Hacker News: jamesjguthrie

New comment by jamesjguthrie in "Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (June 2021)"

jamesjguthrie — Tue, 01 Jun 2021 19:37:05 +0000

SEEKING WORK | WORLDWIDE | REMOTE

ZeroInfoSec is a pentesting consultancy startup, our areas of expertise are:

- Web applications and API’s

- Mobile applications, Android and iOS/iPadOS

- Network infrastructure

- IoT, including digital medical devices, FIPS 140-2

- Source code review

We have conducted security assessments on all of the above for small and large clients over the years.

We work closely with our clients to test and provide clear feedback and remediation advice, and can include re-testing in commissions.

We’re spread between Europe and the USA but will accommodate testing times as required.

Contact me any time at james@zeroinfosec.com. Our website is at https://zeroinfosec.com

New comment by jamesjguthrie in "Woman catches state police attaching tracker to her car, now they want it back"

jamesjguthrie — Mon, 31 May 2021 23:24:35 +0000

One of TPB founders was on Darknet Diaries recently saying this about Sweden. I wonder if it is true.

New comment by jamesjguthrie in "One man’s fight for the right to repair broken MacBooks"

jamesjguthrie — Sun, 23 May 2021 20:16:36 +0000

He literally did a video about Asus 4 days ago.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e48eYElm1R8

New comment by jamesjguthrie in "Linux on iPad"

jamesjguthrie — Sun, 22 Nov 2020 01:06:32 +0000

Through that website I found the iSH app and it’s amazing. It’s an Alpine Linux shell in an x86 emulator and it’s on the App Store.

I just installed gcc, Java, and Python on my iPad Pro. I can also install Ruby, PHP, etc. I can do most of my work now from my iPad without using Remote Desktop. Game changer. This app should be included on iPad Pro by default.

New comment by jamesjguthrie in "Ask HN: What did you purchase that measurably improved your quality of life?"

jamesjguthrie — Sun, 18 Oct 2020 23:24:19 +0000

My diet is terrible sometimes. I use my bidet (retrofitted toilet seat adapter) and then a quick wipe to ensure cleanliness and to partially dry my bum.

+1 for bidet.

New comment by jamesjguthrie in "Ask HN: Has CORS Solved Anything?"

jamesjguthrie — Tue, 06 Oct 2020 21:08:51 +0000

It's a necessity that when implemented improperly leaves a sizeable security hole.

I recently got a bug bounty for finding a CORS vulnerability and showing a proof of concept phishing site that uses all of the resources from the genuine origin. The site was accepting a wildcard origin whereas it should've used a whitelist.

New comment by jamesjguthrie in "Ask HN: Should remote worker salaries be based on location?"

jamesjguthrie — Fri, 03 Jul 2020 23:37:52 +0000

This is the comment I have agreed with most in this thread. The employer should pay based on what the employee is worth, not where they live IMO. Why is somebody in California worth more? Is it because they’re in the office? Are they doing a different job than the remote worker?

New comment by jamesjguthrie in "Ask HN: Were you in a computer user group, back in their heyday?"

jamesjguthrie — Sat, 08 Feb 2020 22:28:01 +0000

I really wanted to go to my local 2600 meetup after talking to them on IRC but my introversion/social-anxiety got the better of me.

A network of ‘camgirl’ sites exposed millions of users and sex workers

jamesjguthrie — Sat, 09 Nov 2019 14:22:40 +0000

Article URL: https://techcrunch.com/2019/11/03/camgirl-network-exposed-millions-users/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21491696

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

New comment by jamesjguthrie in "Don't Call Yourself a Programmer, and Other Career Advice (2011)"

jamesjguthrie — Sun, 20 Oct 2019 14:51:08 +0000

Yeah downvote a guy looking for work. Thanks.

New comment by jamesjguthrie in "Don't Call Yourself a Programmer, and Other Career Advice (2011)"

jamesjguthrie — Sun, 20 Oct 2019 14:21:32 +0000

I need a job and can write code in nearly any language. Hire me?

New comment by jamesjguthrie in "Cars People Keep for 15 Years or More"

jamesjguthrie — Tue, 29 Jan 2019 11:41:08 +0000

Ah, ok. My mistake.

New comment by jamesjguthrie in "Cars People Keep for 15 Years or More"

jamesjguthrie — Sat, 26 Jan 2019 23:10:34 +0000

BMW should certainly be on that list considering European owners. Countless numbers of E46 and E39 models remain on the road here.

New comment by jamesjguthrie in "Ask HN: What technologies did you learn in 2018?"

jamesjguthrie — Mon, 24 Dec 2018 03:25:34 +0000

Various cryptocurrency related things like Solidity, ERC20 protocol.

New comment by jamesjguthrie in "Ask HN: How was your 2018?"

jamesjguthrie — Wed, 19 Dec 2018 20:30:35 +0000

2018 was great professionally, maybe not so great personally. I made more money this year than I have in the last 4 or 5 combined but my mental health has struggled.

I'll be taking the next few weeks off to TRY to relax, reflect, and gather my thoughts on the plan for 2019.

New comment by jamesjguthrie in "Ask HN: What are you planning to learn next year and why?"

jamesjguthrie — Sun, 17 Dec 2017 19:06:47 +0000

Mandarin to a level where I can read most texts on Chinese websites. Why? Mostly for fun.

New comment by jamesjguthrie in "Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (September 2017)"

jamesjguthrie — Fri, 08 Sep 2017 09:32:36 +0000

SEEKING WORK

Hey! I'm a freelance app developer, been working on many different kinds of projects for years, including language apps, embedded systems, CFD software, avionics, and games.

Technologies I use include Objective C, Java, PHP, C/C++, mikroC, Python, REST frameworks, MySQL, AWS, EC2

Github: https://github.com/jamesjguthrie/ Google Play: https://play.google.com/store/apps/developer?id=jamesjguthri...

I'm in Scotland and available locally or remotely. Get in touch through here or e-mail james at guthrie dot scot

New comment by jamesjguthrie in "Ask HN: What 5 software tools do you use most for work?"

jamesjguthrie — Tue, 18 Jul 2017 03:08:05 +0000

Research engineer

Every single working day for the past 3 or 4 years vim, terminal, C++, Chrome, and just recently CUDA.

New comment by jamesjguthrie in "Ask HN: Help Coinbase ate my $5,000.00"

jamesjguthrie — Mon, 19 Jun 2017 19:38:44 +0000

Coinbase is horrible. Their customer service is none existent. I waited 6 weeks to get my bank account verified so that I could make withdrawals to my bank. They say send at least 6 EUR to their Estonia account. I sent 10 EUR and it never got verified. I e-mailed numerous times, tweeted their support account, and tweeted the CEO. No response from an actual person at all.

Moved my ETH and LTC elsewhere and sold to a private buyer.

New comment by jamesjguthrie in "Ask HN: What linux distro should I start with?"

jamesjguthrie — Wed, 31 May 2017 09:00:55 +0000

I don't know the specs of your laptop but if it will run Windows 10 then just install the Windows Subsystem for Linux then you can have bash, gcc, all the gnu tools, etc. right there without relying on Linux as your OS.