My Vote For the Meaning of Life is the Simulation Model
I think if I were to have to guess, I would say that the reason we exist–or, to be more precise–the cause of our existence,…
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The Coolest Thing You Didn’t Know Bash Could Do
There are few things that help one’s efficiency more than being good with his preferred shell. Many know of the ! option within bash that…
Why People Like Kurzweil Get it Wrong
This post shows someone expressing disappointment with some future predictions given by Kurzweil back in 1999. Here they are as documented by the poster: Individuals…
Time Management for the Passion-Driven
I have a problem. I am having serious trouble when faced with large, never-ending paperwork-based projects that require little to no thought. This should not…
Windows is IE, OS X is Firefox
Many are wondering how OS X will fare against malware once it becomes a serious target. We won’t have to wait long; OS X is…
Hacker News is the New Reddit
Anyone who likes Reddit needs to check out another similar site called Hacker News. It’s rather like Reddit used to be before it went mainstream,…
Driving and Mobile Phones | Daniel Miessler
A study has been released that says that talking on a mobile phone while driving is still very dangerous even if it’s hands-free. The interesting…
2 SSH Brute-Force-Attack Countermeasures | Daniel Miessler
Switch to Pure Key-based AuthenticationI say pure because it doesn’t help to just enable key-based authentication; you have to disable passwords as an option altogether…
Why Some Businesses Require You to Sign Your Credit Card Receipt and Others Don’t
Many people wonder why some businesses require them to sign a receipt when they pay with a credit card, while others just give a receipt…
Fun With CSS’s list-style-type | Daniel Miessler
In continuing with ongoing efforts to improve the site, I’ve modified the look of the lists in my sidebars. Among the changes are some differentiation…
How I Organize My iPhone Applications
It can be frustrating to not have a system for your iPhone app organization–especially if you’re an optimization freak like me. Here’s how I do…
My Skater Days | Daniel Miessler
This is me in 87′ executing a handplant. For anyone interested, that’s a John Lucero board with a super short tail. The board was stolen…