, very few good things that were created in the 2010's.

 

[Timsup2nothin]

Different topic:

You know these kids on youtube who comment on, for example, old Michael Jackson Videos, to announce to the world that they've definitely been "born in the wrong decade", and that music back then was so much better? I always found those comments really laughable, but lately I find myself looking up old 80s music that was released way before my time so much more often than actual music from current artists. It's just so much more... genuine and "raw".

I think I'm not that far away from snapping and might be making my first "born in the wrong decade"-comments in the near future.

So, back in the stone age when we had record stores I was standing in line in one behind two tweenie-teenie types who were having a very animated discussion about their latest great musical discovery; The Doors. I just about fell out laughing when one said to the other that they were hoping they would come out with something new soon, and the other said, straight faced, that they probably would since so many people were "discovering" them.

 

[civvver]

In the last few days, I've received a sticky flea trap, an electric razor, and a hair iron from Amazon. I didn't order any of them, nor did I order anything that didn't come, so it's not a wrong-item mistake. Maybe I have a secret admirer?

This is something that's happened to other people. There was a student union office at a university that started receiving a slew of packages, some of which contained useful stuff and some that was just plain weird.

I think they decided to sell the stuff that wasn't immediately useful and donate the proceeds to students in need (ie. those having trouble making ends meet). They never did find out who sent the stuff or why.

If anything's useful, use it. If it isn't, sell it. You can't be forced to pay for what you didn't order, particularly if there's no way to return it.

I'm pretty sure it's a review scam. People buy stuff at fake addresses so they can leave verified reviews. Amazon says this isn't true, that they know how to detect those, but I don't really see how. If they have your
name and address the method of payment doesn't have to have that info or match.

http://www.businessinsider.com/people-receiving-amazon-packages-they-didnt-order-2018-2

https://clark.com/scams-rip-offs/amazon-scam-brushing-warning-deliveries-you-didnt-order/

There's also quite some difference in the used hardware (CPU vs GPU vs specialized hardware), and in the algorithms. E.g. MD5 (not a crytographic algorithm) will be cracked in seconds, whereas e.g. SHA256 will take way longer. Depending on used algorithm you can also crack the whole database at once, or have to crack each password new. The whole thing isnt easy.
Rule of thumb: 10 is okay-ish (although probably not for a very long time), 20 will be impossible.

Edit: cannot find what i wanted, but this https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2015/09/10/11-million-ashley-madison-passwords-cracked-in-10-days/ gives a quick idea about the differences.

Md5 is usually just used as a file checksum though not a security algorithm.

 

[Ryika]

Seletcion bias.
The 80's stuff that's still around and searchable has endured because it's the best the 80's had to offer. The decade looks pretty good now because time has filtered out all the GARBAGE TRASH. In time people wiil wistfully look the to the very, very few good things that were created in the 2010's.

That would be a fair explanation if there were at least SOME modern-day music that I like, but aside from a few German rappers who's music I mostly like for how vulgar their texts are and not so much for the music itself, I don't ever find anything that really hooks me.

Although, I guess that's not quite fair either, I did find some artists I enjoy in recent months, but that's usually stuff that I usually didn't ever listen to (The Qemists, Nightclub). Maybe I just don't enjoy the stuff that's mainstream right now.

 

[Lexicus]

So, back in the stone age when we had record stores I was standing in line in one behind two tweenie-teenie types who were having a very animated discussion about their latest great musical discovery; The Doors. I just about fell out laughing when one said to the other that they were hoping they would come out with something new soon, and the other said, straight faced, that they probably would since so many people were "discovering" them.