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 flattery. Here are some examples:…
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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 me was how overtly anti-Obama…
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[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 leash on naughty AWS permissions…
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 don’t look for solutions when…
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: Adam from Mythbusters was there.…
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 possibility for power. We see…
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 probably come up against the…
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 peninsula. It’s called the Peninsula…
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 compelling theory: Modern people are…
Parent to Child Propagation of False Meaning
I have many smart conservative friends who take pride in two things in their lives: Having a mainstream, corporate job, and raising their children well.…
Why America is Falling | Daniel Miessler
Oct 11, 2010 My favorite thing to do is determine why complex things happen. Some examples include why over half of American’s deny evolution, why…
Two People Who Show Me How Lame I Am
You make me want to be a better man. Salman KhanSalman Khan is the creator of the Khan Academy, a free, open education project of…