Great title. I remember playing HLDM at the top years - LMS, syn, dPc - and pwned was my go to in 1v1 fun lol. Somebody said once I was the first to use it they’d seen:
Me (sp0rk!): pwned
Black snow: pwned?
sp0rk!: yeah you got owned so hard you got owned with a p
Edit: hey any chance you can open up my copy and use a Surface to autograph the cover for me? Something like that would be cool, I’d kick in another $10 to benefit a STEM program if y’all figured out a personalisation bonus!
I agree, but the difference between some anonymous comments with the intent of sharing ideas and opinions, vs a low effort book composed of a compilation of random blog posts of a narcissist, with the whole thing being around him and not the ideas that it should express is a whole new thing.
Mmmh, no? If we were all full of ourselves we will try to be opinion *leaders*. Giving your opinion from time to time on a forum like HN doesn't imply you aspire to be an opinion leader or recognized public figure in your niche.
The Rock was released in 1996, Hollywood standards have changed haven't they. That said, I always felt that quote was out of character for a British scholar and polyglot (Sean Connerys character). Is there even a prom culture in the UK? I thought that whole shebang was a US construct.
He's a bit of muppet, to be honest. He lives in a city near mine which, frankly, breeds this sort of self-absorbed, narcissistic person.
I remember having a conversation with him on Twitter once, and his comments were quite offensive. Very general, sweeping opinions about British people (I'm British/Australian.) Mostly made him self look like a boob, but he's not the kind of person to self-reflect and recognise that.
I like his blog's content - he's clearly smart - but you're right: he actually contributes so little, but has a huge degree of prestige.
I mean I think the services Troy offers are great. Both HaveIBeenPwned and PwnedPasswords are super useful.
That being said, I don't agree with a lot of his opinions on infosec practices. And I understand the self-absorbed thing, I find it weird he records a half hour weekly video about himself. I understand a weekly update blog post, but a video is a big commitment expectation for followers to make.
I’ve thought the same for a long time seeing his blog posts, but I haven’t seen anyone say it before online (until now). There’s a kind of narcissism and sense of entitlement (plus prestige) I’ve sensed in his writings and endeavors.
Seriously the amount of gloating is kind of absurd. Here in Australia we have "tall poppy syndrome" where we cut people who are above us, but this guy loves to brag about the crap he has.
That's a ridiculous thing to worry about. Individuals, even the ones with boats and houses, aren't what's driving climate change. All the time and effort you spend playing "Solar Panel Police" would be much better spent attacking the environmental harms caused by industry. Could this guy afford some solar panels? Probably, and sure every little bit 'helps', but it seems so petty to bitch about this one guy when there are so many others causing problems that are so much more impactful.
Got to agree unfortunately. I'm a huge fan of Troy and HIBP in general. This was a tiny bit too much right now (I've got a 7 month old and my wife isn't working!).
At 1st, I didnt think $39 is that high. But when I clicked on the link, its only a collection of blog posts-- and yeah, $39 is too steep for non-original content.
Is one of the review blurbs "I only read the intro and the epilogue written by other people, but those were great"? I guess that is the only new content, but that's a strange choice to publish in promotion of your book.
Congrats to Troy for publishing the book. Price is understandable; it takes a lot of work to publish a book, even if it is republishing blog posts. For the rest of the negative feedback, he is free to publish a book; that's about it.
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[ 3.0 ms ] story [ 106 ms ] threadGreat title. I remember playing HLDM at the top years - LMS, syn, dPc - and pwned was my go to in 1v1 fun lol. Somebody said once I was the first to use it they’d seen:
Me (sp0rk!): pwned
Black snow: pwned?
sp0rk!: yeah you got owned so hard you got owned with a p
Edit: hey any chance you can open up my copy and use a Surface to autograph the cover for me? Something like that would be cool, I’d kick in another $10 to benefit a STEM program if y’all figured out a personalisation bonus!
Otherwise you and I wouldn't be posting our thoughts/opinions here for all to read.
But you are technically right
I've read several. I had never read the original posts and found it quite enjoyable. Short, sharp chapters that are easy to pick up and put down.
I'm not sure it's low effort. There is effort spent writing the original posts and then reviewing and compiling them into a cohesive narrative.
And I'm making no judgement on whether is fullness level, or ours, is justified or not.
“Losers whine about giving their best, winners go home and %#$& the Prom Queen.” - The Rock
Congrats, you're a trophy with a tiara.
Also it was said to a guy whose wife/fiance was the prom queen.
I remember having a conversation with him on Twitter once, and his comments were quite offensive. Very general, sweeping opinions about British people (I'm British/Australian.) Mostly made him self look like a boob, but he's not the kind of person to self-reflect and recognise that.
I like his blog's content - he's clearly smart - but you're right: he actually contributes so little, but has a huge degree of prestige.
But you just made a sweeping generalization! "He lives in a city near mine which, frankly, breeds this sort of self-absorbed, narcissistic person"
That being said, I don't agree with a lot of his opinions on infosec practices. And I understand the self-absorbed thing, I find it weird he records a half hour weekly video about himself. I understand a weekly update blog post, but a video is a big commitment expectation for followers to make.
I would argue that he has undoubtedly had the greatest impact on educating end-users on the dangers of password reuse.
From what I have seen of his interactions he seems like an incredibly intelligent and humble guy.
Maybe you don't owe authors better, but you owe this community better if you're participating in it.
https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
I've bought similar books from tech bloggers and they've been closer to $15.
Owner of https://haveibeenpwned.com/
His story sounds interesting, but not $39 interesting.
(http://www.nyx.net/~awestrop/ftb/ftb.htm)
Oh it’s an ebook only? Okay.
Don’t get me wrong, proofreading, formatting and structuring is work and not the fun kind of work, but that’s a hard sell.
For 19$ … yeah, maybe.