Wednesday 5/18/22
Celebrate:
Emergency Medical Services for Children Day
HIV Vaccine Awareness Day
I Love Reese's Day
International Museum Day
Mother Whistler Day
National Cheese Souffle Day
National Speech Pathologist Day
National Visit Your Relatives Day
No Dirty Dishes Day
Send an Electronic Greeting Card Day
Turn Beauty Inside Out Day
World Stationery Day
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A new poll looked at how we keep track of them, and a lot of us still just rely on memory
1. Remember them. 55% of us do it with at least some of our passwords.
2. Writing them down, 32%. A separate survey found 40% of us have used Post-Its.
3. Using a password manager. 30% of us use them now.
4. Keeping track on your computer, 23%. Like in your notes app, or a spreadsheet.
5. Email, 20%. Like emailing them to yourself, or relying on emails to change them when you forget.
Here are a few more quick stats: 85% of us still use the same password on multiple sites . . . 24% need to reset their passwords at least twice a week . . . and over half of us usually use passwords that are between 9 and 15 characters.
A report we saw back in March found anything under six characters is INSTANTLY crackable now. In general, it takes at least 12 characters to be somewhat secure.
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Calling all bookworms—if you love reading, then you're in luck as one company will now pay you $200 for every novel you can finish.
WordsRated, a website that studies and analyzes book content, is looking for a slew of "bibliophiles-at-large" to devour popular reads.
The job advert explains what information the reader will need to make a note of, including the number of characters by gender, the number of sentences given to male vs. female characters, locations, how many questions are asked during the book, and what animals appear, among others.
WordsRated explained: "We will use this data to create unique, data-driven studies and statistics about books."
And they summarized the job, saying: "We give you books. You read them. We give you cold, hard cash.
They confirmed they'll pay out for every book finished, confirming there's no limit whether it's "one book per month or one book every day."
Currently the focus is on the representation of women in modern novels, and the selection will be pulled from The New York Times bestselling novels from 2022.
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A piece of art that was just a blue jacket hanging on a nail recently went on display at a museum in Paris.
And a 72-year-old woman who didn't know it was art took it home and had it TAILORED. She got arrested when she showed back up to the museum a few days later WEARING the jacket. But they let her off with a warning.
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Standing in line for rich people is an actual CAREER now. Someone just did a big profile on a guy in New York who runs a company that does it for everything from theater tickets to the newest iPhone release.
He realized there was a big market in New York back when "Hamilton" tickets were huge. When Lin-Manuel Miranda said he was leaving the cast, tickets for his last shows were going for as much as $15,000. But you could still get them at face value the morning of if you waited in line. So he started charging $5,000 to get two tickets.
He said it usually required camping out for four or five days. So that's around $1,000 a day for his services. But for people with lots of money, it was a bargain.
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The World Video Game Hall of Fame has announced their four inductees for 2022.
They are: "Ms. Pac-Man " (1982)
"Sid Meier's Civilization" (1991)
"The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time" (1998)
"Dance Dance Revolution" (1998).
In order to become eligible for the Hall of Fame, a video game has to meet four criteria.
It has to have icon status, meaning it's widely recognized and remembered.
It has to have longevity, so it has to be more than a fad.
It has to have geographical reach
It has to have influence, whether that's in pop culture or with the development of future games.
You can visit the Hall of Fame inside the Strong Museum in Rochester, New York.
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Today’s Useless Fact of the Day - Here's an excuse for not eating lima beans: They can be deadly. Raw lima beans have lethal amounts of cyanide in them. But if you cook them thoroughly, you'll be just fine. (this goes with the liver (organ meats) are high in cholesterol.
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