Oh shit! Totally forgot about the San Jose Sharks. Ohio was big into Chicago culture at the time so things from LA or NYC (respectfully) wasn’t seen too often and it was always the “black sheep” of the league that went against the norms of mid-west culture.

Avg mid-western: “San Jose Sharks…ohhh sounds Spanish”

Same with Might Ducks gear but they didn’t have an official/professional team. Tbh, the mascots for The Hornets and Might Ducks went hard, that hornet looked mad af haha

I grew up in Ohio in the 90’s and everyone was wearing Hornets or Chicago Bulls gear (head to toe) and Might Ducks hats/shirts.

Gracias! Yo sé alemán un poco también pero español es más divertido.

I’ve used VMware and Cisco products before, and you’re heading down the right path. I used the Cisco WAP at this one startup and those WAP’s were the best I’ve ever used, it’s been awhile though so it could’ve changed.

If you’re looking at Networking type of protections I’d focus on understand network traffic and how it flows in and out of internal systems. I currently use Akamai as our CDN but I’m not sure if they offer a free or community version. Wireshark is a good open source tool with plenty of docs and step by step guidance for analyzing traffic (it’s a bitch to learn up front but you’ll be good for like 90% of traffic tools).

That said, what we’re talking about is very different from the GRC stuff you had initially mentioned. What I’m getting at is you probably don’t have to focus on networking things if you’re dealing with compliance and regulatory GRC things.

Self hosting is the way to go. I’d suggest looking into open source projects for something you might be passionate about. Like, if you like gardening you could set up a time to turn gardening lights on, water systems, ect..those types of projects, when using open source apps, REALLY speed up you’re understanding of how systems communicate with each other.

I work for a company that has offices in Spain (estoy aprendiendo español para mi trabajo) and Spain has a lot of jobs in tech, if you wanted to explore other areas.

GRC tools, I’ve only used ZenGRC but that was for a short time and I don’t focus on that, so I’m not the best resource for that. I do work with Data Governance tools that will usually work closely with GRC type tools, if that’ll help.

Honestly, good on you dude. Being able to identify a toxic behavior and then make changes to better yourself is something a lot of people don’t do.

Certificates when you first start are good for getting your foot in the door but the best way to learn in a real world experience. To answer your question, 99.88% of people would said Security+, but that cert is nothing compared to actually dealing with actual real world BS. Certain types of attacks don’t follow a pattern and being able to adapt to that isn’t going to be taught in Security+

Yea I’ve never understood the negative reaction to working with women in cyber security but those people are losers anyway.

On another note, how are you liking cyber security? Any questions? Concerns? Areas you’re interested in?

I work in cyber security and have gotten to work with some very talented female engineers. It’s always shocking to me the amount of disrespect some third party will display towards them. Like talking down or whatever.

What’s also entertaining is watching my coworkers absolutely destroy these ass hats.

You’ve somehow figured out a way to disappoint my eyes. I didn’t know my eyes had feeling until I read this comment. Thanks, I guess in a weird way.

Where I live in the US that’s in the millions, hundreds of millions even. Also, if that budget dries up then they don’t plow shit. They’ll usually get an emergency fund but it takes a few days, while it’s snowing…

How do you even get your hands on a cassowary egg and not die a horrible death. Emu’s are chill as long as you’re a guy

Jesus: oh! Yea, I can make it. I’ll bring the wine

Judas: it’ll be the last wine you ever have

Jesus: wait what?

Judas: I said yea that’ll be fine

The Wilier and Canyon are both endurance bikes vs the Pino which is a performance/race. Wilier is still the most comfortable and fast af, but you’re right in that the Canyon was mid-level and has a very different geo so it’s kinda hard to compare-ish. I was actually really surprised at how comfortable the Pino Dogma felt, that would be my go to for races if I owned it.

I actually haven’t ridden any high quality Ti bikes yet, but have heard nothing but great reviews. I’m actually looking at a few companies: No.22, Moots, Seven, and a couple other ti + carbon hybrid. No.22 came out with this new performance bike that they 3D print with very high quality Ti and it’s like $12-15k. You should check out those brands I mentioned, they each have their own custom Ti + Carbon Gravel (or full Ti) builds and it’s not going to hurt the bank account too much (I think $6-8k full build). A couple of friends that ride gravel swear by these hybrid type builds for the exact reasons you mentioned.

So, I’ve also ridden a wide range of bikes and prices. $11k Wilier Granturismo is 100% more comfortable than Canyon Endurace (at least the CF SL Di2 I use to ride) and the Dogma I rode in Italy was oddly more comfortable than the Canyon (but I don’t own the Dogma, just rented for a few months). The Canyon was 100% more comfortable than the Trek domaine (entry level).

As for speed, high end bikes have more carbon components than a $4-6k bike, so naturally when you ride a lighter bike you’ll increase your speed to a point. But yes, the thing that makes you faster is you and not necessarily the bike, but having a bike that’s lighter sure does help.

I’m not totally disagreeing with you btw, I think if I could start all over again I would get fitted, buy a carbon frame + fork + saddle post, Ultegra Di2, carbon wheels and handlebar, like $150 saddle, and I’ll be set. Probably cost around $6-8k, and if I went used I could probably get it for $4k.

At the same time, why do people buy a BMW? A car just gets you from point A to point B, why would you spend significantly more when a Honda is more economical and reliable? My point is, people can spend their money how they want and that’s okay. $11k got me the perfect bike and there’s nothing I would change about it and I’ll have it for the rest of my life. It’s just odd to me that people get so abrasive (not you, just in general) about the cost of high end bikes, but a $120k car or truck that’s used to go to the grocery store, nobody bats an eye.

I heard the vegetables preferred candidate is a head of lettuce

You’re username matches your perspective on life

Whats it going to run on? The vegetable section at the grocery store?

Hey man, show up to the group ride with whatever you want, just keep up with the pace

I think the only time we could decode Elons body and all his mistresses, would involve a serious revolution

Bro, I have “trail friends” which are dudes I just see on the trail and we always wave to each other. I have no idea what their names are but a solid wave back from someone you see semi-regularly that’s grinding —> 👋