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Respectively, yes. The ability to create venvs so fast, that it becomes a silent operation that the end user never thinks about anymore. The dependency management and installation …

I like "Hi Team". I do use that in certain social circles, but I do get the point of the article. Survivor, the US TV show, used to say "Come on in guys" until recently where they …

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I happened to get invited to friends of my in-laws who own a vacation property on the Oregon coast for the 2017 eclipse. Of course, the Pacific coast is dicey at best, so we were c…

A few points. PCI-DSS does not mandate the use of a WAF. It is one of two ways you can fulfill requirement 6.5 or 6.6. WAF + OWASP Top Ten ruleset is typically easier to get eviden…

If there is some legitimate reason (say performance) to keep a tighter form (inline assembly, Python 1-liner, whatever), then making the unfurled equivalency as a comment nearby to…

Diablo Canyon is in an absolutely beautiful part of the central coast of California. Definitely visit the greater San Luis Obispo area. Californians want it all (green and plentifu…

The going to a ball game is an interesting example. I think there are financial disincentives at play, most notably, the price of beer. There are likely forces at play that will ma…

Not a huge deal in and of itself? Good key management processes would have you rotate every so often. However, we probably have a lot/most/all of us that use the same SSH key for m…

I made one of these for Yahoo! Health in 2000. Naturally it was not an app. Good idea!

Get your colonoscopy. Period. Don't let people tell you fables about "the prep" or be afraid of something going up your butt. "The prep" is a bit unpleasant for a couple of hours, …

I Bonds are inflation protected bonds, so the context here is that the high yield on these bonds reinforces the reality that inflation (whether temporary or long-term) is here.

My least favorite and most annoying Google nag is the not-so-helpful reminder of which google account I am logged-in as on every google doc I open through out the day. A dismiss cl…

The combination of social networks and global warming are gonna doom us all.

Bravo

I used to just go ask Friedl.

Age 14, I worked 2 hours a day, 5 days a week at the local fish market doing clean up and end of day work. Nasty stuff. I worked the summer before college at a friend of my parent'…

I am definitely not an expert in these areas and I'm sure someone 100x smarter than I am has thought of this and discounted it already, but is there any ability to decompile the ex…

As a former coworker with Simon, he is endless fascinated with learning and helping others gain knowledge. The fact that this page exists is not surprising to me in the slightest. …

In 1970 (shortly after my birth), my grandmother bought me my first Christmas ornament for the tree. It was a glass Michael Collins astronaut figure. Over the years, it has taken a…

Math is hard. Programming is hard.

Similar to https://onetimesecret.com OSS which you host internally.

Argentina is a great example. I am an American and have been there many times. They have extreme inflation and regressive policies against USD or foreign currency. Take a look at h…

I was/am a software engineer who had a wonderful opportunity to join a central security team at a very large internet company focusing on security engineering. My recommendation on…

Of course... just using the common ports that people often quote in the obscurity arguments. Harden first, obsecure second.