Interesting Links for 29-06-2023

[andrewducker]

1. Can you beat...The Password Game

(tags:passwords funny game )

2. 10cm African huntsman spider found in Edinburgh suitcase

(tags:spiders aieeee! edinburgh )

3. Edinburgh tram report 'still with publishers' nine weeks on

(tags:Edinburgh trams publishing wtf )

4. The Connection Between Autism And The Gut Microbiome Is Clearer Than Ever

(tags:autism microbiome )

5. Catching Covid? Try not to have blood type A

(tags:blood Pandemic )

6. Canadian Smoke Reaches Europe (the pictures are terrifying)

(tags:Canada fire Europe Portugal )

7. do gender differences (sometimes) seem bigger in more gender equal countries? (If people think real sex differences exist, segregation will result regardless of real skill differences)

(tags:gender psychology society ViaDrCross )

8. Forcing council meetings to be in person causes those with jobs, children, and disabilities to quit

(tags:disability politics UK parenting work )

9. A Russian soldier on what it's like on their front lines in Ukraine

(tags:Ukraine Russia war epicfail incompetence )

10. US public wants climate change dealt with, but doesn't like the options

(tags:usa globalwarming doom )

11. Sharpie scanning goof reveals major PlayStation budgets and revenues - and that millions of gamers buy a PS just to play Call of Duty

(tags:games playstation sony )

Comments

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[channelpenguin]

I was with the password game right up until the ... Well, I won't spoil it... But you know where...

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[adrian_turtle]

Rule 9 got me. At first I thought it was parentheses, then I recognized the clash with rule 7.

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[channelpenguin]

Oh no, I got further than that...

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[slemslempike]

I got to rule 14 but the embed won't load even if I refresh (and start again). Was enjoying it, I'll try again with a better connection!

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[channelpenguin]

That was probably where I meant. But if so, I think that's got to be where it ends - unless the "password challenge" writer(s) have a very clever program to solve that. But who knows, it might be easier than I think?

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[bens_dad]

On the "embolden all vowels" level we somehow set fire to the password and then failed to protect the egg when removing the burning characters.
At that point it was ceasing to be fun and neither of us would have reached that point if we weren't enjoying doing something together.
Once the password started requiring emojis it lost any semblance of reality too; though I suppose you can cut'n'paste from a password manager.

[cmcmck]

7. Interesting! It might explain why pressure was certainly put upon someone transitioning back in my day to insist that you had to kowtow to gender difference and that big time.

[andrewducker]

Yeah, if people believe that there are differences then they'll push people to conform to them, and gatekeep the spaces based on them.

[conuly]

And then turn around and say "Oh, they're not really trans, they just want to do a girl/boy thing, the real problem is stereotypes, that's why being trans is bad!!!"

[cmcmck]

Of course! And as ever they avoid mentioning being intersex (which I also am).

[mellowtigger]

#4 I keep hoping for objective measures for diagnosing autism, rather than subjective psychologist evaluation. This story looks like another step in that direction.

[bens_dad]

??

I'd rather have a subjective evaluation of my mind than a subjective evaluation of my stools to tell me I thought differently than a "standard" group of people.

And it is not clear which is cause and which is effect.

[andrewducker]

I absolutely agree that it's not even slightly clear which way causation goes.

I'd be happy if they could do an MRI scan to determine autismosity. But short of that, I'm not sure I'd be happy with much for a diagnosis.

[hilarita]

#4 was interesting, but far too focused on diagnosis and therapies for autism, rather than looking at it the other way round: how can we help autistic people to have fewer gut issues, which limit their lives?

[andrewducker]

Agreed.

[bens_dad]

1. I think it was around 2002 when I decided that my users weren't sufficiently interested to choose a password that was secure enough to defeat the attackers the guidance was aimed at defeating.

Today I realise I should have said the users weren't sufficiently motivated, which would have highlighted a possible solution.