DocMcStuffin

Taboo names

25d 23h ago in showerthoughts

It is. Over a decade ago they cut a deal with HBO where they would get priority on new episodes over PBS. That was a bit controversial at the time. Warnerbros cancelled the deal a couple years ago. Then Netflix picked up the show this time without the exclusive delay.

https://www.npr.org/2025/05/19/nx-s1-5403663/sesame-street-netflix-pbs

Taboos can be positive, negative, or just reserved. For example in Judaism writing "God" is taboo, and Jews will frequently write "G-d". Same with YHWH. They will not say the tetragrammaton. Instead many will substitute the word Adonai.

Of course there are diverse groups of people. So for Hillary, depending on someone's political persuasion could be a positive name, a negative name, or just so synonymous with her it's reserved.

Hillary. No one names their daughter Hillary and haven't for a while now.

Grover, Kermit. These were also common names. There was president Grover Cleveland. Teddy Roosevelt named one of his sons Kermit. Sesame Street had such a strong cultural impact that these names also fell out of use.

Mildly infuriating? "My dad does this to avoid cutting pepperoni"

1mon 6d ago in cooking from media.piefed.social

Your dad needs to step up his frozen pizza game. He needs to remove all the pepperoni before baking then rearrange them so he can slice the pizza without cutting any of them.

60% of MD5 password hashes are crackable in under an hour

1mon 10d ago in cybersecurity@sh.itjust.works from www.theregister.com

Wow this article is kinda shit. MD5 was on the chopping block for password hashing over 20 years ago. It's so seriously broken that if someone is using it they deserve to get bludgeoned to death with a Model M keyboard. We have purpose built solutions just for password hashing.

The only thing the fine bad article sorta got right was two factor. I say kinda because biometrics (something you are) isn't that great of a second factor. Mainly because you can't change it. Also, it's a fuzzy match rather than a hard match. It can be acceptable to use locally and where all the information stays locally AND there is sufficient hardware based security where said biometrics isn't going to get off the device.

Finally, there was no mention of any kind of physical token based factor (something you have). Which pairs well with password, passphrase, or any other "something you know" factor.

choosing a rule

1mon 10d ago in onehundredninetysix@lemmy.blahaj.zone

Mental illness is a hell of a thing.

Important information, everyone!

1mon 11d ago in lemmyshitpost

Or it takes 3 lines to fit all the text:

Hey everybody! Did you
know it's Autism
Awareness Month?

New plaque in the White House - this is real

1mon 14d ago in politicalmemes from lemmy.zip

I had heard rumors of this and was a bit skeptical at the time. Apparently there were a bunch of keyboards with missing W keys.

The GAO report goes on for several pages just for the keyboards.

Can a 200 dollar laptop play games well enough?

2mon 15d ago in games@sh.itjust.works

Given the current price of RAM and SSDs, I don't see how a $200 laptop is even viable to sell. Unless it is barely scraping by on specs or comes loaded with craplets and spyware.

Just doing a quick search, all I'm seeing is stuff in the $350 range with 4 or 8 GB of RAM. I'm not familiar with the genre of games you play, but I don't think they would run well on that. Or run at all. Haven't even looked at the gpu or cpu specs.

I would try to find something used and compare specs against the min and recommended hardware requirements for the games you play.

The Cruel Intentions - Wasteland

2mon 21d ago in music from www.youtube.com

Ronald Jenkees – Clear Creek (Wintry Mix)

6mon 15d ago in music from www.youtube.com

James Dobson Is Dead. And He’s Going To Hell.

9mon 29d ago in atheism from www.assignedmedia.org

deep impact

1y 2mon ago in science_memes@mander.xyz