u/carnageta

Travelling from Ottawa this Saturday to catch the Toronto Raptors vs Miami Heat preseason game at 7:00pm. For an event like this, do you think there will be enough parking spots at the venue? Or should I reserve a parking spot ahead of time at various parking spots close-by (if so, which app would you recommend - is clicknpark reliable)?

Thank you!

Anyone here in the Ottawa / NCR region? We have a dedicated Discord server (OSRS, RS3, and Dragonwilds) consisting primarily of Ottawa + surrounding area folks! If you're interested, please send me a DM!

Released just today on consoles with brand new updates, with very consistent dev support and a long term roadmap. It's honestly the closest thing I've played to New World, and in some areas, it is even better. The allure, atmosphere, in-game music, etc. are all very similar. Stats, levelling, and combat feel eerily similar as well.

Main difference between the two (2) is that New World was an MMO-RPG, whereas DragonWilds is a Survival-RPG (that you can still play online co-operatively with 5 other players).

If you miss New World, I highly recommend checking out DragonWilds!

I’m starting a group chat for OSRS players in Ottawa. If you play and want to be part of the chat, drop a comment!

The vision is to build a local RuneScape community. Even if you play RuneScape 3, or DragonWilds, and want to join, drop a comment!

Edit: Group chat on Reddit has been created. Discord Server has been created as well. Comment to get added and join the community! 100% welcoming to brand new (and experienced) players.

Hey all. I know there are calculators for this stuff but I kind of feel nervous coasting and not contributing to my nest egg.

I have 300k in home equity and 1M in ETFs. About 500k left on my mortgage.

Little about me - I have 2 kids (8 and 5). No partner. My job covers all my our expenses (about 7.5k per month, half of which is the mortgage + property tax). Kids occupy about 2k a month out of that.

I want to allocate more money now towards enjoying life vs saving for retirement.

Want to retire around 55. By then I plan to have the mortgage paid off and the kids will be young adults.

Thoughts?

Linked my house to the balance sheet and the estimated value is powered by Zolo. Curious if anyone knows how accurate Zolo is?

I applied for a job (in tech) earlier today, and the recruiter ended up calling me a couple hours later directly on my cell-phone. They called twice in a span of a couple minutes - I missed both of the calls - no voicemail, no email. 20 minutes later I called them back and they picked up, and we started conversing.

Conversation started off okay, but then it slowly turned weird. They asked me if I had LinkedIn, to which I said "No. It's a personal choice, I value my privacy / security". Then they stated that they couldn't verify my identity because I didn't have linkedIn.

They then asked about my work experience which was on my resume, and I went over it with them in detail. However, they started questioning my work experience for one of the jobs that I had listed on my resume (it's for a very large North American tech company). They basically said that they were a recruiter for that company before and never heard of my name in the interview loop. They also said that company doesn't have a team in the country that I currently live in. Basically just calling me a liar at this point?

They also seemed very suspicious of where I live - I told them I currently live in Canada (my resume also states it) but then they questioned "why does online on ZoomInfo say you live in the US"? I told them it's probably because the current company that I work for is HQ'd in the US.

Lastly, they said my resume had a ton of red flags, making them suspicious on whether or not I'm actually who I say I am. However, they'll talk to the hiring manager.

I don't know, just a very strange conversation overall. If so many red flags, why even call me?

With over 7 years of experience working professionally, this is easily the worst initial touch point I've ever had with a recruiter. Makes me want to avoid the company all-together - but then again, I think this recruiter is part of an outsourced recruiting firm that the company is using, so IDK.

Thoughts? Am I overreacting?

I’ve been working as an AppSec engineer for a unicorn startup for about 3 years now. TC is about 320k (we got bought out so the equity is finally cashable).

Truth is, I’m bored. When I joined the team, there was already SAST in place. We implemented DAST. We have a tool for dependency management, and all of these checks are deployed within the CI/CD.

Large operational work consists of doing security reviews (design doc reviews, source code reviews, and pentesting). This I tend to enjoy very much. However, it’s not really as valued as other security engineering work since it’s considered 'operational'. So I’m unsure of how to progress as an AppSec Engineer from here. Any ideas?

I want to pivot to a pure pen-testing role because it seems a lot less nuanced in terms of what your day-to-day expectations are. And, I also just enjoy bug hunting. I’m aware I’ll probably have to take a big pay cut if I go the pen testing route. I don’t have any certs yet, but I’ve been pentesting for ~3 years now and have done 75% of the port-swigger labs and have even made custom tools for Burp Suite.

How should I progress from here? I started the CPTS path a while back but then got busy with life. Was thinking I’d pick that up again to get the CPTS certificate, and then do the PortSwigger certificate as well.

I’ve been working as an AppSec engineer for a unicorn startup for about 3 years now. TC is about 320k (we got bought out so the equity is finally cashable).

Truth is, I’m bored. When I joined the team, there was already SAST in place. We implemented DAST. We have a tool for dependency management, and all of these checks are deployed within the CI/CD.

Large operational work consists of doing security reviews (design doc reviews, source code reviews, and pentesting). This I tend to enjoy very much. However, it’s not really as valued as other security engineering work since it’s considered operational. So I’m unsure of how to progress as an AppSec engineer from here. Any ideas?

I want to pivot to a pure pen-testing role because it seems a lot less nuanced in terms of what your day to day expectations are. I’m aware I’ll probably have to take a big pay cut. I don’t have any certs yet, but I’ve been pentesting for ~3 years now and have done 75% of the port-swigger labs and have even made custom tools for Burp Suite.

How should I progress from here? I started the CPTS path a while back but then got busy with life. Was thinking I’d pick that up again to get the CPTS certificate, and then do the PortSwigger certificate as well.

Thoughts?

Let’s say you’re an HVAC person and there’s an established HVAC business for sale that does 2-3M in revenue yearly.

When would you consider buying the business vs working as an employee for someone else? (Doesn’t have to be HVAC - that’s just an example. Assume basically any trade).

Want to gather your thoughts.

Let’s say you’re an HVAC person and there’s an established HVAC business for sale that does 2-3M in revenue yearly.

When would you consider buying the business vs working as an employee for someone else? (Doesn’t have to be HVAC - that’s just an example. Assume basically any trade).

Want to gather your thoughts.

I'm in Vegas, attending a CBA course that I paid for and the hotel that I'm staying in is coincidentally the same one in which this altercation occurred in.

It was in the hotel gym. Doors were closed and there was security at the front preventing anyone from coming / entering. Other people were there too getting a workout in. Doors were closed, so you couldn't hear anything, but the side-wall of the gym is entirely glass so you can see everything.

The altercation wasn't actually bad as the tweet by Shams suggests. Bam shoved Herro with one arm after the conversation got heated and then the two were broken up and separated. The push was pretty aggressive - Herro went back several feet but was never knocked off his legs. There was no punch thrown. I could see at the start of the interaction that Tyler was surprised to see Bam there and he tried to dab him up as Bam approached him, and Bam didn't do it. Further words were exchanged than and it started getting heated. People eventually came to separate them, which is when Bam one-armed shoved Tyler.

Fuck them picks'.

Yes I'm a fanboy

I 30(M) have a close friend (27M) that is very immature / unsupportive.

For some context, he lives at home with his parents and loves to party / drink every weekend. He is also a very big mama's boy, such that his mom will basically do every single thing for him - I'm talking about cooking, cleaning, organizing, etc. etc.

Now before I continue, I want to be clear - I don't have an issue with people living at home - it's an expensive world and if you can leverage an opportunity to get ahead and save then you should definitely capitalize on it. However, just because you live at home and don't have many bills to pay, and just because you have your mom do everything for you - doesn't mean all of your friends are in the same situation. In comparison, I moved out about 4.5 years ago and ended up buying a house ~2.5 years ago, and have been living with my partner ever since.

7 months ago I got a 2 month old puppy, and my friend has been nothing but unsupportive of it because it 'ruins his plans to hangout'. We have a group chat (and my partner is in it) and when we first got the puppy, one of the very first things my friend commented was 'throw the puppy out'. This past weekend we were all hanging out in a group setting at a restaurant, and my friend said something along the lines of "You shouldn't have gotten a puppy. I can't deal with people that tie themselves down. I'm a free bird". This was because at a party last week at his house, I left at 2am in the morning, instead of staying the entire night. Yes, you read that correctly - 2am.

Now, our group hangouts typically involve roast sessions where we all poke fun at each other - and that's fine and I have no problem with it. I poke fun at him as well quite a bit. However, this puppy thing just brings it to a personal level, especially since he has said this many times over the past 7 months (in different ways). Not to mention, not even once has my friend asked to see my puppy - not even a picture. So I have a gut feeling he's actually at least a bit bummed out by this puppy thing and it isn't just a joke being tossed around during a roast session.

I just can't be close with immature people anymore. My friend is 27, acting like a 17 year old. 10 years ago it was cool. 5 years ago it was tolerable. But now, I'm over it. Like people have their own lives dude and have sh*t to do, sorry can't stay the entire night at the party.

It's a similar situation with drinking - he wants to just shove alcohol down your throat because he drinks. People can have a good time without drinking, my guy.

I don't know if I'm overreacting or not lol. Any thoughts?