bloblaw

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by bloblaw 5y ago
Perl is simply a tool. I still use it all the time for small scripts and automation. I know Python, Go, C#, and a bunch more....but I reach for Perl when the task calls for processing lots of text, or quick automation. Others might reach fo
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by bloblaw 5y ago
I work with him now at his current gig. Totally agree. Constantly learning new things from him.
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by bloblaw 5y ago
VB6 did support compiling "native" binaries by default, and not to p-code, as previous versions did. https://blog.decompiler-vb.net/the-truth-about-p-code/
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by bloblaw 5y ago
Wow, how times have changed! I say that because when C# was released, many Windows developers refused to use it and continued to only write Windows programs in "native" languages like C++, VB6, and Delphi. I must admit my own bias
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by bloblaw 5y ago
> And you have to do all the work of pulling apart *args to get the data you want, including manually throwing errors if you didn't get what you expected. Respectfully, isn't this just the same amount of work to define named f
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by bloblaw 5y ago
It sounds like you are unfamiliar with this style, not that it "isn't what anyone ordinarily means". Bash, Ruby, and Perl all support this style of argument passing. Perl does not have named formal parameters, but instead sup
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by bloblaw 5y ago
Perl doesn't lack function arguments. You can pass various arguments to a subroutine like you do in any other programming language and they can be acessed inside the function using the special array @_. Thus the first argument to the
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by bloblaw 6y ago
Helge Klein, a long time Windows dev, summed up my complaints about using PowerShell as anything other than a nice shell that sorta feels like *nix: https://helgeklein.com/blog/2014/11/hate-powershell/ I
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by bloblaw 6y ago
Very closely. The original architect of Turbo Pascal is Anders Hejlsberg ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anders_Hejlsberg ), who also was recruited to Microsoft directly by Bill Gates. Anders went on to architect J++, th
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by bloblaw 6y ago
A list of “famous” apps written in Delphi or Lazarus: https://jonlennartaasenden.wordpress.com/2014/11/06/famous-s...
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by bloblaw 6y ago
This was written a few years ago with FPC v2.2 (latest is FPC v3.2), but generally matches my experience: https://wiki.freepascal.org/Size_Matters#Analysis_of_various... tl;dr is that if you create a RELEASE build, should b
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by bloblaw 6y ago
Agree++ The "WMI Delphi Code Creator" (written in Delphi) is a great example of this. "The WMI Delphi Code Creator (WDCC), allows you to generate Object Pascal, Oxygene, C++ and C# code to access the WMI (Windows Management I
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by bloblaw 6y ago
For Windows users, just use chocolatey and run: `choco install lazarus` ...and you'll be up and running with (1) FreePascal compiler (2) Lazarus IDE ( https://lazarus-ide.org ) with integrated debugger and RAD (Rapid Applica
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by bloblaw 6y ago
I'll just add to what others have already provided. - "Black Hat Go" - https://nostarch.com/blackhatgo - "Black Hat Python" - https://nostarch.com/blackhatpython - "Web
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by bloblaw 6y ago
a) It's an opinion that global market share is irrelevant, but I will report the fact that Apple has 58% USA market share. b) source? c) But can Apple be a monopoly with 58% of the market and a trillion dollar competitor with 41% of
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by bloblaw 6y ago
> They should create legislation to control access to all app stores to prevent this rent seeking You have a lot of faith in 60+ year old (mostly tech-illiterate men) to fix technology they don't understand. Government isn't th
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by bloblaw 6y ago
> [..] and its monopolistic anti-competitive practices, iOS owns 25% of the market. How is that a monopoly? You might not like their policies, but as you mention, you have a choice to move to a competitor with a vastly larger market sha
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by bloblaw 6y ago
I'm a libertarian. I believe in personal choice and freedom. But you have tons of freedom here. Instead of using an OS (iOS in this case) with 25% market share that forces you to go through their AppStore, you can choose to use Andro
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by bloblaw 6y ago
I do like Python, but I think Perl is actually designed (and actually is) a super-charged bash. Perl was created with the purpose of simplifying the combination of bash + awk + sed + grep, a goal it has achieved quite well. Python has bette
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by bloblaw 7y ago
GCP is actually more the 3rd inferior option, behind Azure. Gartner lists Azure as just behind AWS for IaaS providers, and GCP a more distant 3rd: https://pages.awscloud.com/Gartner-Magic-Quadrant-for-Infras...
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by bloblaw 7y ago
Got it here: https://www.geekwire.com/2020/seattle-tech-workers-earn-279k...
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by bloblaw 7y ago
I worked at Gravity and made much more than $70k. Nobody had their salaries cut. Only the CEO cut his salary from > $1MM to $70k.
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by bloblaw 7y ago
I used to work at Gravity. Dan (owner of Gravity) is sincere and frankly the real deal. Dan Price really is like what is presented in this article. He actually cares about his employees and is being genuine here. He's a good person,
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by bloblaw 7y ago
I worked at Gravity (and was paid well above $70k). There was a lawsuit filed before the $70k thing was even planned. source: https://www.geekwire.com/2016/dan-price-70k-ceo-prevails-sui... > Lucas Price served th
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by bloblaw 7y ago
> But why was I paying them for backups that they wiped along with my server? Sounds like you weren't paying for backups. tl;dr - customer stops paying service provider, and service provider stops providing services. Customer is ups
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by bloblaw 7y ago
Remember: This is a 50 line Python script that is a wrapper for nmap + vulners NSE script. It's not a product, but some simple automation around existing tooling. Better than paying $$$ for a full fledged scanner? Maybe, but depends on
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by bloblaw 7y ago
Reminds me of the "Best viewed with Internet Explorer" tags. When is Chrome going to reinvent Active-X (which only works in Chrome)???
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by bloblaw 7y ago
Well, you sorta can. As long as you wrote it: * to work in both Python 2 and 3 (no telling what other system's Python will be) * don't use any modules outside of stdlib (that requires install too) Those aren't always require
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by bloblaw 7y ago
Neat project. How does it differ from `aws-iam-generator` released by AWS themselves? https://github.com/awslabs/aws-iam-generator
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by bloblaw 9y ago
On my Ubuntu 16.04 system, `man openssl` works just fine for me.

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