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The problem-solving aspect of climbing (esp. bouldering) is definitely one of the best parts. Very easy to get sucked "into it" once you get started.

Totally anecdotal here, but I would not hesitate to wager that many climbers' grip strengths lie way outside the normal range. The sport has a higher grip exercise-to-cardiovascula…

"Zero-day protection" is marketing-speak for what security engineers call "exploit mitigations." Of course they don't prevent exploits; they mitigate them. Pretty typical that the …

Nick, (this is a reply to your post at the same nesting depth, as we're at the max here) We're pretty much on the same page on this whole thread, but consider the idea that perhaps…

So he's a "crotchety old guy" with an analogy relevant to just "one failed subject." You have absolutely no respect for your elders, do you? Also, the second sentence of your secon…

Hm, I agree that there's a lot scattered out there, but I hope that there's some room for exploration (and maybe specialization) somewhere in the noise. I actually have an interest…

Totally agree with everything you're saying, but I would point out the the article is not about addressing a lay audience, it's about addressing network engineers who are supposedl…

This is an attitude I see more and more of today, and I think it's unfortunate. The slides in question aren't "a pile of acronym data;" they're made of lingo that would be recogniz…

For UT, the surface needs to be directly contacted with an instrument; but that's not all. First, insulation must be cut off and disposed of (properly). It's usually tin flashing c…

That is so cool. We're used to thinking of programming as a sort-of abstract job that is that takes a long time to do and gets deployed to everyone. It's really cool to hear about …

Okay, I used to actually do inspections on oil refineries and wind turbines using rope access techniques, so I think this is a good one for me to chime in on. In rope access, we li…

It's called an "autoblock" by climbers today in the US: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autoblock

Yes. Among them, Vim, Bash, and OpenBSD, the latter of which supposedly has a very good reputation on security.

For the record, GNU's Not Unix.

I think this is kind of antithetical to the Unix philosophy. If you add special exceptions for things like "rm -rf /" then you start to wonder, why not add exceptions for other dan…

Except by default, bash from the Ports tree gets but into /usr/local/bin/bash. An easy fix for users, but a better hashbang would be #!/usr/bin/env bash

Well, yeah, you can just pony up the cash and take the class. Your experience would be something like this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xUDob3m6rds - it's really technical, and…

Watch out! That technique is really sketchy, and won't work if the rope goes over an edge (like the edge of the building). You also have the problem of a falling metal object that …

That, or rappelled on one strand and used a classic pull-through anchor: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SSGUPd6RKAM

There are a lot of companies that claim to do industrial rope access outside the scope of the certification programs, but be skeptical of them at first. (That doesn't include compa…

Shameless plug for Randy Rackliff's packs out of North Conway, NH (the company is called Cold Cold World: http://www.coldcoldworldpacks.com/ ). They are hand-built, to custom order…