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[–] mrh@mander.xyz 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Thanks!

Do you happen to know what certs would be most "applicable" in this case? Something like OSWE?

[–] mrh@mander.xyz 3 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Any advice on requirements to have a shot at appsec jobs?

I have my sec+ and my job is devops. We do everything in AWS (no on prem at all). However I have no actual cyber experience. Our team is pretty small, so I do as much dev as anyone else and as much ops as anyone else (deploying/managing cloud infrastructure), including standard security stuff like IAM and network configuration. It's also a small unknown company.

Is this enough to try and directly break into appsec, or do I need to start with another "cyber" role like SOC analyst or security engineer or something like that? I also plan on getting my OSCP at some point soon if that's relevant.

[–] mrh@mander.xyz 1 points 2 years ago

I think I said something a bit stronger than what I meant. I'm not averse to sharing my thoughts on posts, I've just never held it against a post if the OP happens to not provide some comment containing their thoughts on it.

I do see what you're saying about not knowing what something is, and not wanting to spend ~1 hour on it to find out. Though I still don't think that's what downvoting is for (unless you have positive evidence that it's spam).

Mainly I disagree with "I'll downvote it to make room for the posts that are definitely good". That's just very much not my philosophy and not one I ever took to be a majority view. Downvoting for me means the content is not good/appropriate/whatever. It's a sign of negativity, and being not definitely good != being bad.

[–] mrh@mander.xyz 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (6 children)

I appreciate you being the 1/8 to actually state their reason!

Everything seemed pretty self-explanatory to me in a community like this since:

  1. Videogame critiques on youtube are quite popular (and have been for years)
  2. Joseph Anderson is one of the most popular video game critics. His (second!) Fallout 4 critique has 10+ million views
  3. Lies of P is a very popular game which came out this year, and souls-likes in general are very popular games which people love to talk about

Also I wholehartedly disagree with downvoting something as spam when you have no idea what it is. And why do you need me to tell you what "we're" doing here? It's not for me to say whether this is a thread for roasting the game or praising it or anything else. I'm not sure I could even think of a more clear, straightforward title (and it's simply the video title).

I also don't feel it's my obligation to share my thoughts on something I post. As OP I prefer for people to think for themselves and form their own opinion about the content.

[–] mrh@mander.xyz 4 points 2 years ago

I had the same thought lol

[–] mrh@mander.xyz 3 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Yeah is there some specific reason that I'm missing? I've never posted something like this before anywhere on lemmy.

[–] mrh@mander.xyz 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I'm not trying to push an agenda. I don't know what you mean by "picking and choosing writings". I'm still not sure exactly what you're saying.

If you're saying there are no such thing as "founding fathers", I think that's just wrong in the sense that the myth of the founding fathers is a part of American culture and is taught in American schools. There is no "founding father" gene or element, but that doesn't mean they don't exist.

If you're saying all the people who were delegates at those conventions are equally "founding fathers" because they helped forge the documents, then sure, I can respect that opinion. But some of those delegates undoubtedly played a significantly larger role in early American history than others (including the creation of those documents!). Hence why we learn about a select few of them, and not all ~100 (although I guess that would also be impractical in a school setting). The specific number 7 is a bit arbitrary, but ~10 were a lot more important than the rest.

[–] mrh@mander.xyz 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Sure there's some degree of arbitriness to 7, but I don't think you could reasonably claim it's any less than 7, and 7 is even a number wikipedia throws around. Not that there are only 7, just that there are 7 particularly important ones.

I really just think the 13 the current US flag has looks too busy, but this is the only "American" number I could think of which was less than 13. If you have others I'd love to hear!

Can you say more about the stars? Are you against them being in a circle?

There's not really any way to have them "fill up" the blue while still being in a circle (even if you change their sizes), unless you change the ratio of the blue, which would cause it to deviate from that of the flag itself. Maybe I can cook up a 2:3 version for ya.

As for the size of the stars, again they are in the maximum radius circle which fits in the blue, so can't change their position, and making them any bigger would cause them to touch each other or at least feel cramped.

The stars in a circle in the blue is a classic American design which has been done on the flag before (besty ross, cowpens, etc.).

[–] mrh@mander.xyz 1 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I don’t understand. What do the delegates of the Second Continental Congress and Constitutional Convention have to do with anything?

[–] mrh@mander.xyz 2 points 2 years ago

Alright look just because a certain someone made the best of all these “style” designs doesn’t mean the motherland doesn’t deserve at least a little better.

Though the large center star is the least compelling aspect due to the similarity, perhaps it should be the same size as the others.

[–] mrh@mander.xyz 1 points 2 years ago

Yes that is probably the most similar of all (real) US variant flags. Compared to Cowpens: less stripes, upright stars, one more star in the circle (14 vs 13 total), and the center star being larger than the rest.

Though perhaps the most similar other flag is the one used by Ulysses in Lonesome Road.

[–] mrh@mander.xyz 5 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Metroidvanias of knowledge a la Outer Wilds

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