Hacker News: b8

New comment by b8 in "Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (October 2026)"

b8 — Thu, 01 Oct 2026 19:41:35 +0000

Seeking: Any role that I can use my technical skills in. Security analyst, consultant, technical support etc.

Location: Louisiana

Remote: Yes, and/or on-site. I'm experienced with both.

Willing to relocate: Yes

Technologies: AWS, Java (SRC review), C++/C (SRC Review), C# (Basic), Burp Suite, Binary Ninja etc.

Résumé/CV: Full resume on request.

Email: mcorkern1@tulane.edu

GitHub: https://github.com/qf0

Misc: I have over two years of full-time security consulting and blue team experience at NCC Group and Black Lantern Security. Also, I have two 0days and received CVEs under my name and a company research blog post to go along with it. Done contracting for FAANGs and found 0days in their products. Worked at IBM as a programmer too.

I'm eligible for a security clearance and willing to do government work. Already passed a FSP once, but was denied agency specific suitability.

New comment by b8 in "iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max"

b8 — Thu, 10 Sep 2026 06:45:31 +0000

Samsung phones still have better cameras. Nothing that special over the Pixel 10.

New comment by b8 in "AirPods 5"

b8 — Thu, 10 Sep 2026 06:41:23 +0000

I wish they would support lossless audio. Like the Sony earbuds do with my Pixel.

New comment by b8 in "Actively exploited sandbox RCE in all Chromium versions"

b8 — Sat, 05 Sep 2026 03:27:15 +0000

$1k for this vuln is laughable. If the researcher wrote an exploit as the nday exploit devs did and sold it in the gray market they would of got significantly more.

New comment by b8 in "Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (September 2026)"

b8 — Wed, 02 Sep 2026 02:10:06 +0000

Seeking: Any role that I can use my technical skills in. Security analyst, consultant, technical support etc.

Location: Louisiana

Remote: Yes, and/or on-site. I'm experienced with both.

Willing to relocate: Yes

Technologies: AWS, Java (SRC review), C++/C (SRC Review), C# (Basic), Burp Suite, Binary Ninja etc.

Résumé/CV: Full resume on request.

Email: mcorkern1@tulane.edu

GitHub: https://github.com/qf0

I'm eligible for a security clearance and willing to do government work. Already passed a FSP once, but was denied agency specific suitability.

New comment by b8 in "Dolly Parton has died"

b8 — Tue, 25 Aug 2026 23:16:40 +0000

Taylor Swift's parents spent 1 Mil+ on her career. I wouldn't call that middle class.

New comment by b8 in "Casio F-B100W-1A"

b8 — Thu, 20 Aug 2026 05:41:46 +0000

I wish they would've added features like LED lighting and other improvements while keeping Solar and Atomic clock syncing. Instead of modern smart watch stuff.

Comma AI Introducing Chestnut

b8 — Fri, 14 Aug 2026 07:56:51 +0000

Article URL: https://blog.comma.ai/chestnut/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49295835

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

New comment by b8 in "Pixel Watch 5"

b8 — Wed, 12 Aug 2026 20:38:55 +0000

The Garmin Tactix with solar is good.

New comment by b8 in "I'm switching my phone from Android to Linux"

b8 — Thu, 06 Aug 2026 05:46:24 +0000

PureOS runs on Librem and is decent.

New comment by b8 in "AI financial advice is surprisingly good, especially if you ask right questions"

b8 — Sun, 02 Aug 2026 02:18:40 +0000

Pokemon is a good investment IMO. My mom even bought me some as an investment in 2008.

New comment by b8 in "GrapheneOS protections against data extraction from locked devices"

b8 — Sun, 26 Jul 2026 18:03:03 +0000

Does it protect it in After First Unlock mode? I often use my device and if I lock it before LE or another bad actor catches it then it's kind of useless if it doesn't protect my data in after first unlock (locked) mode. Especially with LE agencies having tools like Cellebrite at their station for same day analysis. Most people probably won't have time to reboot their device.

Similar to how I use Veracrypt, but I leave my PC running, because I hate spending time booting up again. So LE could decrypt my stuff using RAM extraction stuff.

Ask HN: What websites do you visit every day?

b8 — Thu, 23 Jul 2026 00:28:51 +0000

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49015340

Points: 11

# Comments: 9

New comment by b8 in "Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (June 2026)"

b8 — Mon, 01 Jun 2026 21:45:47 +0000

Seeking: Any role that I can use my technical skills in. Security analyst, consultant, technical support etc.

Location: Louisiana

Remote: Yes, and/or on-site. I'm experienced with both.

Willing to relocate: Yes

Technologies: AWS, Java (SRC review), C++/C (SRC Review), C# (Basic), Burp Suite, Binary Ninja etc.

Résumé/CV: Full resume on request.

Email: mcorkern1@tulane.edu

GitHub: https://github.com/qf0

I'm eligible for a security clearance and willing to do government work. Already passed a FSP once, but was denied agency specific suitability.

New comment by b8 in "Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (May 2026)"

b8 — Fri, 08 May 2026 16:58:03 +0000

Seeking: Any role that I can use my technical skills in. Security analyst, consultant, technical support etc.

Location: Louisiana

Remote: Yes, and/or on-site. I'm experienced with both.

Willing to relocate: Yes

Technologies: AWS, Java (SRC review), C++/C (SRC Review), C# (Basic), Burp Suite, Binary Ninja etc.

Résumé/CV: Full resume on request.

Email: mcorkern1@tulane.edu

GitHub: https://github.com/qf0

I'm eligible for a security clearance and willing to do government work. Already passed a FSP once, but was denied agency specific suitability.

New comment by b8 in "U.S. banks may soon collect citizenship data from customers"

b8 — Mon, 20 Apr 2026 15:07:55 +0000

I already have to upload my real ID and had to hop on a video call to show my face + ID for one bank.

New comment by b8 in "Sam Altman's response to Molotov cocktail incident"

b8 — Sat, 11 Apr 2026 00:48:22 +0000

We still haven't made AGI, so I don't understand what he's saying they did.

New comment by b8 in "You can't trust macOS Privacy and Security settings"

b8 — Fri, 10 Apr 2026 15:58:49 +0000

I was considering buying a mini Mac, but there wasn't a way to encrypt it fully with Veracrypt and in the case of Francis Rawls the feds got pass Apples vault encryption. With the recent iPhone notification storage revelation I don't trust Apple at all.

New comment by b8 in "FBI used iPhone notification data to retrieve deleted Signal messages"

b8 — Fri, 10 Apr 2026 15:55:44 +0000

Sounds like an intentional government feature. Just speculation though. I'm glad I have a Pixel, but I'm on the default OS and need to switch to GrapiousOS (secure version). Just haven't due to lack of nice Google features.

New comment by b8 in "Sam Altman may control our future – can he be trusted?"

b8 — Tue, 07 Apr 2026 03:31:55 +0000

Sam failed upwards.