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Cake day: October 12th, 2023

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  • A car nudging you towards an accident is dangerous, even if it’s not forcing you into an accident.

    An unnecessary distraction that needs active attention in a chaotic situation is a bad thing, bad driver or not. And yeah, there are many bad drivers out there. Cars should be designed to be driven by bad drivers, not armchair experts.



  • The emails were mass reported, up to the point there was an internal message sent around to stop reporting them because they are legitimate. Of course, no action was taken to make them look less suspicious.

    If I’d ever want to phish someone at my company, I’d know exactly what to do. Make the email look exactly like the training ones.


  • My company started with mandatory cybersecurity trainings for all employees. The training tool sends out automated emails to remind you when you have to do a new part of the training.

    These emails, from a cybersecurity course, followed all the rules of being a phishing email:

    • Sent from a non-company server
    • Had a big red button to click here
    • Urged you to take action (“You have 5 days to complete your training”)

    IT decided to fix that, by adding a line to the emails that this email is really from our company. Like a phisher wouldn’t think of saying “nah, trust me bro, I’m totally legit”





  • Not what you asked, but what you need to hear instead.

    Sure, it’s easier not to confront any of your problems, and act like 100kg is still “skinny fat” somehow. But wallowing in self-pity isn’t going to make anything better, and it’s the worst for your social life, which in turn is the worst for your mental health.

    I don’t expect you’ll hear this either, and that’s okay. I hope you find your way out of your misery at some point.