johnr2

This one by Orfanidis is good IMO and uses C examples:

https://www.ece.rutgers.edu/~orfanidi/intro2sp/

> they have demonstrated wideband microwave mesh networking with off the shelf hardware.

That's academic if you don't happen to be close to a suitably stocked shelf in an emergency situation. As has been pointed out in other posts, simple analog gear can be improvised using basic and easily obtained components.

The current fashion for getting rid of low-tech backups for important infrastructure reminds me of the Titanic: the ship is "unsinkable" so why not get rid of most of the lifeboats?

> I don't know in which world you live in, but in the real world Java is by far the dominant platform for web services.

I read it as meaning 'the "it's so cool to shit on Java" thing' is close to retirement, not the language itself.

> it's pronounced in a way I can't seem to type phonetically.

Rhymes with "how".

> I was expecting more along the lines of actual code like assembly

You mean like the MIX (and later MMIX) assembly code used extensively throughout the books?

> Except most big orgs now employ MitM tools like BlueCoat to sniff SSL connections too.

This. A long thread mostly advocating HTTPS everywhere and only one mention of this. Would any of the knowledgeable HTTPS advocates here care to comment on it?