Years ago at Defcon I met these guys who were also new to security and we figured out we had zero overlapping knowledge because they were all Java devs and I was at an MSP doing net/sysadmin. One of the guys said something I never forgot: most of the talks are ultra niche and intended for an extremely specific audience, but at a con that size, that audience can fill an entire hall. It is totally reasonable to have no idea what anything meant, and that didn't mean everyone else was just smarter than you and you're just bad at security.
I mostly have to remind myself of this when I read subreddits about hobbies / interests / skills. It's helpful to remember that the average person is extremely underrepresented because the sample size is so huge and the most dedicated people are generating most of the discourse. Makes a person feel like a talentless imposter at everything if you don't take effect into account. Can be very discouraging. I've been discouraged out of tons of interests from failing to realize that effect.
Really interesting bit on NPR about how a "eco friendly" tire company is moving to a subscription model because then they're incentivized to make more durable products
The simple joy of going to the gym to do a random bro split without obsessing over balance, rep counts, lift choice, compound lifts and linear progression
I've had to reach out to SANS support twice this week and they're awesome. Been really impressed with it.
I've never used a snappy smart TV, it's like they all have a single CPU core and 1 gig of RAM
I hate a lot about Teams but most of it fades into the background and I got used to it, except the emoji set, which I get a renewed hatred for every time I see one
Nobody told me the reason you have to get good at engineering is not so you could figure it out with several hours and full admin rights but because you need to tell several other teams what what specific button they each need to press and understand in advance what happens if they do it wrong
The sysadmin temptation to click save and see what breaks
3 whiskeys in and I've finally found the key to watching game shows
First phone upgrade in 4 years and it's immediately obvious why I put this off, this is the exact same experience except it cost 200 dollars in fees and doesn't have an aux cord
