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Great writeup: Specificity: Your Brain’s Superpower

Posted on November 12, 2021 by ericgharrison

Not mine, but very good. While some of this can come off negatively (think about how you say things!), the overall thought process is great. Frequently I use some of these techniques and they are very effective! https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/XosKB3mkvmXMZ3fBQ/specificity-your-brain-s-superpower

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Results of a Password Cracking Contest

Posted on November 8, 2021 by ericgharrison

Just hanging onto this for future reference. Not for the passwords obviously, but the process that the ‘best password cracker’ student used – pretty effective. https://mchow01.github.io/education/security/2021/11/06/password-cracking.html

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Relational vs. NoSQL Databases

Posted on October 11, 2021 by ericgharrison

This article provides a nice, brief, overview of the differences between relational and NoSQL databases. So far in all the systems I’ve developed, we’ve stuck with relational databases for the primary data stores, and then used others, such as ElasticSearch, and key-value based caches, for areas where traditional SQL couldn’t keep up (or didn’t need […]

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Want MS services to use your primary account?

Posted on October 6, 2021 by ericgharrison

Many of us log into multiple MS or AAD accounts, and when visiting MS sites, it will present a list of logged in accounts to pick from. However, for many of us, those other accounts are only for things like email, so it is an extra step we really don’t need. This Edge plug in […]

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37% of COVID-19 Patients Diagnosed With A Long-COVID Symptom

Posted on October 4, 2021 by ericgharrison

A lot of people look at Covid-19 as having two possible results when you get it – you’re either perfectly fine, or dead. Reality is much more complicated. I know several people who have died from it, several who have had no symptoms, and several who are dealing with long term complications from it. I’m […]

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YouTube video – the video game collecting bubble

Posted on September 17, 2021 by ericgharrison

It takes quite a bit to hold my attention for 50 minutes, especially on YouTube, but this video did it. I’ve watched from the sidelines as the prices of all antique computer collectables have gone through the roof, and I’ve been shocked at the crazy pricing of video games in particular. The video linked above […]

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The Atlantic – What we know about waning immunity

Posted on September 8, 2021 by ericgharrison

Pretty good article, just plopping it up here for reference! https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2021/09/waning-immunity-not-crisis-right-now/619965/

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Mac Keyboard Shortcuts

Posted on September 5, 2021 by ericgharrison

Not much to say – you should learn keyboard shortcuts for whatever your preferred platform is. https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201236

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Patterns of Distributed Systems

Posted on August 30, 2021 by ericgharrison

A new work in progress – by Unmesh Joshi: https://martinfowler.com/articles/patterns-of-distributed-systems/

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Turning on MFA on SalesForce

Posted on August 28, 2021 by ericgharrison

I don’t currently work with SalesForce, but after seeing the Twitter thread around how difficult it was to enable MFA, I figured I’d post this link just in case it comes up in the future, or perhaps someone will find it in their hour of need!

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