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The Perfect Security Flaw
Tech Engineering
6 days ago 3.7K views 0 shares
The Perfect Security Flaw
The kid just implemented the perfect security flaw. That code deliberately displays "Wrong login or password" even when the password is correct on first attempt. Classic security theater that drives developers insane. The coffee guy is the only one maintaining his composure, probably because he wrote this monstrosity in the first place. Security through obscurity at its finest.

Dress Code For Digital Dominance
Tech Engineering
15 days ago 4.5K views 0 shares
Dress Code For Digital Dominance
When your code execution privileges get a formal upgrade! The same person running the same program but with drastically different permissions based solely on their digital attire. It's the computational equivalent of those "No Shirt, No Shoes, No Service" signs, except in reverse—formal wear grants you the keys to the kingdom! In computer science, privilege escalation isn't usually this straightforward, but wouldn't debugging be easier if we could just put on a suit and tie to access those sweet, sweet admin rights? Sudo make me a sandwich? Nah, just sudo make me look fancy!

Acidic Passwords
Chemistry Science
20 days ago 4.1K views 0 shares
Acidic Passwords
The perfect password upgrade for chemistry nerds! H₃PO₄ (phosphoric acid) is labeled as "weak" because it's literally a weak acid that doesn't fully dissociate in solution. Meanwhile, H₂SO₄ (sulfuric acid) is labeled "strong" since it's a powerful acid that completely dissociates and can dissolve metals, organic materials, and probably your phone if you spilled it. Your IT department might want a special character, but chemists know the real strength is in those hydrogen ions!

Security Theater At Its Finest
Tech Engineering
1 month ago 4.9K views 0 shares
Security Theater At Its Finest
This is the cybersecurity equivalent of putting a bike lock on thin air! The "Security Torx" gate protects absolutely nothing - it's just standing there in the middle of a path with open space on both sides. It's like when your IT department makes you change your password to include "one uppercase letter, one number, and one hieroglyphic symbol" but then writes the server room code on a sticky note by the door. Peak security theater at its finest!

Hopefully It Never Breaks!
Math Tech Science Engineering
1 month ago 7.6K views 0 shares
Hopefully It Never Breaks!
The entire global economy rests on a mathematical quirk! That giant dam labeled "Bad Actors" is preventing catastrophic flooding—and the only thing holding it together is the difficulty of factoring large numbers into primes. This is literally how modern encryption works! Your bank account, crypto wallets, and national security secrets are all protected by the simple fact that multiplying two huge prime numbers is easy, but working backward to figure out which primes were multiplied is computationally nightmarish. If someone cracks this mathematical problem (looking at you, quantum computers), our digital fortress crumbles faster than my motivation during grant application season.

Strong Passwords Require Strong Acids
Chemistry Science Academia
1 month ago 6.7K views 0 shares
Strong Passwords Require Strong Acids
The perfect chemistry pun doesn't exi-- oh wait. Chemistry students using molecular formulas as passwords is peak nerd culture. C₆H₅COOH (benzoic acid) gets labeled as "weak" because it's literally a weak acid with limited dissociation in solution. Meanwhile, H₂SO₄ (sulfuric acid) gets the "strong" security rating because it's one of the strongest acids known to corrode just about anything it touches. Security software inadvertently validating acid-base theory is the kind of coincidence that would make Arrhenius shed a tear of pride. Or maybe that's just the acid burns.

Binary Boredom: When Pentesting Gets Weird
Tech Engineering Science
1 month ago 6.8K views 0 shares
Binary Boredom: When Pentesting Gets Weird
The perfect intersection of computer science and doodling during class! This crude sketch shows the inner workings of a computer with the ALU (Arithmetic Logic Unit) and CPU labeled as stick figures surrounded by binary numbers (1, 0, 1) and a random "500" thrown in. The caption "i guess we doin bullshit now" perfectly captures that moment when your brain checks out during technical lectures and decides artistic expression is the only escape. It's basically what happens when your processor decides to run the "daydream.exe" program instead of paying attention to buffer overflow vulnerabilities.

The Digital Cat And Mouse Game
Tech Engineering
2 months ago 6.8K views 0 shares
The Digital Cat And Mouse Game
The eternal arms race between corporate engineers and determined users is beautifully captured here! Corporate devs spend months creating sophisticated adblock detection algorithms, only for passionate open-source programmers to demolish their work in mere hours. It's like watching a high-tech game of whack-a-mole where the moles are armed with energy drinks and keyboard shortcuts. The exhausted engineer's face perfectly captures that "I spent my entire budget on this" moment when they realize their code fortress just got bypassed by someone who did it "for the lulz." The digital resistance continues!