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macabeon US Air Force says AI-controlled F-16 has been dogfighting with humans

Need a quote from the pilot flying the other plane.

Mentioned in Michael Lewis’s Flash Boys. A person named Zoran Perkov made everyone at the exchange, IEX, read this post.

macabeon The Cyber Security Glossary

Yeah or SBOM

https://www.cisa.gov/sbom

macabeon The Cyber Security Glossary

Application security engineer

macabeon The Cyber Security Glossary

Tryhackme helped me land a job. I found nothing better in studying for technical screenings and getting familiar with new tools. Certs are great and all, but thm is a proving ground with their rooms, and king of the hill competitions.

macabeon Dunning–Kruger Effect

Very nice (borat voice).

I should have posted these together. I find the contradiction between pygmalion and dunning-kruger interesting https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36507029

macabeon [dead]

A recent interview I had led to a conversation that has stuck with me for months.

macabeon Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (June 2023)

Location: DC/Maryland

Remote: No

Willing to relocate: Yes

Technologies: Nmap, Wireshark, Burp, Hydra, BeEF, John the Ripper, metasploit, sqlmap, nikto (anything in the kali linux toolchest); scripting with pyhton and bash

Résumé: https://macabe.info/resume/

CV: https://macabe.info/team-5/

Email: mac@calibir.com

macabeon Why woodpeckers can hammer without getting headaches (2022)

Afraid to admit how long I've pondered the incredible evolutionary feat that is the woodpecker.

macabeon Colors, Minds, and Game of Thrones

Colors are cool.

macabeon Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (April 2023)

Location: Maryland

Remote: Hybrid, or in-person preferred

Willing to relocate: Yes

Technologies: Nmap, Wireshark, Burp, Hydra, BeEF, John the Ripper, metasploit, sqlmap, nessus, and all the other tools on kali. I use bash & python for scripting.

Résumé/CV: https://macabe.info/resume/

Email: mac@calibir.com

Summary: Have experience building webapps, but found I like breaking them more than building them. Self-taught until recently when I began reviewing the PenTest+ material from CompTIA. I am looking to join a red team that can offer me a group to learn from and grow with. A mentor of sorts, someone or some group that has experience with developing people in the world of ethical hacking.

macabeon Last Flight Out

This is a great read. Not sure if it is answered in another post, but what is the story behind your decision to leave San Francisco for the South Pole?

macabeon Observation or Recognition

How do you distinguish the two?

macabeon Language in a New Medium

We are learning charlatanism in a new medium.