The Off Topic Topic

[MadImmortalMan]

Thus far from the testimonials of Languishites who have read Piketty it seems like time would be better spent reading and analysing the lyrics of Nicki Minaj.

The first two sections are very good.

[Josquius]

Nick minaj has lyrics?

[Liep]

Thus far from the testimonials of Languishites who have read Piketty it seems like time would be better spent reading and analysing the lyrics of Nicki Minaj.

I read the comic book version and found it mildly amusing.

[celedhring]

'123456' Tops Yearly List of Most Common Passwords (Again)

   Daniel Bean
Editorial Assistant
January 19, 2016

You'd like to think that we humans are getting progressively better at using these computer things as the years pass. But a quick scan through 2015′s list of most commonly used passwords will smash and set fire to that bit of optimistic thinking.

For a fifth straight year, the secure phrases "123456" and "password" were the most-used and second-most-used passwords by Interneters in North America and Western Europe, according to SplashData's annual "Worst Passwords" ranking.

The company, which develops password management software, uses aggregations of leaked passwords as sample sizes to determine the most popular security phrases in circulation. Though "123456" and "password" have been the most abundant among the millions of leaked passwords analyzed yearly by SplashData since 2011, security expert and author Mike Burkett (who's collaborated with the company on its annual lists) has had the passphrases marked as No. 1 and 2 on his "Worst Passwords of All Time" list since 2005.

Other worst passwords on SplashData's latest list were "qwerty," "football," "dragon," and "111111."

Read the entire 2015 ranking below:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a6iW-8xPw3k

[Liep]

My colleague got through to a quiz on the radio. It was a google translate quiz (english lyrics to danish read aloud by google). He got Psycho Killer but failed on This Must Be the Place. I'm embarrassed for my company.

[Josquius]

These days it is a trend for beggars to dress up as statues
This is succesful because In doing this they upgrade their status from mere beggars to that of buskers.  Despite a lack of talent on their part.
Or so conventional wisdom would go.
A thought today however; maybe part of the reason this is so successful is because the act of dressing up like a statue makes a beggar look like less of a beggar, and instead a part of the background scenery.
People like their beggars invisible.
Thus the reward.

[Maladict]

Whatsapp has dropped its cheap yearly fee.

I have never paid for Whatsapp.

[The Larch]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a6iW-8xPw3k

I was going to post that same joke until I realized that you included the link at the end of your post. 

[derspiess]

Might be easier to do something where you're not dealing with customers all day.

He'd do fine as a bank teller.  He'd also do well in a back office/operations type role.

[DGuller]

So, Raz, how do you think it went?

[Malthus]

My memory for names is awful. For some reason, I can remember nicknames I have given people in my head, but not their real names.

There is this guy I see around the office - he works in a different specialty, so I hardly have any dealings with him, except in the coffee room. In my mind, I call him "the Nose Hair Man" because he has very prominent nose hairs that appear to be growing into his moustache. Every once in a while I have reason to chat with him, but I can never remember his actual name - I even looked it up a couple of times, but forgot it just as quickly: the mental slot in which he fits is taken up with the label "the Nose Hair Man", and that label will not be displaced. But I can hardly call him that to others. 

[Grey Fox]

My memory for names is awful. For some reason, I can remember nicknames I have given people in my head, but not their real names.

There is this guy I see around the office - he works in a different specialty, so I hardly have any dealings with him, except in the coffee room. In my mind, I call him "the Nose Hair Man" because he has very prominent nose hairs that appear to be growing into his moustache. Every once in a while I have reason to chat with him, but I can never remember his actual name - I even looked it up a couple of times, but forgot it just as quickly: the mental slot in which he fits is taken up with the label "the Nose Hair Man", and that label will not be displaced. But I can hardly call him that to others. 

Why not?

[Malthus]

My memory for names is awful. For some reason, I can remember nicknames I have given people in my head, but not their real names.

There is this guy I see around the office - he works in a different specialty, so I hardly have any dealings with him, except in the coffee room. In my mind, I call him "the Nose Hair Man" because he has very prominent nose hairs that appear to be growing into his moustache. Every once in a while I have reason to chat with him, but I can never remember his actual name - I even looked it up a couple of times, but forgot it just as quickly: the mental slot in which he fits is taken up with the label "the Nose Hair Man", and that label will not be displaced. But I can hardly call him that to others. 

Why not?

You really need to ask? 

[Grey Fox]

You can be his friends & tell him to cut the hair too?

[Malthus]

You can be his friends & tell him to cut the hair too?

He's a casual acquaintance. I wouldn't be comfortable giving him personal grooming tips. Much less calling him an insulting nickname that I unfortunately have stuck in my head.