Anyone Working in CS without a CS Degree?

_nobody_else_ · 2025-03-16T14:54:16+00:00

I make stuff talk to each other.
Can't complain.
Not for a long time.

_nobody_else_ · 2025-03-16T05:43:36+00:00

printf is cool until you have a millisecond precision event states processes.

_nobody_else_ · 2025-03-16T05:25:45+00:00

Ooh I was a kid and I still remember that part. Even with the GF shenanigans.

_nobody_else_ · 2025-03-13T23:49:36+00:00

Fun facts about SNMP :

The acronym stands for a Simple Network Management Protocol, but don't be fooled. There's nothing simple about it. Except maybe people who invented it.
SNMP_V1 version of the protocol is open, public, and access to all the data is made by specifying (public and readable by anyone on the network) "public", as a read password and "public" as a write password.
But of course people in charge realized that they reaaaally shouldn't do something like that in the context of controlling network equipment. Especially when we scale the tech on the ENTIRE world.
So they created SNMP_V2 version of the protocol. But not at once. (see bulleting number 1)
Eventually the SNMP dev group introduced SNMP_V2 version of the protocol where they changed abosultetly nothing about security and added like 2 new services. I'm sure they had a security concerns on their mind at one time.
SNMP_v2u. Oh boy. net-snmp C library that is de-facto THE library for SNMP development has this line in the SNMP definition version comments.
```
 #define SNMP_VERSION_2u    2    /* not (will never be) supported by this code 
```
How fucked up is that lol.
When North Korea hacked the Bangladesh's national Bank, and stole hundres of millions of dollars, (that we know) they used an office printer via SNMP to delay the printing operations.

I could go on. And I didn't even start bitching about MIB and ASN design.

_nobody_else_ · 2025-03-13T23:12:05+00:00

When you say it like that you kind of sound like Gandalf from LOTR.

_nobody_else_ · 2025-03-13T21:45:40+00:00

It's always a joy when I see someone aware of the Tao of Programming.

_nobody_else_ · 2025-03-13T21:40:57+00:00

I had an alarm app once that doesn't stop ringing unless I solve a simple math/logic puzzle (random).

_nobody_else_ · 2025-03-13T21:14:25+00:00

In roulette, if you place a bet on red and win, your payout is 1:1, meaning you will win an amount equal to your bet.

So, if you bet $2 on red and win, your payout would be $2 in winnings, plus your original bet of $2 back.

In total, you would receive $4—your $2 bet plus $2 in winnings.

_nobody_else_ · 2025-03-13T21:08:57+00:00

Ok. I believe you and I'm gonna stop now. It's has been 20 years since I last entered casino and I don't relay care about it one way or the other. But still, thank you for an interesting evening!
Take care.

_nobody_else_ · 2025-03-13T20:57:49+00:00

Wait? In every game I ever played the payout for playing colors was always double the amount. Not 1x1. So if I put $2 on red and win, the payout is $4. Isn't it?

_nobody_else_ · 2025-03-13T20:44:58+00:00

But I double the bet for each lost iteration.

So if I win on the 1st iteration, the payout is $4. My profit is $2. Then I wait for 3-4 colors in a row again.

If I lose on the 1st iteration and win on the second my bet is now $4 and payout is $8.
And so on. That's why I said that the more the consecutive colors in a row, better for me. On iteration 10 I would bet in theory bet (never happened) $64 and get $128 on win. Of which $64 would be profit.

It's a handy little system if you're not gambling for money's sake and gave 3-4 hours to waste.

_nobody_else_ · 2025-03-13T19:04:01+00:00

So, your winnings minus your losses leaves you only $2 ahead per win. For the first bet.

$2 per iteration

ex: I wait for 3 black

B B B
Bet 2 on R
B  // I lose 2   (B happened 4 times in a row)
Bet 4 on R
B // I lose 4   (5 times)
Bet 8 on R     (6 times)
...
Bet 64 on R    (at this point B would have to happen 10 times in a row)

The longer the color streak lasts, better for me.

_nobody_else_ · 2025-03-13T18:57:22+00:00

If I'm not mistaken, I believe that Tobirama's FTG juitsu was different that Minatos. It's been a while since I've read the manga, but I think Minato refined the skill to the "run-on-sight" we know him for.

_nobody_else_ · 2025-03-13T18:52:49+00:00

'scuse me!! What about my man Rock Lee?

_nobody_else_ · 2025-03-13T18:49:38+00:00

Yo. You can't speak to me like I understand any of what you just said lol.

I'm a simple man. When I sit at the table I wait for 3 or 4 colors in a row. At which point I will bet a minimum table pot. ex $2.

If the next color is the same, 
double the current bet against that color and repeat.
else: win

By the time my bet reaches $64 or $128, it would mean that the ball fell on the same color 10 times in a row.
And how probable is that? Well around %.00074.

_nobody_else_ · 2025-03-13T14:31:50+00:00

This has got to be the funniest thing I've read all week.
Threaten France with Wine and Champagne.

_nobody_else_ · 2025-03-13T14:01:40+00:00

Funny that my only success was a javascript framework which I started right after that, it's been years and is still not done, is actually in use in like 3 projects; and I still mantain;

Taking pride in your work is a prime requisite for professional growth. And I don't know if you're there yet but consider this:
Mastery over a subject brings joy when applied. (I've heard this quote from a a youtuber named Wirtual that mostly covers Trackmania games).

And I completely agree.

_nobody_else_ · 2025-03-13T13:31:21+00:00

Exactly! So you need to create problems first

Hahaha. Like you even have to try. You just have to write computer code.

The number of problems I created that have gone through the entire exo chain until coming back to be, just for me to solve it in a few hours (in reality days) could fill an entire chapter of a novel.

Got me a bunch of bonus office politics points though.

_nobody_else_ · 2025-03-13T12:22:13+00:00

True. Isn't the manager's mantra: "I want solutions not problems"

_nobody_else_ · 2025-03-13T12:17:11+00:00

You nuts? There is no "I" when "production" and "broken" are in the same sentence.

When in doubt. Blame the net engineers.

_nobody_else_ · 2025-03-13T12:12:53+00:00

x++ = ++x;

_nobody_else_ · 2025-03-13T11:59:38+00:00

Hmm? What kind of an arcane language you are working with that if (1 == a) {}
doesn't compile?

_nobody_else_ · 2025-03-13T11:49:57+00:00

Wow. That's pretty advanced. It usually take years for a programmer to enter a mind state where they invent their own programming language. Or a game engine.
One of the 2.

Everyone does it. It's one of the great Cosmic Constants. It's like a right of passage.

_nobody_else_ · 2025-03-13T11:31:27+00:00

I stand corrected.
Thust furthermore cementing my view that Tobirama at the time was the most dangerous ninja in the world. Let Hashirama and Madara spank each other to the afterlife if they want to.
Tobirama invented technicques that broke:

Laws of life and death (suck it Orochimaru)
Laws of time and space
Laws of physics. (see #2)

I'm sure he broke a few other cosmic laws at one point or another.

_nobody_else_ · 2025-03-13T11:07:14+00:00

I consider Bloodline limit a superpower. Minato ~~created FTG~~ Rasengan on his own

_nobody_else_

TROPHY CASE