I’ve not seen The Whale (nor did I intend to) but this is quite a piece!
You know that scene in Scott Pilgrim where Scott tricks Todd into drinking half-and-half just by “thinking real hard” about which cup he put it in? Well, this morning, I thought real hard about taking my medication on time and now I don’t know if I took it or not.
A tale as old as time, ignoring prognosticators across the ages.
Be warned, this is packed with spoilers, but if you have seen both it’s a fascinating read.
I still think the biggest problem with #Partygate is that hashtag. It didn’t need to be a “party”, it needed to be an indoor gathering for non-work purposes that breached the rules in place at the time.
Yes, it is ridiculous that, say, 5 people, working in a socially distanced office, who had face-to-face contact throughout the day, could not stand together and sing someone happy birthday. But those were the rules and people bent over backwards to follow them.
Since we realised, recognised and accepted that we were both neuro-diverse, me and my bro get on LOADS better.
Golf clap for LastPass
Amazing(ly shit) response from LastPass to their breach. From their new Security Bulletin:
Is your master password hash Iteration value set to at least 600,000
How the f*ck do I know?! This isn’t something I chose!
So, I go and have a look in the Settings, as advised. It’s set to… 5000. Oh, only 120x fewer.
“People say things ‘in heat of moment’ on WhatsApp ‘they don’t really believe’, says minister, defending Gavin Williamson”
All those Met coppers exchanging those hateful texts must be kicking themselves for not using the “I didn’t really mean it” defence…
In March 1972, after failing to rein in columnist Jack Anderson, the White House turned to the one method guaranteed to silence him permanently.
Holy Cow.
Bosses of the messaging app fear the Online Safety Bill could force it to weaken its users' security.
“the idea that complex social problems are amenable to cheap technical solutions is the siren song of the software salesman”