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writers and artists will go "this isn't good enough." my brother in christ, you're creating something new out of nothing and expressing yourself creatively. your productivity and unrealistic standards of perfection do not define you or the worth of your art. you're doing great.

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Black King

Acrylic by Harry Odunze

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What’s encrypting your internet surfing? An algorithm created by a supercomputer? Well, if the site you’re visiting is encrypted by the cyber security firm Cloudflare, your activity may be protected by a wall of lava lamps.

Cloudflare covers websites for Uber, OKCupid, & FitBit, for instance. The wall of lamps in the San Francisco headquarters generates a random code. Over 100 lamps, in a variety of colors, and their patterns deter hackers from accessing data.

As the lava lamps bubble and swirl, a video camera on the ceiling monitors their unpredictable changes and connects the footage to a computer, which converts the randomness into a virtually unhackable code.

Codes created by machines have relatively predictable patterns, so it’s possible for hackers to guess their algorithms, posing a security risk. Lava lamps, add to the equation the sheer randomness of the physical world, making it nearly impossible for hackers to break through.

You might think that this would be kept secret, but it’s not. Simply go in and ask to see the lava lamp display. By allowing people to affect the video footage, human movement, static, and changes in lighting from the windows work together to make the random code even harder to predict.

So, by standing in front of the display, you add an additional variable to the code, making it even harder to hack. Isn’t that interesting?

via atlasobscura.com ; https://www.wired.com › story › cloudflare-lava-lamps-protect-from-hackers ; https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/ssl/lava-lamp-encryption/

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that’s why I love Black Christmas movies

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The Cheetah Girls (2003), dir. Oz Scott

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Billy Porter photographed by Allie Holloway for Esquire (2019)

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‪I invite travel, paid creative opportunities, unexpected financial gifts, and aesthetically pleasing spaces into my life at this moment. ‬

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Thank you in advance universe

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gentle reminder

any decisions you made in the past were made with the knowledge you had then, not the knowledge you have now - please try your best to be kind to that version of yourself, and to yourself now

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Chloé Vero By Ben Lamberty For Paper Magazine

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This radiates pure joy

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SHE IS OUR DISCO QUEEN

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She time traveled from 1978 the moves are too good

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remember: the ‘holy’ white doves are just white rock doves, aka the common pigeon!

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Doves are just pigeons with white privilege

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Also can we talk about how STUNNING their irredentist feathers are?

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This post made me finally look up whether Australian crested pigeons are also doves, and I didn’t quite understand the wiki page but I think the answer is ‘yes’.