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Re:The DIY Multideck
on Saturday January 04, 2025 @09:16PM (#42599216)
There have been many variants of this 'generic' card deck published on board game geek
* https://boardgamegeek.com/geeklist/39987/one-deck (my own attempt)
* https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/59655/rainbow-deck
But for something different, I suggest looking at the Decktet, https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/37301/decktet , which is an unusual multi suited deck, which people have ported games to use.
Re:Security Operation Center Simulation for Beginners
on Thursday October 15, 2020 @06:09PM (#24794743)
Interesting timing, as Splunk is running its regular Boss of the SOC and Boss of the NOC starting Monday. This is a simulated Security Operations Center, and Network Operations Center, used for training and competition :)
Signups for BOT(N|S) end today (16th October), check https://conf.splunk.com/connect/boss-of-the-soc-and-noc.html There are also frequent regional BOT(N|S) that are run, more details on the website.
Past datasets for BOTS can be found at https://github.com/splunk?q=bots , and many related Splunk Blog posts about it can be found at https://www.splunk.com/en_us/blog/tag/boss-of-the-soc.html,. These are freely avaialable, just download the data, copy to a Splunk instance (also free, as the data is already ingested), and you're good to go and start practcing.
Disclaimer, I work for Splunk, and am helping coach in the APAC BOTN next week.
I'll also link to the Splunk Attack Range, https://github.com/splunk/attack_range . This allows you to quickly spin up a small lab environment, then quickly hit it with a bunch of realistic attacks. All that data is then is then sent to a prebuilt Splunk instance for you to practice your investigation and analysis, and even integrate with Phantom, Splunk's automation system. Check out the video for it at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xIbln7OQ-Ak . Again, this is all free, no registration required.
Re:Making the Monty Hall problem weirder but obvious
on Wednesday October 07, 2020 @06:11PM (#24713380)
What works for me is scaling the number of doors to 100 (or more). Now the initial guess is correct only 1% of the time, while switching is 99%.
Simulated many more variations at https://simonduff.net/monty_hall/
Re:Google Research Football
on Wednesday April 29, 2020 @08:10AM (#23018159)
RoboCup was founded almost 23 years ago. While the physical robot leagues often garner most attention, there has always existed a simulation league, of both 2d and 3d varieties. https://ssim.robocup.org/
Re:Please Add RSS Support to Your Site
on Tuesday August 27, 2019 @09:06PM (#20815985)
Agree that that is an awesome article.
Suggest you include the posting date on that page, as reading it, I wasn't sure how recent the info was. I was then shocked to find that these vulnerabilities were identified late last year. Some of these are security 101!
Re:Sunsetting Hire
on Tuesday August 27, 2019 @08:12PM (#20815657)
Yep, that was me. I closed the PR before ready, but Cody quickly sorted it out.
Re:Cathay Pacific flags data breach affecting 9.4M passengers
on Wednesday October 24, 2018 @10:17PM (#18298113)
And that same bank doesn't distinguish between upper and lower case characters in the password either.
Re:Palantir worked with Cambridge Analytica on the Facebook data it ac...
on Wednesday March 28, 2018 @01:45AM (#16695643)
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Re:Show HN: AppGrid, macOS window manager with Vim–like hotkeys
on Thursday February 22, 2018 @05:35PM (#16442169)
Oh wow, I've just realised your that Steven Degutis, author of Mjolnir, of which Hammerspoon is based!!!
Any reason you've built a stand-alone app for this, given Mjolnir (and Hammerspoon) can do this pretty easily?
Re:Show HN: AppGrid, macOS window manager with Vim–like hotkeys
on Thursday February 22, 2018 @05:32PM (#16442145)
I've built similar functionality using Hammerspoon, configuration described at http://simonduff.net/hammerspoon/
However, I normally find myself lazy, and normally end up using the trackpad to drag windows to corners and edges to resize (also built with Hammerspoon)
Re:Ask HN: Resources on how to improve abstract thinking skills?
on Monday November 20, 2017 @03:14PM (#15742826)
Mental chess is a bit tough of a challenge. Why not try mental four in a row? Still a bit of memory work required, but not to the extent that chess or blindfolded go require.
I wrote an app to let you play, starting with playing with one colour, before moving on to invisible.
https://simonduff.net/invisilink to play in your browser, and a link to the Android app. Appreciate any feedback :)
Show HN: Invisilink – Play the classic four-in-a-row game with invisible blocks
Re:Using Python Flask framework to quickly create a REST based file se...
on Wednesday October 04, 2017 @08:51PM (#15406039)
I have a similar REST based file server without Flask documented on my site, http://simonduff.net/simple_rest_server_in_python
(No DELETE though, its mainly used for prototyping)
Re:You Don’t Need a Master Plan, You Just Need to Start
on Monday November 14, 2016 @01:06AM (#12947847)
Starting something in the hopes of making an extra $1,000 a month is every bit as worthy as trying to colonize Mars. Start small and give your ambitions room to grow.
I suppose smaller targets are just as applicable.
Re:How can I avoid my MacBook Pro giving me minor shocks?
on Monday November 14, 2016 @12:56AM (#12947822)
Why would you still buy from the same manufacturer that denied bad (and potentially deadly) design?