For example, think questions like "What happens when you type an address in your browser and hit enter?" Questions which one could answer by going at great lengths and demonstrate the familiarity with the whole stack (networks in this case)?It doesn't need to be about computer networks -- other fields like computer organization, operating systems, distributed systems, compilers &...
I'm curious as to what is your way of finding out about the latest books worth reading, either updated editions of already well-known ones, or brand new?
https://github.com/overclockworked64/venom
Hey HN!I want to share a project I've been working on: a handcrafted virtual stack machine with a reduced instruction set. The programs for the VM are written in a minimal, dynamically-typed, Turing-complete programming language featuring basic data types, pointers, functions, structures, and flow control. The project's goal was purely educational, and I'm more than satisfied with the outcome,...
For context, I'm in my late 20s and wrote my first snippets almost a decade ago.Initially, I considered enrolling in a formal program, but my math skills at the time (required for passing the entrance exam) were far from brilliant, which meant that getting into it required relearning all high school math from the ground up. Since I was still young (and optimistic), I delayed going to uni until...
Aside from this, please correct me if I'm wrong, but it is my understanding that if a router along the path is configured to drop ICMP Echo Request packets, it will drop them in any case - whether we trace from the beginning or in reverse.
https://github.com/overclockworked64/traceroute
I wrote a minimal traceroute(1) clone that leans on asynchrony to reduce the time spent tracing a route. Underneath, it uses ICMP to do its job. The plan is to add support for UDP tracing and a path maximum transmission unit discovery mechanism.Comments and suggestions are welcome!
My initial exposure to English was through video games. Then as a fifth-grader, I was sent to a private language school where I had group classes with other kids. However, being a kid as I was, I was never aware that the time would come when I would get to use what I learned in real life - otherwise, I would have invested a lot more energy into it. Now that I'm late in my 20s, I have a...
Undoubtedly, an average person knowing how to interpret facial expressions and, more broadly, body language and emotions could benefit in many ways in their daily life. However, I am specifically wondering about job opportunities for people intimately familiar with the FACS [0] - whether in tech or beyond. What kind of companies, agencies, or institutions hire these people? What are the...