This document provides a summary of the 38 most common fiction writing mistakes and how to avoid them, as outlined in a book by Jack M. Bickham. The introduction discusses the importance of moving forward in writing and not looking back at past mistakes. It emphasizes having a positive attitude and viewing one's writing as a living, dynamic work rather than a static product. The document then lists and briefly describes each of the 38 most common mistakes, such as making excuses to avoid writing, considering oneself too smart for readers, showing off specialized knowledge, failing to create compelling characters, avoiding true conflicts, and more. For each mistake, it provides advice on how to avoid the mistake and strengthen one's writing.
Herein u will find part of Marjorie Kanter´s OneHundredDays Project in conjuction with the London Word Festival. Originally posted on Twitter/Facebook/Blogger.
21 quotes about business promises, vision, credibility, imagination, creativity, technology, sincerity, passion, staying true to oneself, and high resolution appreciation.
This document discusses positive thinking from multiple perspectives:
1) It describes how positive thinking through reading self-help books helped broaden the author's horizons and adopt a stress-free attitude.
2) However, unrealistic optimism can border on arrogance if it leads one to believe they can achieve anything, as an overweight person becoming a ballerina shows.
3) Life is compared to a game of chess where our moves cannot be taken back, so we must make the best of situations through positive thinking.
This document provides information on creativity and innovation training for South Ayrshire Council. It discusses the importance of innovation, generating creative options to improve the council, and applying creative techniques in a practical setting. Various creative thinking tools and problem solving models are presented, such as the 6 Thinking Hats technique for parallel thinking during meetings. The goal is to help council employees think differently and promote a culture of innovation.
This document discusses coming out of the "hoarding closet" and accepting help for hoarding disorder. It notes the fears and isolation that come from keeping hoarding a secret. Shame is identified as a major barrier to accepting oneself and getting help. The document encourages connecting with others who have hoarding disorder to feel less alone. It provides tips for who to open up to first and how to ask for and accept help, emphasizing communication. Various ways friends and others can supportively assist are listed, such as helping dispose of items, providing companionship, or assisting with unrelated tasks to free up time and energy. Overall it promotes self-acceptance, reaching out, and improving life through opening up and receiving
This document contains a 10 question test intended to provide insight into a person's personality traits. It asks questions about daily habits, preferences, and behaviors. The questions cover topics like energy levels throughout the day, walking pace, reactions when amused or interrupted, favorite colors, sleeping positions, and common dreams. Scores are then categorized into ranges and describe how others may perceive someone's personality based on their test results.
This document summarizes key ideas from Seth Godin's perspective on art and connecting in the modern world. It discusses how art is no longer confined to traditional domains, but is an attitude available to anyone willing to adopt it. Godin argues that the connection economy rewards those who create new, unique things that bring people together. To succeed today requires taking risks, operating without a map or safety net, and thinking like an artist in all that one does.
1. The document discusses various techniques for improving creative thinking, such as changing one's environment, brainstorming ideas without judgment, re-conceptualizing problems, setting parameters, considering worst case scenarios, and allowing time for daydreaming.
2. It also analyzes what constitutes "the box" that limits creative thinking, such as limiting assumptions, addiction to status quo, tunnel vision, intolerance of ambiguity, and lack of intrinsic motivation.
3. Readers are encouraged to commit to overcoming one aspect of "the box" that most hinders their creativity in order to think more divergently and solve problems in new ways.
The document provides lessons on various life and career topics without much context. It discusses that there is no set plan, to focus on strengths not weaknesses, that success is about contributing value to others rather than personal goals, the importance of persistence over talent, making valuable mistakes, and leaving a positive impact. It also touches on leadership styles, strengths/weaknesses, fears, and reflection. However, the document is cryptic and lacks clear explanations.
An empathy workshop that addresses some practices that can help exhibit effective empathy. This is important for a project manager to truly understand the issue and any underlying emotions at hand before taking action or applying judgement.
An open letter to a new DOC-TD. Your first job is survival.Larry Paul
This presentation examines the most pressing need for a new DOC or TD in a soccer club. It takes the perspective of history's most studied political scientist Niccolo Machiavelli. It argues that your first job is to stay alive and maintain your power because without it, you are powerless.
(Key) A special professional development presentation for the American Advertising Federation of Northeast Arkansas on kick-starting the creative process using a variety of techniques and tips. New in this version are excerpts from a recent global study by Adobe, a few cartoons as well as tips on what makes for a good creative environment.
Zemblanity and Serendipity in Guardian and Trader NarrativesVenkatesh Rao
This document discusses different types of narrative structures and how they relate to concepts like serendipity, zemblanity, and rationality. It proposes that classical narratives tend to follow a structure of increasing and decreasing tension that resolves in the restoration of a sacred order, exhibiting a feeling of zemblanity. In contrast, non-classical narratives allow for continuously expanding possibilities and feelings of serendipity by not requiring a return to a fixed sacred order. The document encourages participants to work in pairs to create comic book stories that explore these concepts through examples of characters experiencing serendipitous or zemblanitous events.
This document is the introduction to a book that discusses escaping from "The Great Life Swindle." It argues that from a young age, people are told things that fill their heads with "crap" and prevent them from living the great life they want. While everyone seems "fucked in the head" in some way, the author wants to help readers get out of the swindle and pursue their own version of a great life. The introduction acknowledges that change is difficult but says something radical is needed to transition from where readers are now to the great life they desire. It maintains that readers will have to find new examples to learn from since the examples around them now are not leading to the desired result.
This document discusses the concept of professional learning communities and collaboration in education. It touches on several topics related to PLCs including different levels of understanding, the importance of teacher attitudes for innovation, and questions around whether and how teachers currently collaborate. There are also quotes and thoughts provided on collaboration, change, listening skills, and creating effective PLCs through establishing norms, team composition, and focusing on both process and outcomes. The document aims to spark reflection and discussion around developing collaborative cultures and structures in schools.
This document summarizes a class discussion about Jean Baudrillard's concepts of simulations and the real. The professor begins by having the students analyze quotes from Baudrillard and discuss what they mean. Key points made are that there is no objective real, only simulations, and those who design simulations wield power over shaping perceived reality. The students are then asked to analyze a comedy video using these concepts. The professor emphasizes that understanding Baudrillard is important because designers help shape reality through the symbols and simulations they create.
Similar to A question of time - Troopers 2024 Keynote (20)
"Technical challenges"? More like horrors!
Let's explore first the technical debt of old file formats,
with the evolution of the "MP3" format.
Then we go through more recent forms of file format abuses and tools:
polyglots, polymocks, and crypto-polyglots.
Last, an overview of recent collisions and other forms of art with MD5.
They say that with file formats, "specs are enough".
Should we laugh, cry or run away screaming?
Presented at Digital Preservation Coalition's CyberSec & DigiPres event.
The document discusses different archive formats and their relationships. It begins with an introduction to the presenter and then covers zlib, gzip, and zip file formats. Zlib and gzip both wrap deflate compression, but in different ways, so while the compressed data can be transferred between them, the formats are not directly compatible. Zip can use deflate but also other compression methods and a different one for each file. In conclusion, deflate is a common algorithm while the various formats wrap it with different headers and metadata.
This document is a slide presentation about hash collisions and generating polyglot files that have the same hash but different content. It discusses existing attacks on hashes like MD5 and SHA1 that allow two files to be generated with the same hash. It then explains how collisions can be generated for ZIP and TAR.GZ files by manipulating the ZIP file format in a way that maintains compatibility with ZIP parsers but results in different files with the same hash. Examples of colliding file pairs are shown with identical prefixes and suffixes and differing collision blocks in the middle.
The document discusses the author's experience with malware and file formats over 13 years, noting how specifications are often outdated and incomplete which can lead to misunderstandings. It advocates for better tools to analyze, document, and validate file formats to improve understanding of their current usage and behaviors. The author has created several open source projects focused on file format analysis and validation.
Demystifying hash collisions.
Pass the Salt, 1st July 2019.
video @ https://passthesalt.ubicast.tv/videos/kill-md5-demystifying-hash-collisions/
Hack.Lu, 22 October 2019.
video @ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JXazRQ0APpI
This document provides an introduction and overview of Inkscape, an open-source vector graphics editor. It discusses Inkscape's features such as its use of Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG), tools for drawing objects and manipulating nodes, layers, transformations, and more. The document also includes tutorials for tasks like tracing an image, creating a poster, and converting code snippets to SVG. Throughout, it emphasizes that Inkscape is non-destructive and files remain editable, while also noting some limitations like unsupported gradients along paths.
The document discusses the author's perspectives on file formats after over 30 years of experience working with computers and digital preservation. The author believes specifications are imperfect and do not fully define what constitutes a valid file, as implementations can interpret specifications differently and become outdated. The author has experimented with creating extreme files that push the boundaries of specifications in order to understand formats better and find potential issues.
This document contains the table of contents for an issue of PoC||GTFO, a journal for sharing technical content in unconventional ways. It lists over 60 articles across various topics including hardware hacking, firmware reverse engineering, embedded exploitation, and unusual file formats. The sections are numbered and titled with references to hacking, unconventional thinking, and sharing knowledge in new ways.
Presented at Troopers 2016.
When Infosec and Digipres share interests...
TL;DR
- Attack surface with file formats is too big.
- Specs are useless (just a nice ‘guide’), not representing reality.
- We can’t deprecate formats because we can’t preserve and we can’t define how they really work
- We need open good libraries to simplify landscape, and create a corpus to express the reality of file format, which gives us real “documentation”.
- Then we can preserve and deprecate older format, which reduces attack surface.
- From then on, we can focus on making the present more secure.
- We don't need new formats: reality will diverge from the specs anyway - we need 'alive' (up to date, traceable) specs.
Game developers are able to create better video games than what the limitations of computers allow by understanding how things truly work at a detailed level. They discovered tricks to get around limitations, such as updating colors rapidly to display more than the limited palette or changing sounds quickly to generate new voices. Understanding the underlying systems allows developers to creatively solve problems like drawing huge animated monsters that surpass the small allowed object sizes. This knowledge of how things really function provides advantages beyond initial restrictions.
1. File formats are complex with many stakeholders who interpret specifications differently, leading to divergent implementations over time.
2. Specifications are often incomplete, unclear, non-free, or do not reflect reality, making it difficult to determine what a valid file is.
3. Relying on specifications alone is not sufficient - one must also analyze sample files and code to understand how file formats work in practice.
The document provides a step-by-step guide to writing a basic "Hello World" PDF file. It explains the overall PDF file structure and key elements like the file body, cross-reference table, trailer, and objects. Objects are used to define things like the catalog, pages, and a single page. The guide demonstrates creating three objects - one for the catalog that refers to a pages object, which in turn refers to a page object defining a single page.
This document discusses potential leaks that can occur from PDF documents, specifically from text, images, and drawings embedded in the pages. Even if text is invisible, images are not displayed, or drawings are covered, this information can still be extracted from the PDF. Importing or copying parts of a PDF does not necessarily limit the content, as the full document is often brought in and only a "limiting view" is applied. The only fully reliable way to prevent leaks is to convert the PDF pages to individual image files. In general, the PDF format has many issues preventing leaks and poses a large attack surface due to embedded metadata.
CHAPTER TWO (SHATKARMA AND PRANAYAMA)
Chapter 2 Verse 1 Being established in asana, pranayama should be practiced
Thus being established in asana and having control (of the body), taking a balanced diet; pranayama should be practiced according to the instructions of the guru.
Chapter 2 Verse 2
When prana moves, chitta (the mental force) moves. When prana is without movement, chitta is without movement. By this (steadiness of prana) the yogi attains steadiness and should thus restrain the vayu (air).
Prana and mind are intricately linked. Fluctuation of one means fluctuation of the other. When either the mind or prana becomes balanced the other is steadied. Hatha yoga says, control the prana and the mind is automatically controlled, whereas raja yoga says, control the mind and prana becomes controlled.
Chapter 2 Verse 3
As long as the vayu (air and prana) remains in the body, that is called life. Death is when it leaves the body. Therefore, retain vayu.
Chapter 2 Verse 4
The vital air does not pass in the middle channel because the nadis are full of impurities, So how can the state of unmani arise and how can perfection or siddhi come about?
Entrepreneurship is a journey filled with challenges, failures, and triumphs. Success does not come easy, especially in the competitive world of business.
However, many successful entrepreneurs have defied the odds and built empires from scratch through hard work, perseverance, and passion. Their stories serve as a source of inspiration for aspiring entrepreneurs who dream of making it big in the business world.
In this article, we will explore the inspiring journeys of successful entrepreneurs and learn valuable lessons from their experiences.
The Interplay of Emotional Intelligence and Personality Development: Insights...Tim Han Success Insider
Discover the critical connection between emotional intelligence and personality development in this presentation. Explore how self-awareness, self-regulation, motivation, empathy, and social skills shape our personalities and influence our interactions. Learn from Tim Han, a renowned personality development speaker, and his Success Insider channel, which offers Life Mastery Achievers (LMA) courses. Gain practical strategies for personal growth and unlock your potential by mastering emotional intelligence.
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2. Ange Albertini
35 years of reverse engineering.
20 years of infosec, currently at Google/Mandiant/Flare.
File formats fan.
Fully remote (single father of three).
French (sarcasms and swearing).
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3. Disclaimer
This talk contains contradictory opinions!
Not necessarily mine: variety is good!
Be tolerant: we all have different opinions.
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My own views
and opinions.
4. Tooling evolve.
Basics remain the same.
Your tooling fails? Fall back to the basics.
Don't get too dependent on your tooling.
No gatekeeping please: we're time travellers.
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Times are changing.
Troopers 2008: Invulnerable software
5. A new factor but in
the same old cat & mouse game ?
AI never doubts, even when wrong.
Misleading, unreliable and irresponsible.
Same old need for human expertise.
A.I. in Infosec
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Story time
7. Having a second look.
Failing, then recovering.
It's ok to have no idea what to do next,
to be wrong, to "take too long".
It's only human.
Doubt is critical.
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8. They're only insecure
and ridiculous.
"I was never sick, I never had an accident,
I never disappointed my parents, I liked all my teachers". 🤔😂🤦
Time-saving or denial ?
In any case, it's useless if not deceptive.
Some people pretend they're flawless.
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"The emperor has
no clothes"
9. Acknowledge your failures
then shake them off.
Or maybe don't:
scr*w these negatives thoughts!
They just slow you down, ruin your life!
B*at them whenever they pop up in your brain.
Every. F*cking. Time!
It's not about denying your failures!
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10. No one knows everything,
but you already know a lot.
You know many things that people around you don't.
Maybe you just don't understand it yet.
It might take you a long time to realize that.
No one is perfect!
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Story time
11. awesome!
It might just takes time and effort to realize it.
This whole "praise the top / shame the bottom" trend
wants us to forget it and just worship some champions.
You should know that you can be
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12. Trends & myths
Very misleading representations of reality:
- Easy success, single-handed victories, instant wins.
- Doing well -> fame -> money == appearance.
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13. Trust yourself more,
worship less.
Talk to your rubber duck.
Betray your idols!
There's no hidden shortcut!
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Story time
14. Hard things take time.
If you can still count how much you’ve tried,
it’s probably not much.
“The art of like twirling or doing tricks with a pen in a very appealing nice looking way.
Make it look like it's easy even though it takes like hours and hours and hours of practice.”
- LiveOverFlow
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15. “How can I…”
If after a long time, you never tried,
then you were probably never actually interested ;)
And if you still hate it after X tries,
then be honest and move on ;)
Story time 15
@Cynyassy
16. But you can't be good at everything!
"Any skill can be acquired" 🤦
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fast
good
cheap
pick 2
Story time
swim
Body types of olympic athletes
box wrestling marathon basketball gym fencing
weightlifting
17. Try something different?
Don't hurt yourself trying to please everyone.
Still not "good enough"?
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22. Others can't always share your perspective.
No, not even your close ones!
Time
Critics
Progress
"Weird" "New"
No support from others?
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Story time
23. It's ok to feel stuck in a loop
Consistency is great! You're in the right direction.
Just take one small step after another…
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25. Be honest with your mistakes. Acknowledge them.
Kill your own project early! (You got experience anyway!)
Ask for honest (direct, but constructive) feedback.
No need to find excuses, to hide behind lies or hype.
So, lose with dignity, honesty, and don’t forget where you come from.
The only person you should compare yourself to is who you were yesterday.
It’s OK to stop
Story time 25
26. CLI statements, results, observations…
- Great to resume your work.
- Easier to explain or write docs.
- Writing down your own progress:
-> great against impostor syndrom.
-> useful w/ management
(especially in remote jobs).
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Take notes on the way!
27. …is here to stay.
…just means that you are self conscious!
…is better than the Dunning-Kruger effect!
…can be bypassed:
- just help someone!
- read your past notes!
- interview candidates!
The impostor syndrome…
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How good you think you are
How good you are
Impostor syndrome
(conscientious expert)
Dunning-Kruger effect
(shameless ignorant)
28. A seed has to sink
before it grows.
Maybe you did 'the wrong choices' (whatever that means).
Things may not go as you expected.
But it's human, and it's ok!
Those looking down on you are jerks or in denial.
You think you're only sinking?
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29. It’s OK to be different,
not to be a jerk!
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30. Be wary of bad habits: respect is deserved.
Walk in their shoes
before judging.
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31. …starts with yourself!
Technical communities tend to just over-focus.
Flood of technicalities and boasted "victories".
-> no room for inner self-improvment.
Making the world a better place…
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32. Things go really
wrong sometimes.
"Life is unfair! I want my old life back!"
Your second life begins when you realize you only have one.
It's not easy: it can take a long time to accept!
Humans plan and fate laughs.
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33. …but only according to their own terms (nodding, speaking…).
Ignoring your needs, but satisfying their own needs.
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Beware of those eager to “help”
34. Experts (therapists, social services…)
Critical for emergencies!
But time-wasting for other cases?
- it's not their problem.
- "this is normal"...
- just some high-level comfort, like Band-Aid on a bullet wound.
-> absence of improvements makes you find your own solution!
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Story time
35. Your close ones
might be the worst.
Lack of perspective:
their opinion is long fixed - they've known you for a long time.
Not their problem? They can misjudge you endlessly.
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In case of hardships…
36. Count your luck!
Understand your privileges!
It really helps!
Be grateful of the past instead of endlessly nostalgic.
No matter the hardships…
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38. No matter your hardships,
you have it easy !
Compared to some people.
Always look on the bright side of life.
It's not naivety: accept your new fate, lighten your weight.
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It may be hard to believe, but…
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Stop giving a f*ck
There’s no end to your tunnel:
you are the light.
To everyone else,
you're only secondary anyway!
40. Relations
Everyone has different expectations,
understanding of the same situation.
Explain how you feel, it will guide others.
A good relation is about balance, not control.
(and not being controlled)
The 5 love languages:
gifts, time, touch, service, words.
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Faster alone.
Further together.
41. …to win when you're happy.
It's too easy to love when everything is fine.
It's too easy…
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42. You don't need
love or company.
Alone == full freedom.
Better alone than in a bad company.
Some 'loners' are just awesome!
Alone != lonely
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Faster alone.
Further together.
But…you'll get nowhere in a toxic environment.
43. You don't need
anyone's validation.
You might like it. It might help.
But ultimately, you don't truely need it.
Remember: you're secondary to anyone else.
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44. You are never alone!
(if you want)
Many similar-minded people, communities…
Many incredible persons are out there.
On the other hand…
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46. Some people just want
to watch the world burn.
They do not care about you.
They want to satisfy their needs more than anything.
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47. Some people will hurt you
if they can get away with it.
And they will do it repeatedly…
until you fight back or run.
They'll make you think that you're a bad person
to hide how badly they've treated you.
It's nice to believe in kindness, but…
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So what ?
Maybe they don't even want to hurt you!
But they just don't care if you get hurt.
And maybe it's not a coincidence…
or it's even by design?
But I haven't done anything wrong…?
They say "jump!",
You say "how high?"
49. Promotion until
incompetence.
A system that promotes competence is good.
But people end up at (or beyond) their limit.
-> everyone ends up incompetent.
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Peter's principle (1969)
51. A "mafia-like" structure
- reward the worse -> debt/loyalty owed to the incompetent hierarchy.
- trap the skilled one and promote the incompetent
to keep competence under control.
- favor incompetence at higher levels -> no fear of comparison.
Maintain the mediocrity or favor progress?
Loyalty to that system you're in or to your values ?
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52. With such people…
You may be tempted to bow,
and risk your future and your health or more,
because they won't stop unless they have to.
Then your close ones might be hurt too.
If not, it's fight or flight.
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53. Fight? Sometimes, it's just empty threats.
It might take initially time and energy to fight back,
but it gets easier.
They pretend something to make you do what you shouldn't.
Get your own information, show them that you're prepared.
-> Connect with others! You'll be less vulnerable.
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54. But that fight might be lost in advance.
You might lose yourself in an unfair and endless fight.
Better be free than burning yourself out in vain.
Your second life begins when you realize you have only one.
Time to move on?
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“Never argue with an idiot. They will drag you down
to their level and beat you with experience.”
- Mark Twain (1835-1910)
55. Being smart
makes you vulnerable.
Questioning things makes you over-think:
-> exploitable self-doubt.
Vulnerable to people who don't care about you.
Being too nice increase your attack surface.
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56. Asking for help is not giving up:
it's refusing to give up.
"Help" is the bravest thing to say.
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by Charlie Mackesy
57. The ugly downward spiral
becomes a comfort zone.
But "help" can be still hard to say.
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Too nice to fight back.
Too nice to ask for help.
Your denial hides it from you,
and you hide it from others.
59. "I ain't no loser:
I don't need help"
Good for you!
Bless your luck and your privileges.
So what? Not everything is about you.
What if…
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60. You can make the world
a better place…
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…by helping someone else!
But if it's not about you:
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61. Helping someone…
…could be as simple as giving them
a temporary safe space
and time to recover.
It's not always hard:
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62. They might look ok!
Or even having fun ?!
They need help, but they can't/won't tell.
They just look stuck in a loop.
They'd be totally fine in different circumstances.
Like a child drowning in a calm place…
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Story time
63. Some people are drowning…
Right now. Around us.
Peer pressure from family, management, friends…
Depression…
Maybe you can help them!
"Who cares"?
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65. It takes time to…
- be grateful of your past.
- understand your lucks and privileges.
- overcome hardships.
- accept your fate and make the best of it, of you.
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66. It's going to be ok!
Maybe not as initially planned.
Not going to be easy.
But it will be fine!
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68. It's time to…
- Realize how awesome you can be, how well you've done so far…
- despite how bad things turned out, or how people treated you.
- Acknowledge, but shake off these negative thoughts.
- Stop expecting a magic solution, book or tutorial.
- believe and rely on yourself too!
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69. Make the best of now!
- Observe, listen, understand, learn…
- Connect, ask, grow, help…
It has to start somewhere.
It has to start some time.
What better place than here?
What better time than now!
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70. Conferences help us to relax,
to learn, to connect, to grow!
Thank you for the continued efforts!
15th Troopers - 2024
A very special thank you to the organizers!
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72. So many reasons to over-worry...
...and forget about yourself
Infosec...
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...or your friends
73. - very repetitive tasks
- uncertainty is exhausting
- profiteers, abusers
InfoSec is boring exhausting/harmful!
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74. Infosec people are always wrong
- We’re the ones preventing projects to launch
- We’re easily misunderstood:
We’re supposed to just have to “follow the manual”
like any other engineers.
- We discuss hypothetical attacks that never happened yet.
- We publish research that helps to create more attacks.
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76. Some people can’t learn without practice,
or without a genuine motivation.
Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will
live its whole life believing that it is stupid. - Albert Einstein
Fake
Quote
You just can’t learn things magically
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Story time
78. We were all born “hackers”…
…then rules are enforced.
And now our work is full
of experimental failure.
School taught us that failure is not an option
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80. Maybe they're not
what you expected?
+ gives time to focus
+ enforce good habits
+ an advantage / privilege
+ a private social network
- an illusion
- meaningless rating
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Are diplomas useless?
81. Some people are never satisfied…
- Arrogance
- Dunning-Kruger effect
- Gatekeeping
- Kakistocracy
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Let me interrupt your expertise with my confidence.
85. Some people will take
the worst decisions…
Even against their own interests
or their friends’/family’s
Fears/traditions/ideologies
are sadly taken into account
No matter how stupid they are:
sexism, racism, religion…
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86. Failure was not
an option
Story time
Toddlers learn by trying and failing.
Everybody is born “hackers”.
School has no time for that.
You must get it right before the next test.
-> Many adults are uncomfortable with experimenting.
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87. Your present or past is no excuse!
It’s ok to be insecure, not to be a jerk
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88. Don’t beat yourself up!
(too much)
Regrets are just normal.
They gives us the boost to try harder, be bolder.
Regrets?
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90. Your skills and experience are just different.
Spend time finding/acknowledging yours.
Stop comparing yourself
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WHAT I THINK
I KNOW
WHAT I THINK
OTHERS KNOW
WHAT I THOUGHT
WHAT I KNOW
WHAT
OTHERS KNOW
IN REALITY
91. Health
You’re not ‘smart’ if you’re healthy.
You’re just lucky enough.
There’s no health credit.
Take care of yourself!
Buy that better pillow, brighter lamp,
get rid of these uncomfortable shoes !
(if it's for your health)
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94. 1. Be patient. No matter what.
2. Don't badmouth: assign responsibility, not blame. Say nothing of another you wouldn't say to him.
3. Never assume the motives of others are, to them, less noble than yours are to you.
4. Expand your sense of the possible.
5. Don't trouble yourself with matters you truly cannot change.
6. Don't ask more of others than you can deliver yourself.
7. Tolerate ambiguity.
8. Laugh at yourself frequently.
9. Concern yourself with what is right rather than who is right.
10. Try not to forget that, no matter how certain, you might be wrong.
11. Give up blood sports.
12. Remember that your life belongs to others as well. Don't risk it frivolously.
13. Never lie to anyone for any reason. (Lies of omission are sometimes exempt.)
14. Learn the needs of those around you and respect them.
15. Avoid the pursuit of happiness. Seek to define your mission and pursue that.
16. Reduce your use of the first personal pronoun.
17. Praise at least as often as you disparage.
18. Admit your errors freely and quickly.
19. Become less suspicious of joy.
20. Understand humility.
21. Remember that love forgives everything.
22. Foster dignity.
23. Live memorably.
24. Love yourself.
25. Endure.
Adult principles
by John Perry Barlow
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95. What video games taught me
1. If you are facing new challenges/obstacles, then you’re going the right way.
2. No one blames you if you have to check the map.
3. Always come prepared.
4. Everyone is worth talking to.
5. Even if you don’t get money for something, you always get experience.
6. Explore!
7. The places that are hardest to get to always have the best rewards.
8. The best way to become someone’s friend is to actually talk to them.
9. If you want to be someone’s friend faster, also give them food.
10. Don’t hold on too much crap, you’ll fill up your inventory.
11. Don’t be deterred if a challenge was too much for you: go back, level up, increase your skill, and try again.
12. You don’t learn anything if you get someone else to do it for you.
13. Don’t feel like you have to plow through the main story. The best content is sometimes in the side quests.
14. If you’ve tried and failed 30 times, you probably missed something. Go back and look around.
15. Never judge someone’s skill solely on their achievements; you don’t know how they got them.
16. When you succeed after multiple failures, you feel so much more accomplished.
17. Take full advantage of character customization.
18. Decisions rarely only affect you. Please choose wisely.
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96. 30 characteristics of manipulatorsby Isabelle Nazare-Aga
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They make other people feel guilty, in the name of professional conscience, family ties, friendship, love, etc.
They unload their responsibilities onto others or dismiss their own responsibilities. / They do not clearly communicate their requests, needs, feelings or opinions.
They often respond vaguely. / They lie / They are self-centred. / They cite all kinds of logical reasons to disguise their requests.
They change their opinions, behaviours, or feelings depending on the person or situation. / They make veiled threats or openly resort to blackmail.
They make others believe that they must be perfect, never change their minds, always know everything, and immediately respond to requests and questions.
They cast into doubt the qualities, skills and personalities of other people—they criticize without appearing to do so, devalue and judge.
They have their messages communicated by other people or via intermediaries (telephone instead of face-to-face, written notes).
They create suspicion and stir up ill feeling; they divide to conquer, driving a wedge between people, which can lead to relationship break-ups.
They know how to make themselves into victims to gain sympathy (e.g. exaggerated illness, « difficult » surroundings, overloaded at work).
They ignore requests (even if they claim to be taking care of them). / They use flattery to seduce us, give gifts or suddenly start waiting on us hand and foot.
They use the moral principles of others (e.g. notions of humanity, charity, racism, « good » or « bad » mother) to satisfy their needs.
They abruptly change topic in mid-conversation. / They avoid or get out of discussions and meetings. / They cannot take criticism, and deny facts.
They make false statements to discover the truth, twist and interpret facts to suit themselves. / They can be jealous, even if they are parents or spouses.
They do not take into account the rights, needs and desires of others. / They make us do things that we would probably not have done of our own free will.
They often wait until the last minute to ask, order or have others do something. / They rely on the ignorance of others while vaunting their own superiority.
Their words appear logical and consistent, while their attitudes, actions or lifestyle are totally opposite.
They generate a state of discomfort or of not being free (trap). / They are excellent at meeting their own goals, but at the expense of others.
They are constantly the focus of conversation among people who know them, even if they are not present.
https://www.isabellenazare-aga.com/30-caracteristiques-du-manipulateur#30-characteristics-manipulator
If you now someone with 14 of these characteristics, beware!
97. What rebels want from their boss
1. We are not troublemakers. We're motivated to make our organization better than it is.
2. We care more about work than most people. That's why we're willing to engage in controversy.
3. We need a work environment where it's safe to disagree and ask questions that challenge the status quo.
4. The more diverse a team's mindsets and experiences, the more creative the team. We may not be like you and that
is a good thing. Love our differences and quirks.
5. Challenge us. Give us the thorniest problems. Let us prove that our "wild ideas" can work. We want to be stretched,
not do work as usual.
6. Don't give us lip service. If one of our ideas isn't important to our goals or it's just too radical for the culture, tell
us that, not something glib like, "there's no budget or resources."
7. Coach us on how to navigate organizational politics so we avoid making mistakes that could embarrass you and us.
8. Rebelliousness is an act of courage and risk-taking. It's a positive behavior.
9. Tell us what we're doing right more than what we're doing wrong. Appreciation is the greatest sustainable motivator
at work. Give us more and we'll move mountains for you.
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https://www.rebelsatwork.com/blog/2017/04/19/what-rebels-want-from-our-bosses