I don't agree with the thesis of this post. It is begging the question of if we have to do what computers want.

> Millions of people create accounts, confirm emails, ... not because they particularly want to or even need to.

These were design choices made by humans, not computers.

Only from lack of a better word (:

Premise?

There it is

Selective corporate stimulus. What happened to free markets?

> I have no doubt they will feel incredibly important and satisfying to the people doing them.

How rude.

How is that rude?

I suppose that my work as a coder would look equally odd and useless to someone looking at it from 1000 years ago, while being important and satisfying to me. I didn't sense any condescension in that.

Workers 1000 years from now gonna get so triggered by that.

Can anyone tell me how to setup a premium account? I can’t figure it out.

You gotta start by typing your password into a comment. Like this: ****.

hunter2

edit: hey that doesnt look like stars to me

Everybody else but you sees the stars, but not you because you are logged in to your account.

To me your message appears as:

    *******

    edit: hey that doesnt look like stars to me

That's why I always set my password as 8 asterisks - that way when my password gets leaked the hackers still think it's encrypted.

Makes sense! Thanks for the tip.

Bash.org salutes you.

I just don't understand why he would tell us how many asterisks he's using, I will try 16 for extra security. You can never be sure these days!

(BTW I love bash.org!)

You can go hunter2 my hunter2-ing hunter2

HOw did you get my password ??? Delete. it immediately. This is your Final warning.

Warm regards,

Al#&291xuijL1

123456

edit: What now?

AMAZING! That's the same combination on my luggage.

your luggage locks have six digits? or is that two locks: 123 and 456?

...just wait for the email, click the link, enter your credit card number, and...

rightcattlecapacitorpaperclip

Just log in with your Twitter account. It uses "Sign in With X" now.

You have to insert 5c.

We're in the end game now.

A Linux tale as old as epoch time.

It was a cold day in Helsinki on January 1st, 1970 and a 4 day old Linus Torvalds knew he had a lot of system configuration ahead of him.

It’s a great thing that this report addresses both space and time!

Thanks for sharing!

What’s the security model for this thing?

Interesting. Do you have any additional information on nitric oxide that you could link too?

I don't have a link, but nitric oxide in the body increases blood flow and reduces blood pressure. (Although I think it's only the upper number.)

This has been known for a long time and is why bodybuilders use nitric oxide supplements before workout. Whether that does what they’re hoping is not proven, but it’s common and popular.