Today I Learned

[Hornbein]

TIL that there are at least eight levels of minor league baseball.

 

[strangerep]

https://theconversation.com/men-and...-numbers-and-we-need-to-understand-why-153527

From that link...

"[From] ongoing research into media coverage of family murder-suicide cases, I have observed a notable silence around the lives of children and how they experienced violence. It is an uncomfortable topic, [...] "

 

[Oldman too]

So now I'm wondering how this statistic compares to other countries...

In the US, the statistics are as depressing as ever...
https://centerforjudicialexcellence.org/cje-projects-initiatives/child-murder-data/

 

[Hornbein]

TIL the trebuchet was invented in China circa the 4th century B.C. .

 

[wrobel]

During the last several days I have been learning the Lebesgue integration theory for functions with values in a Banach space by S.Lang's "Real Analysis". The narration is pretty nice and clear.
Since the construction is very general it does not rely on accidental things like an order in the space of values. This straightens the structure.

 

[pinball1970]

During the last several days I have been learning the Lebesgue integration theory for functions with values in a Banach space by S.Lang's "Real Analysis". The narration is pretty nice and clear.
Since the construction is very general it does not rely on accidental things like an order in the space of values. This straightens the structure.

Is your picture Von Neumann?

 

[wrobel]

Is your picture Von Neumann?

C. S. Lewis

 

[Oldman too]

TIL... a couple of things. First, it appears that going passwordless is going to be very popular in the near future.
From: https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/ne...d-google-to-support-fido-passwordless-logins/
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com...rd-and-new-updates-for-microsoft/ba-p/3290633
https://blog.google/technology/safety-security/one-step-closer-to-a-passwordless-future/

Second, You can use PowerShell to track registry changes. That could be useful.
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/ne...hell-lets-you-track-windows-registry-changes/

 

[pinball1970]

TIL... a couple of things. First, it appears that going passwordless is going to be very popular in the near future.
From: https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/ne...d-google-to-support-fido-passwordless-logins/
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com...rd-and-new-updates-for-microsoft/ba-p/3290633
https://blog.google/technology/safety-security/one-step-closer-to-a-passwordless-future/

Second, You can use PowerShell to track registry changes. That could be useful.
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/ne...hell-lets-you-track-windows-registry-changes/

I will read all those links. No passwords? That seems crazy!

 

[DaveC426913]

I will read all those links. No passwords? That seems crazy!

They authenticate using your phone. We do this at the hospital.

 

[pinball1970]

They authenticate using your phone. We do this at the hospital.

Not keen though Dave.

 

[Oldman too]

They authenticate using your phone. We do this at the hospital.

Same with most banks.

 

[Oldman too]

I will read all those links. No passwords? That seems crazy!

Sounds risky on first look, the links explain it pretty well though. The hackers are already at a work around for this unless I miss my guess. Still it is an improvement over the current system, we'll see soon enough.

 

[DaveC426913]

Not keen though Dave.

? You mean you don't like it?

I have hundreds of passwords. If I haven't been back to somewhere in over six months I have to reset it.

Same with most banks.

Not mine yet.

I confess, I did not like it at first - having to have a second device handy. But now I always have my phone, so it's not such a hardship.

 

[Hamiltonian]

TIL there are $\LaTeX$ coffee stains!

 

[Oldman too]

Not mine yet.

Sorry, I should have specified, that only applies to bank employees. My granddaughter works in a bank and it's their default authentication for all employees. Seems to work great for them. There seems to be a fallback recovery method should you lose your phone.

I confess, I did not like it at first - having to have a second device handy. But now I always have my phone, so it's not such a hardship.

I'm not even using it yet personally but I'm rarely without the phone handy, I'll be glad to get rid of password authentication.

 

[pinball1970]

C. S. Lewis

Definitely some likeness

 

[pinball1970]

TIL

CS Lewis was actually Irish and had a hatred of the English for a while after coming to England.
He was an atheist and interested in mysticism before converting to Christianity.

John Von Neuman was a very impressive individual! Too much to mention but one thing I noticed reading his wiki page was he had a guard over him while he was dying at a military medical centre.

He was medicated and military was worried about him talking about US secrets as he passed.

 

[Frabjous]

Supposedly, the only question Hilbert asked Von Neumann at his Ph.D. defense was

"In all my years I have never seen such beautiful evening clothes: pray, who is the candidate's tailor”​

 

[wrobel]

John Von Neuman was a very impressive individual! Too much to mention but one thing I noticed reading his wiki page was he had a guard over him while he was dying at a military medical centre.

He was medicated and military was worried about him talking about US secrets as he passed.

I can not explain that but I feel something not good to pass in such a way.

 

[Frabjous]

His was an ugly death. Some sort of cancer and he knew that his mind was not functioning well.

 

[Hornbein]

CS Lewis was an atheist and interested in mysticism before converting to Christianity.

My favorite book is his last, Til We Have Faces. It's pagan, and about the the meaning of life.

 

[pinball1970]

His was an ugly death. Some sort of cancer and he knew that his mind was not functioning well.

He would have been on morphine I would guess. Anyway the list of contributions he made was something else.
Focus on the positives.

 

[pinball1970]

My favorite book is his last, Til We Have Faces. It's pagan, and about the the meaning of life.

Not read that only the Narnia books.

 

[gmax137]

Now I have to go find my copies of Perelandra and ... I read in high school and I remember them as almost terrifying, but I'm not sure now why.

 

[pinball1970]

? You mean you don't like it?

I have hundreds of passwords. If I haven't been back to somewhere in over six months I have to reset it.Not mine yet.

I confess, I did not like it at first - having to have a second device handy. But now I always have my phone, so it's not such a hardship.

My system is now part of it! It's just another thing, another layer. I cannot authenticate without my phone. Great!
Solution is simple, make sure you always have your phone available, charged and ready to give up the authentication code.
Just like your car? You need to get to work so just have the car there ready and waiting, it's not as if anything could go wrong between house and work is it?
Thing is the car goes rogue you get a cab to the tram / railway station.

 

[DaveC426913]

My system is now part of it! It's just another thing, another layer. I cannot authenticate without my phone. Great!
Solution is simple, make sure you always have your phone available, charged and ready to give up the authentication code.
Just like your car? You need to get to work so just have the car there ready and waiting, it's not as if anything could go wrong between house and work is it?
Thing is the car goes rogue you get a cab to the tram / railway station.

There's no doubt it's not ideal. But we don't have ideal yet.

The question is: overall, is it better than juggling two hundred hackable passwords?

 

[gmax137]

going passwordless

I haven't seen this yet. I do have accounts where I type my password in, then it asks me to give the code they send to my phone. That seems like a good idea; someone breaking into my account needs to know the password and have my phone. For things like bank accounts, social security, medicare... I really do not mind, in fact, I like the added security.

 

[pinball1970]

There's no doubt it's not ideal. But we don't have ideal yet.

The question is: overall, is it better than juggling two hundred hackable passwords?

Yes Dave but I am not keen. Next it will be a link sent to a different e mail account which I verify via a 7 digit number sent to my phone. Once verified I go through some security steps and I have access to the security platform. This requires a 13 character code with upper lower case number and something else, *. At last now I get clearance to complete the on line profile of 6 step process which verifies my identity with respect to all the stuff I just did. The next step confused me so I was timed out. I need another code but need a different e mail account as the first has now been designated, 'not secure'

IT explained that if I get an authentication code on my phone on a Sunday or three in the morning then it's not from me.
Thank heavens for these people. They hack for fun then get paid to teach companies how to avoid it.

 

[Oldman too]

TIL, this white paper explains the passwordless system very well.
https://media.fidoalliance.org/wp-c...dresses-a-Full-Range-of-Use-Cases-March24.pdf