The Quick Guide to Understanding Supply Chain Attacks

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Supply chain attacks have been in the news time and time again with ConnectWise, SolarWinds, and Kaseya (which was eventually claimed as a zero-day), but they aren’t just a potential breach of source. They’re far more nuanced and abstract (depending on the interpretation). To confound matters, there really isn’t a single, agreed upon definition. A supply chain attack isn’t just an exploit of source, it’s an exploit of the whole pipeline by exploiting a piece of the process which can have staggering ramifications for security down the entire chain.… Read the rest

When to Use Inheritance: A Wide Brush Approach

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Inheritance is a fundamental concept in virtually any language which supports object-oriented programming. How inheritance works varies between languages, but virtually all languages with an object-oriented class system support it in some form. While most programming materials will teach you how to use inheritance, they don’t really touch on when it ends up detrimental to coding.

Inheritance is a tool in a programmer’s toolbox just like any other feature of a language.… Read the rest

A 2021 Review of Youdao’s Language Translator Device Multilingual Dictionary Pen

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Youdao’s Dictionary Pen 3 is the most modern iteration of a smart way to increase your Mandarin learning. When I started this article a few days ago, the Dictionary Pen 2 was the only one you could actually get in the US without specially importing it. That said, either way, you can run a “pen” across a page and have a modern translation of text as well as dive into each character, word, and phrase in the block of text.… Read the rest

Why I Took a Break From Writing

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Every time I spun up my word processor, I felt a slithering cold crawl up my back as my mind went fuzzy. I wasn’t sick or unwell; I could just feel the game of buzzword bingo was about to begin whether I wanted it to or not. The passion had faded as much as my throughput had. I was running on autopilot by now.… Read the rest

7 Toy Ideas For Toddlers to Nurture Creativity

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As your infant grows into a toddler, they begin to get interested in what you’re doing and things which require creativity and imagination. Your kid will eventually get tired of dealing with certain games and toys. While I work to continually invent new games, I also need to have some props to back the play or something she can easily take lead on when we hit an impasse.… Read the rest