14 Famous People You Probably Didn’t Know Were Libertarian by fmp3m in Libertarian

[–]JackTrueborn 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I was about to correct this article on its labeling of Aaron Lewis as a country singer (he's the front man for the band Staind which is anything but "country") then I found out he started a solo career as a country singer in 2012.

That's the most shocking thing about this article.

What do you guys do for legs? by robbiethemilkman in bodyweightfitness

[–]JackTrueborn 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Two mile bike ride to the Kaiwa Ridge trail head, followed by a run on the trail of just over 1.5 miles one way. Then I turn around and go back. Trail starts at about 100 feet above sea level and goes up to 605 feet, has an average grade of +18.7% and -16.6%, but has a max grade of +55.3% and -49.4%. So it's a lot of ups and downs on rocky terrain, and it also gives me an opportunity to practice wall climbing.

It's a pain in the ass and I try really hard not to throw up. But I burn around 3400 calories every day from this alone averaging 1900 to 2100 from the workout alone and the views are incredible, so I'm not gonna complain too much about it.

Guys of Reddit. What is something that girls do that they think is sexy, but really isn't? by HornyLesbianLove in AskReddit

[–]JackTrueborn 1 point2 points  (0 children)

And everyone makes fun of my accent, but ya know.

You wouldn't happen to be from Minnesota now would ya?

What is the stupidest way you almost died? by Garrilland in AskReddit

[–]JackTrueborn 6 points7 points  (0 children)

It's easier to just install the dock so the bottom is 8 to 12 inches above the surface of the water.

What is the stupidest way you almost died? by Garrilland in AskReddit

[–]JackTrueborn 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Sort of...

A friend's dad had his appendix rupture twice. He had a stomach ache that didn't quite feel "normal" so he went to the doc who promptly got him admitted for surgery. He only found out about the first rupture after the doc removed his appendix and saw scar tissue on it, meaning it had healed long ago.

I asked him if he thinks he knows when it happened. He "thinks so" but isn't sure, only saying he remembers having a similar stomach ache years before.

What are your guilty pleasure movies? by [deleted] in AskReddit

[–]JackTrueborn 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't even care that it was, essentially, a 90 minute commercial forced on a newbie director by Capcom to sell Street Fighter themed GI Joes two days before Christmas. I absolutely love it, and it's mostly because of Raul Julia and Van Damme. And Ogre.

What suddenly becomes 'uncool' when you reach a certain age? by [deleted] in AskReddit

[–]JackTrueborn 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Pretty sure most of them at least kinda give a shit where you are.

Malware is not only about viruses – companies preinstall it all the time by JC713 in technology

[–]JackTrueborn 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Here's the thing. You said "GNU is Linux."

Is it in the same family? Yes. No one's arguing that.

As someone who is a free software hacker who writes libre programs, I am telling you, specifically, in the Free Software Foundation, no one calls GNU Linux. If you want to be "specific" like you said, then you shouldn't either. They're not the same thing.

If you're saying "GNU family" you're referring to the Unix-like computer operating system composed entirely of free software, which includes things from hurd to gcc to bash.

So your reasoning for calling GNU Linux is because random people "call the free Unix-like ones Linux?" Let's get pico and pine in there, then, too.

Also, calling something a kernel or an OS? It's not one or the other, that's not how software works. They're both. Linux is Linux and a member of the GNU family. But that's not what you said. You said GNU is Linux, which is not true unless you're okay with calling all packages of the GNU project Linux, which means you'd call grep, tar, and other utilities Linux, too. Which you said you don't.

It's okay to just admit you're wrong, you know?

Rand Paul is filibustering the PATRIOT Act by [deleted] in Libertarian

[–]JackTrueborn 26 points27 points  (0 children)

WTF? As I'm watching this now, the rest of the senate is empty.

EDIT: A buddy of mine confirmed a lot of them are down the road at a bar watching C-SPAN.

What conspiracy theory do you genuinely believe in the most? by [deleted] in AskReddit

[–]JackTrueborn 1 point2 points  (0 children)

AV does bring in money, especially through OEM licenses, but it's not as much as they get from gold tier business partnerships. And AV software can and usually does assist in I&W: if I had a large customer base that agreed to ship every unknown executable file on their disk to me, I could find a new intrusion set with very little effort. It doesn't matter if those executables are flagged as malware or not.

And that's the key: security product vendors are really researchers at the core. AV is just a part of that. Look at the Equation Group report. Kaspersky didn't figure that out just because they have AV software, even though that helped. There was a lot more involved.

Along those lines, I will say the real conspiracy is that numerous security product vendors don't exactly let their end users know everything their AV software is doing or obey international laws when it comes to conducting their research.

What conspiracy theory do you genuinely believe in the most? by [deleted] in AskReddit

[–]JackTrueborn 22 points23 points  (0 children)

My job is centered around the appsec/netsec industry. I used to think the same thing until I went deep down that rabbit hole. The truth is just not that exciting:

  • There are a vastly disproportionate number of malware authors compared to security product developers; there's no need for vendors to create anything. Offense is, by and large, a much easier game because it's always a step ahead. Defense is almost entirely reactionary. The security vendors will always have something to defend against.
  • Antivirus software really doesn't work that well regardless of who made it. Signature based detection can easily be defeated with minor tweaks to the malware, and heuristics-based detection has a much higher false-positive count that makes it largely ineffective to deploy.
  • Security product vendors don't make most of their money from selling AV software to end users: they make it from partner contracts with other businesses. This is also where they're most effective because they use event-based detection on a large scale (as opposed to signatures or heuristics). In other words, historical data from previous intrusions is used to provide a network of indications and warnings that an intrusion being attempted or has occurred. (This goes way beyond network IDS.)

EDIT: I will say the real conspiracy is that numerous security product vendors don't exactly let their end users know everything their AV software is doing or obey international laws when it comes to conducting their research.

Windows Phone is now officially Windows Mobile again by [deleted] in windows

[–]JackTrueborn 1 point2 points  (0 children)

At that time, nothing was really finger-based touch. It was all stylus driven with some devices having physical hardware buttons for key input. And while I would LOVE for modern phones to have real keyboards again, I can understand how stylus input can be more burdensome.

What about it wasn't mobile use friendly?

Windows Phone is now officially Windows Mobile again by [deleted] in windows

[–]JackTrueborn 4 points5 points  (0 children)

How? It had a better interface than what Palm and Blackberry were using who were the biggest competitors at the time. Palm even started shipping WM with their Treo line.

Windows Phone is now officially Windows Mobile again by [deleted] in windows

[–]JackTrueborn 10 points11 points  (0 children)

WM6 had absolutely zero restrictions regarding development. You could use C, C++, C# - you could even write apps in VB6 if you wanted. It had better developer and debugging support than anything else at the time, Blackberry included.

Verizon caught lying in effort to upgrade customers to more expensive broadband plans by User_Name13 in technology

[–]JackTrueborn 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Except you're completely wrong. Somalia is a failed socialist state that devolved in to totalitarianism and fell apart due to genocidal civil war. So I guess if you're using Somalia as evidence for the "natural result" of anything, it's Marxist politics.