For the last Saturday of August, BTS is being revived. Going forward, I will post the brain teaser on the last Saturday of a month, and the solution on the Saturday following it.
Blog
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Hacking Team exposed, defends indefensible position
In July, a massive data breach was announced, wherein all of Hacking Teams “…e-mails, files, and source code…” were published online. The data dump contained some 400 GB of (what is alleged to be) internal e-mails, invoices, and source code, also TK
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Keeping people honest
Much has been said about honesty and morality, and claims have been made to the effect that there are two types of people out there, those who are moral, and those who are immoral, and that most people are honest, and would not e.g. commit fraud.
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Reducing the size of your Powerpoint presentations
On a surprisingly regular basis, I get requests from users who want to send Powerpoint-presentations via email, but are stopped because the presentations are too big. 30 MB isn’t uncommon, and just the other day, I had someone with a presentation of a whopping 75 MB.
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Regarding pens
There is something particular about writing with a particularly good pen. For my Bar Mitzwa, I received – among a number of other items – an Elysée Globetrotter gountain pen which, for years after was my go-to pen for writing exams. There was something about the balance, which let me write for longer, with less effort, and less pain.
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Facebook Groups: Opt-out, not opt-in
The way Facebook currently works, people may add others to groups without their approval, essentially making groups opt-out, rather than opt-in. This is a massive problem. It allows people to add others to groups, making it seem like they support the agenda the group is pushing. In case you doubt what I’m saying, this has already happened (link in Norwegian).
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Reviewed: Bose Quiet Comfort 25
I recently replaced my well-used and much-loved headphones, a set of Bose QC 15’s, with a new set. The old set was getting on a bit in age (I’ve had them for close to five years now), and were getting to a point where they were more or less worn out. Though they probably had another four or five months of heavy use in them, I wanted to replace them now, rather than having to scramble to replace them later. After looking at the offerings out there, I opted for their successor, Bose QC 25.
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BTS: Just a solution this time around.
This week, I’m just posting the solution to last week’s challenge. The next brain teaser will be published in late August.
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TBT: Finding the name of a service
This post originally ran in October 2008. I am reposting it now, as part of my throwback thursday project, to give some of my older quality posts some love. Though the post references Windows XP; the method outlined below works in later versions, too.
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On religious freedom
The right to religious freedom is much like the right to free speech. It regulates what I can and cannot do, but does not grant me the right to deny anyone else to do as they wish. A few examples:
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BTS: Cheryl’s birthday
This week’s brain teaser is a logic puzzle that has gained a fair bit of fame, as it was featured as one of the tasks in the Singapore and Asian School Math Olympiads. Here goes: