A Wake-up Call for “Moderate Religion” Apologists
I have debated here at great length the degree of benefit or harm offered to society by religion. My position is that religion–even in its…
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Extracting Meaning from Emptiness | Daniel Miessler
I saw this quote on Reddit recently, and it resonnated with me. It reminded me of my thoughts on meaning, which basically conclude that meaning…
From Password Reset Mechanisms to OpenID: A Brief Discussion of Online Password Security
For those not familiar, OpenID is a system that allows you to sign in to multiple websites using one identity. So, rather than have a…
The Worst Sickness of All
I’ve noticed an ailment that a few of my male friends from the South have. This isn’t to say it’s a uniquely Southern thing, but…
Password Reset Mechanisms: The Online Security Threat Nobody’s Talking About
Humans are notoriously poor at weighing risk. We use emotion, rather than reason, to judge what’s truly dangerous, which is why most Americans being afraid…
How to Sign In to Facebook Using Google
So you have a Facebook account, right? And you use Google Mail, right? Good, then this is for you. It’s just recently become possible for…
Pew: 32% of Americans Believe Humans Evolved Without Supernatural Influence
From a Pew poll. Image from Pew These numbers are simply staggering. It seems the trends are that as you become: younger less religious more…
A Brilliant Piece on Fashion
You’ll want to check out this piece over at Less Wrong on fashion. It’s the clearest thinking I’ve ever seen on the topic. I’ll summarize…
Federated ID, OpenID, and OAuth: A Web Authentication Primer
Federated ID Federated ID, also called Federated Identity Management (FIM), allows a Service Provider (SP) to offer a service without implementing its own authentication system,…
Gandhi Hated Black People, and MLK Was a Plagiarist
Many of our best people were really bad people. But I read a lot, so I already knew this, and it’s actually not the worst…
Conservative Cognitive Dissonance on Public Healthcare
There’s a saying in atheism circles that aims to show Christian hypocrisy related to how they dismiss all the thousands of gods that have existed…
Wallarm Research Releases Nuclei Template to Counter Threats Targeting LLM Apps
Wallarm Research has just released a powerful new Nuclei template targeting a new kind of exposure: the Model Context Protocol (MCP). This isn’t about legacy…