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thewayne - Researcher shows Microsoft's Edge browser stores saved passwords in memory in plaintext!
copperbadge_feed - To those in the notes talking about en suite laundry now being a must have: I see and I hear you and
earthobservatory_iod_feed - NASA Sends Mars Helicopter Blades Beyond Mach 1
earthobservatory_iod_feed - NASA’s Next-Gen Mars Helicopter Rotors Are Moving Fast
onceuponavhs_feed - The BFG (1989) with Dr Liam Casey
bill_schubert - Houston
linky - Community Thursday
kossai - sky cotl ~ chibi ramble
shivver - (no subject)
poliphilo - Voting
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jo in tv_talk - Trailer: Star City
sixbeforelunch - a random MSW observation
otw_news_feed - World Password Day: Keeping Your Account Secure
rebeccmeister - Graaaaaaaades...(said like Braaaaaains) [status, work]
susandennis - 16 weeks
prisca in fic_promptly - Thursday, May 7 - Free for All
glitteryv in recthething - Community Recs Post!
disneydream06 - The Facts Of Life.....
disneydream06 - Isn't It Punny.....

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thewayne

A security researcher did some poking around and discovered a bad thing with the Edge browser. Every browser wants you to trust them with your passwords and credit card data. At least in the case of Edge and passwords, that trust may be unwarranted.

The researcher stored a password and then captured all the memory. And found the password in plaintext. Unencrypted, unhashed. Completely readable. Microsoft dismissed this finding, saying that the computer would have to be compromised by malware for this to be a vulnerability.

Well, guess what. COMPUTERS GET COMPROMISED BY MALWARE ON A REGULAR BASIS. THIS IS A PROBLEM.

The Edge browser is based on Google's Chrome browser. There are many browsers based on Chrome, and apparently they take the very minimal resources required to encrypt or hash said passwords.

No word if this problem exists on Edge browser on other operating systems such as Mac.

Now, here's the really bonus extra-stupid thing. If I'm a user on a computer, and I want to view a password for a web site, I HAVE TO ENTER MY LOGIN PASSWORD TO VIEW IT. It's already been decrypted and stuffed into memory in plaintext, but I have to authenticate myself to view it!

This is quite an amazing level of stupidity. The amount of CPU resources required to decrypt one password for one web site is miniscule. There is zero reason to decrypt all of those passwords and stuff them into ram where any malware can steal them.

https://www.pcmag.com/news/researcher-finds-microsoft-edge-stored-passwords-load-in-plaintext

https://yro.slashdot.org/story/26/05/06/2014204/microsoft-edge-stores-passwords-in-plaintext-in-ram

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https://copperbadge.tumblr.com/post/815972515822354432

copperbadge:

I just received an email from my building management company which opens
On Monday, from 1:30 PM to 1:37 PM, several residents have volunteered to host a brief tutorial in the laundry room for anyone interested in learning more about proper use of the equipment.
That is a leviathan passing beneath the ice of my peaceful fishing hut if ever I saw one.
The passive-aggressive nature of declaring it will take only seven minutes, but precisely seven minutes, for people to actually learn how to use the laundry room is amazing (I’m figuring five minutes to present and two minutes for questions).
The sad thing is, I’ve lived here long enough to know this informative presentation is absolutely necessary.

To those in the notes talking about en suite laundry now being a must have: I see and I hear you and it is a valid response. But a reasonably sized laundry room (which few ever are) is a blessing in a specific way, in that with access to a minimum of three machines my laundry takes 70 minutes of absentee parenting instead of a minimum of two hours of babysitting. Because I can run three loads of laundry at once and then usually two dryer loads, I don’t have to spend every 30-40 minutes changing out loads.

Mind you, I frequently do laundry at 4 am and my laundry room has seven washers and eight dryers, so your mileage may vary. But I’ve actually started enjoying having a functional laundromat in my basement.

https://copperbadge.tumblr.com/post/815972515822354432

earthobservatory_iod_feed

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https://science.nasa.gov/photojournal/nasa-sends-mars-helicopter-blades-beyond-mach-1/

https://science.nasa.gov/?p=1217920

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NASA Sends Mars Helicopter Blades Beyond Mach 1

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Engineer Fernando Mier-Hicks inspects a test stand used to investigate the performance of next-generation Mars helicopter rotor blades at high speeds inside the 25-Foot Space Simulator at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California in November 2025. Data from the tests indicate that the rotors could surpass the sound barrier without breaking apart.

The test campaign was funded by the agency’s Mars Exploration Program in pursuit of maximizing the capability of future aircraft flying at the Red Planet. A division of Caltech in Pasadena, JPL manages the Mars Exploration Program for NASA’s Science Mission Directorate in Washington.

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https://science.nasa.gov/?p=1217920

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Posted by Rafael Alanis

https://science.nasa.gov/photojournal/nasas-next-gen-mars-helicopter-rotors-are-moving-fast/

https://science.nasa.gov/?p=1217906

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NASA’s Next-Gen Mars Helicopter Rotors Are Moving Fast

A man in a white clean room suit inspects a horizontal three-bladed rotor. To the right, a vertical two-bladed rotor with a checkered pattern is mounted. Both sit within a large, white industrial testing chamber filled with scaffolding and equipment.

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Engineer Jaakko Karras inspects a next-generation Mars helicopter rotor blade prior to supersonic speed testing in the 25-Foot Space Simulator at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California in November 2025. The three-bladed rotor hanging horizontally in the foreground is the next-gen rotor being tested. The vertically aligned two-bladed rotor provided a “headwind,” enabling the tips of the three-bladed rotor to go beyond Mach 1. Data from the tests indicate that the next-gen rotor could surpass the sound barrier without breaking apart.

The agency’s Mars Exploration Program funded the test campaign in pursuit of maximizing the capability of future aircraft flying at the Red Planet. A division of Caltech in Pasadena, JPL manages the Mars Exploration Program for NASA’s Science Mission Directorate in Washington.

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https://science.nasa.gov/?p=1217906

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https://shows.acast.com/once-upon-a-vhs-80s-and-90s-fantasy/episodes/the-bfg-1989-with-dr-liam-casey

"Whizzpop, whizzbang, feel the bubbles go down!"

Our friend, clinical psychologist and mental health researcher Dr Liam Casey joins us to discuss this animated Roald Dahl adaptation, originally made for UK TV by Cosgrove Hall productions.

A song about farting, The Delicious Miss (Sophie) Dahl, World Book Day, the 2016 Spielberg film being dragged through the mud, Mrs. Slocombe's you-know-what, grandpa feelings, making Frobscottle with a Berocca, Liam's library of dreams, the Kate Bush Fruitopia commercials, retro British children's TV including Rainbow and The Dreamstone, a terrifying monstrous giant rising from the sea, I Don't Know How To Love Him from Jesus Christ Superstar, and the concept of replacing Queen Elizabeth II with Kylie Minogue await.

We share our thoughts on the movie and its themes, some behind the scenes gossip, delve into the nightmarish moments and dream up some ridiculous merch.

What do human beans from Sweden taste like? Sweden sour!

Art by Ashleigh Jane Cosgrove. Music by Karl Casey at White Bat Audio.

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Boxset - reviewing 80s and 90s fantasy TV (including Jim Henson's The Storyteller)
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bill_schubert

We got up this morning, put the children in the pet hotel, and drove down to Houston to the Texas Heart Institute where there is a center for FMD and something Dana has. It is a vascular condition that mostly women develop (byproduct of hormonal changes, they think). Normally it is discovered by accident which happened to her while they were looking for something else. The only benefit to running down the diagnosis is that we can now shorthand any discussions and move past further testing. It is one of those watch and wait kind of things. Blood thinners and monitor. Keep the blood pressure down and that's about it.

Meanwhile we're taking advantage of having a narrow specialty center close by. I don't think we will have to come back here which is great since it is a three hour drive. We're staying in a VRBO place right next door and leaving in the morning.

So many ways this could have gone wrong. Lots of moving parts to get here but it worked out and will be off the calendar and out of my mind now.

I scheduled cataract number 2 for 26 May so I should be able to see the baseball games in Seattle mid June. Another thing off my schedule.

I'm kind of ready for some boredom.

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kossai

if look several years back , will find that many ikemen avatar players complain about how others react , as sometimes other players follow around and heckle for sake of flirt and fawn .

ikemen : in standard use , japanese pop culture term for attractive men . in sky , style based around tall avatar type , old cosmetics , maskless face , and often elder hair . some also use ikejou as feminine counterpart , but can not find ( in admittedly brief search ) sources that this term is in japanese use , only sky use .

something that find now is that similar reactions can come when play as chibi , especially if seem to play up childish traits .

chibi : in standard use , animanga art style with exaggerated proportions , big heads and small bodies . in sky , smallest player height achievable through standard means ( ie no temporary alteration spells ) . despite name , these characters have more toddler-like proportions than chibi ones , and official ingame term ( seen in spell descriptions ) is baby .
sidenote : probably case to make for how people love to take japanese terms over english ones for " cute factor " . probably also case to make that people fear english baby will be read in kinky way , and will thus only acknowledge if say chibi .

kossai do have plush on person right now , and sometimes bring out to hold and squish simply because can . do not always get much reaction to start with , which is fine . sometimes get people who just react once and move on - this avatar really is cute , not wrong ! some people also react to exclusivity of cosmetics , which can be kind of funny . some people follow around and react constantly , which is less comfortable .

but what frustrate most is people who react with steal and mean games . not possible if just hold in hands , but many actions will cause player to drop held item . in those moments , someone else can come and pick up - which is not always problem , and in fact would not want that gone , because people can play fun games with that ! some people will just squish once or twice and then drop again for kossai to reclaim . those people might want to carry plush around , but do not because other items more useful , so interactions limited - no reason to deny little chance .

other people , especially if come as friends in group , will pick up , toss , and laugh at kossai when run to find - or just toss to each other so kossai never get chance to pick up again . kind of moot when player who own item can summon back to inventory at any point , but also just annoy . this tend to be worst at geyser area - probably because geyser is hard to effectively make AFK setup for , so players will usually not be AFK at all , instead try to entertain selves between eruptions . even just today that happen , and when kossai then take back , those players get in face and honk incessantly as if to say give back . not really of concern that kossai might have personal reasons , need to let others have way - like when person is just virtual avatar , and any items equally virtual , well , downright silly to not be OK with something .

in grand scheme of things know this is pretty well nothing problem , but still annoy when in game . carry around plush in game because not as easy in reality - at least here , do not have to worry about damage or permanently lose . that in mind , still wish some of these people would be nicer to start with - mr manta deserve better !

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Current Music: pixie dust & fairy tales ~ marc jungermann

shivver

Title: "You Should Never Meet Your Fans"
Fandom(s): Doctor Who
Characters: Fifteenth Doctor, Belinda Chandra
Rating: G
Genre: General
Word Count: 234

Summary: (From "Lux") The Doctor discovers that his life is a TV show and chats with his fans about it.

Read it on AO3.

Author's Notes: Nothing to really say about this. Was just thinking about how this scene must have appeared very different from the Doctor's point of view than from our point of view. I do love trying to picture things from other characters' points of view and discovering that it may be very different than what we, as viewers, think.

poliphilo

Today we were electing county councillors.

I was going to vote for party #1 until I saw from the voting slip that their man lived out of town so I made a snap decision and voted for party #2 whose man is local.

Ailz, quite independently, did exactly the same thing....

I believe politicians- at whatever level- should live in the place they represent.

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Apple TV+'s For All Mankind spin-off, Star City, premieres on May 29.

From the blurb: Star City is a propulsive paranoid thriller that takes us back to the key moment in the alt-history retelling of the space race — when the Soviet Union became the first nation to put a man on the moon. But this time, we explore the story from behind the Iron Curtain, showing the lives of the cosmonauts, the engineers and the intelligence officers embedded among them in the Soviet space program, and the risks they all took to propel humankind forward.

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sixbeforelunch

One of the great things about Murder She Wrote is all of the actors doing terrible Maine accents. It never fails to amuse.

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https://www.transformativeworks.org/world-password-day-keeping-your-account-secure/

https://www.transformativeworks.org/?p=284382

Today is World Password Day, and we’d like to take this opportunity to remind everyone of some best practices to keep your accounts secure.

Last year, AO3 saw a rise in users who lost access to their AO3 accounts due to reused or insecure passwords that were found in data breaches from other sites. In response, our Policy & Abuse committee alongside our Accessibility, Design, & Technology, and Systems committees took steps to recover, secure, and notify the owners of over 10,000 at-risk accounts.

Over the past year, we released many new features to proactively make AO3 accounts more secure, including:

Automatic confirmation emails notifying you when your username, password, or email has been changed
Adding a verification step to the process for changing the email associated with your account
Notifying you if your current or new password matches a password that was discovered in a data breach from another site
Preventing users from choosing new passwords that are extremely short
Increasing the maximum password length from 40 to 72 characters
Requiring you to provide the email address associated with your account in order to reset your password
Updating the layout and wording of how you change or reset your password

How To Protect Your AO3 Account

The best thing you can do to protect yourself on AO3 and other sites is ensure your passwords are strong, unique, and secure. In general, for both AO3 and elsewhere, we recommend that you:

Regularly check haveibeenpwned.com to see if your emails, passwords, or other information has been exposed in data breaches or whether your passwords have appeared in known data breaches.
Change your passwords for any breached websites and any accounts on other sites where you may have used the same password.
Set a unique, secure password for each and every one of your accounts on all platforms.
Use a password manager. This will help you to set unique, secure passwords for each of your accounts without worrying about forgetting them. Many browsers have a free, built-in password manager if you would prefer to avoid third-party software.
Make sure to check your email regularly. Don’t use a temporary, school, or work email for any personal accounts. (If you need to update the email associated with your AO3 account, go to your Preferences page and click on the “Change Email” button in the top right. Follow the instructions on that page to update your email address.)
Keep your antivirus software and operating system up to date, and set them to scan for malware regularly.
Log out when you’ve finished using devices that others have access to, and don’t share your personal devices with other people.
Never reuse passwords or share your passwords with anyone for any reason.

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Keeping AO3 safe for all our users is one of our highest priorities. We continue to remain on the lookout for other ways we can help you protect your account.

We encourage you to follow us on our official platforms and sign up for OTW News by Email to keep track of important announcements and updates to AO3. If you’re specifically interested in learning about new features, security updates, and bug fixes, we recommend that you pay attention to our release notes.

https://www.transformativeworks.org/world-password-day-keeping-your-account-secure/

https://www.transformativeworks.org/?p=284382

rebeccmeister

Gave my students their final exam yesterday. I always include two "treat" questions on the final. The first asks them to identify and talk about one of the physiologically "exceptional" animals we've learned about over the course of the semester. I always enjoy hearing about which animals stand out the most to the students. I highlight a lot, ranging from the fact that bears don't experience muscle atrophy during hibernation, to the fact that tuna breathe using a method known as ram ventilation. Anyway, I always enjoy seeing which animals stand out for any particular group of students.

The second question asks them to identify three things that they think will stick with them from the course, 6 months from now. The things aren't limited to concepts, so it's also fun to see what everyone has to say.

These questions are actually a super important part of the course; inasmuch as we are learning lots of concepts and information, learning is also inherently relational. The personal connection to the ideas is what helps keep everyone engaged.

Anyway, I am really proud of myself because I managed to slog through the exam grading right after I finished giving the exam. Part of my motivation was wanting to be able to work from home today, which is what I'm now doing.

That said, I am also intentionally not working very hard today. Instead I am drinking extra coffee, doing some prep work for the bike valet this weekend, and catching up on various other odds and ends at home. Because frankly, by the end of the semester I'm running on fumes, and I know I need the time to regroup and recover.

I'll be back at work again tomorrow, because I'm not completely done yet. I have a student who needs to finish up a research paper, animals to continue taking care of, and some other stragglers, too.

And it's just about time to start getting ready for the summer. Another busy one, at that.

susandennis

Today is my 16th Wegovy shot and my last at the lowest dosage. Next week I am going to start the next step up. I'm thinking that unless I see a radical change, I'll probably just stay at that next step forever. I could probably stay at this one but I want to see if there's a diff.

We gave volleyball a kind of try this morning but there were only 4 of us and 2 didn't count. One of the players has an injury he's nearly healed from but he's going out of town. Another had a skin thing and is not allowed in the pool for two weeks. So, I made the executive decision to call it for a while. I am the one that has the email list of all the players and that makes me in charge! haha. So I sent out an email this morning saying we were going to take a break until after Memorial Day. I kind of did it unilaterally but then realized that the only person who might be real pissed about my doing it was the one person I really don't care whether they are pissed off or not so I did it. Hopefully, by then, we'll have enough people to play.

Until then, I've got laps. Which is what I did today. .88 miles. It was good.

Next up. After I get dressed, make my bed, empty the dishwasher and clean up from breakfast... I'm going to the Dollar store. I have a list.

But, first I have a bit of tech to do. I need to reinstall my wifi extender to see if I make a 2.4G network and a 5G network. One of my smart devices will not latch on and I think it's because it's not finding the 2.4ish bits. So that's first.

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Every Thursday, we have a community post, just like this one, where you can drop a rec or five in the comments.

This works great if you only have one rec and don't want to make a whole post for it, or if you don't have a DW account, or if you're shy. ;)

(But don't forget: you can deffo make posts of your own seven days a week. ;D!)

So what cool fancrafts/fics/fanvids/fanart/other kinds of fanworks/podfics have we discovered this week? Drop it in the comments below. Anon comment is enabled.

BTW, AI fanworks are not eligible for reccing at recthething. If you aware that a fanwork is AI-generated, please do not rec it here.

disneydream06

Elephants Are Extremely

Scared Of Bees.

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Australia Is Wider

Than The Moon.

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Tang, Pop Rocks, and Cool

Whip Were All Invented

By The Same Person ---

William A. Mitchell.

disneydream06

May 7th.....

You Know, People Say They

Pick Their Nose, But I Feel Like

I Was Just Born With Mine.

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