Re: How to break and smash things

2023-10-26 Thread Maria Morisot
Thanks, I read through but didn't follow on a computer but I'm making a Post-It now to read more about afl. It seems I'll need to learn a bit about gdb, which I know very little about. I think I read a chapter about it maybe five or ten years ago. I appreciate the link, this seems like a good landi

Re: How to break and smash things

2023-10-26 Thread Maria Morisot
I can't use Amazon services and products. I got in trouble a while back for using my credit card from a Kyrgyzstan IP, and didn't have the motivation to go through customer service and explain that I was an American citizen living here. But I have access to O'Reilly. I used to make my own audiobook

Re: How to break and smash things

2023-10-25 Thread Maja Reberc
Hey Maria, this is a long shot, and most people will put it in the scam basket, but I've heard of developers significantly improving their skills by applying PhotoReading to code. One might even instruct the other-than-conscious mind to help them look for bugs (or typos in general text). Do note

Re: How to break and smash things

2023-10-25 Thread Janne Johansson
Den tors 26 okt. 2023 kl 07:51 skrev Maria Morisot : > But I really want to help the project. I like the idea of trying to break > things and get them to malfunction in order to expose bugs that have been > overlooked. > > I have a pretty good understanding of randomness and know about the > conce

Re: How to break and smash things

2023-10-25 Thread Peter J. Philipp
On Thu, Oct 26, 2023 at 11:48:43AM +0600, Maria Morisot wrote: > Hi, > I've been frustrated in trying to find a way to help the project and thanks > to several people's replies I've been considering what I like to do with the > operating system. > > My needs are simple, as far as personal usage

How to break and smash things

2023-10-25 Thread Maria Morisot
Hi, I've been frustrated in trying to find a way to help the project and thanks to several people's replies I've been considering what I like to do with the operating system. My needs are simple, as far as personal usage goes; give me an offline system with vi and hard drive access and I'll hap