Journey of the Journeyman

Yesterday, I conducted a quiz at work. Over 60 enthusiasts turned up and I was just at the brink or running out of prelims question sheets. Lazy Shourya needs some time to put up the questions of the final round (all pictures), but here are the questions from the written prelims. See how many you [...]

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Strolled down memory lane today, through the archives of my livejournal. My once-upon-a-blog. Relived the past. Cherished it. Compared the present.
Here’s when I saw a movie. Here’s me learning ant. Not sure how drunk I was but this looks like an interesting post.And here’s a poem.
And when there is only a ring in your earsAnd [...]

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There is a unequalled thrill in struggling late into the night, fixing a tricky bug, and (strangely) having dinner all alone. Tragic hero, programmer.
The last time I did this was in 2006, I think. Toiled at the CT bay, rewrote parts of CT install (which yours truly has contributed to in modest proportions) to fix [...]

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I got an email from a certain bank educating me about the safety of statements-via-email.Your PDF Advice on E-mail is ‘password protected’ and 128-bit encrypted to provide you additional security.
Made me think:

Does the public really understand the significance of this ?
Is there really a significance ? For the end-user, its just a password.
If [...]

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