Featured Links - November 20, 2023

Links to things I found interesting but didn't want to do a full blog post about.

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• Here’s the Proof There’s No Government Alien Conspiracy Around Roswell. "Roswell, New Mexico, remains synonymous with the “discovery” of alien life on Earth—and a US government coverup. But history shows the reality may be far less out of this world—and still fascinating." This pretty much debunks the Roswell incident as far as I'm concerned.
• Starship & Superheavy Become The Biggest Rocket In Space.... Before Exploding. (YouTube link) Excellent analysis of videos showing the failure of both the booster and Starship. 
• How to use the secret software installer on your Windows PC. "Your PC has a big secret: The ultimate upgrade for installing and updating Windows applications." This is a good tip for Windows power users.
• Developers can’t seem to stop exposing credentials in publicly accessible code. "Many transgressions come from "very large companies that have robust security teams." It can happen in documentation projects too. I worked on a project once where a few of the screen shots included the IP addresses of internal servers and it didn't get caught until after the manuals were printed. We had to put stickers over the graphics.
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• Physicists Simulated a Black Hole in The Lab. Then It Started to Glow. "A black hole analog could tell us a thing or two about an elusive radiation theoretically emitted by the real thing."
• "I'm so tired of these psychos": Moms for Liberty is now a toxic brand. "Last month, Salon reported on one town's fight over a right wing school takeover — Tuesday, the resistance won big."
• With the world on fire, a cowardly, timid news media is a threat to U.S. democracy. "News organizations are using cowardly words to describe killing abroad and fascism at home — downplaying the danger to democracy."