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Hot times in the British Parliament

I should be explaining what's been going on in the British Parliament, with links and explanations. Unfortunately I can't, because...




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Low, dishonest decade

I largely gave up political blogging after November 8, 2016, when it became obvious that I have no idea what...




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Three Paper Thursday: Sanitisers and Mitigators

In this reboot of the Three Paper Thursdays, back after a hiatus of almost eight years, I consider the many different ways in which programs can be sanitised to detect, or mitigated to prevent the use of, the many programmer errors that can introduce security vulerabilities in low-level languages such as C and C++. We … Continue reading Three Paper Thursday: Sanitisers and Mitigators



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#440992 - Spanish Potato Salad Recipe



4 Classic SPANISH TAPAS using Potatoes

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#441002 - Shiso Pesto Pasta Recipe



Pistou made from green shiso (perilla leaves) tossed with Capellini. The fresh minty Japanese herb is paired beautifully with grassy olive oil and a splash of yuzu juice.

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#441016 - Hibiscus Jalapeno Kargarita Cocktail Recipe



Hibiscus tea mixed with tequila, lime, jalapeno, and pineapple makes this one delicious cocktail!

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California’s privacy warriors are back – and this time they want to take their fight all the way to the ballot box

Politicos watered down earlier efforts, so data defenders will fight to the end

The small group of policy wonks that forced California’s legislature to rush through privacy legislation two years ago are back – and this time they want a ballot.…




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So you've set up MFA and solved the Elvish riddle, but some still think passwords alone are secure enough

OK, a third agreed with Thales when it asked the question

About a third of firms and organisations in Europe and the Middle East still believe the humble password is a good enough security measure, according to a survey carried out by French firm Thales.…




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American tech goliaths decide innovation is the answer to Chinese 5G dominance, not bans, national security theater

Microsoft, Cisco, Google etc gang up to form Open RAN Policy Coalition

Some of America’s super-corps have remembered how the US became the dominant global technology force it is, and have vowed to use innovation over threats to counter Chinese dominance in 5G markets.…




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Quick Q: Er, why is the Moon emitting carbon? And does this mean it wasn't formed from Theia hitting Earth?

Decades-old theory may require a rethink thanks to Japanese probe

The Moon is believed to have formed from the leftovers of a proto-Earth smashing into a Mars-sized Theia nearly 4.5 billion years ago.…




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HCL finishes its year with 15 percent growth, 100 million minutes-a-month Teams usage

Cracks the 150,000-employee mark as revenue falls just short of $10bn

Indian services giant HCL Technologies has wound up its 19/20 financial year by reporting 15 percent annual growth but a flat Q4.…




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'A' is for ad money oddly gone missing: Probe finds middlemen siphon off half of online advertising spend

'B' is for basic controls that up and disappeared

A study of the UK online advertising market, conducted by global accounting firm PwC, has found that publishers get just half of what advertisers spend, with the other half siphoned off by ad-supply chain intermediaries.…




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GitHub Codespaces: VS Code was 'designed from the get-go' for this, says Microsoft architect

A compelling addition to repo house – but is the Redmond flavour too strong?

GitHub had a lot to say about its plans at its virtual Satellite event yesterday, but the most far-reaching was the advent of Codespaces, the ability to edit code online, integrated into the GitHub user interface.…




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Bored at home? Cisco has just the thing: A shed-load of security fixes to install, from a Kerberos bypass to crashes

Switchzilla issues a whopping 30+ patches in time for the long UK weekend

Cisco has emitted a fresh round of software updates to address nearly three dozen security holes in its products.…




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If it feels like the software world is held together by string and a prayer, we don't blame you: Facebook SDK snafu breaks top iOS apps

Update used wrong data type, causing Tinder to Spotify to fall over

A change in the Facebook SDK backend managed to crash many popular iOS apps that integrated the code library, used for implementing various Facebook services.…




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Equinix says Zoom bought plenty more stuff in Q1. Which is just what Oracle said, too

Despite you know what, little evidence of a rush to new racks

Equinix has posted its Q1 FY2020 results for the period ending March 31st, along with some interesting insights into how the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted data centre consumption.…




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India’s Jio Platforms scores third US cash injection in three weeks - this time $1.5bn from Vista Equity Partners

It's like three buses showing up at once carrying $8bn

India’s largest mobile carrier, Jio, has just scored a third new investor in three weeks!…




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The point of containers is they aren't VMs, yet Microsoft licenses SQL Server in containers as if they were VMs

And now to avoid container sprawl costing you plenty

Microsoft has slipped out licensing details for SQL Server running in containers and it will likely encourage developers to be pretty diligent in their use of Redmond’s database.…




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If you miss the happier times of the 2000s, just look up today's SCADA gear which still has Stuxnet-style holes

Schneider Electric patches vulns after Trustwave raises alarm

Two Schneider Electric SCADA products had vulnerabilities similar to the ones exploited in the Iran-bothering Stuxnet worm, an infosec outfit has claimed.…




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Apple owes us big time for bungled display-killing cable design in MacBook Pro kit, lawsuit claims

iGiant not only screwed up the wiring, it knew it was shipping dodgy gear, it is claimed

Apple is potentially facing a class-action lawsuit over the failure of displays on its MacBook Pro line.…




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Backup and restore on AWS is a nightmare – is there a way to speed it up?

Apparently. But we’re so incredulous, we’re gonna test those claims on live internet TV…

Webcast “The journey to cloud” echoes through all organisations. It’s a Bildungsroman – a story of empowerment and betterment. A shiny, towering cityscape of gleaming edifices and elegant spires. It’s like an ascension into the actual clouds. Like dying and waking up in heaven.…




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DEF CON is canceled... No, for real. The in-person event is canceled. We're not joking. It's canceled. We mean it

Virus knocks hackers online: Show will try going virtual amid pandemic

Annual Las Vegas hacker gathering DEF CON has officially called off its physical conference for this year due to the coronavirus pandemic.…




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We dunno what's more wild: This vid of Japan's probe bouncing off an asteroid to collect a sample – or that the rock was sun-burnt

Hayabusa 2 expected to return with out-of-this-world material in December

Video Close-up footage of asteroid Ryugu, taken by the Hayabusa 2 spacecraft as it touched down to retrieve a sample, reveals the near-Earth object’s surface may have been torched by the Sun as its orbit changed over time.…




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One malicious MMS is all it takes to pwn a Samsung smartphone: Bug squashed amid Android patch batch

Zero-click remote-code exec hole found by Googler, updates emitted

Samsung has patched a serious security hole in its smartphones that can be exploited by maliciously crafted text messages to hijack devices.…




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3/23/14 - This might sound crazy




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11/23/14 - Nothing is wrong between us




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07/12/15 - Is my only




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08/30/15 - It was a surprise




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04/24/16 - Waited all this time




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12/11/16 - This house a home




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01/22/17 - My boyfriend is a vampire




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08/27/17 - Every day is a new day




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10/22/17 - All the things making me miserable




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11/05/17 - This day would come




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1/14/18 - Cease to exist




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3/4/18 - Loving you is so easy




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7/1/18 - Out of the mists




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8/5/18 - Long-distance




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McNeill wants probe into tourism entities not filing deductions

Opposition spokesman on tourism, Dr Wykeham McNeill, is calling for an investigation into allegations that some employers of tourism workers have not been turning over income tax deductions to government.  The situation has resulted in...




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Distant Worlds: music from FINAL FANTASY JIRITSU

-Album Details- Title: Distant Worlds: music from FINAL FANTASY JIRITSU Publisher: Square Enix Music Catalog Number: SQEX-10659~60 Release Date: September 20th, 2018 Ripped by: dancey -Info- Nothing new or revelatory here other than it was only available at TGS2018, enjoy nonetheless.




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Tracker is up

Tracker is back up, please seed whatever and whenever possible!




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#gamemp3s Discord Server

Hello, friends. We haven’t been releasing albums in quite a while, but we are still running our Discord server. We’ve been building a community for people who are interested in video game music, video games, and other assorted media, but are tired of the constant cynicism and negativity that permeate many communities with those interests. […]




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Review of Freddi Fish and the Case of the Missing Kelp Seeds (Windows)

A review by SomeRandomHEFan (46). Getting closer




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Подстава Ubisoft: геймплейный трейлер Assassin’s Creed Valhalla, взбесивший игроков

Показали игрокам нарезку из динамичных кадров, который хватило на полторы минуты хронометража.




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Ubisoft ответила на критику «геймплея» Assassin’s Creed Valhalla

Креативный директор игры Ашраф Измаил решил ответить геймерам и успокоить аудиторию.




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Why Is Packaging an Important Purpose of Choice?

Drive more reaction when you fabricate your image story at the purpose of decision. A point of decision is where a possibility or purchaser will make a move activity to move to the subsequent stage in the purchasing procedure. Research,… Continue Reading




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sinistrorse, adj.

OED Word of the Day: sinistrorse, adj. Designating spiral mollusc shells that coil to the left (anticlockwise), and molluscs having such shells




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Featured - What is the biggest difference between academic research and industrial research?

I would like to thank AGreenMonster for these great questions for discussion. I am going to answer these from my perspective, which is from a life science company. I welcome anyone to give their feedback as well. In fact, if any of the readers out there feels like they have a lot to share, I would be happy to host your article on my blog so that you may provide more details. Just drop me a line.Hi; (read more)

Source: Suzy - Discipline: BioTech




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Featured - My Biggest Lab Mistake (and why I don't leave home without socks)

My grad schools days are long behind me, and as time goes on, my memories of the pain and suffering become more of a blur. But, there was one day that I will never forget.  Not only did I lose an entire days work, but I was lucky to avoid serious injury. It was the day I made the biggest mistake I ever made in the lab.My graduate school was in a southern area of the country where obnoxio; (read more)

Source: Suzy - Discipline: Misc




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Featured - How Products are Born: What exactly is going on in research and development anyway?

OK, let’s pick up our discussion where we left off last week, at feasibility.  You did it. You successfully convinced a room full of vice presidents and directors, or maybe even the CEO that they should take your fabulous product idea to the next level.  You’ve got marketing on board, excited to promote it and now it’s time for the work to begin.You are the lead scientist s; (read more)

Source: Suzy - Discipline: BioTech