linuxlizard

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by linuxlizard 11mo ago
"I'm behind on my beatings."
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by linuxlizard 1y ago
I did my MS-CS in Bozeman. I'm super excited to see MSU on HN FP as well! Very cool!
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by linuxlizard 1y ago
My college classes used to post grades, on paper, taped to the wall, listed by SSN.
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by linuxlizard 1y ago
I want to hack this to drive around the office and find an AP based on signal strength. Bloodhound mode!
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by linuxlizard 1y ago
Root word comes from the Greek mythological giant. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argus_Panoptes
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by linuxlizard 2y ago
I'm a big fan of Ada. I first encountered exceptions in Ada. When I first saw Python, way back in version 1.5, I was happy to see exceptions.
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by linuxlizard 2y ago
California.
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by linuxlizard 2y ago
Are the private schools forced to take any students? Or can they cherry pick just the best students? Do they reject anyone that needs an IEP? Public schools are legally obligated to provide an education to anyone, no matter how much trou
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by linuxlizard 2y ago
>When you treat every negative outcome as a system failure, the answer is more systems. Holy crap, I'm going to save that quote forever. I have a co-worker who treats every line of bad code committed as a reason to add ever more lay
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by linuxlizard 2y ago
That makes sense. Phones would drive smaller USB and laptops likely drove smaller DisplayPort.
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by linuxlizard 2y ago
That does make sense. Ethernet is easily replace by WiFi. There's no easy replacement for USB (can't charge a phone over Bluetooth (yet)).
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by linuxlizard 2y ago
Crimping our own cables is more common in data center or IT. Normal people wouldn't cut their own cables. I've given up cutting my own cables for home use (fixing busted heads) because it's easier to just grab a new cable.
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Ask HN: Why haven't we miniaturized the Ethernet RJ45?
10 points by linuxlizard 2y ago|12 comments
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by linuxlizard 2y ago
There's no laws about it. It's mostly a "handshake agreement" enforced via the WiFi Alliance. You go through the WFA certification process to get the "WiFi Certified" sticker. https://www.wi-fi.org&#
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by linuxlizard 2y ago
I wrote printer code for 10+ years. I appreciate how hard the technical problems are but vendors make it so much worse. I loathe printers. Printers peaked with the LaserJet III.
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by linuxlizard 2y ago
> the two-pizza rule: Or just me.
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by linuxlizard 2y ago
Crowdstrike also has an Ubuntu Linux version. We're required to install it at work.
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by linuxlizard 2y ago
I came to work over a vacation to fix a critical customer issue. The company rewarded me with a $50 gift card.
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by linuxlizard 2y ago
Decompiling the microcode blob might run afoul of intellectual property laws. A clean room implementation needs to be done without reading any of the product's actual code.
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by linuxlizard 2y ago
When I first started using UNIX (Ultrix on a DECStation), I was floored by the wizardry of "hackers" sending me email from Santa Claus. Mind blown!
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by linuxlizard 2y ago
>Yeah, I wonder how the EU will deal with people who use that law to hide evidence of their misdeeds... Here in the US, we elect them to public office.
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by linuxlizard 2y ago
I also read _The New Turing Omnibus_ as a young CS student. I really enjoyed reading about all those different areas of Computer Science.
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by linuxlizard 3y ago
Depending on your use case, Cam Scanner (I'm on Android), works very well for the occasional document picture.
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by linuxlizard 3y ago
Out of 10, right? Out of 10?
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by linuxlizard 3y ago
We had that same burn-out measurement tool in HP-UX, SCO, and SunOS!
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by linuxlizard 3y ago
An old hub (not switch) does exactly that: all traffic forwarded down each port and I can see what everyone was doing. Even with a switch, a misbehaving device can cause all sorts of havoc on an Ethernet network. 802.1X is supposed to provi
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by linuxlizard 3y ago
He's forcing me to work hard, dang it! I'm being forced to study WiFi carefully and learn his (really amazing) tools to fix these issues.
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by linuxlizard 3y ago
Wi-Fi has the same challenges as if someone just tapped an Ethernet cable. (Except the Ethernet line can't be sniffed from the parking lot.) The amount of unsecure traffic on a basic Ethernet network makes Wi-Fi security slightly bette
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by linuxlizard 3y ago
I swear Mathy Vanhoef has dedicated his life to making my life miserable. Every time he finds these wifi security problems, we get to spend weeks/months integrating and testing vendor patches.
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by linuxlizard 3y ago
Look at Boeing.

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