For those who managed to find the answer, a second problem awaited on the secret web site, and those who solved that were then encouraged to send in a job application.
The Computer Hack That Saved Apollo 14Apollo 14 almost never made it to the lunar surface thanks to a hardware failure which caused a short circuit in the abort switch. With the computer seeing the abort switch enabled the software team back on earth had a limited amount of time to figure out how to make the computer ignore the erroneou
Immutability: The way to remain unchangedOne of the cornerstones of Functional Programming is the idea of immutability. Although frequently misconstrued, Immutability is simply the concept that once we set a value, that object or variable will not change. Once we set that value, any attempts to change it will create a new object.
Software development 450 words per minute"Something's a little bit off here." That's what I predict your first thought to be upon seeing my cubicle for the first time. There's no screen or mouse in sight. Instead there's a guy hammering away on a keyboard, staring at seemingly nothing.
201708 : apenwarrLast November I went to an IETF meeting for the first time. The IETF is an interesting place; it seems to be about 1/3 maintenance grunt work, 1/3 extending existing stuff, and 1/3 blue sky insanity.
Passwords Evolved: Authentication Guidance for the Modern EraIn the beginning, things were simple: you had two strings (a username and a password) and if someone knew both of them, they could log in. Easy. We're talking back in the 60's here so a fair bit has happened since then.
Unleashing the Power of .NET Big Memory and Memory Mapped FilesKey Takeaways Web servers often have far more memory than the .NET GC can efficiently handle under normal circumstances. The performance benefits of a caching server are often lost due to increased network costs. Memory Mapped Files are often the fastest way to populate a cache after a restart.
How to securely hash passwords?If I hash passwords before storing them in my database, is that sufficient to prevent them being recovered by anyone? Of course any form of hash will not prevent those attacks.
Exploring CQRS within the Brighter .NET open source projectThere's a ton of cool new .NET Core open source projects lately, and I've very much enjoyed exploring this rapidly growing space. Today at lunch I was checking out a project called "Brighter." It's actually been around in the .NET space for many years and is in the process of moving to .
My Logging PracticesThis Read-It-Later-list is just that, bookmarks of stuff I intend to read or have read. I do not necessarily agree with opinions or statements in the bookmarked articles.
This list is compiled from my Pocket list.