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smcquaid

34 karma · joined October 31, 2014

DJ. Coder. Sunnyvale, CA

[ my public key: https://keybase.io/stevemcquaid; my proof: https://keybase.io/stevemcquaid/sigs/jBis_eRkN-TvUBK5S-AggrTisBtjKyaFpYB1vPAbSX8 ]

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smcquaid··on RouterSploit – Router Exploitation Framework
Looks great - exactly like metasploit. Why not just build a module for metasploit?
smcquaid··on Telegram to award grants to bot developers
Bots offer a gateway between human language and API actions. The future (which VC's are very excited about) is one where the human language commands evolve into something non-syntax specific.
smcquaid··on CCTV Cameras Sold on Amazon Come with Pre-Installed Malware
This is so unfortunate. I've been wanting to do a security system for awhile now, but it looks like I will have to do it via USB webcam + raspberry pi instead of an integrated IP camera. I really wish there was was cheap IP camera hardware standard where the firmware could be easily flashed with something open source.
smcquaid··on D-Link publishes code-signing private keys by mistake
Horrible .. but the certs expired in early September so not currently relevant except to monitor history/past infections/malicious activity
smcquaid··on Ask HN: Will programming continue to be a lucrative profession in the future?
I believe the statement to be true. The rate at which new jobs are created for computer scientists even outpaces the rate at which newly graduated CS majors enter the workforce.

Meaning demand is going to increase at an increasing rate, supply will remain at a constant growth rate.

In the future, while technology may replace many things, It will never replace entertainers, engineers, designers or people who create creative things in general.

The killer fact to me is that software is hard. It is something that cannot be seen. Imagine trying to diagnose traffic problems when you can't see the cars or the roads or the traffic signals. Software is so hard that even if you build a system that accomplishes the main objective, it can be extremely hard to modify the system in the future if the quality is low. Top talent will always be in demand. Over time a few expensive talented programmers will always create a better product than hundreds of cheap mediocre ones.

smcquaid··on Show HN: MinoHubs – A platform for software project hubs
While the product is cool, it seems that you are trying to solve a problem that doesn't exist.

Try and discover what your customer needs. Interview some software foundations and ask what their their biggest pains are. Ask where they spend the most time outside of development. In what areas do they struggle? Communication with members? Getting donations? Processing donations? Getting committed members?

I'm guessing that getting donations is their biggest problem. Getting paid is as easy as setting up a paypal button these days. I'd guess open source software devs struggle with marketing/advertising rather than technical platforms. :)

smcquaid··on Easily add a NSA backdoor to your Rails app (2013)
I love the first issue - Add crypto ron's pubkey hehe: https://github.com/goshakkk/nsa_panel/issues/15
smcquaid··on Ask HN: Do you keep a “portables” thumbdrive?
I have two thumb drives I carry on my keychain.

One is a bootable Ubuntu flash drive.

The second is a cheap USB 2.0 512 Gb flash drive. There I have iso's of tails, ubuntu server, windows XP, and a couple other random distros on one partition. On the other I have personal music and miscellaneous files.

smcquaid··on Hacking Oklahoma State University's Student ID
I am going to take a guess that you failed to publish the contents of encrypted track 3 due to INTEGRAl security concerns from your university?
smcquaid··on Banks Paid $32.6B in Bonuses Amid U.S. Bailout (2009)
If you dont mind me asking, whats the software dev salary range in charlotte?
smcquaid··on Eero – Blanket your home in fast, reliable WiFi
Congrats Amos! These look amazing! (A far sexier model from that black box prototype you showed me!)
smcquaid··on CVE-2015-0235 – GHOST: glibc gethostbyname buffer overflow
Here is a diff removing the vulnerability: https://sourceware.org/git/?p=glibc.git;a=blobdiff;f=nss/dig...
smcquaid··on Google Domains Launches to All in U.S
godaddy has 2fa
smcquaid··on PayTango – simple invoicing + $50k free credit card processing
Oh nice! This looks sick!