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If you're interested in something that lets you just sit back and listen to, I recommend Steve Gibson's Security Now[^] podcast.
It's not exactly a show that's meant to be accessible for the masses, but at the same time, he won't go so far as to discuss source code. Personally, I find it's an easy-to-digest format to keep up to date with current computer security news.
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Well, you could do a couple of practical things in how you go about doing things on a pc to protect yourself against viruses without knowing how to code it.
1) Don't open any email attachment without absolute certainty about who send the email.
2) Scan the email attachment in any case for viruses... It could be that this person send you a virus without even knowing about it.
3) Don't follow any links via email without knowing who send the email.
4) Use long passwords and keep them in a safe place.
5) Go to safe/recognized websites.
6) Do regular scans with anti-virus software.
7) Keep anti-virus software updated.
8) Monitor your computer's performance, data usage, behaviour and programs running in the background.
9) Search the web and make sure these things running is legit.
10) Change passwords regularly
11) Don't use public pc's to access your internet accounts... These are riddled with viruses.
12) Read articles about security tips on how to prevent yourself from being hacked.
13) If your gut tells you something is fishy, don't do it, or find out more information about it via internet.
14) Pay for the stuff you want... software/games/music/movies... nothing in life is for free... people might make you believe it is but chances are, it comes with a little virus attached. Sure you could download stuff for free off torrent sites but the chance of your pc contracting a virus is good... once again, nothing in life is free. If you download free stuff off torrent sites, be willing to pay for the consequences.
15) Etc.
P.S. If you want to learn how to protect yourself, do not go to hacking websites as this is where you'll get hacked the easiest.
"Program testing can be used to show the presence of bugs, but never to show their absence."
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Born to code...[^]
Skipper: We'll fix it.
Alex: Fix it? How you gonna fix this?
Skipper: Grit, spit and a whole lotta duct tape.
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Hell yes I'd take the job. I love coding, but I also love having responsibilities and getting paid accordingly 
As a bonus I can make my underlings do whatever I want, ALL SHALL LOVE ME AND DESPAIR!!! MUWHAHAHA!
My blog[ ^]
public class SanderRossel : Lazy<Person>
{
public void DoWork()
{
throw new NotSupportedException();
}
}
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Sander Rossel wrote: As a bonus I can make my underlings do whatever I want
I would like to live the day you discover how that's not! true... 
Skipper: We'll fix it.
Alex: Fix it? How you gonna fix this?
Skipper: Grit, spit and a whole lotta duct tape.
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If my underlings were like me I'd be doing stuff for them... 
My blog[ ^]
public class SanderRossel : Lazy<Person>
{
public void DoWork()
{
throw new NotSupportedException();
}
}
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So, after all you not that Lazy<person>?
Skipper: We'll fix it.
Alex: Fix it? How you gonna fix this?
Skipper: Grit, spit and a whole lotta duct tape.
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Not really, actually
I used to be lazy until I started working.
Before that I went to school, which really sucked up all of my energy, creativity, will to learn, lifeforce, everything actually.
It still does that, that's why I hate studying, but I still do it from time to time...
I also really don't like manual labour. Chores, garden, that sort of stuff.
My blog[ ^]
public class SanderRossel : Lazy<Person>
{
public void DoWork()
{
throw new NotSupportedException();
}
}
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Sander Rossel wrote: Chores, garden, that sort of stuff.
I'm with you there: I hate mowing the damn lawn - you end up with a huge pile of cr@p to get rid of, and it just grow back anyway!
But I don't mind manual labour sometimes: fixing motorcycles (even cars sometimes), reupholstering my chair, making a fence. There is a sense of "completion" that you don't get often enough from coding.
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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Concrete? You can color it too...
Skipper: We'll fix it.
Alex: Fix it? How you gonna fix this?
Skipper: Grit, spit and a whole lotta duct tape.
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I suggested green concrete many years ago.
She did start speaking to me again, after a few weeks... 
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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So suggest it again! It will not take away the problem of the garden, but at least she will left you alone... 
Skipper: We'll fix it.
Alex: Fix it? How you gonna fix this?
Skipper: Grit, spit and a whole lotta duct tape.
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"Speaking" is not the only thing she doesn't do... 
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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OriginalGriff wrote: I hate mowing the damn lawn - you end up with a huge pile of cr@p to get rid of
Now that's when I get lazy... Just leave it lying there. It'll be gone in a week 
OriginalGriff wrote: fixing motorcycles (even cars sometimes), reupholstering my chair, making a fence
The only thing I complete is chaos. I'm really bad at that sort of stuff... Had to paint a wall. So I sandpapered it (with a name like Sander you'd say no problem!) and it did actually look pretty good. Then I had to clean my whole living room because it was covered in dust. So then I started painting and by the time I was finished I noticed it didn't look as good anymore. So the next week I sandpapered, cleaned and painted again. Didn't look good again, so then I just sandpapered it some more. It looks "okay" now, but screw that $#%@#^$*@) wall. It's only in my kitchen so I'll only have to look at it everytime I'm at home and in the kitchen, which is multiple times a day.
I kind of saw this coming too, so I hired someone to do the rest of the house for me 
My blog[ ^]
public class SanderRossel : Lazy<Person>
{
public void DoWork()
{
throw new NotSupportedException();
}
}
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Sander Rossel wrote: Had to paint a wall.
It is much more easier to paint a white wall programmatically - Blank[^]
Skipper: We'll fix it.
Alex: Fix it? How you gonna fix this?
Skipper: Grit, spit and a whole lotta duct tape.
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OriginalGriff wrote: I hate mowing the damn lawn - you end up with a huge pile of cr@p to get rid of, and it just grow back anyway!
Just like programming.
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Nope.
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"Lucky me" - told Carlo.
"Would you like it?" - Me asked.
Skipper: We'll fix it.
Alex: Fix it? How you gonna fix this?
Skipper: Grit, spit and a whole lotta duct tape.
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Well, the opportunity to say a big no, is tempting...
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I have been a team leader and a system architect in my time. Given the choice between being a mediocre team leader / system architect and being an outstanding software engineer, I will always choose excellence over status.
If you have an important point to make, don't try to be subtle or clever. Use a pile driver. Hit the point once. Then come back and hit it again. Then hit it a third time - a tremendous whack.
--Winston Churchill
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I've accepted the step up into middle management a couple of times in different companies and regretted it every time. The last time was a few years ago at my current employer, now I'm at the point of beginning to look for work again. I think I've finally learned my lesson, I'm a software engineer, not a manager.
Give the choice now I'd not hesitate to turn it down.
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If you have an important point to make, don't try to be subtle or clever. Use a pile driver. Hit the point once. Then come back and hit it again. Then hit it a third time - a tremendous whack.
--Winston Churchill
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Hi All,
Just testing to see if I get a Bob!
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More testing!!, ah ha got the little so & so. 
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