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by sprkyco 12y ago
Run this through https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9111447 (www.sansbullshitsans.com) and you end up with something like: https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150225/13365130142/heres...
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by sprkyco 12y ago
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_5_DuZ8WuMM Saw this video a while back and was really quite amazed the process adopted to crack walnuts. After watching that video I definitely had a higher level of "respect" for
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by sprkyco 12y ago
Growing up I was fat, nerdy and loved video games. However, I was animated enough to have a decent social life. I still cannot converse about normal things as the majority of topics that the general public discusses are, in my opinion, bori
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by sprkyco 12y ago
Not relevant to chess, but in Japanese there is a saying: saru mo kikara ochiru. Not sure if I spaced that correctly but it amounts to "Even monkeys fall from trees"
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by sprkyco 12y ago
This could also be said about passwords: I have bad memory I can't remember a long complex password.. Point being that there are issues with all forms of security. Bullet proof glass for example can be taken out by an RPG this reasonin
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by sprkyco 12y ago
Contrasting the vaccination issues in California against the reactions to Ebola outbreaks serves as a stark reminder of how ignorant people can be. I'm all for freedom to choose but this is really getting to the point of ludicrous.
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by sprkyco 12y ago
+1 for anything from OffSec I failed their OSCP once and after some reassessing I will not be taking for another year or so. However, there are many companies that list if not require a CISSP and other CISSP holding individuals are hesitant
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by sprkyco 12y ago
At my university we reviewed and assessed each others code to identify issues and help each other out. It is possible that I am misunderstanding if this applicable for this specific course. My presumption is that a vast majority of students
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by sprkyco 12y ago
Fair enough, just a bit wary of "new apps" permissions, but often will add extensions without reading permissions if it is known app. Note to self reassess criteria for reading permissions.
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by sprkyco 12y ago
Permissions: Read and Change my data on LinkedIn and view browsing history seems a bit suspicious.
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by sprkyco 12y ago
So apparently there may be a loophole (info acquired from wikipedia confidence == low) The SSN wikipedia page at the very bottom mentions that SSN's used in advertising are considered invalid. Possible solution advertise all SSN's
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by sprkyco 12y ago
SSN's are not considered secret pieces of information you could easily publish all SSN's loop{ xxx-xx-xxx//following ssn format } However, when they are tied in with other identifying information this is when they becom
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by sprkyco 12y ago
This may be a blessing in disguise as it seems that a deluge of phishing attacks ensued, obviously, after this announcement. Whether or not the attacks are directly attributed to leaked information or the attributed party. Be vary wary of a
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by sprkyco 12y ago
The site does not make it clear that " this is no more in-depth than codecademy or code.org free tutorials." On the contrary the site pulls in data regarding salaries and time commitments that are completely unrealistic from the s
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by sprkyco 12y ago
Yeah that's really awesome hope we see more things like this, but this situation is hopefully not common and just something that "slipped through the cracks". The work that has been done deserves more attention and resources
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by sprkyco 12y ago
To add to this a bit searching for 'security' jobs at anthem only reveals 12 jobs which to me seemed rather low.
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by sprkyco 12y ago
Had never really thought of that angle. Being a father it does shake me up a bit more than usual as it seems my peers and I are quite used to these headlines being the norm. Imagining a future in which you have already been "doxed&quot
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by sprkyco 12y ago
Really hope this does not become a pattern of ever decreasing time expectations between learning to code and becoming employable. I attended an actual bootcamp and really still struggle to keep up with everything almost a year later (employ
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by sprkyco 12y ago
Without googling around I found this link at the end of the story that validates, in my opinion, your misplaced concerns. http://icant.co.uk/ http://developer-evangelism.com/
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by sprkyco 12y ago
It is interesting to see this reaction. In the US we have been paying for education for quite some time and the thought that it is a product and students the purchaser and benfactor of that product does not seem to be a very important topic
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by sprkyco 12y ago
Disclaimer: I am attending Park University online B.S. Information Computer Science doubtful anyone on HN would even consider this as a credential or a legitimate learning experience to offer insight on econ exams. Going against the grain h
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by sprkyco 12y ago
Thanks for the reference schoen this is why I love HN. I sometimes have difficulty organizing thoughts into neatly categorized theories like this, best I can usually do is realize i'm sure somebody has thought about this before and exp
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by sprkyco 12y ago
It is interesting the contrast in cultures between developers and "hackers" it was not uncommon to hear about script kiddies picking up code and realizing later that a rm rf line was contained in the file. The common reaction to a
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by sprkyco 12y ago
GrammarNitpick: should be congratulates not congratulations
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by sprkyco 12y ago
I had one experience in an "open office" for approximately six months. It was terrible, constant shuffling of people to acquire the plethora of free food available. Nerf Gun wars and the constant click clack of ping pong approxima
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by sprkyco 12y ago
I for one feel quite vindicated by this endeavor I attended a bootcamp in Pearland, TX and it was terrible. Luckily I was able to get a job later in a programming related field, but it was nonetheless a ridiculous and terrible experience. I
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by sprkyco 12y ago
There are some real gems in there. mentat.com and then there's entity.com a resume of sorts for Marty Connor who is now apparently the Corporate Operations Engineer at Google.
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by sprkyco 12y ago
http://disqus.com/nihalsahu/ 14 years old and writing design patterns for PHP. My feelings of inadequacy cannot be put into text.
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by sprkyco 12y ago
http://seclists.org/ is another great resource.
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by sprkyco 12y ago
+1 for Knoppix used it to recover some design plans from a coworkers computer. The hdd was doing "the click of death" and Knoppix was still able to recover 90% of the data and 100% of the important stuff. Needless to say his backu

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