Non Hypergolic @lazzarello@qoto.org

It's December 21st, the winter solstice, and as fulfilment of my obligations as an astronomer under the Retrograde Mars Treaty of 1821, I must post a picture of an #analemma or the sun rising over a calendar circle to mark the #solstice.

The photo was taken in 1998-99 by Jack Fishburn at Bell Labs and is available under a CC BY-SA 3.0 license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/)

McDonalds tests fully automated location with no humans https://www.thestreet.com/restaurants/mcdonalds-testing-digital-only-restaurant

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If you're interested in the present and future of fusion energy then I recommend this 30-minute video. Really in-depth look at Helion's process for generating electricity.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_bDXXWQxK38

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»[It] takes some technical know-how to set up« — true, but still: Wow 😮 & nice 👍

https://fed.brid.gy/docs

Technology at the core of State Department’s strategy to counter Russia, China https://fcw.com/it-modernization/2022/12/technology-core-state-departments-strategy-counter-russia-china/380536/

I'm seeing a lot of hot takes on #LastPass, from people in #infosec coming to the conclusion that LastPass transparently disclosing breaches, or near breaches, or any incidents, is a sign of something terrible.

I think those people have not been at this long.

All companies eventually get hacked. All companies eventually will be breached, and it's not if; it's when.

And if you are a company storing millions of passwords, you better believe you are being attacked constantly.

Given that world, I want a company that:

is transparent and lets their users know immediately when something is up and gives as many details as they can.
can actually detect incidents and has a solid process to follow in dealing with them and communicating about them

If you think a company that never says, "hey, we had an incident," is more secure. .. oh boy.

It merely means they either a) can't detect incidents or b) are hiding them from you

If you are using a password manager that is silent about breaches, near misses, incidents, etc., That should be cause for concern.