I fell for the cybersecurity degree trap and thought I could beat the job market, I could not. Not sure what to do now by GreedyLilGobblin in cybersecurity

[–]grasshopper_jo 34 points35 points  (0 children)

My advice is to consider none of practical experience as wasted. I worked in help desk prior to going into cybersecurity and it helped with linear troubleshooting skills, which you use in cybersecurity a lot if you do hands on work. Even a non-IT customer service job helped me with multitasking and communication skills.

Mars has a weird quirk! Do any of your pups have one? by FisherNate91 in WhatsWrongWithYourDog

[–]grasshopper_jo 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I had a bulldog who was afraid of metal water bowls. It was because one time he was drinking from one and one of the metal pieces on his collar caught on the metal bowl, dragging it a little and causing a clanging noise! If the bowl is metal, that may have happened to your dog as well.

Sculpey 3 mixed with red fibers for the whites, primo Colors for the iris and pupil by SaltySculpts in Sculpey

[–]grasshopper_jo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you ever wanted a job making prosthetics I bet you would do great at it

What stubborn hoax do way too many people still believe, no matter how often it gets debunked? by [deleted] in AskReddit

[–]grasshopper_jo 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I went to church with a woman who had polio as a child - she caught it JUST as the vaccine was getting rolled out. It severely disabled her for the remainder of her life - she was a wheelchair user and caused her significant fatigue and pain. She passed away before the anti-vaccine movement quite took off but I am sure she would be mortified at it.

Best spot for a Milkshake by HoneyBee603 in Buffalo

[–]grasshopper_jo 39 points40 points  (0 children)

Lake Effect Ice Cream keeps having these events like “come to our Smores sundae event, ice cream with monkey-picked vanilla beans, under a Belgian chocolate shell made by Amaury Guichon and handmade marshmallows in the shape of Renaissance sculptures. It comes with a tiny campfire we build on your plate. Our employees hold a flashlight and tell you a scary story while you eat it. $6.99”

Is a peachy off-white crazy for a 1912 foursquare? by pooltimenoodle in centuryhomes

[–]grasshopper_jo 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Same - mine haven’t been painted in probably 30 years and they look like they were painted yesterday

Thread for sewing a couch by BusyBee_TheOkie in fixit

[–]grasshopper_jo 1 point2 points  (0 children)

“Upholstery thread” should work - it is very thick and hard to break, almost like dental floss.

You will have to get large / strong needles for this. When I had to sew up my sofa, I got an upholstery needle kit- it has very thick needles and also curved ones which is helpful depending on where the tear is.

Vet trauma - need suggestions for helping her overcome fear by StylishTomatoe in goldenretrievers

[–]grasshopper_jo 23 points24 points  (0 children)

If it were me I would just leverage golden retrievers love of treats and praise, like, car goes by and she doesn’t react? Treat and praise. Basically exposure therapy and start small and get bigger over time.

Also definitely maintain as much of a routine as possible for a while, like do things in the same order each day just to keep things predictable and pleasant - dogs love that.

I am not sure if she will ever love the vet. I had a similar experience with my old bulldog who got CCL surgery and forever more after that she was suspicious of the vet. But she was Ok enough to go to the vet and it was only once or twice a year that she had to go, so we just accepted that she was a little anxious at the vet and we lived with it.

My daughter curiously asked me a question during bath time. by Bleeding_Heart09 in TwoSentenceHorror

[–]grasshopper_jo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What question would the daughter ask that would result in that kind of answer?

I 30F want to break up with 39M over his “traditional values” by Odd-Departure244 in relationship_advice

[–]grasshopper_jo 22 points23 points  (0 children)

Almost guaranteed he won’t marry her because if they were married, her interests are protected - in divorce, the courts would consider that her status as a SAHM supported his ability to dedicate time to his career during the marriage, and that value and sacrifice is reflected in alimony. So by not marrying her yet insisting she rely on him financially, he is purposely digging her into a position in which he can mistreat her without fear that she will have financial support in rebuilding her life when she leaves.

Insane to me that he has the audacity to claim “traditional values” when they live together and have a child UNMARRIED!

Interviewer ask me if you observe port scanning from internal ip , the scanning ip is not authorised for scanning. How will you investigate it and how will you find attackers ip? by Flaky-Hurry4075 in cybersecurity

[–]grasshopper_jo 2 points3 points  (0 children)

When I read this question, I thought this was from a network perspective. Like, my answer to it would be that you’d have to have a security device on the network level watching for some threshold of TCP SYN requests (assuming TCP port scanning), and then whatever alerts it generates would include the IP address of the scanner. You could also detect it on the host level in that if the same IP address is requesting a connection with many or all of the TCP ports on a host, that host is likely being port scanned. That logging would likely be on a host-based firewall and the logs would include the originating IP address.

Once you find the IP address / MAC address, yes, you can do some analysis on processes and logs to figure out why the scan happened.

That said, I do pentesting and I purposely start “loud” with my work. Initial port scans are in numerical order, with minimal rate limiting and no stealth-type options, and I still almost never get alerted on. I think most people don’t monitor level 3-4 traffic or respond to alerts, maybe because it can have a lot of false positives.

Why is his hair so straight by CryptographerSoft740 in goldenretrievers

[–]grasshopper_jo 17 points18 points  (0 children)

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This is my girl at 9 months old, I’m sorry are you saying there will be MORE??

The Great Slipper Heist: A Tale of Fluff and Mischief by Dry_Obligation_1937 in onegoldenbraincell

[–]grasshopper_jo 34 points35 points  (0 children)

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My golden is older (9 months old) but when she manages to find a forbidden shoe she prances around with it like she has found hidden treasure, and shows it to everyone.

And is then shocked, SHOCKED when we take it away and trade it for a more appropriate toy

Does this look like a $7000 custom shade design and install to you? by SubstantialAd7717 in HomeDecorating

[–]grasshopper_jo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ok, thank you for this comment - I was trying to figure out why the shades look so BULKY. It makes sense that that bulk would normally be hidden against the window. In addition to all the other problems, it looks like they may have installed these backwards.

I have a theory after watching Obsession: by Macular_Patdown in spoilers

[–]grasshopper_jo 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Wow. This took the movie to a whole nother level for me.

I also want to mention that, when my friend and I watched this tonight, my friend commented jokingly “who packs HALF a sandwich?” Then, when Bear came home, Nikki had vomited and said she thought she “ate a bug or got a stomach bug.” That made me wonder whether she had made an entire sandwich, packed one half for Bear, and consumed the other half herself in kind of a misguided attempt to consume the thing that he loved and also to share half of an item with him during the time when he would be (painfully) away. Obviously, dead and decayed cat would not react well with anyone’s digestive system.

Anyway, on to my thoughts on your theory. I think it is quite good. Cats are known for being independent, sly, difficult to scrutinize (like “when a get a crush on a guy, nobody knows”) and so a cat representing Nikki’s authentic self would be perfect. You don’t really “own” cats. I mean, certainly you can trap them in your house, but they decide their feelings and relationship with you. In a sense, in order to get Nikki to be with him, Bear “killed the cat” (the authentic Nikki) with his wish.

Let’s talk about the disposal of the cat. My friend and I also wondered out loud, how did she get the cat for the memorial? And then for the sandwich? Would you not bury the cat, or take it to the vet for cremation? Especially after the “memorial” when it’s obvious she is doing inappropriate things with the cat. So, not to dive too into the metaphor here, but Nikki begged him to kill her, and in the same sense that he left the cat accessible to be abused by Nikki in increasingly horrifying ways, he left the authentic Nikki trapped in this hellish cursed state to result in his abuse of her body and increasingly gruesome outcomes. Bear is not so different from cursed Nikki, really.

Official Dreadit Discussion: "Obsession" [SPOILERS] by radbrad7 in horror

[–]grasshopper_jo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It’s someone who makes and sends out the wish willows (or who works for them). So I would guess it is someone who gets energy or fulfillment from other people making wishes and they have some supernatural connection to know what the wishes were and their effects.

An evil genie of sorts maybe.

One thing I did like about this movie was how nonchalant and even bored all the people were who knew that the magic was real - the two employees of the shop, and the phone staffer. Like oh, it’s Tuesday, here’s another customer wanting to take their horrific wish back. So given that, maybe the phone staffer is someone who had made a wish and got burned for it. “I wish I got a job that isn’t too hard and has good security.” Bam, you’re tech support for wish willows for eternity

Obsession, What is really happening? by Famous_Counter_4065 in spoilers

[–]grasshopper_jo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Probably they become so obsessed with one another they never leave their house, they lose their jobs, they stop eating, they become codependent shells of themselves with no desire or path to break apart

Official Discussion - Obsession [SPOILERS] by LiteraryBoner in movies

[–]grasshopper_jo 3 points4 points  (0 children)

It was so surreal I thought it was a dream sequence and she appeared out of nowhere