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LynxKuroneko t1_iuenxoh wrote
Reply to comment by A_verylong_username in Eli5. How do fruit flies appear instantly when bananas or other fruit goes remotely bad? by Cautious_Guess_6026
Fruit fly like banana. Born from banana. When no banana, no fruit fly.
frivus t1_iuens3w wrote
Reply to comment by NightMite in Eli5. How do fruit flies appear instantly when bananas or other fruit goes remotely bad? by Cautious_Guess_6026
*hundreds of thousands (ftfy)
Cautious-Bee4499 t1_iuenqup wrote
Reply to comment by Cautious_Guess_6026 in Eli5. How do fruit flies appear instantly when bananas or other fruit goes remotely bad? by Cautious_Guess_6026
Nothing wrong with the both of us being too cautious.
J_Zephyr t1_iuenlp9 wrote
Reply to comment by A_verylong_username in Eli5. How do fruit flies appear instantly when bananas or other fruit goes remotely bad? by Cautious_Guess_6026
Fruits have fly eggs on them.
breckenridgeback t1_iuenf2y wrote
Reply to comment by Chromotron in Eli5: Infinity ♾️ by [deleted]
Oh, I thought you were claiming an uncountable discrete subset of the reals (since your comparison was the rationals). Yes, obviously you can give any set the discrete topology (although the discussion of "between" suggests something more like an order metric?)
sonofabutch t1_iuen9oa wrote
Reply to comment by A_verylong_username in Eli5. How do fruit flies appear instantly when bananas or other fruit goes remotely bad? by Cautious_Guess_6026
Luckily most people don’t eat banana peels. Other fruit… wash it!
sterlingphoenix t1_iuen7nk wrote
Reply to comment by Holiday-Snow4803 in ELI5: Why does it seem so that the value of violins grows more/higher than it does for other instruments? by Holiday-Snow4803
Oh, I hear you -- a while back I was curious why a cello and violin cost the same since a violin is so much smaller.
And the answer I got was that violins, being so small, are a lot harder to make because they're still as complex as a cello but, well, a lot smaller. That takes a lot more skill and specialised tools.
[deleted] t1_iuen6pa wrote
Reply to comment by Holiday-Snow4803 in ELI5: Why does it seem so that the value of violins grows more/higher than it does for other instruments? by Holiday-Snow4803
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ZacQuicksilver t1_iuen4c3 wrote
Reply to comment by Pocok5 in ELI5 how can a hacker crack a password but avoid the "login attempt lockout" timers? by otherother_Barry
In more detail:
While some password hacks do go through the front end of the system; that usually doesn't work because of the account timeouts. Instead, most password hacks happen when a hacker gets hold of a website's password database. Given the database, a hacker can brute-force password guesses on their own computer without needing to deal with the front end.
r2k-in-the-vortex t1_iuen0i0 wrote
Reply to ELI5 Why are airport ceiling so high? by TrShry
Because in such hall constructions extra height is relatively cheap, lifting the roof higher doesn't add much cost, but it certainly makes the place feel roomier and with a bit of effort much more impressive. It's an ancient engineering trick, temples, churches etc do the same thing, it greatly eases sales no matter if you are peddling last minute tourist nick-nacks or a cult.
[deleted] t1_iuemz4i wrote
Reply to ELI5 Why are airport ceiling so high? by TrShry
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samuelgato t1_iuemqhi wrote
Reply to comment by A_verylong_username in Eli5. How do fruit flies appear instantly when bananas or other fruit goes remotely bad? by Cautious_Guess_6026
You missed rule 4
cipher315 t1_iuemgsp wrote
Reply to ELI5 how can a hacker crack a password but avoid the "login attempt lockout" timers? by otherother_Barry
You have a list of passwords for some place that has been compromised.
You hack shitsecurity.com because they have shit security and discover that the user badpassword@gmail.com has a sha256 encoded password of
ef92b778bafe771e89245b89ecbc08a44a4e166c06659911881f383d4473e94f
You then crack this at home. Using a dictionary attack you learn that the password is (password123)
You then start to try other websites: say goodsecurity.com with the log in of badpassword@gmail.com and password123. Odds are the user reused there password for many websites and that if they have an account on goodsecurity.com you will get in.
SierraTango501 t1_iuemfdr wrote
Reply to comment by WW-Sckitzo in ELI5: Morse code is made up of dots and dashes. How did telegraph operators keep from losing track of where one letter ended and another began? by copperdomebodhi
Aviation still uses morse heavily in ground based navigation (VOR/NDB) identifiers.
eugenics035 t1_iuemf4u wrote
Reply to ELI5 how can a hacker crack a password but avoid the "login attempt lockout" timers? by otherother_Barry
Depends on the system you are trying to break in. Sometimes tracking login attempts is tied to an IP address. In this case you basically have unlimited attempts by changing IPs.
tobi437u t1_iuemaq1 wrote
Reply to ELI5 Why are airport ceiling so high? by TrShry
There are a few reasons for this. First, high ceilings allow for better ventilation, which is important in preventing the spread of airborne diseases. Second, high ceilings make it easier to store luggage and other items out of the way, and to move around the airport more easily. Finally, high ceilings help to reduce noise levels, which can be important for both passengers and airport staff.
Miriada7 t1_iuemae2 wrote
Reply to ELI5 how can a hacker crack a password but avoid the "login attempt lockout" timers? by otherother_Barry
When someone tries to hack your Google account, for example, then can phish your login and password out of you by having you click on a malicious link. Once the get access to your account, then can change recovery information (additional email addresses and phones) to theirs.
And, by having that info, the hacker can reset the password.
However, in the resent days, it became much harder to change the recovery info without using original phone/email for 2FA (2 factor authentication) steps during password reset.
But if the hacker doesn’t need prolonged access to the account, they can just take info they need and not bother to get access anymore.
tobi437u t1_iuem32j wrote
Reply to ELI5 how can a hacker crack a password but avoid the "login attempt lockout" timers? by otherother_Barry
There are a few ways to do this:
Use a botnet to launch the attack from multiple computers, so that each computer only tries a few times before being locked out.
Use a password dictionary and try common passwords first, so that the account is only locked out after trying a large number of passwords.
Holiday-Snow4803 OP t1_iuelxry wrote
Reply to comment by sterlingphoenix in ELI5: Why does it seem so that the value of violins grows more/higher than it does for other instruments? by Holiday-Snow4803
It's badly phrased. What I mean is that the most expensive instruments listed anywhere on Google are violins.
Other instruments on the rankings such as pianos or organs seem much more sophisticated to me as non musician. Why do violins take the top spots at any valuation ranking?
Boring_Mortgage7647 t1_iueljy7 wrote
People get caught up in it immediately, and that thought doesn’t cross their minds when they’re in the moment. Everyone has choices and that’s their choice they’re making and they will have to deal with the consequences.
JoBunk t1_iuelgx8 wrote
Reply to comment by Valeriy-Mark in ELI5 Why do people keep having sex without protection? by [deleted]
The difference is rape is not consensual. With consensual unprotected sex, both participants are consensual in a bad decision.
Jackhow123 OP t1_iuelb3d wrote
Reply to comment by oblivious_fireball in eli5: why can't humidifier be in direct sunlight? by Jackhow123
Doesn't UV light from the sun kill microbes and bacteria?
Obsolete-Prototype t1_iuel7xn wrote
Reply to comment by A_verylong_username in Eli5. How do fruit flies appear instantly when bananas or other fruit goes remotely bad? by Cautious_Guess_6026
No argument here
Cautious_Guess_6026 OP t1_iuel380 wrote
Reply to comment by NightMite in Eli5. How do fruit flies appear instantly when bananas or other fruit goes remotely bad? by Cautious_Guess_6026
Thank you did not realize this. Does washing your fruit not rinse them off?
nim_opet t1_iueogfp wrote
Reply to ELI5 Why are airport ceiling so high? by TrShry
You clearly have not been to LGA before it was deconstructed. It felt like a 3rd world bus terminal; dark and oppressive. Thousands of people queuing up even in 12’ ceilings very quickly turns unbearable