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sb hermit: Dec 13, 2016

JacquelineDempsey posted:

Snakes Alive!

That is an awesome story. Too bad that it was canceled, however... hope it can come back after being tweaked. I can see how the dude�s passion for snakes would bring about this awesome enterprise but also would kinda doom it.

If I had the expertise, I would love to do something like this for spiders. At the very least, try to get people to understand how spiders behave and how to scoot them somewhere safe if they are in a dangerous area.

But I doubt that spiders would enjoy being transported and stared at and placed in full view (without hiding places) and, especially, touched.

# ¿ Nov 13, 2018 02:40

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sb hermit: Dec 13, 2016

Vavrek posted:

Yes! Yes, please. I think I'd really enjoy a Let's Read of either an old kid's book or an old science book, to get a sense of different perspective/knowledge.

# ¿ Dec 3, 2018 02:12

sb hermit: Dec 13, 2016

JacquelineDempsey posted:

Koontz:dogs::King:Maine

I think I�ve read a single Koontz book back in the day but this is the best endorsement that I�ve ever read about an author and now I�ve got a terrible fever and I�m about to raid my local library or used book store for more Koontz because that is the only cure for what ails me

# ¿ Dec 4, 2018 21:06

sb hermit: Dec 13, 2016

My Lovely Horse posted:

Oh God

Just get Watchers. It doesn't get more Dog Story than that. You move beyond Watchers at your own peril.

thread, I have picked up the following

the cashier warned me about Malice and I think he outright spoiled a few parts

I�m going in anyway

# ¿ Dec 12, 2018 03:45

sb hermit: Dec 13, 2016

I�ve seen them around Long Beach (California), which I visit infrequently

I highly doubt that they are around my neck of the woods because there are a ton of HOAs and undoubtedly an individual will get in trouble for putting one up and there will be pitchforks if the association sponsors it

# ¿ Dec 12, 2018 07:16

sb hermit: Dec 13, 2016

I fully intend to finish reading the books I mentioned earlier, hopefully before the end of the year (maybe except one of the Koontz books).

But I�m gonna add another one to the pile and see how I fare since she�s a mystery author:

# ¿ Dec 15, 2018 14:57

sb hermit: Dec 13, 2016

AnonymousNarcotics posted:

Same when all I read in middle and high school was VC Andrews and Stephen King

I read a lot of Stephen King as a kid and snapped up a lot of his earlier works like Cujo, Firestarter, and Salem�s Lot.

I tried to read Gerald�s Game when it first came out and my teenage brain got bored within the first two paragraphs. I think I picked up video games not too long after that.

# ¿ Jan 4, 2019 21:23

sb hermit: Dec 13, 2016

jobson groeth posted:

Are Hobby Lobby smart enough to realise this though?

My guess is that they�re well known enough to have smart people throwing boat loads of grand ideas at them to see what will stick. And only the craziest ideas with the most ancient links will satisfy their curiosities.

So, they don�t need to be smart, they just need to convince the community that they�re rich and that they�re willing to spend if it smells right

# ¿ Feb 18, 2019 23:23

sb hermit: Dec 13, 2016

mossyfisk posted:

Will your insurance really cover that sort of thing? It sounds like a liability nightmare.

not to mention the cleanup costs if someone loses a finger or worse

# ¿ Dec 23, 2019 06:25

sb hermit: Dec 13, 2016

Mary Annette posted:

I'll give you the Reader's Digest version:

Over twenty years ago, a child checked out a book from their elementary school library that their father thought was inappropriate, and he devoted his life from that day forward to having extremely wrong opinions about the operations and governance of school and public libraries. He would scour the internet every day for mentions of 'library porn', offering to help every small-town wingnut who wanted Harry Potter or Pokemon removed from the shelves under the guise of 'local control'. A former patent attorney, he had just enough legal knowledge to impress laypeople, but routinely got destroyed by anyone with actual familiarity with libraries and the rules governing them.

Despite getting endlessly dunked on, he never admitted defeat, never conceded a single point, never acknowledged that his opponents could possibly be acting in good faith. He would rather hit himself in the dick with a hammer than admit he was wrong about anything, ever.

Eventually, his all-consuming crusade likely coupled with undiagnosed, untreated mental illness drove away his family and friends, save for other extremely online conspiracy theorists. By the time of his twitterban, his content was as much about George Soros, Pizzagate, and Qanon as the ALA.

All in all, a sad, strange little man, and my all-time favorite Internet Crazy Person.

More here for the masochistic:
https://litwinbooks.com/rory-litwin-interviews-safelibraries-dan-kleinman/

https://catecinem.wordpress.com/2011/10/20/kleinman/

thank you for this

# ¿ Aug 13, 2020 04:58

sb hermit: Dec 13, 2016

Midjack posted:

Right on, John.

# ¿ Jun 22, 2022 22:26

sb hermit: Dec 13, 2016

Funny enough, I think it was in the 90s or so that the US government first started suggesting password expiration policies based on what one manager thought was common sense.

Much research has been done on its effectiveness since then, and now the guidance is to recommend against using password expiration, password complexity, and certain kinds of "security questions" that use information that is readily available.

https://pages.nist.gov/800-63-FAQ/#q-b05

Along the same vein, using multi-factor authentication (where your password is used along with something else, like a code generated on your phone) is a big recommendation but is much harder to implement on legacy systems. Two other recommendations are to check passwords against known bad passwords (those involved in a data breach) and to check account activity closely and require a password change if the behavior is weird.

# ¿ Feb 25, 2023 18:02

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# ¿ May 21, 2024 22:18

sb hermit: Dec 13, 2016

Triskelli posted:

"I should stop day-drinking"

hell,

# ¿ Apr 5, 2023 05:36

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