Notices by Approaching Utopia (estoricru@hackers.town)

Government = bad
Corporations = bad

I still don’t understand why there’s arguments going around as if we have one or the other.

Alright fine I'll f&$%ing learn emacs.

2020 will be the year I clean up all my browser tabs

You should only know one password, and that password is the one to get into your encrypted password manager.

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If you're a small business who doesn't think you need privacy and cyber security, you should know that cyber attacks against businesses increased by around four hundred percent last year.

60 percent of small businesses hit with a cyberattack go out of business within six months of the cyber attack.

Whether a #smallBusiness, or an individual, a #cyberattack against you can cost thousands of dollars and hundreds of hours of headaches.

For individuals, this usually comes in the form of #identityTheft, but it could be so much more.

Statistic Sources:

http://www.techminded.co/category/new-tech/?doing_wp_cron=1570109246.3718209266662597656250
https://www.inc.com/joe-galvin/60-percent-of-small-businesses-fold-within-6-months-of-a-cyber-attack-heres-how-to-protect-yourself.html

Screw it; I’m gonna get political.

Please do not confuse "freedom of speech" with "freedom to be heard."

Freedom to be heard is not a thing.

The success of a nation should be measured on how well the least-well of its citizens are doing.

There are stories of Tiger Woods hitting 1,000 balls at the range without a break. And of Jason Williams practicing dribbling for hours on end without ever shooting a ball.

That’s how you become an expert. That’s how you get amazing results.

At least in some fields.

I'm wondering...what would that be in #infoSec? In #programming?

Deliberate practice (https://jamesclear.com/deliberate-practice-theory) is mostly built off of 4 criteria:

Designed and evaluated by an expert
Stretches you and is uncomfortable
Requires your total concentration
Consists of a lot of repetition

Usually, it comes down to exercising one aspect of something. If you want to get good at drawing people, don't just draw 100 people. Draw 100 eyes. 100 noses. 100 hands.

If you want to get good at putts, make 100 putts. From the same spot. Then move a little. And make 100 more putts.

What types of deliberate practice do we have in the tech industry?