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  • I had a coworker, about 30 years old… Who taught computer science at a college prior to us working together… Who said to me “Command line? That stuffs ancient, man.”

    Just in case you were thinking about spending money on college tuition to learn computer science…






  • Listen, the only folks you put your black hat on for are folks who try to phish you. And you report your findings anonymously to CISA.

    That’s how the recent USPS scams, the EZ pass scam, and the AAA scam got untangled. Be safe.

    You put on your black hat at work when your boss tells you to do so on objects under your teams ownership. Don’t be stupid.

    Other than that, don’t be an idiot. Stick to BBPs and VDPs, Educational labs, shit you own, etc. Nothing more than a totally unglamorous fine, or worse, awaits you.

    Sincerely, a veteran of cybersecurity.










  • Linus from LTT asks Linus if he’d ever heard of software developers being terminated based on how many lines of code they’d written .

    Linus Torvalds responds “Anyone who thinks that’s a valid metric is too stupid to work at a tech company…”

    It’s clear Torvalds doesn’t know who this is about when questioned.

    Linus hints to him it’s about Musk.

    “Apparently I was spot on [about Elon Musk being such and individual who is too stupid to work at a tech company].”





  • You got two options. Both suck.

    1. Call support. Have fun. I’d rather rip out my eyeballs in this scenario because you’re not a paying customer. You will get the shit-tier service, will likely be hung up on, and reexplain the situation to 3+ individuals over the course of 4 hours and ultimately get nothing done.

    2. Resubscribe. Finish the job. The odds of your accounts db being wiped are kinda slim. Sucks because you do what you explicitly sought to avoid: pay Microsoft.