ACM.451 What matters in security
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In the last article I was thinking about using Rust for some components of my task execution framework.
Recently I’ve seen various terms used in the industry and thought I should sit down to sort this all out. Sometimes I think people try to cut the meaning of words too much, which prevents us from making progress in solving big problems. I hate arguing about words.
But sometimes it helps to tune out all the noise and focus on what matters.
Logic
I once had to take this math class in college and I’m not very good at math, but I’m always trying to improve. It was a low-key math class and I thought aha, maybe now all this math stuff will fit in.
But it turned out that the instructor was a bit marginal (and very interesting). He worked in a laboratory created by Paul Allen to do computer research. In the end, we had to write a paper instead of solving math problems.
All the people who were good at math thought it was really strange and hated it. However, I understood what he was saying perfectly and got an A. Unfortunately, I don’t think it helped me improve my discrete math skills, but here’s what it was.
Essentially, the professor wanted people to write about how logic is the underlying principle of all mathematics. And it’s. I immediately understood what he was saying because for me to understand math I have to distill it down to the underlying logic otherwise my brain gets all tripped up with symbols and…