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Iron Chef Ian: Crockpot Chicken Tikka Masala

  • January 24, 2021
  • Tagged as: chef, Chicken, crockpot, food, indian, iron, tikka masala
Overview (6 servings)271 Calories Per servings. ( 350 w/rice) Ingredients 2 tbsp Garam Masala spice (optional)1 cup yogurt (vanilla or plain)2 tablespoons lemon juice 5 teaspoons ground cumin 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon 1/2 teaspoon cayenne pepper 1/2 teaspoon ground...

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Ian Trimble
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Malwarebytes Targeted by Actors Behind SolarWinds Attack

  • January 24, 2021
  • Tagged as: attack, Malwarebytes, SolarWinds, threat
As if our industry needed yet another demonstration of just how advanced the threat actor behind the SolarWinds attack really was, we now have evidence of yet another compromise from that same actor. This time...

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Darrell Moore
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Intel Names New CEO and Faces Challenges

  • January 24, 2021
  • Tagged as: amd, Apple, Intel, Jose Olaya, ryzen, vmware
selective focus photography of motherboard
Pat Gelsinger was named Intel’s new CEO to replace Bob Swan and I am happy. Swan only held the helm for two and a half years and was ultimately put in an impossible situation. Even...

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Ian Trimble
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Special: SystemV vs BSD

  • January 17, 2021
  • Tagged as: BSD, dennis ritchie, Discord, freebsd, ge, general electric, ms-dos, nix, ram, space travel, Special Segment
Over on our Discord channel recently we had an Engineer ask us to go over a fairly unique topic. He asked if we could cover the split between BSD and System V (System Five). Now,...

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Darrell Moore
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PotW: Process Hacker

  • January 17, 2021
  • Tagged as: champion, david plummer, GUI, network, PoTW, Process Hacker, task manager
Have you ever pulled up Task Manager in Windows and felt like an all-powerful, super admin? This happens a lot when an Engineer first starts their journey down that lonely path of understanding computers better...

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Darrell Moore
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PotW: Teleprompt.me

  • January 17, 2021
  • Tagged as: browsers, free, PoTW, Teleprompt.me
Teleprompt.me is a new version of a teleprompting software that I find very easy to use. The teleprompter is now activated by your voice.  I have tried it and I can say that it works...

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Ian Trimble
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Iron Chef Ian: Home Made Lemon Lime Soda

  • January 17, 2021
  • Tagged as: drinks, Iron Chef Ian, Lemon Lime Soda, Recipe
Ingredients 3/4 cup  Simple Syrup  (Make your simple syrup by combining the sugar and water in a small pot, heat and stir until all sugar is melted. Remove from heat, cool. Once at room temp,...

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Ian Trimble
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New York City Proposes Regulating Algorithms Used in Hiring

  • January 17, 2021
  • Tagged as: algorithms, hirevue, Hiring Algorithms, job seeker, Richard Drosin
According to Ars Technica, in a controversial move this week, New York City Council is seeking to limit the use of algorithms when it comes to making hiring decisions after it turned out the algorithms...

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Ian Trimble
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Network Equipment Hacks

  • January 17, 2021
  • Tagged as: CVE, hacks, Ubiquiti, Zyxel
Ubiquiti In a recent ZDNet article, we learned that a much beloved company, Ubiquiti Networks, has suffered a recent security breach. According to an email they sent to their customers the company said, “We recently became...

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Darrell Moore
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Engineering Explained: Windows 10 Restart Versus Shutdown

  • January 10, 2021
  • Tagged as: ACPI, BIOS, Bitlocker, Engineering Explained, Fast Startup, Restart, Restart vs Shutdown, Shutdown, TrueCrypt, UEFI, Windows 10
A long time ago–in the bad old days–when people were done using their computer they’d reach over and throw the power switch, which would make a big “thunk”. This sound would reverberate through the entire...

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Darrell Moore
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