As someone who grew up with a bad sports history, I had instead been ignorant about acknowledging the craft professional athletes put in their bodies and mindsets. This, of course, has changed due to my recent involvement with fitness and martial arts, and, just yesterday, finishing Mamba Mentality by Kobe Bryant in 1 day. Now, I can say many great things about this book that can probably be it...
First, let me admit something: writing a blog about cryptographic attacks isn’t the most glamorous topic out there. It’s not like picking out a new Netflix show or debating whether pineapple belongs on pizza (it doesn’t, by the way). Either way, this is all I have this week, so take it or leave it.
So, What Is an Oracle Padding Attack?
Let&...
Hackathons are pretty daunting for most beginners, either because they don't like to bathe in the sweat of 1000+ CS students or because they lack coding experience. Some of the most common responses I always get are along the lines of "I don't think I'm good enough" or "No one would want to team up with me." But I'm here to tell you otherwise.
For c...
I recently came across this beautiful quote while reading Alan Watt's "The Wisdom of Insecurity," perhaps for obvious reasons, it has been sticking in my mind for the last few weeks.
I want to write a short review of this not only because it reinforces my philosophy of what it means to be kind but also to point out how difficult it is to actually put this into practice. ...
Welcome to my first-ever blog post! Of course, this has always been on the top of my to-do list, with the only restriction being, "What the hell should my first public blog post be?" After all, if someone is either a big fan of my work or a journalist looking for material to cancel me 20 years from now (foreshadow), this would be the first place they look. This significance is compara...