MajorSauce

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A cyber security administrator for an internet and cloud services provider.
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Comment · 4 years ago
Anyone else got the concept by conducting probe scanning in the MMO Eve Online?
Comment · 4 years ago
It is a big lack if you want to start a complex project, I cannot deny it.

But at the scope I code, it presents itself as a way for me to solve the problem by myself.

Comment · 4 years ago
Nim.

My current job is more focused on business processes and advising on cybersec, this means that coding for me is only for fun and side projects.

I love the syntax and the sufficient standard library. I would pick python every time, but Nim's performance and compilation to a single binary file makes everything so much simpler so I can focus on the features instead of having to optimize and manage dependencies.

I have completed Advent of Code in Nim this year and it has been a joy.

Comment · 5 years ago
Not exactly what you asked for (full email client), but DeltaChat is an email client disguised as an instant messaging app.
Comment · 5 years ago
Still an American centralized platform. Federated Matrix is the way to go!
Comment · 5 years ago
"It found:

    1,045 keywords blocked in mainland China
    542 in Hong Kong
    397 in Taiwan
In contrast, Japan, Canada and the US had between 170 and 260 filtered words."

A bit unrelated, but I find interesting that keywords are "blocked" in China and "filtered" in Japan/Canada/US.

Comment · 5 years ago
So far the only exchanges where I found some opportunities are the ones that do have a public API, probably because there is less competition on those.

For example, I have yet to find a single profitable pair loop on Binance, despite parsing their WebSocket feed.

But on exchanges that implement anti-scripts, it is not uncommon to have pair loops with a ±1% profit after fees. The hassle is to implement trading with tools like Selenium to proceed with the trade.

Comment · 5 years ago
I recently made a bot to find profitable cryptocurrency pairs loops and while most exchanges already have dozens of users doing exactly the same thing (if the exchange itself is not doing it), I really liked the motivation it gave me to start a new coding project in a language I did not touch for some time (C#) instead of my traditional python approach.

You post just inspired me to make something similar (whether stocks or crypto) and I wanted to thank you for that. I too see trading as pretty stressful and demoralising (even for trivial amounts) and implementing my own stocks/crypto manager could transform those failed trades into "that's interesting" moments.

Comment · 6 years ago
Comment · 7 years ago
I completed the challenge. You don't need to see the result of the entry to deduct if XSS is possible.

If the server is parsing your input, maybe you can find a way for the server to leak more than it wants.

If you want more information, or simply the answer, PM me.

Comment · 8 years ago
I'm genuinely curious,

How do they regulate oxygen levels?

Or are those levels more or less the same as on the ground but it's the pressure that incommodes?

Comment · 8 years ago
I live near Montreal, while the street orientations are in a grid pattern, since there is a 45 degree orientation for most of them, "North" is by convention in fact NW.

It gets even more confusing on the NE part of the city, where Montreal's "East" is closer to true North and Montreal's North is closer to true West.

Comment · 8 years ago
That was a great read, thanks!

Made me wonder what other thing our civilization could consider starting back from scratch to adjust to our modern ways of living.

For example, do we really need time to be set as this 365.25d/24h/60m/60s system? We could have something more convenient/modern/metric?

Same for days of the week and daylight saving time.

I know it would be absolutely impractical and costly, but I like to entertain the idea of adopting a better system.

Comment · 8 years ago
I hear a lot of that, but when comparing the US to the rest of the West. To say that they are considered worse than those 3 countries might be pushing it..

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