Hacker News: derptron

New comment by derptron in "Give me /events, not webhooks"

derptron — Tue, 13 Jul 2021 23:00:37 +0000

The website seems to be crammed into the left side of my screen unnecessarily.

New comment by derptron in "AOL Moloch: open-source, large scale, packet-capturing, indexing database system"

derptron — Wed, 22 Apr 2020 23:50:15 +0000

Am I the only one who thinks of Moloch aka Edgar Jacobi, the old villain in Watchmen dying of cancer?

New comment by derptron in "My Interviews with Amazon"

derptron — Thu, 28 Jul 2016 18:22:30 +0000

I'm so nervous in interviews that I get nervous just reading these stories.

New comment by derptron in "Suspect jailed indefinitely for refusing to decrypt hard drives"

derptron — Thu, 28 Apr 2016 17:57:27 +0000

Held without charges and without evidence on the suspicion that the drives contain something relevant.

So if his protection against self-incrimination is upheld by courts, can he turn around and sue for this blatant violation of his constitutional rights?

New comment by derptron in "Google listening in to your room shows importance of privacy defense in depth"

derptron — Thu, 18 Jun 2015 14:36:34 +0000

Wow, is there really no way to disable this? I guess I'm going back to Firefox.

New comment by derptron in "The Post-Ownership Society"

derptron — Tue, 09 Jun 2015 22:05:10 +0000

It's the natural progression. Going against automation is like rock fighting against erosion.

New comment by derptron in "Why most hiring processes suck (2011)"

derptron — Mon, 08 Jun 2015 15:11:14 +0000

Most medium to large companies are going to have an HR department out of necessity. Hell I worked for a 30-employee company for a bit and even they were forced to hire HR people after a harassment incident.

New comment by derptron in "Ask HN: How to reskill without losing income?"

derptron — Mon, 08 Jun 2015 15:05:28 +0000

You're going to have to do it on your own time. Make it a pet project, make it visible on github, and make sure to link it on your resume so potential employers can see what you're capable. of.