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Same, I played SpaceChem in high school and it captivated me. A lot of my solutions were unoptimized sync monstrosities and the boss battles filtered me pretty hard, but man it was satisfying to figure out a solution and just watch it create the molecules. The music was amazing too, it was on my study playlist all through university.

I always enjoyed using the power brick to warm up

Same, still use my pocket knife that I bought off Massdrop 12 years ago.

I think from a purely technical viewpoint, cheaters will always have the advantage since they control the machine the game and anti-cheat is running on. Anti-cheat just has to keep the barrier high enough so regular players don't think the game is infested with cheaters.

Baba is You! Really fun and unique puzzle game

Heh, a group of friends and I also visited the Hoover Dam while we were in Vegas for DEF CON one year. Was a really cool experience for sure.

I've got a CalDigit TS4 that I connect to my Macbook Pro. Connects to a 4K 120Hz monitor, mouse, keyboard, wired ethernet, hard drive reader (not always connected), external blu-ray drive, and DAC. Works perfectly.

I used to post on a forum that did this, as well as showing the OS and browser you were posting from. Some users would be funny and modified their user agent so that it said they posted from a Wii.

My university offered a Linux Kernel elective one semester. I really wanted to take it but it was scheduled during one of my TA shifts

Heh, in 2014 I remember taking a taxi that only accepted card using an imprinter, which was unfortunate because I had just gotten a new card and the numbers weren't embossed. He had to drive me to a gas station to get cash from an ATM.

I've never experienced it but I've been told that if an emergency responder needs to enter an area where classified information is stored you let them in, escort them, and security will debrief them and have them sign an NDA after the fact if they saw any classified information.

This video (on top of stuff like YouTube Poops) did an insane amount of damage to my sense of humor growing up.

I've not used their ergonomic keyboards, but Keychron seems to make them and includes Mac keycaps + compatibility.

The downside is that I can't shut it down remotely without knowing when exactly to also turn off the plug. I could create some automation, but it takes about 2 seconds being off before turning on again.

Huh, I would have expected the BIOS to not do that if it detected a graceful shutdown (or at least have a longer grace period).

I just recently converted my gaming PC to a game streaming system. I considered getting a PiKVM for power/resolving issues remotely but I ended up going with Wake-on-LAN. Though setting it up was a hassle.

If you just need power control and your motherboard supports it, I've seen that some people use smart plugs and enable a setting in their BIOS that turns on the computer whenever it detects power.

I was able to get "<full name>.com" so I'm using that. Though obviously it might be taken if you have a common full name.

Bonus points if I can share the domain with family members for their use too.

Maybe "the<lastname>family.com"? Or something similar.

I put a second desk in my office. One for my work laptop, the other for my personal desktop. I roll my chair between the two if I need a quick non-work browsing break.

At my job we can either get paid hours worked overtime or "bank" those hours to use as PTO later in the year. Unused banked time at the end of the year gets paid out. I've (thankfully) never had to work overtime but it's a pretty awesome perk that more companies should do.

In my networking class in college, our final project was to create a location sensing mesh network of devices running Contiki. The devices would receive a ping from a beaconing device and we had to locate it. We only had to worry about two axes, but the walls still made things difficult. It was a pretty fun project! It made me really interested in networking stuff.

I wish I still had the course material and code but unfortunately I lost the laptop it was on.

No, a company or organization must sponsor your clearance. You cannot start the process on your own.

My favorite is near where I grew up - Versailles, Kentucky. Pronounced ver-SAILS.

I've never played Touhou because I don't really like bullet hells, but the music from Touhou is just so dang good. I usually listen to the OST or (instrumental) fan arrangements while I work. My current favorites are Kuroneko Lounge's house set arrangements:

House set of Subterranean Animism: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bycuWJH2sYw

House set of Phantasmagoria of Flower View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eLgMmoiR5fA

For my previous job I talked to an engineer who was doing recruiting at my university's job fair. A week later I had an interview, and a week after the interview I had an offer.

For my current job the same engineer I talked to (who was now a co-founder at a startup) contacted me over LinkedIn asking about getting lunch. I got lunch with him, and I had an offer later that day.

I think it's its own thing now. Last year the organizers were at DEF CON and showed off the satellite for the finals and had a few talks, but the actual competition was in December. I assume the same thing will happen at this year's DEF CON.

Our team has qualified for the Hack-a-Sat finals three years in a row. I wasn't a part of the first year but was a part of last year and this year. Last year's finals didn't go super well for us, but we're hoping to do better this year.

Last time I went to Tokyo I bought some plastic food as ornaments for my desk at work. I wanted a huge beer mug but that ran like 9000 yen, so I got a smaller beer glass. It's very realistic looking - it has a foam head and it even has fake condensation on the glass. At my previous job I freaked out a few managers who thought it was real.

Depends on what you mean by "without an Internet connection". If you mean that the machine that you use to develop isn't connected to the Internet, then totally. I've been doing that for the past 4 years. If you mean never touching the Internet while programming, even on a different machine, then I'd be a lot less effective. I could probably still do it, but I'd need searchable docs for everything.

Most of the time when I've had to work on an air-gapped network, I was also provided with a second computer connected to the Internet. I found that to be a good compromise, though getting small code snippets or scripts onto the air-gapped network was a pain since I had to type the whole thing or bug IT to transfer it.

I say most of the time, since I once had to work in a very high-security environment with no Internet-connected computers in the area. I had to leave the secure area to look up things on my phone. It was a nightmare.

It can be hard to avoid if you're renting a space and you can't afford to be picky.

I work in a SCIF. The most natural light I get at my desk is the sun peeking out of the blinds in the morning. In addition, we keep most of the lights off, for that underground bunker aesthetic I'm assuming. One of the SCIFs here doesn't even have windows.

I don't mind it that much, and I usually leave work while the sun is still out. I can see some people having an issue with it, however.