Greetings!
My name is Jack Nosser and I'm an out-of-state cybersecurity student studying at the University of North Texas who has a great l love for computer science, tech tinkering, and mathematics.
How I got into Computer Science
I remember the first computer I had access to was an old Windows XP machine way back in 2012 when I was six. It was on that computer where my older brother introduced me to the very first video game I would ever play, Minecraft. In the proceeding years I'd play that game with both my brother and sister for hours on end, and I loved it! It was only a matter of time till my child mind wondered about what else this magical black box can do, and that's when I discovered YouTube. It was on YouTube that I discovered videos involving computer science concepts. In particular, I found videos of people experimenting with malware using virtual machines when I was eleven. All of this brings me to where I am today; still excited to learn more about the vast field of computer science!
Tinkering with Tech
The attic at my parent's house is full of old computers, so I spent years taking them apart for fun. I did this because I enjoyed hands-on troubleshooting, observing, and putting together computer components. My favorite part of tech tinkering is when something finally works the way I want it to after lots of trail and error.
Personal Projects
Below are pictures of personal projects I have worked on in the past few years involving technology.
My first PC Build
Specs:
Chassis- Fractal Design Focus G White ATX Mid Tower
Graphics card- Radeon HD 5750
CPU- AMD Athlon II X4 630
RAM- DDR3 12GBs
Motherboard- ASUS M4A77TD AM3 AMD 770 ATX
Crypto-mining Experimentation
This picture shows four different computers mining cryptocurrency (Monero) on a mining pool. Together these computers contribute 3.5Kh/s (3500 hashes per second) to the Monero network. I made a goal to mine at least fifteen dollars worth of Monero, so I could purchase a physical Monero coin online. I reached this goal in three months!