matthewbadeau
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Comment · 6 years ago
Thank you, dang!
Comment · 7 years ago
I was reminded of Tim Berners-Lee's opinion on new TLDs since Google recently announced opening the .new TLD to the public.
IMO, as long as the domain _looks_ like a web URL and is memorable then it is good for The Web (tm). Though, I would prefer that control over TLDs would be distributed rather than be in the hands of select large tech companies.
Comment · 8 years ago
It was probably not a mistake. It was to separate Hypertext from other files. The file: protocol still works in the a browser with a hostname as well. IE: file:///10.1.1.10/files/example.xlsx
Comment · 9 years ago
Comment · 9 years ago
I'd like to second this. The "crack team" was the company that won the contract. I've seen first hand of companies hiring just about anyone as a contractor before a contract was even granted. Promises of a high potential salary usually lures these people.
Comment · 9 years ago
Phones aren't allowed in SCIFs (the facility she worked in).
Hard drives labeled unclassified can be removed from those facilities with special permission but I think hard drives are under more scrutiny nowadays.
Comment · 9 years ago
Air Force Cryptolinguist training is up to 480 days[0]. So, someone out of high school can sign up to the Air Force and complete the training in a little under 2 years. Her first job as a cryptolinguist would be working at a DoD related agency working on TS material. So yes, you are asked to believe this because this is a common occurrence.
[0]https://www.airforce.com/careers/detail/cryptologic-language...
Comment · 9 years ago
'Premium Fridays' are a bit of a joke in Japan and many people aren't even participating. When they do participate, it's only under the presumption that employees will take their holiday time off. It isn't even free to the employees.
Here's an article[0] that promotes "Premium Fridays" that states:
> [The] Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, which is pushing the idea, hasn’t decided yet if its officials will get to join in.
[0]http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2017/01/02/national/bid-cur...
Comment · 9 years ago
This is supposed to prevent keylogging.. but I think anything with that amount of access to your PC can tap into the browser to read the request before it's sent. So, probably not as good as it sounds.
Comment · 9 years ago
Minor correction: it's "seishain". 正社員(せいしゃいん)
Comment · 9 years ago
- FLAVOR: Ubuntu Server
- HEADLINE: Separate purge-old-kernels command from byobu package
- DESCRIPTION: I like byobu, it's extremely helpful but I would prefer the purge-old-kernels script to be in a separate package. I like to run servers with the minimum amount of packages installed and don't really need byobu since most of my maintenance are remote commands. /boot gets filled up quickly and the purge-old-kernels is a script I think is well written and perfect. I want it separated from byobu, please.
- ROLE/AFFILIATION: SysAdmin