Passwords should be long - as long as you want to make them. The longer the password, the bigger its entropy. Mathematically, guessing the password sallysallysally will take longer computing time than sally. Websites or apps that ask for 8-16 character passwords should not be asking for a max character limit of passwords. Instead they should encourage users to create long passwords. Also, do not restrict the user to only use certain special characters - let them use all of them.

At the end of 2017, I decided to make blogging a part of my life of 2018. I decided that I will be writing 52 posts, which is a post a week. And hence, 52 posts in 52 weeks was born. It’s the end of 2018 and I published 18 posts (not counting this post). 18 is less than 52, but better than 0. The year started off with a post a week, but I quickly fell behind.

To create a new file or folder in NerdTree, bring up the NerdTree menu by typing m. This brings up a multiple options including: (a)dd a childnode (m)ove the current node (d)elete the current node (r)eveal in Finder the current node (o)pen the current node with system editor (q)uicklook the current node (c)opy the current node (l)ist the current node So now you press a and can type in the file name or the folder that you want to create.

You don’t have the time or the energy to follow stocks, which ones to invest, which ones to not. When to invest, when to take money out. Instead, invest your money in Index Funds. There is a saying that a monkey throwing darts on a board with stocks can beat the market. That is because stock performance is difficult to predict. You can predict overall market easier than individual stock market performance.