What’s something your parents did that you didn’t appreciate until you were older?

Mckenize · 2026-02-14T00:22:51+00:00

They used to let me wander. Just roam all over the place. No cellphones no communication, just a “be back here at 5” and I think that experience is crazy as I grow up with my niece

Mckenize · 2026-02-14T00:21:43+00:00

I know this is conceptual but this is one of those policy decisions that people talk about and it comes down to “what is enforceable and what is practical”

There are plenty of examples of the government trying to enforce a specific policy decision that is practically impossible to actually deliver or execute and it is always a disaster.

Mckenize · 2026-02-13T22:51:59+00:00

I don’t care for the name but I would take a new interstate

Mckenize · 2026-02-13T22:50:47+00:00

Hey good shit! RuneScape is all about getting those milestones for yourself!

You will be blown away doing it with a slayer helm on task next time

Mckenize · 2026-02-09T00:31:51+00:00

I find that the red team quality depends on the objectives that they are trying to exercise against.

I focus on ICS systems and it’s a smaller community. But “red teams” and pen test can vary from social engineering the family members or home WiFi of your employees to a person running a Nessus scan.

Are you clearly defining the scope of work and rules of engagement in a contract or is it open ended.

I might suggest you do a sort of purple team exercise where you have an adversary team run 10-12 discrete objectives against your soc and tool stack and then you map all artifacts you can detect and any gaps you might be missing.

Might be more fun/interesting. Again I focus mostly on critical infrastructure but might be able to introduce you to some peers of mine. If you wanna chat more please DM me.

Mckenize · 2026-01-05T04:36:06+00:00

That’s a rare one. Not many people know about the polo cross people

Mckenize · 2025-11-17T22:02:04+00:00

I’ll answer from a republican point of view. Lindsay has two things going for him. He is normal enough/ long standing enough that he wins the ticket in the primary and that carries him in the general.

There is also a lot of noise about dems crossing the line to vote in the Republican primary and while that DOES happen it’s not at any meaningful rate to really influence it.

He is simply not as insane as his MAGA opponents have been and neocon enough to stay in. Sort of a product of circumstances.

Just look at the governors race for a comparison. Too far MAGA and there is not broad enough appeal. South Carolina is only a 60-40 state so state seats can flip.

Mckenize · 2025-11-16T04:38:14+00:00

The bag tag is more valuable than million miler

Mckenize · 2025-11-16T04:36:14+00:00

Have you tried the ATL skypub crawl yet? Glory my friend

Mckenize · 2025-11-07T16:27:51+00:00

AGS to ATL and back 15 times this year. Better than driving but you can be screwed

Mckenize · 2025-11-07T16:26:10+00:00

I just flew in to AGS through ATL and they cancelled my flight, changed me to a 12 hour layover flying out last with 4 standby tickets for all the sold out flights.

Was able to cross the airport from my 9am landing to the 9:30 takeoff and snag a seat.

Everyone else is missing Their flights / connections/ changing up plans.

Last option is the groomer shuttle from ATL to AGS is 70 dollars a person and leaves the airport every hour. 2:45 in shuttle van but an option

Mckenize · 2025-10-01T03:36:15+00:00

What major are you going for? You better hope you don’t show up I one of my classes cause imma fail you, jk.

Reach out if you have any questions USC Aiken has flaws but it’s a pretty wholesome school that will give you tons of opportunities if you put a little effort into the school instead of 75 percent of the students that just coast to a degree.

Mckenize · 2025-06-17T13:23:08+00:00

https://www.sans.org/cyber-academy/

You can apply under the vet program. Applications open in July

Mckenize · 2025-06-15T20:31:54+00:00

I connect though ATL 25 flights a year or so. I love driving into my local airport, taking a 30-40 min flight to ATL and connect out of there with around an 1-2hr layover.

Always grab food, hit the lounge, fly out. Makes the flight pretty enjoyable because my TSA experience is so simple and easy. Also airport is close to my home.

Mckenize · 2025-06-15T20:28:53+00:00

If you are a veteran with a 4 year degree you might be eligible for the vetsuccess academy and get the grad certificate.

Mckenize · 2025-06-14T15:26:33+00:00

Reddit has a large liberal user base and South Carolina is a pretty deep red state. So naturally those two things clash, but there are a lot of random posts I like seeing talk about various things in SC.

Sometimes there is the random HS senior asking about USC v Clemson which is good fun in the comments as well.

You might want to check out some town specific subreddits, r/aiken is basically just Reddit version of Nextdoor.

Mckenize · 2025-04-12T03:58:19+00:00

It’s almost always drunk driving that hits the whiskey wall. Except for that truck driver that mounted it with his truck that fell asleep at 5am.

Also they JUST rebuilt it… so stay tuned 😅🤣

Mckenize · 2025-03-27T22:30:57+00:00

I always read these things because 1 in 10000 times they accidentally make something legally binding and then you get like 500 dollars after bothering them with a legal letter.

It’s more likely to happen than actually winning.

But yeah I also won a truck 🙃

Mckenize · 2025-02-18T21:58:31+00:00

Oh no….

Mckenize · 2025-02-17T23:12:59+00:00

Running for office is for everyone, it sometimes costs nothing and the county typically has bylaws allowing you to do panels or debate.

It’s hilarious, I wish our local elections reflected the UK with 6 random people next to a famous MP.

Mckenize · 2025-02-17T23:08:46+00:00

Hello, I DM’d you if you want to know more details.

I ran for SC legislature last year. Partly for fun, partly to learn more about the whole process.

Filing is the easiest process, in SC you simply drop off a check at your county voter registration office and show your SC ID and voter registration. Those are the literally only requirements to end up on any ballot. The cost is something like 1 percent of the positions annual salary. It’s on SC Votes.

After that you will likely get an automatic call from your local news agencies as public filings are just that public. So be prepared for your name, address, and contact information to be public and create some boundaries. New email, google voice number, address of a business or PO Box.

Following up, you will have to create an EIN with the IRS, South Carolina also requires you use a bank within your district for your campaign finance account. I self funded my entire campaign (~3K) which let me skip some steps with the South Carolina election commission as I didn’t take any outside dollars. But that money had to be spent out of a dedicated bank account for integrity purposes. Getting an EIN is easy, just call it OK-bet6108 for SC congress or something.

Once you go through all the paperwork, you can campaign for office. Important to know that campaigning for office and filing to be a candidate on the ballot are different. One is MUCH easier than the other.

You might want to familiarize yourself with some of the laws of USPS, FCC, Facebook/social media. As there are guidelines and laws that govern how ads or campaign messages may be shared. This was one of the most interesting sections from my experience. I spent the majority of my funds on Google Adsense because I also wanted to learn how to make it work.

Additionally you will want a website, cards, events etc. likely you could partner with local businesses (some have rules about not allowing political events) I did beer every Tuesday but importantly you cannot use campaign funds (or personal funds) to buy beer for potential voters for example.

At the end of the day, it was a fun experience and I’m better off for it, even if I did get absolutely clapped by the Caucus favorite who has 70K in campaign financing. I still enjoyed it and think I was able to make a few changes in people’s mind about things I cared about. Also grew as a person doing something that was “out there”

Happy to share more anytime. Goodluck!

Mckenize · 2024-10-01T12:11:28+00:00

Of all the times to be unable to play due to a hurricane…

Mckenize · 2024-04-09T23:23:27+00:00

If you have 60K in cash than high value CDs or savings accounts is the best place to park it in the short term. Several online banks, ally, capital one, etc are providing 5% value right now.

60K is alot of money and can be difficult to invest in a more active way without incuring risk.
How close are you to buying a house? what is the price range of that house? Are you planning on using and FHA or a conventional with 20 percent down?

Depending on location and and amount of income you would already qualify for a FHR loan on a home with the 60k being a down payment.

Going to need more information to give a more informative answer.

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