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by raffi 14y ago
shrug I used to be part of the "please give me permission to start a business by letting me into your seed program" crowd. My company made it to the final round for a program and the end feedback was they didn't think we could deliver on
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by raffi 15y ago
The unwashed masses say SCADA. Those in the know say Industrial Control Systems. At least that's what I'm told. I'm kind of the unwashed type myself.
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by raffi 15y ago
Don't forget to add Goedel, Escher, Bach to the list of books most recommend, claim to have read, but haven't.
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by raffi 15y ago
Congratulations. Our stories are a lot alike. I created Feedback Army in 2008 (I continue to operate it though). One thing I liked about reading your story was the lessons learned part. For a novice entrepreneur there's a lot of value in sh
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by raffi 15y ago
Very cool game. I keep getting a technical error and a stack trace every time I fight these guys and try to cover myself using the building to the north east of them. http://www.hick.org/~raffi/gangstagangsta.tiff Google Chrome 17.0.963.6
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by raffi 15y ago
For getting started I really liked Toby Segarin's Programming Collective Intelligence. It was my introduction to this area before I went on to produce After the Deadline.
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by raffi 15y ago
Nope.
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by raffi 15y ago
I live in Washington, DC and Washington, DC -> NYC is a common trip. The train is a much better way to go. From Washington, DC, it's a short metro ride to get to union station. The train takes about 3 hours to NYC but it gets you righ
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by raffi 15y ago
Thanks for the congratulations. I never expected to apply for a grant from DARPA. Defense contracting makes my head spin. But this program reduces this friction so individuals with good ideas can apply and get funded. It's a really neat opp
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DARPA's Cyber Fast Track: How to get your security idea funded(rsmudge.wordpress.com)
15 points by raffi 15y ago|5 comments
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by raffi 15y ago
Writing a programming language in this day and age and posting about it on HN is like visiting each denomination of your favorite religion and announcing that you're starting a new cult. Personally, I think it's a lot of fun, just don't exp
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by raffi 15y ago
I have a bias towards the systems side of computer science. I didn't mean to neglect my theoretical brethren. Maybe we can both agree that the OP is off the mark.
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by raffi 15y ago
I'm a computer scientist, not a web monkey (FOOTNOTE). I'd say these are not the things all CS students should do before graduating. The field has much more to it. How about: 1) add or modify a significant feature of a working kernel 2) wri
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by raffi 15y ago
Automattic followed this practice and I think it worked quite well. When I was there, the company grew fast, but at least it was growing with known goods. When I'm back with Raffi Inc one day, I expect that I'll follow this practice too.
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by raffi 16y ago
I started to write Sleep when I was an undergraduate around 2002. My goal was to develop a Perl-inspired language for the JVM with an API to embed it into applications. Sleep predates a lot of JVM languages. http://sleep.dashnine.org/ It'
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by raffi 16y ago
Thanks for posting this. I run Feedback Army and one of the most rewarding things about running it is hearing (or reading) stories like yours. Glad it's working for you. It's a service that definitely came out of this community (I developed
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The Greek engineer who invented the steam engine 2,000 years ago(io9.com)
5 points by raffi 16y ago|0 comments
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by raffi 16y ago
This captures the field quite well: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pzcLTPy8yDQ
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by raffi 16y ago
Right now we have vulnerability assessments and penetration tests. There are still people who confuse the two. Chris Gates (author of the article) is talking about another tier emerging in the field: attacker emulation. Right now penetratio
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by raffi 16y ago
This is awesome. I wish there was something like this when I was in school. At one point I had planned to start a blog showcasing educational hacks like this. I may have to get that started. This is a wonderful find.
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by raffi 16y ago
I once used Mechanical Turk to filter leads taken from a keyword search on Twitter, generate customized responses, and vet those customized responses through a voting process. My goal was to add a very human element to direct marketing and
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by raffi 16y ago
As an aside, I read this story years ago when it was posted on slashdot.org. I read some of Patrick Combs other articles and eventually bought his book Major in Success. The book is a "life how-to guide" for undergraduates. It had a big inf
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Cyber Attack Management for Metasploit - Meet Armitage(fastandeasyhacking.com)
20 points by raffi 16y ago|1 comments
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by raffi 16y ago
One of my favorites, from: http://www.phrack.org/issues.html?issue=64&id=4&page... See: An almost invisible ssh connection ssh -T user@host /bin/bash -i This connects you to a box with no TTY allocation. If someone type
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by raffi 16y ago
The ones I used I searched for. I looked for keywords related to what I wanted, found people, looked at their portfolio, and asked a few of them to apply to my job posting. I'm still new to it, but I've already worked with two designers, on
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by raffi 16y ago
I'm at the point now where I'll never design for my projects again. I've found the talent available on odesk.com is amazing and for a negligible investment I can have an amazing site to show my work in the best light. The cost is easily jus
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by raffi 16y ago
These questions make security professionals sound pretty dumb. I'd look for someone who understands systems deeper than the people who build on them. Here on HN, we look for credibility in terms of projects and businesses launched. The secu
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by raffi 16y ago
These are amazing machines. I have a Cube and a Colorstation stashed at my father's house. I picked them up on the cheap in the early 00's. The desktop felt completely modern but it was lacking modern applications. CubX remedied this though
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by raffi 16y ago
I think you have the wrong idea of what Phrack is about. It's about exploring technologies that are old, new, whatever. If you want cutting edge, go read full-disclosure where you can read up on the latest XSS bugs being found.
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by raffi 16y ago
“Master your instrument, Master the music, and then forget all that bullshit and just play.” -- Charlie Parker

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