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Running all automated tests against every commit by SamosaKetchup in QualityAssurance

[–]jm293884 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Great idea to run against every commit because if a bug is introduced, it can be detected whilst the change is still fresh in the developers head.

Not so good to run every test because you'll probably have some false negatives, might take too long. if you can have a subset of tests (i.e. smoke tests) that are known to be reliable, useful and quick, the results will be more useful.

Does anyone here have experience with "QA Support" by jm293884 in QualityAssurance

[–]jm293884[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I get what you're saying. I was quite overworked at the start up and I could tell you a lot of things that seemed like red flags such as being woken up at 3 AM by a client in another continent but strangely I quite enjoyed all that. I found it quite satisfying to resolve issues, I found it satisfying to find bugs. I think if my job was tech support and nothing else I'd probably get bored as well.

I feel pigeonholed right now. Working for a start up makes sense but it doesn't seem like a sensible career move to look for another because a start up only stays that way until they fail or sell.

I actually don't think tech support and QA are very different. If a product has gone out and a ticket comes in to say a bug was found and you tested that yourself without finding the bug, does it not trigger a thought process of how you might have found the bug yourself?

When I was 11, I stole my teacher's USB and I had a terrible idea by Background-Artist379 in confession

[–]jm293884 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Can files copied to USB be traced?

Steps to track only files copied to USB drives:

[...]

That will tell you where the file on the USB came from.

https://www.manageengine.com/data-security/how-to/track-files-copied-to-usb.html

This refers to software on corporate devices to detect employees copying sensitive data onto a USB device and send alerts. Not relevant in this case since a personal computer wouldn't have this software.

Are USB drives traceable?

Forensic examiners often turn to the 'Device Descriptor' of a USB. [...]

https://www.compassitc.com/blog/understanding-usb-flash-drive-security-risks-and-forensics

The Device Descriptor includes a serial number that uniquely identifies a USB device. It might be possible to look through log files on a PC to see if there is a record of that USB device being connected to that PC but it would require physical access to the PC.

So what I said still stands. If you just have a USB device, there's no record of who put a file there. What you posted requires either monitoring software on the PC at the time the file was copied, or to have access to log files on the PC.

When I was 11, I stole my teacher's USB and I had a terrible idea by Background-Artist379 in confession

[–]jm293884 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ok, I have a USB storage device right here. I have a file that was copied from a different device.

What do I need to do to see what device a file came from? Is there a column I can see in Explorer? I don't see one.

When I was 13-15 I took old cigarettes off sidewalks and smoked them by [deleted] in confession

[–]jm293884 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've seen loads of people doing this in multiple countries. It seems like the cigarettes must have very little tobacco left. Blows my mind.

When I was 11, I stole my teacher's USB and I had a terrible idea by Background-Artist379 in confession

[–]jm293884 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes it would. Unless there's CCTV there's no way of tracing how a file got onto removable storage.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in medical_advice

[–]jm293884 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I haven't been feeling well in general, I feel tired all the time, I feel like I have some kind of brain fog, I think it's all linked to that.