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Ask HN: Is it recommended to use a secondary laptop for malware analysis?
7 points by halpme 10y ago|8 comments
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by halpme 10y ago
I work there and today's been utter chaos. Lots of meetings with upper management and people wandering around confused. I came in to work in a new position in a new team with a new manager. They probably shifted all the people they did
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by halpme 10y ago
Sunnyvale, CA
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Ask HN: Junior engineer at HPE transferred out of development, what now?
4 points by halpme 10y ago|5 comments
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by halpme 10y ago
Off-topic: but I'm really happy to see an increase in reverse engineering threads here on HN.
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by halpme 10y ago
Why do you say that?
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by halpme 10y ago
How do you identify people who "can't code their way out of a paper bag"? What is it about their skill level that makes them seemingly incompetent?
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by halpme 10y ago
There's a lot of video content on a lot of topics, but their content is shallow. If you want to get a deep understanding of something, reading textbooks and official documentation is likely the way to go.
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by halpme 10y ago
I have the best of both worlds: Eclipse IDE with a vim plugin (vrapper). Not sure why people choose strictly one of the two.
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by halpme 10y ago
What makes you say that Apple is dying?
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by halpme 10y ago
Software Engineer @ big old enterprise company doing security work. Side projects: None. I believe in having a life outside of programming. I don't touch code after 5PM. Currently training to run a half-marathon and getting more seriou
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by halpme 10y ago
Reproduce the bug. Reproduction steps/environments are usually provided by support engineers or QA. Look through log files for any specific error messages, and use grep to find where in the code the error is coming from if it's no
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by halpme 10y ago
To echo what everyone else has said, my feed is utter garbage and a lot of friends post stuff that makes me cringe. I've unsubscribed from the majority of my friends so now all I see are ads and sponsored posts. Here's the thing,
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Ask HN: Best 24“ external monitor (brand) for Macbook Pro?
5 points by halpme 10y ago|3 comments
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by halpme 11y ago
I'm taking several classes via Coursera to brush up on algorithms/data structures for fun and personal interest, but find it really hard to stay focused on the video lectures. I much prefer to read textbooks when learning any new
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by halpme 11y ago
As a Java developer I rely heavily on using the debugger in Eclipse and using grep to search through files. I first try to have a solid understanding of what the program is supposed to do, reproduce the bug, and then step through the code w
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by halpme 11y ago
No. What I mean to say is, if someone claims to work at Google/Apple/Facebook/Microsoft, or a "cool" start-up like Uber or whatever else is popular these days, then everyone all of a sudden becomes more interested i
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by halpme 11y ago
Do you actually go out and talk to people? The first thing anyone asks is what you do, followed by which company you work for. Watch people's reactions change depending on the reputation of your company. The whole social scene here is
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by halpme 11y ago
I went to UC Davis but would frequently visit Sac. It's such a beautiful and laid-back city, and the people are great. SF is only a one hour drive away and Lake Tahoe is relatively close too. I've been living in Mountain View for
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by halpme 11y ago
I use a composition notebook at work. Every day I write down a list of things I'm going to discuss at the scrum meeting, a list of things to do that day, a list of goals for that week to remind myself what I'm supposed to be doing
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by halpme 11y ago
That sounds a lot like deliberate practice, which is an idea that's been around for a while.
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by halpme 11y ago
How would this apply to learning a conceptual topic, as opposed to a physical skill?
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by halpme 11y ago
Totally, that sound like a great environment.
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by halpme 11y ago
I understand that you were joking, but I replied out of frustration because I genuinely want to find a group of people (outside of my coworkers) that I can make cool stuff with but its been difficult.
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by halpme 11y ago
I already have job and want to learn things outside of what I do at work (enterprise security). Thanks for posting an utterly useless comment.
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Ask HN: Where to find people to program with in Silicon Valley?
11 points by halpme 11y ago|14 comments
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by halpme 11y ago
At the end of my junior year I was placed on academic probation, and later kicked out of college. At that point I considered quitting school for good, but ultimately begged my way back into school and completed that degree. Now I work at a
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by halpme 11y ago
It seems like a lot of academics and hardcore computer science enthusiasts love CLRS. But I remember taking an algorithms course just a few months ago and that book was almost unreadable. A lot of my classmates shared the same sentiment. Th
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Ask HN: Overwhelmed with new job. Feeling totally stuck.
18 points by halpme 11y ago|18 comments