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Cake day: July 12th, 2023

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  • he was able to buy an AR-15 at 22 I think.

    Pretty sure the reports point to him having it for over a decade. Without taking any effort to look it up, I think his dad bought him that gun in like 2013, so he was much younger at the time.

    As for ‘good life going’, doesn’t sound that way in general, but apparently he just got his associates degree from community college, and had been accepted into a university, but he decided not to go.


  • I do use passphrases, but I combine with randomness.

    I memorize one random 8 character string to use with something more memorable.

    Then when I need more security, or I feel that random 8 character string is no longer safe (password leak/hacked), I memorize a new 8 character string.

    Then I combine them.

    Then I memorize a new 8 character string and mix it in.

    It’s a process built up over years that ingrains into memory. Sometimes I forget the order, or if i added spaces, or did no spaces. Luckily, as long as I am sure of the discrete segments, I can remix them to recreate until it works (in a reasonable time).

    My last addition was when I made the move from Lastpass to another password manager, after their endless bad news.







  • While there are many other pressing issues about our democracy (from an American perspective), this is the strongest issue I take.

    I can’t see things turning out well with Trump as a wartime president, particularly if he just keeps America out of important matters on the world stage (or worse yet, panders and sides with those who seek harm to America and the ‘West’. Let your allies weaken enough/succumb to your ‘enemies’, and it ultimately weakens oneself.


  • I love 3D movies.

    That said, I refuse to go to a movie theater now days.

    I’d rather just buy the movie on Streaming and watch any time I want, as many times as I want.

    But I don’t have 3D at home, or a home theater type setup, so, it is just something I go without. Would of course love a home theater with 3D capability, but that ain’t happening, so, life goes on.


  • If you are an adult, and clearly an adult, then it’s probably too old.

    I’ll still give you candy if I answer the door, but that is probably where you might creep some people out, or they give creeper vibes and don’t trust answering the door.

    That said, in my own experience, you are too old to trick or treat once you pass about 5’6" (~165 cm).

    I remember finding out I was too old. After an event, some friends wanted to go trick or treating. I was in high school still, but just shy of 6 feet. Female friend the same age was just over 5’, and another female friend that was a few years older was about 4’9".

    Anyways, they trick or treated fine, and I got stares, and clearly treated differently. Clearly trick or treating is not about age, but perceived age. (and effort. If you’re short and all covered up in your costume, no one will know or care… long as your voice isn’t boss baby)