In light of recent events, I'm putting together a course on practical cyber security.
Basically it's a practical guide to make the average internet aware of what information they are revealing, and put together a bunch of rules that will help them stay safe if they follow.
Not bad, but doesn't really solve this problem. I'm fluent in emacs, but I'm slow with the drilling. The reason is that when I type the shortcut when I think about what I want to do. This test makes you associate the text you see with the shortcut that you type, which is different from associating an action that you want to do with the correct shortcut.
The other issue was that several of the shortcut key controls created unintended consequences in the browser.
I pulled out of a failing startup that I was bootstrapping. I wrote tons of code, and built a product, that several people in the industry told me was great, and they would love using it. Unfortunately, it failed from a business standpoint. ... then I spent some time thinking about what I did wrong, and I think that we've made the same mistake.
I ignored people in my business. At the end of many days, I would rather sit in a room and write code rather than go out into the world, network with people that could collaborate with me, or even just be friends. Look at other business people - they can't code, but they have a problem to solve, they get organized, they motivate other people, they solve problems. But the world isn't about code. Programming is one profession, and there are many, many other ways to lead a successful and happy life.
Look at the pattern in your work: Money isn't a concern for you. It looks like you're setting out to create meaningful value, or to "be someone", at least in your own eyes .... tbh, there are many, many other ways to do that rather than start your own company. But you're doing it for its own sake, not because you have a problem you want to solve. You can be entrepreneurial within a system, working for a company. You can apply for grants to work on problems that are relevant to people. Given your opportunity costs, it's likely that it's not particularly lucrative for you. For most people, a job is just a way for them to sustain their family and personal life ... nothing wrong with that either. Based on your actions, the most important thing to you doesn't seem to be to create value, but to make a contribution while avoiding other people and institutions. Are you dating, do you have a family, are you in shape? There are many other ways to get value in your life.
You're living in the "hacker news" bubble. As a demographic, we are generally male, often single, highly skilled with computers, slightly introverted, and abhorrent of institutions. Because we're good with computers, we use this as are catch-all answer to life's questions. Pretend you were somebody else - somebody who is a non-nerd. What would you do?
tl;dr; My advice is to get out in the world, become part of communities (itrw), and make sure that you are getting fulfillment in other ways. Code is the solution you're familiar with, but no amount will not solve any of your problems, guaranteed.
"""So why were people always asking him for it? Because even when Richard didn't understand, he always seemed to understand better than the rest of us."""
I think there's a conflict of interest. If you're telling the truth, and they lock you out of your account, then they lose a customer. If an attacker is trying to steal your identity, you suffer much more than Skype.
I can't see any conflict of interests. Skype would lose x>1 customers mistakenly locking out one users who blogs about it. When in doubt you can tell the user the identity verification test didn't go well and ask for extra information about the account, for example checking the IPs.
South korea has a far lower genetic diversity then a lot of european countries, and America for sure. In a totally non-racist way, the "all look same" stereotype may have more truth than it does for a lot of other countries.
This is quite easy to test: just take 20 beauty queens from North Korea and see what diversity you get. I believe the genetic diversity in the two countries is about the same, but they have been isolated for around 50+ years, so there is some great science to be had once North Korea opens up (think Iceland).
"Beauty queens" is a terrible group to sample from. It is not in any way whatsoever random, which is what you would need to study. "Beauty" has many subjective components, which can change rapidly.
But that's not the point. Take 20 girls from each country who are considered by some popular standard to be beautiful, and measure variation. Since I'm assuming plastic surgery is not that widespread in DPRK, the results would be interesting, even if not very useful.
No, we just measure variation according to some algorithm. The beauty is subjective based on standards, and the results would definitely be biased by that subjectivity.
Basically it's a practical guide to make the average internet aware of what information they are revealing, and put together a bunch of rules that will help them stay safe if they follow.
contact me if you want to help teach this.