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SE_Student

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    Comment #20632220

    should say in the title that this is from 2016.

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    Comment #20611624

    I think (i could be wrong though), that a lot of reverse engineering jobs in the commercial sector are advertised as "Software engineers" or "software security", rarely do they use…

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    Comment #20609274

    I found this video to be very interesting and inspiring for people like me who'd love to do projects to improve their reverse engineering skills (even the content is not strictly a…

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    Comment #20559242

    > Also, you haven't really defined what "makes sense" means for you. Does that mean being able to refactor it, maintain or just evaluate it? I meant to be able to understand the co…

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    Ask HN: What software engineers/programmers to make sense of large code?

    I'm interested to know if there are tools or programs that help software engineers understand big source code bases (projects that have lines of code in the thousands), like how to…

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    Comment #20555783

    Links from bloomberg.com are always behind a soft-paywall. or is this just happening to me?

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    Comment #20546754

    This was the require textbook when i took a PSY101 class, I found that it covered many aspects in psychology in friendly and easy manner, along with examples and explanations: "Psy…

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    Comment #20544450

    An amazing tool, allows all kinds of manipulation to be done on data, really helpful in CTF games.

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    Comment #20536841

    because it is interesting, and because the knowledge in it while old is still relevant.

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    Ask HN: What list of bad TLS/SSL CAs should I be removing?

    Speaking of distrusting DarkMatter's CA, Id love to hear your opinion on the matter.

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    Comment #20459312

    Thank you very much for taking the time to reply on my question. I'd love to hear about more lowlevel security projects I can do, as I feel that would help me learn the most.

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    Comment #20369164

    > Leave the reverse engineering of malware etc. to people with more interest and time. ... > (remember, your average consumer believes in using an anti-virus to clean out a infecte…

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    Comment #20368426

    putting aside CMU (a lot of people wouldn't be able to get into it), what would you recommend for someone getting a Software Engineering degree to get into low level security ?

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    Comment #20307027

    Interesting, I've always thought getting an advanced degree was about doing research and taking classes of topics that interests you (for breadth of knowledge), whenever I open the…

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    Comment #20261573

    Because its the most used and therefore the most targeted. It doesn't have to be considered %100 secure just because its linux, remember the early 2000s with windows 2000 and XP an…

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    Comment #20254305

    I mentioned this earlier, but you could try "Brave" ( https://brave.com/ ) a web browser based on chrome. same features just less of the google-stickiness.

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    Comment #20254293

    I wonder if the same applies to "Brave" ? (the browser built on top of chrome). I stopped using chrome for a while and have been using Brave.

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    Comment #20250259

    as a software engineering student I often feel discouraged because I'm studying Software Engineering (and not Computer Science), I reached a conclusion that I don't want to get int…