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That comment thread was gold, if only for the link to the most secure password in the world site... [0] [Disclaimer seeing as the original joke was missed by many - this site link is totally tongue in cheek too. DON'T use the suggested password] [0] - https://mostsecure.pw/

There was this spoofed page that looked just like plain, unordered text file of passwords, that intercepted ctrl-f, displayed searchbox look-alike based on your user-agent and generated entries to match the password you are typing, so it looked as if your password was there. Anyone happens to remember the URL?

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In case you're wondering... http://blog.assafnativ.com/2018/02/dolphins.html

For my money, nothing beats miku-chan03's pull requests. She's most famous for the "fucksy wucksie" PR: https://www.reddit.com/r/ProgrammerHumor/comments/88dl5c/pro... However, she has apparently made a lot more, for example: https://github.com/fairyglade/ly/issues/435 My favorite part is that (although I can't see the code of the closed request to verify) it appears that she is providing actual fixes to actual bugs.

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