Centuries later, they still bear a fey gift for lurking just out of sight, and many of them have sneaked away from that god’s influence. I’m going to assume that a) you know how to play NYT Connections and b) you’ve already beaten today’s https://p1nup.in/ game. If I’ve missed any red herrings or misunderstood something, let me know via email, Bluesky or Discord. Unlike the IBM method, the VISA method does not derive a PIN.

• The idea behind this is to help clear things up for anyone who isn’t sure how today’s groups fit together.
• Bugbears are hairy goblinoids born for battle and mayhem.
• In common usage, PINs are used in ATM or POS transactions,2 secure access control (e.g. computer access, door access, car access),3 internet transactions,4 or to log into a restricted website.
• With roots in the Feywild, early bugbears resided in hidden places, in hard-to-reach and shadowed spaces.
• You’ll be able to find both of those on my Forbes author page when the time comes (following me there helps me out too!).

Its name is derived from the Middle English word “bugge” (a frightening thing), or perhaps the Old Welsh word bwg (evil spirit or goblin),2 or Old Scots bogill (goblin), and cognates most probably English “bogeyman” and “bugaboo”. To validate the PIN, the issuing bank calculates a PVV value from the entered PIN and PAN and compares this value to the reference PVV. If the reference PVV and the calculated PVV match, the correct PIN was entered. Some would-be producers of alternative fuels—particularly those derived from low-carbon hydrogen—have been pinning their hopes on the IMO plan as demand for those alternatives has failed to take off. They are long of limb and covered in coarse hair, with wedge-shaped ears and pointed teeth. Despite their formidable build, bugbears are quiet skulkers, thanks to a fey magic that allows them to hide in spaces seemingly too small for them.

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• I’m going to assume that a) you know how to play NYT Connections and b) you’ve already beaten today’s game.
• If the card is reissued with a new PAN, a new PIN must be generated.
• Neither bugs nor bears, bugbears are the hulking cousins of goblins and hobgoblins.
• Natural PINs cannot be user selectable because they are derived from the PAN.
• In the 1500s this bug was combined with bear (as in the animal) to form bugbear, even though there is little evidence that either a bug or bugbear took an ursine form.

One of the earliest ATM models was the IBM 3624, which used the IBM method to generate what is termed a natural PIN. The natural PIN is generated by encrypting the primary account number (PAN), using an encryption key generated specifically for the purpose.26 This key is sometimes referred to as the PIN generation key (PGK). This PIN is directly related to the primary account number. To validate the PIN, the issuing bank regenerates the PIN using the above method, and compares this with the entered PIN. A personal identification number (PIN; sometimes redundantly a PIN code or PIN number) is a numeric (sometimes alpha-numeric) passcode used in the process of authenticating a user accessing a system. To validate the PIN, the issuing bank calculates the natural PIN as in the above method, then adds the offset and compares this value to the entered PIN.

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If such a PIN is entered incorrectly three times, the SIM card is blocked until a personal unblocking code (PUC or PUK), provided by the service operator, is entered.42 If the PUC is entered incorrectly ten times, the SIM card is permanently blocked, requiring a new SIM card from the mobile carrier service. Just as peanuts are neither peas nor nuts (they are legumes), bugbears are neither bugs nor bears, but a secret, third thing. Let’s start with the bug in bugbear, which refers not to an insect, but instead comes from the Middle English word bugge. This bugge was used for all kinds of imaginary spooky creatures—from ghosts and goblins to scarecrows—that cause fright or dread. In the 1500s this bug was combined with bear (as in the animal) to form bugbear, even though there is little evidence that either a bug or bugbear took an ursine form. In fact, based on its earliest known uses, bugbear began as an all-purpose word for things that cause fear or dread, not just supernatural beasties.

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You might have heard of an inferiority COMPLEX, god COMPLEX, savior COMPLEX and so on. A COMPLEX is a psychological term for an amalgam of repressed emotions, memories, desires and ideas that impact a person’s behavior and personality. Welcome to my deeper dive into today’s NYT Connections answers. The idea behind this is to help clear things up for anyone who isn’t sure how today’s groups fit together.

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The PVV value is used to confirm the PIN entered at the terminal, was also used to generate the reference PVV. The PIN used to generate a PVV can be randomly generated, user-selected or even derived using the IBM method. The VISA method is used by many card schemes and is not VISA-specific. The VISA method generates a PIN verification value (PVV). Similar to the offset value, it can be stored on the card’s track data, or in a database at the card issuer. The operations discussed below are usually performed within a hardware security module (HSM).

In the context of a financial transaction, usually both a private “PIN code” and public user identifier are required to authenticate a user to the system. In these situations, typically the user is required to provide a non-confidential user identifier or token (the user ID) and a confidential PIN to gain access to the system. Upon receiving the user ID and PIN, the system looks up the PIN based upon the user ID and compares the looked-up PIN with the received PIN. The user is granted access only when the number entered matches the number stored in the system. If enabled, the PIN (also called a passcode) for GSM mobile phones can be between four and eight digits41 and is recorded in the SIM card.

The offset is found by subtracting the natural PIN from the customer selected PIN using modulo 10.27 For example, if the natural PIN is 1234, and the user wishes to have a PIN of 2345, the offset is 1111. Natural PINs cannot be user selectable because they are derived from the PAN. If the card is reissued with a new PAN, a new PIN must be generated. I’ll be back with another set of NYT Connections hints and answers tomorrow, as well as another edition of this one, all going well. You’ll be able to find both of those on my Forbes author page when the time comes (following me there helps me out too!). As for the weekend editions of my NYT Connections hints and answers column, I’m currently doing that via my newsletter, Pastimes.

IBM 3624 + offset method

In common usage, PINs are used in ATM or POS transactions,2 secure access control (e.g. computer access, door access, car access),3 internet transactions,4 or to log into a restricted website. A melee weapon deals one extra die of its damage when the bugbear hits with it (included in the attack). To allow user-selectable PINs it is possible to store a PIN offset value.

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Neither bugs nor bears, bugbears are the hulking cousins of goblins and hobgoblins. With roots in the Feywild, early bugbears resided in hidden places, in hard-to-reach and shadowed spaces. Long ago and from out of the corner of your eye, they came to the Material Plane, urged to spread throughout the multiverse by the conquering god Maglubiyet.

If you’d like to chat about today’s game of NYT Connections with a group of exceptionally cool and lovely people and also me, you can do just that in our Discord community. Natural PINs allow banks to issue PIN reminder letters as the PIN can be generated. Bugbears are hairy goblinoids born for battle and mayhem. They survive by raiding and hunting, but are fond of setting ambushes and fleeing when outmatched. If the bugbear surprises a creature and hits it with an attack during the first round of combat, the target takes an extra 7 (2d6) damage from the attack.