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Comment · 10 years ago
Boulder, Co is no longer affordable. Most likely the reason it is no longer on this list. The average house price is $668,000 and the average rent $2,600. I used to pay the same in rent while living on Wall Street in NYC for a one bedroom corner unit apartment.
Comment · 10 years ago
Every time I see his posts I think about the book The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying. I would recommend reading it for anyone who might be having the discussion or dealing with death in their life.
https://www.amazon.com/Tibetan-Book-Living-Dying-Internation...
Comment · 10 years ago
Another great resource for learning R is Swirl. I can't recommend it enough.
Comment · 10 years ago
This is just sad. Didn't something similar happen with Ronald Reagan in the 1980s?
http://www.nytimes.com/1984/10/30/science/how-release-of-men...
http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2013/04/timeline-mental-...
Comment · 10 years ago
A Burglar’s Guide to the City is a good read. I have recommended it to a number of people. Two weeks ago while visiting San Fran I went to a security meetup and mentioned the book. One of the individuals pulled out the book and said he was reading it. Then he turned to a page that mentioned his name and noted his contribution to the book. Small world. One of my favorite subjects in the book is Nakatomi Space[1].
Comment · 10 years ago
It's usually up to the discretion of the stewardess. NPR recently had a great piece on this.
http://www.npr.org/2016/04/23/475388651/when-it-comes-to-fli...
Comment · 10 years ago
Looks like the SE didn't matter. Interesting note from Apple conference call. "2:11 pm iPhone SE not included in these results, as it launched after the end of the quarter, but demand has been very strong. Demand exceeds supply, but we're working hard to meet demand. iPhone SE puts us in strategic plan to attract new customers."
Source - http://www.macrumors.com/2016/04/26/q2-2016-earnings/
Comment · 10 years ago
I'm not surprised. I think Apple underestimated the demand for the iphone SE 64 GB. Its been out of stock in most stores since it was released. Apple's shareholders should be asking why can't anyone buy it in a store? Also many people don't want wait two weeks to receive their phone when they buy it online.
Comment · 10 years ago
Thank you for posting this. Its a great example of the power of community. Its kind of sad the police are not involved in these fights. Having off duty police officers as security would allow them to interact with their community.
Comment · 11 years ago
As others have said it's mostly the desire to learn. A lot of the brightest reverse engineering I have met started off hacking video games. They started with a desire to either understand the game or create cheats. From there they dug into the code.
Reverse engineering has a very romantic view from the outside. In actuality a lot of it is learning esoteric topics and boring concepts to be able to apply it to a single task. It takes a certain mindset to stick with it.
The main pre-requisite is being able to read and understand assembly language. From there it's operating system fundamentals, memory layout, compilers, basic understanding C & C++ and Python is popular in the RE community.
The RE sub-reddit has a good introduction for beginners.
https://www.reddit.com/r/ReverseEngineering/comments/hg0fx/a...
Comment · 11 years ago
I'd recommend checking out their "Weekly Infosec News Recap".
Comment · 11 years ago
"Boredom: the desire for desires" - Leo Tolstoy
Comment · 11 years ago
I wish Amazon or someone would make a smaller kindle. I'd really like something the size of an iphone (6 or lower). It would be nice to have an ebook reader that could fit in my pant or jacket pocket.
Comment · 11 years ago
You and Your Research by Richard Hamming