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thejournalizer

46 karma · joined August 20, 2012

Just an agent of chaos.
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thejournalizer··on Palo Alto Networks welcomed guests with branded lampshade-wearing hostesses
The agency behind it called it "mood lighting" https://www.instagram.com/p/C-dd-pEy2qu/
thejournalizer··on Microsoft technical breakdown of CrowdStrike incident
Honestly most of the conversations were about getting everyone back online.
thejournalizer··on Top Zero Trust – Trolling the industry that call Zero Trust a tool
I run a small cybersec podcast called Adopting Zero Trust, which launched on the idea that there are simply too many misconceptions for an otherwise valuable strategy and concept. Figured, hey, why not troll vendors a bit by getting them with their own game and launching a fake directory of ZT solutions, and for anyone that stumbles upon it will find links to actual resources.
thejournalizer··on Tell HN: Job interview canceled due to looming recession
This is unfortunately expected behavior and a bullet dodged. The only exception would be that this startup likely was expecting to get a funding round to close soon, and because of the recent shifts, VC dollars are drying up. That said, there is still money moving to tech companies.

Your skills are in demand, just may need to work with a recruiter for find a spot that works best for you (how I get most of my roles lately).

thejournalizer··on Launch HN: Riot (YC W20) – Phishing training for your team
Not OP, but I will say, of those companies, only two or so really focus on this as the market is incredibly saturated. For example, Attack Simulator via Microsoft was recently announced, and their O365 brand is one of the most abused. Most have acquired other organizations to find higher ground.
thejournalizer··on University of Reddit
Hey now, I totally added cats, memes, and bacon into my class.
thejournalizer··on University of Reddit
It really depends on the teacher. Just make sure you check their class page, as it often lists where to find the content and if there are live sessions. To find the class page button, just click the plus sign next to the class name, and you'll see the button on the bottom right of the expanded area.
thejournalizer··on University of Reddit
You are right, and unfortunately that has already happened. I have become more diligent about helping teachers who launched their class one or more years ago to host their content in other formats, or transfer them to PDFs. In some cases I was even going to the Google cache version, transferring it to a free blog, and making it available.

One of our main needs with Open Compass was the expenses that came with running servers all the time, and hosting said content. We did not officially define how that would work yet, but ideally the content would be housed in Open Compass, but the teacher still retains all rights/control. At least that way if their domain expired this would be less of an issue. Sadly we're just a very small team, and we are the sole investors.

thejournalizer··on University of Reddit
Rightfully so. UReddit was setup as a self-service with only one developer. Between myself, a few kind subreddit mods, and the dev, it was difficult to verify everything. We mostly relied on the teacher's peers to let us know if something was not up to par. If/When we launch Open Compass, verification will be implemented, and only the best content from UReddit will make it there.
thejournalizer··on University of Reddit
Correct. Unfortunately eawesome3 is not really involved any longer. It's mostly Anastas and myself. Here is the actual link to eawsome3's original post from 2010 though http://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/c0vx3/dear_reddit...
thejournalizer··on University of Reddit
Most of the content listed on UReddit is actually housed on the teacher's own site or subreddit. We are really just an aggregate to help them organize and reach more people. Plus they have complete control and ownership of their content. Unfortunately our non-profit Open Compass hit a delay as we were hoping KickStarter would work out for us.
thejournalizer··on University of Reddit
Unfortunately Kickstarter did not work for us. This will just force our Open Compass to seek actual investors.
thejournalizer··on University of Reddit
That's not quite how it works. The subreddit and UReddit.com sites are not connected like that.

Teachers go in and list their courses, syllabus, and relevant information to make it easier for folks to find after the content falls off our front page. There is also a messaging feature so that once a student enrolls (adds) a class, the teacher can message them with updates. So it is an aggregator or sorts, but it's also a tool to increase communication and organization. As far as using the term University, unfortunately that was picked in 2010, and we often just go by UReddit.

thejournalizer··on University of Reddit
It's open source, so you are more than welcome to. If you want I can point you to Anastas, the one and only developer we have.
thejournalizer··on University of Reddit
We do https://ureddit.com/
thejournalizer··on University of Reddit
Unfortunately a lot of these points are correct. We set ureddit up as a self-service tool for the community. There is not a lot of incentive for teachers to continue on if their students don't show some sort of sign that they are still paying attention. If we had some sort of budget we would at least try to give them beer.
thejournalizer··on University of Reddit
Can you access it through the https version?
thejournalizer··on University of Reddit
Nope. We knew this going into the day that the blog would kill us.