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Re:Are we becoming a post-literate society? on Friday December 27, 2024 @05:37PM (#42526714)
The irony of this article being hidden by a paywall..
Re:Falsehoods programmers believe about time on Monday August 22, 2022 @06:40PM (#32558197)
Lousy Smarch weather (doh!)
Re:SMS is not 2FA-secure on Saturday January 11, 2020 @06:57AM (#22019428)
".. a recovery email address"

This just moves your security issues to another account.. how many layers of recovery email address are you willing to go before hitting the end?

Perhaps the extensive pixelation and cropping might have been due to having too much to drink ;)
January 19, 2038 (03:14:07 UTC)
This has always been my go-to diagram to describe an interruption

http://heeris.id.au/2013/this-is-why-you-shouldnt-interrupt-...

Re:iPhone 7 on Thursday September 08, 2016 @03:45AM (#12451045)
I've been using the same headphones (Backbeat Fit) for the past year (purchase was based on Wirecutter's review http://thewirecutter.com/reviews/best-wireless-exercise-head...) and absolutely adore them. Solid eight hour battery, even a year after purchase.
Re:Bluetooth 5 will quadruple the range, double the speed on Tuesday June 28, 2016 @04:16AM (#11992244)
I went the 'new keyboard' route when I needed to repair my Logitech K811 - I now have two keyboards on my desk, one for the mac, the other for the PC.. Absolutely ridiculous, but saved me wasting a day of installation (and inevitably having to re-pair the K811 in the future)
A confirmed email address is probably the easiest point of user authentication.

Other than that - I totally agree with you that giving an email address away for sign-ups is pretty icky, but a necessary ickiness as there's not much else to choose from except OAuth (Google/Facebook/Twitter/LinkedIn/etc)

The HTC Vive is released to the wild April 5th (tomorrow!)
Re:I drew a bunch of dots to explain why social media is broken on Thursday January 07, 2016 @03:43AM (#10856791)
Or: "Here is an advertisement for This.cm. It (we) only lets you share one article a day."