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Forgot my password, had to reset it.
Discover this unfriendly rule: "Please choose a password that you haven't used before. To help protect your account, you need to choose a new password every time you reset it."
This is age-ism! How could we, us old gizzard, remember a brand new password every time we forgot the old one?! 
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Simple: put a number on the end, and just increment it by one! 
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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That's what I do, but on occasion I've had the message "your new password is too similar to your existing one"
We can’t stop here, this is bat country - Hunter S Thompson RIP
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That's why I use GUIDs as passwords...
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pkfox wrote: your new password is too similar to your existing one
I would avoid such sites as they are either storing the plain text or using a really weak encryption - a decent encryption will be very different for similar words.
Signature ready for installation. Please Reboot now.
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Similarity checks don't need plaintext unless you go with an extraordinarily slow hash function.
var variations = GetAllOneCharactersChanges(newPassword);
foreach (var variation in variations)
{
if (oldPasswordHashes.Contains(Hash(variation)))
{
tooSimilar = true;
}
}
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, weighing all things in the balance of reason?
Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful?
--Zachris Topelius
Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies.
-- Sarah Hoyt
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Not necessary. Most "change password" forms require you to enter old and new password. With both at hand they can check for similarity. Now if reset password form tells you about similarity...RUN! 
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"My software never has bugs. It just develops random features."
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good idea! 
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your initials in all caps
a loved one's initials in lower case
a single special character as *, @, etc.
month password created i.e. 02
year password was created i.e. 18
I use this for all my work related passwords. this is especially effective for passwords that need to be changed every n-months.
the important part is that the password remains the same except for the last 4 digits.
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Along the same vein, keep the string the same and change the casing
AbcDef1234
becomes
aBcdEf1234
becomes
abCdeF1234
etc
etc
until you run out of combinations then move the numbers to the front and start over.
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good idea!
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When your missus is angry with you just tell her she is overreacting, she will realise you are right and calm down immediately.
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And always be honest when she asks "Does my bum look big in this?"
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OriginalGriff wrote: And always be honest
This already should be enough.
I have lived with several Zen masters - all of them were cats.
His last invention was an evil Lasagna. It didn't kill anyone, and it actually tasted pretty good.
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This seems to be "an universal question" ...
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CEqcEv6TEO0)
a belgian flemish rock band singing in dialect about the same problem ...
the title of the song translates to
"do you find my bum not too big in this skirt" ...
(hilarious as it is made by comedian guys ...)
modified 23-Mar-18 6:00am.
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He is snarky ... but it's a comedy, so it's allowed ... 
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"No bigger than usual dear" is my standard reply.
I'm pretty sure I would not like to live in a world in which I would never be offended.
I am absolutely certain I don't want to live in a world in which you would never be offended.
Freedom doesn't mean the absence of things you don't like.
Dave
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So that's the secret, all these years I've just ducked!
Everyone has a photographic memory; some just don't have film. Steven Wright
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there is a positive side - exercise keeps you in good shape ...
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Here - enjoy these now, while you can.
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Because after you test that answer, :tombstone:*
* Yes - I know this won't convert to an icon, but it should!
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Don't forget to add: "And you can't spell overreacting without ovary!"
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer
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I think it is misleading [^] as although you don't 'see her till late, the car should have other mechanisms other than 'sight' to be able to detect her. It does debunk the earlier theory I saw in here where they said a human driver would be aware of someone near the road - you literally don't see her.
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