Category: Mix

Plato’s Ultimate Argument Against God-given Morality
17
Apr
2025

Plato’s Ultimate Argument Against God-given Morality

If someone says morality comes from God you must ask a simple question: Is there a reason he made certain…

The Alien Social Scientist Test for Meaning
17
Apr
2025

The Alien Social Scientist Test for Meaning

I have a basic test I put myself through when I think about whether my work and/or my life has…

A Potential Issue With Immersive Fantasy Games
17
Apr
2025

A Potential Issue With Immersive Fantasy Games

I’ve been a role-player since junior high school, and I have been a reader of non-fiction long before that. I…

Blog Spam’s Latest Technique: Flattery
17
Apr
2025

Blog Spam’s Latest Technique: Flattery

Over the last few months I’ve been noticing a trend in blog spam: The use of nice comments and outright…

Free Market Fanboys | Daniel Miessler
17
Apr
2025

Free Market Fanboys | Daniel Miessler

I was reading the blogroll over at Overcoming Bias and, naturally, encountered quite a number of economics-focused blogs. What struck…

[tl;dr sec] #275 - Damn Vulnerable MCP, Figma's Modern Endpoint Strategy, BloodHound for AWS IAM
17
Apr
2025

[tl;dr sec] #275 – Damn Vulnerable MCP, Figma’s Modern Endpoint Strategy, BloodHound for AWS IAM

Deliberately vulnerable MCP to practice your hacking chops, how Figma’s balances usability & security, a new tool to put a…

Random Thoughts on Religion | Daniel Miessler
17
Apr
2025

Random Thoughts on Religion | Daniel Miessler

(cleaning out some notes I had jotted down. Now I’m putting them here instead) Religion needs to die because people…

Sam Harris’s Talk in Berkeley Last Night
17
Apr
2025

Sam Harris’s Talk in Berkeley Last Night

So I got to see Sam Harris speak last night in Berkeley. It was stellar. A few things stood out:…

Table Tennis: The Relationship Between Relaxation, Aggression, and Power
17
Apr
2025

Table Tennis: The Relationship Between Relaxation, Aggression, and Power

So my #1 issue in Table Tennis right now is getting angry, which results in a tightness that precludes the…

The Beverage Approachability Paradox | Daniel Miessler
17
Apr
2025

The Beverage Approachability Paradox | Daniel Miessler

Anyone who’s tried to learn to enjoy coffee, beer, or wine after not liking their first encounters with them has…

Getting Back Into Table Tennis
17
Apr
2025

Getting Back Into Table Tennis

After being dormant for many years in my favorite participation sport, I found my new Table Tennis club on the…

Happiness, Struggle, and Options | Daniel Miessler
17
Apr
2025

Happiness, Struggle, and Options | Daniel Miessler

I think a lot about why people aren’t happy. I’m reading a book now by Bertrand Russell that offers a…