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slightly disagree, there are methods to generation of passwords that would enable most of the passwords to be different and yet easily remembered by a human yet fairly difficult to guess or deconstruct.
I can almost always type in my password to various sites on the first time almost everytime for each site.
There are exceptions and in those. The reset/email me the password option works wonderfully.
To err is human to really elephant it up you need a computer
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Yes, there are methods to create long/complex passwords that you can remember (or work out in your head), but that doesn't scale, in the sense that if you have to have dozens of them, you won't remember them, unless there's some repetition or a pattern.
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I use a "generating function" for passwords, so all I really need to remember is the function. This may not be as hard to guess as a 16-character random string, but is good enough for any practical purpose.
For that matter, the only accounts that require high security are the financial and medical accounts. If someone were (for example) to break into my Code Project account, what real damage would be done to me?
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.
-- 6079 Smith W.
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That may diminish with age, but secure.
"A little time, a little trouble, your better day"
Badfinger
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 yup. Even that might not work. I have forgotten passwords no one can beat out of me.
"A little time, a little trouble, your better day"
Badfinger
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dandy72 wrote: Look at the current LastPass fiasco. Very reputable company/product/service, until "that" happened.
And yet using a password manager so you can have different, secure, randomly-generated passwords for each site you use is still a better option than using easy-to-remember passwords, or reusing the same password across different sites.
dandy72 wrote: Sooner or later it happens to all of 'em.
Which is why it's preferable to chose a company that's openly admitted to having a security breach than one that keeps such breaches secret - or worse, doesn't even know that they've been breached yet.
"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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Richard Deeming wrote: And yet using a password manager so you can have different, secure, randomly-generated passwords for each site you use is still a better option than using easy-to-remember passwords, or reusing the same password across different sites.
I certainly was not suggesting the latter. Generating strong passwords is one function of a good password manager.
Richard Deeming wrote: Which is why it's preferable to chose a company that's openly admitted to having a security breach than one that keeps such breaches secret - or worse, doesn't even know that they've been breached yet.
Also agreed.
As far as I'm concerned, password managers are a great idea. They're a must. Having one send its data, even encrypted (obviously) to a central repository...not so much.
Personally, convenience be damned, I'm not having any password manager sync across devices if it has to go across the internet to do so. The hackers will attack the big juicy target incessantly. Myself, at home, behind my NAT router? As laughable as a consumer router is, there's simply much less to be gained.
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As Richard already mentioned, you should be using a password manager. My company encourages and authorizes use of a few different ones.
I would seriously consider not working for a company that is STUPID enough not to encourage the use of password managers for their employees.
modified 1-Mar-23 7:25am.
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Tx for the support!
Bastard Programmer from Hell 
"If you just follow the bacon Eddy, wherever it leads you, then you won't have to think about politics." -- Some Bell.
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Tie up a hospital department by the corner (8)
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Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well-preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming “Wow! What a Ride!" - Hunter S Thompson - RIP
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ENTANGLE
E.N.T Hospital department (Ear, Nose and Throat)
ANGLE corner
First CCC I saw immediately, for months.
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No sure if that's a good thing or a bad thing... anyway, congrats... YAUT! 
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I know that being a developer doesn't only mean writing good code. Agreed that it is a primary responsibility of a developer, but he/she should have good knowledge about other tools like Code version control (GIT, SVN etc.), Project management tools (Jira, Zoho etc.), Good communication skills, knowledge about shortcuts of the editor they use for better productivity.
What else comes to your mind, that can help a developer to write better code?
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Good code doesn't come from packages, or software: it comes from experience.
Practice, practice, practice. And then practice some more. This is the way.
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
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I agree with OriginalGriff (where did that name come from)
"A little time, a little trouble, your better day"
Badfinger
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My real world name is not a secret - it's Paul Griffin.
When I signed up, that name was gone. So was "Griffin", "PGriffin", "Griff", "TheGriff" and every other combo until I got to "OriginalGriff" So that was my name. I've kinda grown into it now, so I respond to "Paul" (Herself), "Paul Griffin" (Herself when I've been bad), "Griff" (Loads of people), "OG" (Some people, mostly here), "Mr Griffin" (Telesales and policemen).
I use it a lot on t'interwebs now as it's generally untaken.
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
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got it
"A little time, a little trouble, your better day"
Badfinger
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This is the way!
Sorry couldn't resist
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Series 3 out today! Yay!
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
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I plan to binge watch this weekend! Love the show!
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Bad news I'm afraid: it's on weekly drops ...
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
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I'll wait for it to be done and then binge it.
This is the way.
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