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I put my mom on linux. You be surprise how many scammers will hang up as soon as they hear you run linux instead of windows/mac. I went through a phase talking to "windows support"…

This is a very simple question to a very complex problem/issue. Simple answer it isn't possible. The current way the internet, law, and society works it is impossible to start a an…

Would not having E2EE platforms remove child abuse imagery and/or terrorism? The answer of course is no. I always get reminded of a story about terrorist using video games to commu…

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I have work at a bank long enough to hear stories about people having mental breakdowns. Everything from just walking out of there office naked to people using the stairway as bath…

Scanning before reading getting a idea what it is going to try and teach me before actually reading it. Writing down every word I don't know/understand and getting comfortable with…

I have a rpi2 I use as a low power server that keeps me connected to my irc server and runs tasks for me. I have a rpi3 installed in my truck that acts as a media player. It also r…

First you leverage already existing blockchain technology to create simple program that allows you to access gpu, cpu, network, and storage of a pc it is installed on. Second you a…

Yep been using IRC for over 10 years now and still love it. Always seem like any gui base chat client required more resources then they should. Also the clients didn't allow for mo…

https://krebsonsecurity.com/2019/03/why-phone-numbers-stink-... They are cheap way for companies and developers to add a second identity to your account.

I miss the days when I didn't have to worry about outside programs changing my configs without my knowledge.

How well the documents are. If I got to go to stack overflow or a community forum to try and figure something out that should be found in docs then that is a warning sign. What sco…

https://www.hackthebox.eu This is what all my friends are currently hacking on.

The only thing I would add to this list is security. Understanding how low level code can be exploit and how to code defensively to insure you don't cause bad things. Also the basi…

Their is a difference between ads and forcing someone to be a product. The tracking software in JS ads is what turns someone into a product in my opinion.

Vaporware company calling a major piece of tech obsolete while having no real software out in the wild, and saying they are better. Also you have no idea about security one little …

Deleted mine in 2010. 2 months was all I could handle was horrible experience then. It is a cheap way to keep up superficial relationship with people. If you had to put any energy/…

I love any talk with Joe Armstrong or Alan Kay in it. Joe Armstrong - Keynote: The Forgotten Ideas in Computer Science - Code BEAM SF 2018 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-I_jE0l7s…

I wonder if these guess at the income of internet celebrates could some how hurt them when doing taxes.

I beat it like it stole something from my mother. I write comments read it over and over and make changes where possible. I stay glued to it like it is my new found bible and becom…

Programming is a craft once you reach a certain level their is no checklist or metric that can be used to measure you ability. Only experience and battle scars tell how good you mi…

I am thankful for the same thing I am thankful for everyday, air in my lungs and a belly full of food. I found out a long time ago that is all it takes to make me happy.

Personally how I got over my social anxiety and awkwardness was by powering through. Realizing the things I thought I handled horrible didn't even blimp on peoples radar during or …

From my experience this means they had a strong union.