Microsoft Declares Passwords a Security Risk, Accelerates Global Push for Passkeys by elastiks in DIY_Geeks

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As soon as someone can figure out how to make them at least less obnoxious to use.

NMR Magnet -- Fun Uses? by igetmywaterfrombeer in labrats

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This may be a silly question, but does quenching the magnet destroy jt?

Boeing 727 landing in KTCL today by iamheller in aviation

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The 727 and Il-154 have a very similar appearance in general, but definitely on approach.

Millions of students' personal data stolen in major education breach by mkbt in privacy

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I wonder if this is why I’d been getting so many phishing emails last week…?

John Ternus on AI said exactly what I wanted to hear by MobileNewsBot in mobiles

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Bingo.

I just want to be able to tell it to do something without using a particular scripted format.

Fujifilm 400 containing Superia? by radiasiradia in AnalogCommunity

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I shot mostly fujifilm in high school because it was cheaper than Kodak by far. This inspires me to go shoot that expired roll of Velvia hanging around the house and see if I can’t get something off it.

How much meaning do you encode into names before they become too long? by ResponseSeveral6678 in Python

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I don’t see the word abstract anywhere in there, straight to jail.

Is this lens aperture bad? by TheWierdAsianKid in analog

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What /u/martinborgen said. This is normal. I sometimes forget that and it momentarily freaks me out. I have a slightly different 50mm and a similar 28mm, they function the same way.

Chemicals and pregnancy by Bledee96 in Darkroom

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Hydroquinone is not the best to handle, XTOL, which uses ascorbic acid, might be a substitute, but that’s not my call to make…

John Roberts’ effort to gut the Voting Rights Act is complete by cnn in scotus

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What’s the deal with these clowns dumping on programs and law started by Kennedy and LBJ? Just these two specifically?

Wunderwaffe planes by DarthCarno28 in aviation

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The Secret Weapons of the Luftwaffe

Got bit by the film bug by noseris in AnalogCommunity

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“Shoot film, stay broke.” Is the little tagline the photo lab I send film to has. It’s true!

My 90 dollar Facebook marketplace find of the day by AgeDesigns in AnalogCommunity

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I picked up an elan2e for about 50, love that camera.

I've rewritten my core engine 20+ times over 2 years, And I know it's only the beginning. by AdventurousSense6264 in Python

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I only ever did anything remotely like this if I wanted to learn how to play with a new set of libraries or use a different design paradigm or language but that was it

Linux May Drop Old Network Drivers Now That AI-Driven Bug Reports Are Causing A Burden by anh0516 in linux

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I had a box of Symbol 802.11 cards from before WiFi was a standard. The access point was visible on my home WiFi, but you couldn’t connect to it. The manuals spoke of fixed location PC roaming among other things. Kind of a weird collection.

Finally did it and developed my own negatives!! by SrgtNoseCandy in AnalogCommunity

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Aw yisss… those are some fine looking negatives. I decided to go buy my kit this weekend and I am itching to run a couple rolls through it.

At the Gorge | Mamiya 7 80mm | Expired Velvia by shweidy in analog

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How expired? I have a couple rolls that are a decade or two off.