Blog Heap of Links for the day 24 October 2017

…“We reached the end of needing passwords maybe seven years ago, but we still use them,” said Steve Winterfeld, Director of Cybersecurity, at clothing retailer Nordstrom. “They’re still the primary layer of defense.”

“It’s hard to kill them,” noted Shalini Mayor, who is a Senior Director at Visa Inc. “The question is what to replace them with.”…

…In a shocking bombshell interview, an academic with close ties to the Chinese government has warned war with North Korea was on the table. …the long-lasting era of Chinese friendship with North Korea has ended. …president Xi Jinping has reportedly become "fed up" with the erratic behaviour of the North Korean dictator Kim Jong-Un.… one more missile test would be the move "to push the country off the cliff".…

Looking to open a second headquarters somewhere, the online retailer sets cities and states scrambling to fulfill its contradictory set of demands.…

…applying the criteria to America’s 100 largest cities… list included only one city: Denver…

…"Don't want you to forget."…

…There’s so much that I don’t understand about what’s going on here. Is there an occasion for this strip, in which Hi and Thirsty are suddenly taking the subway home with Leroy Lockhorn, Walt Duncan, Greg Wilkins, Homer Simpson, Mario, and … an Orthodox Jewish (?) character in the foreground I don’t recognize?…

"…a nice illustrated story about photographer and a mother and young daughter who come into his office…" -FS