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Assumed Audience : Hackers who like humble brags. 😛 Discuss on Hacker News. Epistemic Status : You decide. On Feb 5, 2023, I posted on Hacker News the article that became my most popular one on that site. It is called, “Why I Use C When I Believe in Memory Safety.” I will let you judge whether or not I justified the decision to use C. But one of my programmer idols, Daniel Stenberg , recently wrote about his experi..
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Assumed Audience : Hackers who like humble brags. 😛 Discuss on Hacker News. Epistemic Status : You decide. On Feb 5, 2023, I posted on Hacker News the article that became my most popular one on that site. It is called, “Why I Use C When I Believe in Memory Safety.” I will let you judge whether or not I justified the decision to use C. But one of my programmer idols, Daniel Stenberg , recently wrote about his experi..
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Assumed Audience : Hackers who like humble brags. 😛 Discuss on Hacker News. Epistemic Status : You decide. On Feb 5, 2023, I posted on Hacker News the article that became my most popular one on that site. It is called, “Why I Use C When I Believe in Memory Safety.” I will let you judge whether or not I justified the decision to use C. But one of my programmer idols, Daniel Stenberg , recently wrote about his experi..
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Assumed Audience : Hackers who like humble brags. 😛 Discuss on Hacker News. Epistemic Status : You decide. On Feb 5, 2023, I posted on Hacker News the article that became my most popular one on that site. It is called, “Why I Use C When I Believe in Memory Safety.” I will let you judge whether or not I justified the decision to use C. But one of my programmer idols, Daniel Stenberg , recently wrote about his experi..
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Ludicrous misuse of a word, especially by confusion with one of similar sound. An example of such misuse. The act or habit of misapplying words through an ambition to use fine language. A malapropism (also called a malaprop, acyrologia, or Dogberryism) is the use of an incorrect word in place of a word with a similar sound, either unintentionally or for comedic effect, resulting in a nonsensical, often humorous utterance. https://e..
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It’s been almost a year since I got Python 3.10 and 3.11 running on AWS Lambda before official runtimes for those versions existed. Amazon has since caught up with the Python release cycle, and now has runtimes for those versions, while a 3.12 runtime release is imminent. Read More
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In my introductory physics class, we replicated calculations by the Nobel Prize-winning physicist after whom our department was named. After returning from the Manhattan Project, this professor became...
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In my introductory physics class, we replicated calculations by the Nobel Prize-winning physicist after whom our department was named. After returning from the Manhattan Project, this professor became...
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It’s been almost a year since I got Python 3.10 and 3.11 running on AWS Lambda before official runtimes for those versions existed. Amazon has since caught up with the Python release cycle, and now has runtimes for those versions, while a 3.12 runtime release is imminent. Read More
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Exploring OverTheWire: Level 4 to Level 5 - Bandit Challenge
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akashrajpurohit.com
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2 years ago
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Welcome back to our thrilling expedition through the Bandit Challenge! In this blog post, we'll conquer Level 5 by uncovering the password hidden within the only human-readable file in the 'inhere' directory. Join me as we navigate the file system, utilize crucial commands, and unravel the mystery of the human-readable file. Let's dive in!
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Exploring OverTheWire: Level 4 to Level 5 - Bandit Challenge
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akashrajpurohit.com
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2 years ago
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eng
Welcome back to our thrilling expedition through the Bandit Challenge! In this blog post, we'll conquer Level 5 by uncovering the password hidden within the only human-readable file in the 'inhere' directory. Join me as we navigate the file system, utilize crucial commands, and unravel the mystery of the human-readable file. Let's dive in!
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Hi, Beim Team einer meiner Kunden habe ich den Spitznamen “Revolver-Held” bekommen. Weil ich so schnell schieße. Den Ruf bekam ich relativ schnell vom Team. Zu dem Zeitpunkt war er durchaus despektierlich gemeint. Das Team war mein Tempo nicht gewohnt. Es hatte es sich gemütlich gemacht. Die Software ist seit mehr als 10 Jahren in Entwicklung. Und über die Zeit haben sich hohe technische Schulden angesammelt. Das war ein sc..
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I got an email a few weeks ago about my article Operational Metrics: The Next Step in the Evolution of Defensive Cyberspace Operations 1 from a researcher studying the same problem. We talked about my article, some of the other writing I have published on this topic , and and then something I briefly touched on in my SOC Metrics series: the dangers of metrics. Permalink.
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Do you need to add a JDBC driver to your application, and don’t know its Maven coordinates? This blog post lists the most popular drivers from the jOOQ integration tests. Look up the latest versions directly on https://central.sonatype.com/ with parameters g:groupId a:artifactId, for example, the H2 database and driver: https://central.sonatype.com/search?q=g%3Acom.h2database+a%3Ah2 The list only includes drivers … Continue reading Maven ..
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Writing is an essential skill to develop if you want to reach “the next level” in your Knowledge Work career. Here's why.
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In no particular order a list of Go libraries/packages I really like and some reasons why. zerolog I know that the changes to slog make it far closer to being what zero log is now, but I still prefer it for my own use. requests Anyone who works with python for a while learns about the requests library for making HTTP calls. This is similar but for Go. It has a few sharp edges when dealing with websites that don’t follow standards, but....
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A moral hazard is when an.. …actor has an incentive to increase its exposure to risk because it does not bear the full costs of that risk. It’s similar to perverse incentives . A perverse incentive is an incentive that has an unintended and undesirable result that is contrary to the intentions of its designers. I have spent the last 6 months working closely with a QA team inside a large financial instutition and have beco..
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Demystifying OpenID Connect's State and Nonce Parameters in ASP.NET Core
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nestenius.se
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2 years ago
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In the world of web application security, OpenID Connect plays a key role in streamlining authentication processes. But what makes it really tick? In this
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Announcing Snyk AppRisk for ASPM to revolutionize the way AppSec teams manage and enhance the security posture of their applications with Snyk
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Learn three compelling reasons to invest in an application security posture management (ASPM) solution like Snyk AppRisk.
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I have just finished re-reading the book The Spark , a fictional account of a sports agent and his journey to learn about Cirque de Soleil from the inside.
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I have just finished re-reading the book The Spark , a fictional account of a sports agent and his journey to learn about Cirque de Soleil from the inside.
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I got a new computer recently and decided to take the plunge setting it up with Nix 1 . I wrote up a snippet on how I set everything up and you can find my whole configuration on GitHub . I’ve only scratched the surface of what Nix can do – In this post I wanted to focus on my subjective impression of Nix so far and why I feel I’ve been enjoying it. Long-term, shared memory No need to worry about remembering what switch you flipped i....
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I got a new computer recently and decided to take the plunge setting it up with Nix 1 . I wrote up a snippet on how I set everything up and you can find my whole configuration on GitHub . I’ve only scratched the surface of what Nix can do – In this post I wanted to focus on my subjective impression of Nix so far and why I feel I’ve been enjoying it. Long-term, shared memory No need to worry about remembering what switch you flipped i....
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Visualizing your AAARRP priorities as a way to manage up in your DevRel team
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lengrand.fr
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2 years ago
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In this article, I'm describing how we used the AAARRRP framework to visually describe our DevRel team's strategy and clarify the reason for our day to day activities to our internal stakeholders, and more focus on impact instead.
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Two-pass change point detection for temporary interval condensation
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aakinshin.net
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2 years ago
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When we choose a change point detection algorithm, the most important thing is to clearly understand why we want to detect the change points. The knowledge of the final business goals is essential. In this post, I show a simple example of how a business requirement can be translated into algorithm adjustments.
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Two-pass change point detection for temporary interval condensation
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aakinshin.net
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2 years ago
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When we choose a change point detection algorithm, the most important thing is to clearly understand why we want to detect the change points. The knowledge of the final business goals is essential. In this post, I show a simple example of how a business requirement can be translated into algorithm adjustments.
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Everyone talks about docker rootless, e.g. for security reasons, but no one actually seems to do it. Very little information is available. Migrations from rootfull systems? File permissions? Reverse-proxy setup? Here I go through the steps to run Mastodon
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Exploring OverTheWire: Level 3 to Level 4 - Bandit Challenge
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akashrajpurohit.com
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2 years ago
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Welcome back to our exciting expedition through the Bandit Challenge! In this blog post, we'll conquer Level 4 by unearthing the password hidden within a hidden file located in the 'inhere' directory. Join me as we navigate the file system, utilize crucial commands, and unveil the secret of hidden files. Let's dive in!
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Everyone talks about docker rootless, e.g. for security reasons, but no one actually seems to do it. Very little information is available. Migrations from rootfull systems? File permissions? Reverse-proxy setup? Here I go through the steps to run Mastodon
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Exploring OverTheWire: Level 3 to Level 4 - Bandit Challenge
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akashrajpurohit.com
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2 years ago
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eng
Welcome back to our exciting expedition through the Bandit Challenge! In this blog post, we'll conquer Level 4 by unearthing the password hidden within a hidden file located in the 'inhere' directory. Join me as we navigate the file system, utilize crucial commands, and unveil the secret of hidden files. Let's dive in!
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Announcing my latest app – Capit! The app automatically generates social media captions for Instagram, TikTok, X/Twitter, Reddit, LinkedIn, Pinterest & more. Just pick an image or video, choose your tone, and you will be given five different caption options. I’ve got a lot of features planned for this app, this is just the beginning!... Read more » The post Capit – AI Social Caption Generator first appeared on Swift Fox Software LLC..
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I was thinking about how I would go about becoming untraceable online (assuming I am incredibly paranoid, but don’t want to just be sitting in public places all the time to get anonymous connections). Tor is a good start, but I’m willing to bet most nodes are malicious, and that the NSA has a couple vulnerabilities up their sleeve. A VPN is probably not the best option, but if you could trust the VPN provider completely, and trust the....
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The UK's “Minister for Women and Equality”, Kemi Badenoch, who openly espouses hate for LGBTQ+ people, has said that many of these countries and territories no longer meet British standards. This is because they have followed the overall world-wide trend of improved rights for transgender people, which the UK opposes. The precise line between political scapegoating and bigotry on this issue is unclear.
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When things go wrong Devops is one of those important positions where nobody cares what you're doing until things stop working. Along with SRE folks, the position may as well be akin to a firefighter. I know this first hand having been a loaded-title myself. You haven&
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