There are two towers in Century City by the same designer, although their design isn’t as similar, and they are triangular.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Century_Plaza_Towers

I have some old checkbooks that have “19__” printed on the date area.

I still have the account, but there’s little need to use checks any more.

One of the terrible things is that they will bill you much more if you don’t have insurance, or if you have insurance but they are not in your insurance “network” (which is basically your insurer acting like a union to negotiate prices down for it’s members).

“Cat Lassy will save me!” https://youtu.be/_Q2s8AJbsps

https://xkcd.com/723/

“If you put a large switch in some cave somewhere, with a sign on it saying 'End-of-the- World Switch. PLEASE DO NOT TOUCH, the paint would’t even have time to dry.”

• Terry Pratchett

Except for the Doofenshmirtz “2 nickels” one, I see that everywhere.

A private key would be built in to the camera. It would be stored in a way that’s hard to get at, physically or in software (like the secure enclaves in phones).

The pics or videos are signed using the private key (again, this process needs to happen in a secure way without revealing the secret key).

The camera manufacturer publishes the matching public key. Anyone can use it to verify that the file matches the signature. But no one can sign a fake image unless they can get at the private key.

This would work even if the camera manufacturer no longer existed. The camera does need to ever be online.

The public/private key pairs are also part of what makes blockchains work, but for this process blockchains would add nothing.

Seriously. It’s something about shampoo, hair conditioner, laundry detergent and laundry conditioner especially. The product type is printed as small as the dosage on med bottles.

I have seen a gas pump have a “press cancel to skip PIN entry” message…

Edit: here it is https://imgur.com/bypass-pin-veorkyV

Usually they ask for the zip code of the billing address, and if you found a card, there’s a good chance you’d be in that zip code.

Technology Connections has covered how they work.

https://youtu.be/dH4n8fUjtLQ

Have you seen the Thatcher Effect?

I had to verify my identity with a UK government app recently, and the app scanned my passport’s RFID!

They linked to the wrong version.

https://youtu.be/8HE9OQ4FnkQ

Where’d this come from?

West Virginia, mountain mama.

I use rsync.net

It’s not the lowest price, but I like the flexibility of access.

For instance, I was able to run rclone on their servers to do a direct copy from OneDrive to rsync.net, 400Gb without having to go through my connection.

I can mount backups with sshfs if I want to, including the daily zfs snapshots.

I generally agree, but this is the website of the BBC, a long-established TV and radio broadcaster.

It’s amazing that they put so many text stories on their site, really.

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I just want to know who put anonymity bars over the sunglasses!

12 and 13 are lucky to not have names.