college graduates Archives - The Silicon Underground David L. Farquhar on technology old and new, computer security, and more Tue, 04 Dec 2018 03:02:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://kerosin.digital/rss-chimp16321610 University computer science programs need to teach security, not demonize it https://dfarq.homeip.net/university-computer-science-programs-need-to-teach-security-not-demonize-it/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=university-computer-science-programs-need-to-teach-security-not-demonize-it https://dfarq.homeip.net/university-computer-science-programs-need-to-teach-security-not-demonize-it/#comments Fri, 25 Jan 2013 09:55:52 +0000 https://dfarq.homeip.net/?p=6286 I saw this on Slashdot today: A computer science student was expelled from a Canadian university for practicing what most people would call white-hat hacking. Their reasoning: “Schools are supposed to teach best practice, which includes ethics and adherence to

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]]> https://dfarq.homeip.net/university-computer-science-programs-need-to-teach-security-not-demonize-it/feed/ 2 6286 Control your debt, stay in school, stay employed and out of prison https://dfarq.homeip.net/control-your-debt-stay-in-school-stay-employed-and-out-of-prison/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=control-your-debt-stay-in-school-stay-employed-and-out-of-prison Tue, 20 Mar 2012 00:03:09 +0000 https://dfarq.homeip.net/?p=5140 Some people are worried that student loans are the next debt time bomb that can potentially wreck the economy, and that fear of student-loan debt will make people less inclined to seek the education they need. Two statistics should discourage

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]]> 5140 How to make more money, but more importantly, keep more of what you earn https://dfarq.homeip.net/how-to-make-more-money-but-more-importantly-keep-more-of-what-you-earn/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=how-to-make-more-money-but-more-importantly-keep-more-of-what-you-earn https://dfarq.homeip.net/how-to-make-more-money-but-more-importantly-keep-more-of-what-you-earn/#comments Sun, 22 Jan 2006 23:36:31 +0000 https://dfarq.homeip.net/?p=1541 Most GenXers don't spend their money wisely.

That's not an insult on my peers; there's plenty of blame to go around. Yes, we want what our parents had at 50 and we want it at 25, but part of the problem is the images all around us tell us we have to have all that. And if my education is any indication, the only financial education I received in school was an aside in a U.S. History class.

Let's talk about how to earn more to dig out of financial ruin, and how to stay out.

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