Post AOUPQXrZDKogIBcaJM by fitheach@mstdn.io
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(DIR) Post #AOM4SaDCwqAx0eK6Pw by ParadeGrotesque@mastodon.sdf.org
2022-10-08T10:46:48Z
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Hmmm... 🤔
(DIR) Post #AOM66EieNRrft7VCMa by fedops@fosstodon.org
2022-10-08T11:05:06Z
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@ParadeGrotesque reminds of a time when my colleague set up accounts every week with passwords and sent them to the secretary of new hires. Unfailingly, every single user called up as they couldn't log on. Reset the password and it worked.Turned out eventually he'd set the passwords to names of pizzas he liked from a local Italian place. The secretary had (of course) put them into a spreadsheet, and the stupid thing auto-capitalized the first letter. 😄#greybeardtales
(DIR) Post #AOM8p5BercyFGRaAts by fitheach@mstdn.io
2022-10-08T11:35:41Z
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@ParadeGrotesque So, what is your favourite delimiter, and why?
(DIR) Post #AOMAKWrS7dVA1cgqoa by ParadeGrotesque@mastodon.sdf.org
2022-10-08T11:52:34Z
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@fitheach ... And why is it the semicolon?
(DIR) Post #AOMAvcnP1Isj96U5p2 by Stoori@polyglot.city
2022-10-08T11:59:16Z
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@ParadeGrotesque @fitheach so just insert all common delimiters into your password and wolá
(DIR) Post #AOMB0voriaXPauhPHM by fitheach@mstdn.io
2022-10-08T12:00:14Z
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@ParadeGrotesque Depends on the data type. A semicolon is quite likely in written text, possibly less likely in a password. I quite often use pipes or tabs. For special cases more esoteric characters, or more than one.
(DIR) Post #AOMBD3mjvZf9m5UKMy by dragnucs@social.touha.me
2022-10-08T12:02:25Z
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@ParadeGrotesque I would recommend adding ;:"'# so that it also breaks tools to manipulate passwords like password generators and such.
(DIR) Post #AOMBlLRInPkMNFoE7M by alfajet@alfajet.masto.host
2022-10-08T12:08:35Z
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@fitheach @ParadeGrotesqueJust add '); DROP TABLE users;-- at the end of your password. This way you'll know soon enough whether or not the service you used is handling your data with care! 😁
(DIR) Post #AOMBykNTO5RvU1PP1M by fitheach@mstdn.io
2022-10-08T12:11:03Z
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@alfajet Wasn't that an xkcd? 😃 @ParadeGrotesque
(DIR) Post #AOMCt7XwQvUVYaBc48 by Jason_Dodd@mastodon.social
2022-10-08T12:21:13Z
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@ParadeGrotesque it only breaks it if they don't create the csv correctly.but i suspect most won't.
(DIR) Post #AOMDDIIGBZGmgDTFo0 by ParadeGrotesque@mastodon.sdf.org
2022-10-08T12:24:53Z
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@fitheachIt was, indeed, an xkcd... 😂 @alfajet
(DIR) Post #AOMDDOVx3ZmpyPvGym by Jason_Dodd@mastodon.social
2022-10-08T12:24:27Z
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@fitheach @ParadeGrotesque mine is from i format i created in 1993. the delimiter being the first byte of the string. that way the creator of the data can decide
(DIR) Post #AOMIMRcdN3ejzOBQBc by alfajet@alfajet.masto.host
2022-10-08T13:22:29Z
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@ParadeGrotesque @fitheach yep there was one. Subtle difference though, it was the user name that had the sql injection. 😉
(DIR) Post #AOMIXMcMJkhJeaGGFU by ParadeGrotesque@mastodon.sdf.org
2022-10-08T13:24:32Z
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@dragnucs I like the way you think... 🙃
(DIR) Post #AOMR6ijAu8tjzkose8 by mral@mastodon.sdf.org
2022-10-08T15:00:34Z
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@ParadeGrotesque so a more secure password is 123,456 ¿good? tip
(DIR) Post #AON7g8Mfm5IdiWrb3Q by grob@mstdn.social
2022-10-08T22:57:30Z
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@ParadeGrotesqueMake delimiter littering normal ✊
(DIR) Post #AOO0Dn2owaVOxr4j8C by fitheach@mstdn.io
2022-10-09T09:08:44Z
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@Jason_Dodd Everyone's would be different????@ParadeGrotesque
(DIR) Post #AOODN845SV2QAVS1qK by Jason_Dodd@mastodon.social
2022-10-09T11:36:04Z
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@fitheach @ParadeGrotesque Not knowing and also not wanting to code for another way, every line can contain a different delimiter if the creator wants. So if you have embedded commas you can chose |\+-_ or any of slew of other characters for the delimiter. All rows can have the same delimiter. Up to the creator really.I've used this extensively on the mainframe for string replacements and also to programs that manipulate "spreadsheets"
(DIR) Post #AOOSckwofsY2PvxZku by dragnucs@social.touha.me
2022-10-09T14:26:58Z
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@ParadeGrotesque ✌️
(DIR) Post #AOQ1XFaaNaCi6zVGNM by clacke@libranet.de
2022-10-09T13:17:23Z
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@ParadeGrotesque @fitheach @alfajet And, after the xkcd, a write-in vote in the Swedish general election!https://alicebobandmallory.com/articles/2010/09/23/did-little-bobby-tables-migrate-to-sweden
(DIR) Post #AOQ1XG0oo3BhQLmDGS by fitheach@mstdn.io
2022-10-10T08:32:51Z
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@clacke Hand written votes?Eh?@ParadeGrotesque @alfajet
(DIR) Post #AOT78ly02sAcUN2urg by clacke@libranet.de
2022-10-10T15:42:55Z
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@fitheach @ParadeGrotesque @alfajet The Swedish election system doesn't have hole-punching or checkmarks or anything* to make your vote. Instead you pick the preprinted paper from the party you want to vote for and put that in your ballot envelope. No ink blots to interpret, no hanging chads, etc, pretty simple.Or you can take a blank ballot and write in a party and candidate of your choice. A tiny fraction of the electorate will do this every year, and Donald Duck and Mickey Mouse are popular protest votes. It is too miniscule to affect the outcome, but it's a safety valve against censoring new political parties by spoiling or removing their papers.* Unless you want to override the party list's order of candidates, in which case you can put a checkmark in the box next to one candidate. If enough people do this above a threshold, that person will be first on the list rather than the party's first choice of candidate.
(DIR) Post #AOT78mOaS1RBopU9J2 by fitheach@mstdn.io
2022-10-11T20:19:48Z
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@clacke OK, thanks. I get the Donald and Mickey part, I don't understand the safety valve bit.@ParadeGrotesque @alfajet
(DIR) Post #AOTExJbjwUnMyzgL2m by alfajet@alfajet.masto.host
2022-10-11T21:47:22Z
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@fitheachI think what @clacke meant is the ability to write down a candidate's name if they aren't listed is the safety valve, as it makes more difficult to censor a party. @ParadeGrotesque
(DIR) Post #AOTFyjLjouJx40R504 by vfrmedia@social.tchncs.de
2022-10-11T21:58:47Z
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@fitheach @ParadeGrotesque I once had a SAGEM phone which exported its contact lists with semicolons as delimiters - I think this practice is fairly common in European countries where commas are used as the decimal separator..
(DIR) Post #AOU7fLdl8qYVYM4Vyy by clacke@libranet.de
2022-10-11T23:57:41Z
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@alfajet @fitheach @ParadeGrotesque Yes. Even if your party were registered, you might not have the budget or staffing to put ballot paper in every booth in the country and abroad, and even if you did some other party might be out to get you and actively throw your stuff away. With a write-in option your voters can always manage to get in a vote for you.If your party is not registered I hope a vote for you is still counted, but I don't actually know.
(DIR) Post #AOU7fMGknrkPVIJelM by fitheach@mstdn.io
2022-10-12T08:00:24Z
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@clacke Aha, the missing info, now I understand. The candidates have to *pay* for the ballot papers @ParadeGrotesque @alfajet
(DIR) Post #AOUPQR6YLDe1KdZxCK by clacke@libranet.de
2022-10-12T10:53:27Z
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@fitheach @ParadeGrotesque @alfajet If you get at least 1% you get them printed and distributed by the Election Authority next time.
(DIR) Post #AOUPQXrZDKogIBcaJM by fitheach@mstdn.io
2022-10-12T11:19:06Z
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@clacke In the UK you have to stump-up £500, in advance. If you achieve a minimum of 5% of the votes you get this money returned. Otherwise, it is referred to as a "lost deposit". The term has entered the general vocabulary to mean someone who is a loser.@ParadeGrotesque @alfajet