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dr jimbob
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Good Morning how are you, I'm dr jimbob
I'm interested in things.
I'm not a real dr,
But I am a real jim bob.

Have a PhD in Experimental High-Energy Physics, but left academia in mid-2010 to program professionally.

Mostly program/script in python, django, and jquery these days doing mostly web apps.

Also have experience programming in C, C++, java, haskell, php, and (bash) shell more in the past.

Linux as primary OS since 1999, ubuntu user since 2005 (Hoary).

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Why shouldn't we roll our own?
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How to explain Heartbleed without technical terms?
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What is a Warrant Canary?
May 15, 2017
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Is my developer's home-brew password security right or wrong, and why?
Dec 18, 2012
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Why would an encrypted file be ~35% larger than an unencrypted one?
Mar 10, 2016
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Trying to make a Django-based site use HTTPS-only, not sure if it's secure?
Nov 16, 2011
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SSH: benefits of using hashed known_hosts
Apr 21, 2014
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Are prepared statements 100% safe against SQL injection?
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If someone hacks my wi-fi password, what can they see and how?
Feb 4, 2013
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Why does AES encryption take more time than decryption?
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