Simon Fell

Writer of Code, Drinker of coffee (not necessarily in that order)

[Simon Fell @superfell]

It Depends, episode 1 : In which our intrepid hero goes down the rabbit hole looking at searching an array. https://t.co/7g3tcSDwNj

[yan @bcrypt]

reminder that the bcrypt hash function ignores input above a certain length! so if you do bcrypt(username || password) for some reason, a sufficiently long username will make it accept any password. to fix this you can sha256 the input first.

[Simon Fell @superfell]

@itskyleconner Any chance there's going to be a countryman ev review soon?

[Harry Sit 🟧 @TheFinanceBuff]

The one key rule for using TreasuryDirect is not to use it unless you have no choice. Buy regular Treasuries and TIPS in your brokerage account. Fidelity's auto-roll works well.

> The one key rule for using TreasuryDirect …

by @tipswatch

https://t.co/PjJkTO4Dr1

[VeryBritishProblems @SoVeryBritish]

Phrases that mean nothing will happen:

Leave it with me
I’ll have a word
I’ll see what I can find
I’ll see what I can do
Consider it done!
I’ll make some calls
I’ll think about it
Certainly a possibility
Let’s come back to that
Good idea
I’ll let you know!
We’ll see
I’ll check it out
Noted
Maybe
I’ll get back to you on that
Could do, could do…
I’ll take that on board
Let’s park that for now
It’s on my list
I’ll definitely keep it in mind
Watch this space!
Hold that thought
I’m doing it as we speak
Might see you down there
Text me the details
I’ll look into it
I’ll have an ask around
I’ll send you some dates

[Seb Vidal @SebJVidal]

New GitHub feature just dropped... 😍

[VeryBritishProblems @SoVeryBritish]

Told a youngster about this recently and they just said “what?” 😂
(Taken from the new Very British Problems book - an A-Z guide to Britain - available to preorder now: https://t.co/A3onoDhEts)

[Mark Ermolov @_markel___]

Intel HW is too complex to be absolutely secure! After years of research we finally extracted Intel SGX Fuse Key0, AKA Root Provisioning Key. Together with FK1 or Root Sealing Key (also compromised), it represents Root of Trust for SGX. Here's the key from a genuine Intel CPU😀

[Juicebox Protocol @juicebox_xyz]

Diving into how to run a @juicebox_xyz hardware realm (by @superfell) https://t.co/u4eH5OHW2p

[Simon Fell @superfell]

@patmcqueen Yeah never seen this before either. They were replacing some equipment in our neighborhood

[Simon Fell @superfell]

LOL of course PG&E didn’t get the power back on before the end of planned maintenance window. (Which was 8 hours long)

[Simon Fell @superfell]

@danielaperlein And the power is back on!

[Simon Fell @superfell]

@danielaperlein Still out, latest estimate is 8:20

[Dale. @dabfordale]

USA next Sunday has IMSA-NASCAR-IndyCar back to back to back Sunday from 11am-9pm ET with no break.

As a bonus Formula 1 on ESPN scheduled from 7:30am-11am.

You can feasibly watch 14 hours straight of racing Sunday with 0 downtime College Football Saturday style.

[Andrew Lambrecht @andrewIambrecht]

An electric car’s advertised peak charge rate does not necessarily indicate its charging performance. Here are two charging curves of 150kW-rated EVs from @evkxnet: the Toyota bZ4X and Audi e-tron (legacy).

[VeryBritishProblems @SoVeryBritish]

Topics that make British people argue to the death:

Scones - jam or cream first
Pronunciation of scone
What baked beans belong on
Fry up rules
Roast dinner rules
What goes on chips
Milk first or last / how to make tea
Traffic rules (particularly merging)
Ketchup - fridge or cupboard
What to feed ducks
Where the north starts
Best and worst biscuits
Grammar - particularly commas
Dinner or tea
Shoes on or off in the house
Name of bread rolls
Self-checkouts - good or bad
Cyclists
Football
Anything to do with politics