not any
#ot1-perplexing-regexing
gentle moss
netcode changes that break demos are rare
since, btw, demos are based off netcode
weird but okay
also a problem with speed runs, demo versions.
hence the need for everyone in a community to be on one patch level
source engine demo's don't have enough polling tbh
if you go too fast you end up in the floor on demo playback
have to change interp rates
rough sapphire
damn you have a ton of knowledge tho
gentle moss
well i did spend like 5 years investigating the source engine in HL2 and CS:S
mat_overlay (i think it was) was one of the most hilarious discoveries
cheat unprotected and basically just rendered the specified texture on your screen in full.
so you set mat_overlay to the skin of an enemy model, then set it to none
oh look, the enemy shader has the param to ignore z-buffer
valve has never been so great at cheat var's
brave rivet
Someone can help me with git tool?
I need to fix issue with commit described below:
- I had created new branch for update code
- first commit was made with code changes, however accidently all indentation changed from space to tabs
- then another changes was made and made 2 more commits
- now I also add changes, however figuring out this issue and replace back tabs to space
What I need is fix diff tool, the entire file are huge and change to it are medium (about 40 lines was changed from ~3000 lines).
I need to revert commits somehow (but keep changes made to code) and recommit them again, so that in diff entire file not being changed (because of indentation replacement).
What can you suggest?
gentle moss
download the repo and perform tabs to spaces across the whole thing
then push it again
brave rivet
repo is downloaded and local
brave rivet
I need to remove this changes from history before make PR
gentle moss
hmm
brave rivet
I need remove earllier commits, but keeps changes to files
so that when I commit again and PR only changes I made will be shown in diff
solid pollen
If you are the only one working on that branch you can squash all commits together
brave rivet
yes, I'm only one who made commits
solid pollen
Okay, run git rebase -i master
You’ll see a list of commit all starting with pick
Change all the pick to squash
Save and close the file
Another file is going to be open, write a commit message for your entire feature
brave rivet
hm, yes, looks like squash is what I need. didn't use it before
solid pollen
And then git push --force
brave rivet
thanks for help 💙
gentle moss
little devops wizard here
plucky ridge
plucky ridge
My gif-fu is strong
frosty berry
i don't know how i messed up with git, but reflog saved me pretty nicely today, i must have done a very bad rebase a few days ago, and i only had the last commit on the branch, with the previous ones somehow squashed in a merge commit with master, that git didn't think needed to be merged?? finding the last sane revision in reflog and cherry picking that last standing commit on top of it worked but i really have no idea how i got there 😬
i'm usually the local git expert at work, so it sucks when i'm stuck
rough sapphire
accidentally told a colleague of mine to reset --hard
he lost 2 hours of work
i freaked the fuck out
gentle moss
report him for listening to bad advice
rough sapphire
reflog calmed me back down
report him to whom
we are literally all in the same room
gentle moss
everyone
rough sapphire
we have 17 employees
gentle moss
"HEY, THIS DIPSHIT TOOK MY ADVICE."
rough sapphire
i thought he had committed his work, to be honest
rough sapphire
i'm fairly certain he told me he had his work committed
plucky ridge
I feel like I keep learning and then forgetting what log is in the context of maths
tired osprey
ze inverse to powaaaaaaaaaa
tired osprey
yus
tired osprey
log_2(4) = 2 yes
plucky ridge
Okay so where does natural log come in
plucky ridge
Sorry I feel like a complete derp, I don't know why I keep forgetting this stuff
plucky ridge
Oh yeah that's right
gentle moss
fuck knows what it is
plucky ridge
Okay, I vaguely remember that.
gentle moss
i cut off all my logarithms?
plucky ridge
Yes
plucky ridge
"The hell we gonna do with all these logarithms?"
gentle moss
somehow improve their path finding for pick up day
plucky ridge
I guess I don't understand how log ends up being so useful in so many applications.
Ends up in that weird area of math that I just can't wrap my head around
gentle moss
i know so many concepts but not how to use them
that's the problem with watching shit loads of numberphile and standupmaths without practicing that shit
plucky ridge
Truuuuue
tired osprey
okay so
e is special because the derivative of e^x is e^x
natural logarithm is log_e(x) = ln(x)
in other words
log_e(e^x) = x
@plucky ridge @gentle moss
frosty berry
logs are useful in apps because exponentials tends to come up a lot in nature i guess
frosty berry
not these logs
tired osprey
logarithms are relevant to trees
plucky ridge
They really are
frosty berry
(it was a joke :()
plucky ridge
I just had to wait for the right time to strike with the pun
plucky ridge
@placid torrent Here's fine
placid torrent
where can i find the algorithm to transform a file into another format?
cuz i know ffmpeg is there, but i dont understand its usage
sand goblet
There is no general algorithm
placid torrent
then how is it made?
sand goblet
You parse the old file and then write the new one
placid torrent
my guesses are the now where the actual sound is located, they copy it, the pasted other place and they add the tags according to the format
the header etc
but the actual data that makes the music is the same
more or less resolution
sand goblet
You read the file into your application in a manner your application understands
And then you write it in the new format
placid torrent
yes, thats what i have openned
rough sapphire
makes it a bit easier to work with ffmpeg in python
placid torrent
idk how to use it xd
rough sapphire
but gdude is right
placid torrent
could u explain me how to use ffmpeg pls? just a fast review
convert one file into another
the options and i think thats all
sand goblet
Honestly that's probably a question better left to the ffmpeg docs
sand goblet
Rather than having someone regurgitate them for you
If that's what you have open, you don't have the ffmpeg docs open
placid torrent
if he has already used it, idk whats the problem on asking someone
okey dude, u are gonna tell me what i have openned or not
good job
rough sapphire
i was thinking about helping, but not after that little fit
placid torrent
sure
rough sapphire
google it maybe
sand goblet
You quoted yourself, and that message was right after a link
The API docs for that module are here, https://kkroening.github.io/ffmpeg-python/
The ffmpeg docs are here, https://ffmpeg.org/ffmpeg.html
placid torrent
oh thanks, i was looking at here: https://pokemon.fandom.com/es/wiki/WikiDex
sand goblet
'kay. Well, good luck with it.
rough sapphire
Help I can't git revert my day
sand goblet
Haha
I just messed up a merge and ended up having to replace master with another branch
Some days are just like that
vague grail
anyone still remember how to do propositional logic and reduce it using its laws because I'm super stuck rn:
I have to show that (p∨q) ∧ ¬(p∧q) ≡ ¬(p<=>q)
But I've been starting with De Morgan's law and distributing the 'not' but I end up getting stuck. I'm not sure how to manipulate it further to affect other areas since none of the other laws seem to account for a situation like this.
I've also made a truth table for it and have found that they are equivalent. It's bugging the heck out of me.
laws for reference
odd thorn
Well, the first step I like to do is break the arrows into the more basic conjunctions. What does the equality turn into after doing that?
vague grail
oh yeah so it'd be like
(p or q) and not(p and q) ≡ not(p iff q)
Assuming I read that right lol
this is kind of what my work has been looking like. It always leads into dead ends or things that aren't possible. I'm not really sure what I'm doing wrong?
odd thorn
Not quite. I meant, what does iff/<=> look like in terms of and/∧ and or/∨∨
You did do that there, so very good.
vague grail
yeah it's so weird, like you can start off using De Morgan's or commutative but it ultimately ends up in the same result. I think you have to move the nots around
but as far as I know these laws don't really enable that
odd thorn
Alright. There nothing wrong up til the uppermost completed line in the bottom half, so we're safe there.
vague grail
oh yeah that part was me being desperate but I stopped knowing it was wrong lol
odd thorn
I think the missing piece here is the distributive laws.
vague grail
I had a similar thought but do distributive laws account for when two p's are different via the 'not'?
odd thorn
They're universal, so they account for, well, everything.
So. Which half do you want to FOIL? Top or bottom?
vague grail
let's go for the top haha
odd thorn
Alright. (To be clear, I say FOIL because the math idea of FOILing is based in distributive laws.)
Let's start by distributing the left parenthesized portion over the contents of the right paren. Do you get what I'm saying enough to figure out what that gives?
vague grail
I'm not entirely sure how distributive law works for when you have a ¬p and a p as well as a ¬q and a q
odd thorn
Ok. I'll show you the first step here:
(¬p∨¬q) ∧ (p∨q)
#let
x = (¬p∨¬q)
#so we have
x ∧ (p∨q)
#distribute the x
(x ∧ p)∨(x ∧ q)
#replace it with its definition
((¬p∨¬q)∧p)∨((¬p∨¬q)∧q)```Do you see how that's just the distributive rule?
vague grail
hmm I've never seen this before, I slightly understand, so p is basically (¬p∨¬q) and then the other variable left is q?
Although how does that change the and to an or?
odd thorn
Let me use a variable to maybe make it obvious. I'll edit the above.
That new version clearer?
vague grail
Yeah! That's a lot more clear haha
odd thorn
Very good. What will happen when we distribute the p and q inside the two outer parens now?
vague grail
it's the same law right? so for instance we'd distribute the p to (¬p∨¬q) on that left side?
odd thorn
Yep. What statement will we have after you do that?
vague grail
I'm not sure I did it completely right, but would be like (¬p∧p)∧(¬p∧q)?
odd thorn
Yeah, something went wrong there. That would end up just being False.
vague grail
so basically x would be (¬p∨¬q) right?
odd thorn
That's what it was, but it won't be needed again, I think.
vague grail
hmm yeah I haven't really done it like this before admittedly
odd thorn
Here, I'll type out the next line:
((¬p∨¬q)∧p)∨((¬p∨¬q)∧q)
#To here
((¬p∧p)∨(¬q∧p))∨((¬p∧q)(¬q∧q))```Does that make sense?
vague grail
OH okay I was getting on the right track, I was only doing the left side and messed up my ands/ors
sorry I should have clarified
odd thorn
Yeah, writing gets all of us sometimes.
Alright. If we're there, what needs to happen next?
vague grail
I think what I would do is start trying to get rid of (¬p∧p) and (¬q∧q)
half plinth
Guys I need help on python selenium if you'd like to help?
odd thorn
Not familiar.
half plinth
Dang it!
odd thorn
So, what is the value of both of those statements, @vague grail?
vague grail
wouldn't they be false?
odd thorn
Indeed.
Not many things that are true and not true, after all.
So what's our statement now, if we replace the values with false where that's accurate?
vague grail
(F∨(¬q∧p))∨((¬p∧q)∨F)
is it possible to cancel both the falses out?
using like identity laws
odd thorn
Well, not, like, cancelling them out with each other, but if I have a statement X, what's X or False?
vague grail
well if x is true it'll be true, otherwise it's false
odd thorn
In other words...
vague grail
(¬q∧p) ∨ (¬p∧q)
oh and we can convert those to conditionals!
although aren't we missing a not somewhere?
oh wait nope we can't
conditionals require them to be 'ors' not ands
so this is another distributive?
odd thorn
Nah. Look at the top line of the bottom part of your paper.
odd thorn
That's why they call me a mathemagician.
vague grail
wow that distributive thing really threw me off, I didn't realize you could mess with it like that
you rock! Thanks so so much!
odd thorn
Np. It's basically the logical version of FOILing.
A similar argument is how you prove FOILing works in algebra.
vague grail
hmm I bet my class will go in a deep dive with that kind of stuff. Man though, I learned a lot about that not distribution. I really can't thank you enough
odd thorn
No trouble. I get to talk about mathy things to an interested audience, so it's a win-win.
sand goblet
this is becoming a serious deal
the last paragraph sums it up nicely:
The fact that so many former ICANN executives are involved in the sale makes the almost complete lack of transparency that much more concerning. With more than a billion dollars being moved around for a critical piece of internet infrastructure, anything less than full transparency should be viewed as suspicious. So far, the little transparency that has appeared has only made this deal look [sic] worse.
there's a huge corporate shell game going on here and it's pretty concerning, to say the least
gentle moss
oof
those redacted names
hmmmm
pretty interesting that ICANN is fine with that considering they really didn't want to redact WHOIS data
sand goblet
It's not surprising in the least
ICANN has become more corrupt over the last few years
gentle moss
i think perhaps longer than a few years
they're dodgy as fuck
y2k problem still floating about
rofl
seems like some devs went for a cheap hack and had the dates 00 - 19 recognised as 20--'s
but rolling around to 2020 it breaks and skips back to 1920
ahhhh nuts. win 7 is officially out of support
rough sapphire
Yep
Though https://krebsonsecurity.com/2020/01/cryptic-rumblings-ahead-of-first-2020-patch-tuesday/ is probably patching 7
solid pollen
@umbral lantern (about the rpi/arduino, since it was kinda off-topic) depends on what you want to do with it
umbral lantern
Idk
solid pollen
Arduino are built to be integrated into electronic circuits, as rpi are basically computers
solid pollen
!resources and here is our list of resources to learn python, my personal advice is Automate the boring stuff with python
royal lakeBOT
rough sapphire
way better than my drawing skills
umbral lantern
No i traced it
rough sapphire
way better than my tracing skills
jagged fog
@raven folio like your real adress
you're registering for a service and they require your data
you can give some false adress I guess if you want
umbral lantern
@jagged fog as a beginner shuld i get a arduino Or a pi
jagged fog
depends on what you need to do
they are not the same
and I don't mean not the same as "not similar" they are straigt up diffferent
jagged fog
ah not the server for this
umbral lantern
Ohhhh i know
jagged fog
but not the arduino
umbral lantern
I am trying to start a career in cyber security
jagged fog
arudino is microcontroller, basically give 1 or 0 depending on some singal
umbral lantern
Ik
jagged fog
so you need rpi
royal lakeBOT
umbral lantern
What language do you make discord bots in
umbral lantern
Ok
undone berry
DiscordJS is also good if you prefer JavaScript
umbral lantern
Ok thx
umbral lantern
Yes
warm sail
have you done that
raven folio
@jagged fog so i should put my address twice?
jagged fog
idk, I think adress 2 is not required
sand goblet
You cannot deploy bots in this channel, no
Real bots need to be authorised by staff, userbots, client bots and selfbots break the Discord terms of service
raven folio
Ok thx
sand goblet
Well, oracle has an official tutorial
solid pollen
@rough sapphire you need to sign up for the beta or something?
solid pollen
Oh yeah!
vestal briar
Huh
rough sapphire
vestal briar
I'm doing a wifi exploiting school project for a strange "project-based-learning" class
Showed a demo on here once and I had one of those roblox hax0rs asking to donate him it
terse sluice
vestal briar
I do very casual pentesting shenangins
If I think of some fun little virus-like software I make it but never use it
jagged fog
that's just for the record
vestal briar
Even off the record, i'll never use it
Usually it doesn't turn out how I wanted and even if it did, not much point in using or learning how to sell some basic little program made for amusement
twilit marlin
rimworld's a really nice game where you can do warcrimes
and make chairs outta human leather
or, harvest organs
yep, fun it is
oak geyser
who uses a gui for github, cli does just fine
solid pollen
Well you can't really browse issues and PRs with the CLI
rough sapphire
@oak geyser I do
oak geyser
moreso that just a browser, when on mobile.
frosty berry
i usually use the openhub app on my phone to open things when i'm on the go, mostly to read and answer issues though, but oftentimes opening the website in firefox mobile is just as good
still tiger
@tulip palm Hey
still tiger
tulip palm
so, you should really only need to draw 3 lines. (the line at x=0 seems trivial but they're looking for it just for method marks at GCSE)
if you draw the three lines, they should produce a closed region
also, they'll be looking for how your lines are drawn
tulip palm
that's the line y=x, which is not one of the lines mentioned
tulip palm
close, that's the line of y=0.
i used to get them mixed up too, but it makes sense
the line you've drawn has a y value of 0 for all values of x, so therefore you're saying y = 0 there, not x = 0
still tiger
ohhh
tulip palm
also, it's important to note that lines which represent inclusive boundaries (like ≤ and ≥, where equality is involved) should have a solid line, but lines which represent strict boundaries (like < and >) should have a dotted line
i think you need to make that distinction at GCSE in order to get the full marks for the question
tulip palm
yup! but allow it to go to the negatives.
still tiger
completely to the bottom?
tulip palm
yeah :D
still tiger
tulip palm
brilliant.
still tiger
the second equation is impossible though!!!
tulip palm
nope, it isn't. it might be a bit tricky at first with the small scales you're given, but it's perfectly manageable.
what makes you say it's impossible?
rough sapphire
2x is going diagonally, move it 3 units and mark space below it :^)
still tiger
oh is it a diagonal line
tulip palm
yup!
every one unit it goes across, it goes up by two
that's what the gradient tells you.
still tiger
wait i had it for a second now im confused again haha
tulip palm
what's confusing you? ^~^
still tiger
y < 2x + 3
i get the 2x + 3 part, but cant y have multiple values
rough sapphire
it asks for the numbers on Y axis which are under line marked by 2x + 3
rough sapphire
that's right
tulip palm
just bear in mind what i said about the types of lines. as that's a strict inequality (it's <, not ≤) then you need to make it a dashed line.
still tiger
Yep, i used red to signify that for now, i'm unable to do dotted with my screenshot tool
still tiger
rip
tulip palm
yes, that's correct.
rough sapphire
(yes it is)
tulip palm
now draw on your next line! :D
also, i can see a venn diagram on the next page and it's giving me the wiggles
tulip palm
nope, looks right to me.
although it's quite strange to have part of the region slightly outside of the scale.
but either way, it looks correct to me.
all you'd have to do is shade in the little triangle that those lines created
still tiger
i feel accomplished
thanks for the help btw
wheat lynx
hxz what book are these questions from. I did them at school recently
still tiger
its just a small booklet i was given by my teacher
wheat lynx
Ah, ok
tulip palm
yup, GCSE maths (higher tier) questions by the looks of it.
still tiger
@wheat lynx which city are you from, just wondering
tulip palm
i remember when my maths teacher gave my class a lot of practice GCSE maths papers for revision last year. :D
undone berry
I remember having a similar pile of a-level maths/further maths and wanting to die
tulip palm
yeah, sixth form. same thing.
still tiger
Studying computer science?
tulip palm
even though we haven't started the further maths content yet, i like the pace.
i had 4 hours of maths lessons today.
it's quite fun. :D
undone berry
D1 and D2 units in further maths are quite dumb
stuff like manually running through djikstra
umbral lantern
Who wants to teach me python
still tiger
@tulip palm i only enjoy maths when i understand it 😛
tulip palm
@undone berry apparently doing the simplex algorithm is the most tedious thing.
@still tiger that's pretty reasonable.
undone berry
anything that invvolves manually implementing algorithms that computers are better at is tedious
umbral lantern
I need to learn I’m getting a raspberry pi
still tiger
uwu raspberry pi
umbral lantern
Uwu?
rough sapphire
You're welcome
umbral lantern
?
rough sapphire
i don't think you posted this in the right channel
still tiger
@umbral lantern https://www.learnpython.org/
raven folio
So apparently I'm not allowed to ask for help in discord.py until I get better at python
raven folio
Oh you did?
jagged fog
I told multiple people in last 2 days yes
I think you too
basically they don't like newbies
and are a bit toxic
jagged fog
well they do state that you need to know python befre you ask
raven folio
But I do know some python
I just need some help because I've never made a discord bot before
Why do they gotta be like that
odd thorn
It's somewhat understandable, since they're focused on a library that's pretty complicated, but they do take it a bit far.
jagged fog
dw even if you know Python and ask they are still toxic
so just stick to here as you've been already
odd thorn
Maybe they need a proper list of things they won't help with.
raven folio
F
odd thorn
Anyways, there are enough people here that can get you started.
w/ d.py in particular.
raven folio
Epic
sand goblet
I'm surprised more people aren't talking about this case
it's basically going to be deciding the fate of most of the software industry
gentle moss
i don't think it's the fact people aren't talking about it, since we are clearly about to
but more of the fact this is still on going?
tricky to keep track of a decade long lawsuit man
sand goblet
so now google is appealing the appeal in the supreme court, yeah
gentle moss
i just always forget about it because it takes fucking years for anything to happen
sand goblet
that's court for you
gentle moss
to be fair there's not much to say here except "fuck oracle"
sand goblet
I appreciate what Amazon is trying to do with their court case
It makes me wonder what Oracle does that they could reasonably be sued for if they win this case
gentle moss
this has already been decided in the EU though hasn't it?
EU said "geedddaaaahhhdaaaheeeerrreeeee big red."
sand goblet
well, the case never went to the EU
because we already have laws that side with Google
rough sapphire
both cases should fail
sand goblet
yes they should
rough sapphire
both oracle->goog and amazon->oracle
gentle moss
ofc it's not an issue for the EU court but if Oracle's US case succeeds then that puts them massively at odds with EU law on the subject
messy
sand goblet
it stands to reason that the outcome in oracle vs google will also decide the outcome in amazon vs oracle
yes, that's true
if oracle loses their case, it's a shame they can't be sued for like
trying to destroy the software industry
gentle moss
being massive dicks
but if being masive dicks was a crime the corp would already be in prison
sand goblet
true that
Comect actually probably will make use of java
but it'll be openjdk down the entire stack
no license fees for you, oracle
sand goblet
It is
rough sapphire
undone berry
Are they the 2 main political parties?
plucky ridge
Not a question I thought I would see asked today
sand goblet
That's how mafia works
modern island
worn rampart
@sand goblet i hope Oracle re-implementing the S3 api comes up
sand goblet
We'll see
worn rampart
because Oracle is in violation of its own argument rn
i really don't think they understand the consequences of what they're trying to do
worn rampart
well
sand goblet
the whole point of the court case is the consequence
they own java, there are a lot of ways they could litigate if they won
worn rampart
the consequence of re-implementing the S3 API is that they are immediately open to a lawsuit from Amazon if they win this case
sand goblet
which is something they already do a lot of
Oh sure, I know
but how much money will that be worth?
less than the google case, I'd wager
worn rampart
hm
this might just result in the evolution of software licenses
and people refusing to touch oracle tech for new projects
sand goblet
A lot of people do refuse to touch oracle projects
I do a lot of java work, but I'm using openjdk, which means no licensing fees for oracle
worn rampart
not if they have their way i guess
hmm
that reminds me
i should learn to use vmware or qemu
worn rampart
"Download ISO to USB or CD"
do they have a ppa or something that can be added to stock debian?
sand goblet
I think so, I'm not sure
sand goblet
It gives you a web interface that allows you to manage LXC containers and qemu VMs
worn rampart
i can't quite tell from the enterprise speak on the site
oh huh
so cpanel for lxc/qemu
sand goblet
Kinda, I guess, yeah
that includes full access to the console of whatever VM you're looking at
worn rampart
https://pve.proxmox.com/wiki/Package_Repositories looks like there are deb repos
This is the default, stable and recommended repository, available for all Proxmox VE subscription users.
available for all Proxmox VE subscription users.
[ screaming ]
worn rampart
its right after the enterprise section
but they indicate it doesn't get full attention to testing
and a third testing repo
so its kinda like prod, staging, and main
well
ty for the rec regardless
i might give this a shot
wheat lynx
plucky ridge
Oh good, maybe it can properly print this year
Instead of, you know, never being able to print ever
stark prawn
gentle moss
classic
wheat lynx
I like the new logo more
sand goblet
Might as well try it
wheat lynx
Yeah. I'm gonna have a look but i'm sticking to Firefox
sand goblet
yeah, I'm sticking with firefox too, ofc
Oh, hey, they brought back chrome custom windows
the return of "install this website as an app"
sends "do not track" by default
dark theme
wheat lynx
Don't they all do that now?
plucky ridge
"I am the night mode!"
sand goblet
includes adblocker and flashblocker by default
wheat lynx
default adblocker?
wheat lynx
haha. I guess if you had a printer set up there would be more
sand goblet
I do have a printer set up
haha
default search engine is bing
easy to change though
wheat lynx
I wonder how it decides what an intrusive ad is, maybe just ads that cover the screen?
plucky ridge
Or ones that make noises
Or those bastards that slowly move down from the top of the screen
But they don't load properly so they like jerkily move along
odd thorn
Misleading would surely be any ad that mentions the word “singles”
plucky ridge
Unless it's talking about cheese slices
odd thorn
Exactly.
plucky ridge
YOU'RE not exactly cheese!
odd thorn
I mean, I’m just starchy.
plucky ridge
Yeah just sitting here eating some crackers and gdude
Very spreadable
Yeah same
Alright, delivery run time
sand goblet
It wasn't that long ago that it was Christmas
Being confused and full of cheese is the norm
stark prawn
I'm sure there are many hot singles in my area.
gentle moss
i have 7 in my fridge
stark prawn
I do not think they are interested in me however.
sand goblet
Hey man, you just have to get on Tinder
Then they'll tell you how uninterested they are
So you'll know for sure!
gentle moss
well you'd never know directly
stark prawn
🤔
odd thorn
Actual data, very handy.
sand goblet
Tell you what, tinder is a total dumpster fire for dudes, haha
Half of the girls are bots, the other half are trolls or catfishing
Good times
stark prawn
You may just be using it wrong.
sand goblet
Pebcap? Problem exists between chair and phone? Maybe
gentle moss
i never had a problem on it :3
except everyone i met seemed to be psychotic
then again... me.
vestal briar
Got a steam scammer
Hacked friends account and is trying to scam me
Sent me that
Because I have him in a circle for 20 mins
Ok he is somehow still going along with it, been an hour
gentle moss
rofl
vestal briar
Lol
Got to the end of his scam
He wanted purchase history because it has your actual profile name
1 hour and 30 mins wasted and he thinks he is getting £23.50 and an unhinged credit card I made up, nice
vestal briar
Looks like he is community banned and valve is looking into him now
rough sapphire
sometimes these people just use your accounts and buy games for themselves on it
that happened to me, and when I got it back from steam support it had a few hundred dollars of games added to it
vestal briar
I think this one was targeting wallets to siphon money from it alltogether
rough sapphire
its silly, but some of those can go for a lot of money
tens/hundreds of dollars per
vestal briar
He was very intrested in my wallet especially when I said it had £25 in
rough sapphire
I hate people like that
vestal briar
Could also be for skins but it looks like this dude has been doing it for a bit
Account was made in feb 2019, no name changes
At least he got banned with perfect timing; I dropped the bombshell, through in some insults and steam promply community banned
gentle moss
i sold a skin for like ~$150 at one point
Factory New Stat Trak Lightning Bolt AWP
covered a whole year of game purchases
👌
vestal briar
Says steamrep added him a year ago but looks like he got community banned recently?
undone berry
CSSkins is the dumbest economy
well, dumbest except for the now banned CS roulette lottery
gentle moss
+45% on CS money wot
what on earth is that
oh no wait i think i can guess
trading site?
terse sluice
yup
gentle moss
and a +45% sounds like they're trying to ditch millions of worthless skins
gentle moss
i mean, a trading site must be saddled with shit loads of awful skins that are worth cents
or just a method of driving traffic?
terse sluice
true, but i doubt people are going to buy those worthless skins
not sure honestly
they're not gaining any profit (probably losing it) from this
gentle moss
i doubt they're losing money doing this
otherwise it's a dumb as shit business decision
terse sluice
it probably is to drive traffic towards them
gentle moss
so you dump your X value skins into their site
get 45% extra back if you complete some "quest"
does sound like a traffic drive
undone berry
Honestly, being able to bet skins on csgo pro matches was fantastic fun. But it got out of hand with all the roulette stuff
gentle moss
betting on matches isn't too bad, yeah
gentle moss
don't bet what you don't want to lose
also know your matchups
like knowing fnatic have a dirty boost on overpass because you heard about it on twitter
rough sapphire
@terse sluice Welcome to gambling
rough sapphire
It's all fun and games until you lose, and you'll always lose.
gentle moss
i mean that's a fucking long time ago
but i haven't been watching for ages
so
¯_(ツ)_/¯
rough sapphire
CSGO skins aren't a thing anymore?
undone berry
Its fun even when you losee. Theres a difference between consistently coming out ahead in bits throughout a tournament to the thrill of putting it all on lucky number 7
terse sluice
house always wins
sand goblet
my phone has this game boost thing that has the fnatic name on it
terse sluice
skins are still a thing
sand goblet
I don't use it though
rough sapphire
@sand goblet OnePlus?
sand goblet
yup
undone berry
Fantastic game - but that gif makes it look so old
rough sapphire
So that felt fitting
New Vegas was great. Outer Worlds was great, but short for what it was
sand goblet
I don't know anyone that plays 3D mobile games
gentle moss
tbh piers i already have most the skins i like and want to keep
rest are garbage that gets flogged
stat trak lightning awp is ugly as fuck
undone berry
I dunno - I associate that skin with one guy I played with years ago
so I find it difficult to dislike
rough sapphire
@sand goblet You don't play NEED FOR SPEED: 16?
undone berry
because he was such a cool person
gentle moss
asimov AK on the otherhand
rough sapphire
scoffs
sand goblet
tbh I'd never play a driving game that wasn't mario kart
undone berry
the PC really needs a decent kart racer
rough sapphire
@sand goblet Ever played the original Driver?
sand goblet
nope
rough sapphire
Came out in like 2000~
gentle moss
i remember that
rough sapphire
Was trash. You could edit the config file fairly trivially to "beat" single player
sand goblet
but I never bought them
gentle moss
wasn't that on PS1?
rough sapphire
Yeah, computer too
gentle moss
ahhh
sand goblet
it was satisfying to land on someone from a jump in destruction derby
instant kill
rollcage and wipeout were interesting, but never my thing
rough sapphire
The funny thing with Driver is it had a level that was set in San Francisco. You could enable Freight Train / Super Fast Cars, go 300mph+ and it would break out of the boundaries if you went north of the bridge
So here you are just casually driving around outside of the boundaries
gentle moss
Carmageddon was probably my favourite of that era
sand goblet
my favourite PS1 games were like
spyro 1/2/3
ape escape
kula world
not driving games, haha
rough sapphire
Spyro 2/3 are trash though. 1 did it perfectly
sand goblet
oh, and quake 2, that was good
rough sapphire
2/3 were just "You gotta go back and redo things! Because progress!"
gentle moss
quake 2 on a ps1
sand goblet
Nah, I enjoyed 2/3 as well, they added some great things to the series
gentle moss
you are a monster
sand goblet
it was a good game
gentle moss
it was a good game
rough sapphire
Are you sure it's not nostalgia?
gentle moss
it doesn't make you less of a monster
sand goblet
we didn't have a PC
rough sapphire
I played it recently, and it was.. not that great.
sand goblet
not one that could run quake 2, anyway
gentle moss
Quake 2?
rough sapphire
Spyro 2/3
gentle moss
ahhh
rough sapphire
Those are not that great
sand goblet
I liked the variety they provided
spyro 1 was fairly one-dimensional
although creative
sand goblet
I mean it was an excellent game but it was missing some personality and mechanics
rough sapphire
Has anyone seen Cells At Work! on Netflix?
sand goblet
although I hated the spyro 3 skateboard racing
the controls were janky
but they're EVEN MORE JANKY in the recent remake
they're so janky that we can't finish the game
rough sapphire
Yeah that sounds about right
sand goblet
I couldn't imagine doing the first one
and then getting to the 100% area and doing the second one
that one was even worse iirc
there was a myth that in spyro 2, having completed the game, you could start a new game over your save and have super flame everywhere
but I was always too chicken to test it
not gonna lose my 100% save pls
rough sapphire
Things are a little different now, with the ability to copy saves
rough sapphire
PS2s are interesting in that regard, where if you've softmodded them, you can copy/paste things from a USB device to the memory card
rough sapphire
So you can use a PS2 memory card as a backup for your KeePass database, lol
sand goblet
I follow a youtube channel called.. modern vintage gamer? I think?
He does a lot of videos about old consoles and their modding scenes
rough sapphire
I've got back to SNES/NES a lot more than I've gone back to any other console/handheld/device I think
I look at the PSP and I think... What good game did it have? Chinatown Wars was the only thing I was interested in long ago, and it's... trash.
rough sapphire
Oh boy, TETRIS? /s
sand goblet
it wasn't tetris though
rough sapphire
Yeah, never played. Not my thing
sand goblet
and sure, you can get lumines on PC
but it doesn't have any of the licensed tracks
they also did Every Extend Extra, which was pretty good and also weird
rough sapphire
That's the problem that I have with a lot of games. Is it's "Huh cool neat", but not neat enough for me to buy an entire handheld/system for said game(s)
rough sapphire
That's the issue I have with the Switch. BoW looks great, but.. I ain't buying a $300 console ( because the $200 lite version can't be played on a TV ) just for one, maybe two games.
sand goblet
I mean the switch does have a lot of excellent games
that one is kind of hard to argue
rough sapphire
Like what, though?
sand goblet
the best mario kart 8, smash ultimate, ARMS, splatoon 2, botw, mario odyssey
pokemon, if you're into that
rough sapphire
I haven't played Pokemon since Gold, honestly
sand goblet
vitamin connection looks interesting and that'll be out soon
also they remastered the latest layton game for it
that's been pretty good
but layton isn't for everyone
we have cadence of hyrule
rough sapphire
I've seen CoH, and I'm still at the 1 heart Crypt Of The Necrodancer grandma level
sand goblet
it's a lot more forgiving than crypt
but I mean, it would be
it's not really a roguelite
rough sapphire
Mario Kart hasn't been a thing for me since I played online on the DS Lite. Which, destroyed the concept of online play for Mario Kart. People giving themselves unlimited mushrooms/red shells/blue shells..
sand goblet
That's not really a thing on the switch from what I've seen
it's pretty hard to mod your switch and not get banned from online services
which is annoying because the one game that I wanted save backup for, does not support save backup
intentionally
rough sapphire
Splatoon 2 is great to make fun of Nintendo for, what with the "You can't upload saves because hackers!" thing, but still, not my scene. These days I pretty much just play Rocket League, and even then, it's not nearly as exciting playing with randoms.
sand goblet
well, no, that's not why
the reason is save scumming
which was a HUGE problem in splatoon 1
rough sapphire
What do you mean?
sand goblet
well basically
let's say you order a piece of gear from murch in splatoon 1
it'll have random ability slots
you can back up your save, go pick up the gear
if you don't like the roll you can just restore your save and pick it up again
rough sapphire
Why is that an issue in single player, though?
sand goblet
gear has no bearing on single player
rough sapphire
I'm talking about online play
sand goblet
splatoon 1 and 2 are mostly online games
rough sapphire
Then that's a server issue, sounds like
sand goblet
yes, the correct solution is a server side inventory
rough sapphire
It's a little silly that you can backup/restore a save and get whatever you want in an online game.
sand goblet
we're still not sure why they didn't do it
splatoon 2 was a huge improvement, but yeah, it's odd
maybe they'll do it with 3
rough sapphire
So, yes, it is in fact "Because hackers" 
sand goblet
although the splatoon games do a lot of p2p networking
save scumming is not hacking haha
the switch actually does more or less solve this problem, too
rough sapphire
I mean, it's kind of "hacking" in that sense. If I can manipulate a save file on my local device, and get whatever I want in an online game, that's pretty much it.
sand goblet
I mean, they needed to solve the problem, and they did solve it
just not in the best way
rough sapphire
Which, that's just poor design. I'm a huge proponent of modding a single player game as much as you want. Skyrim comes to mind with the craziness that has came out in the last 8+ years
sand goblet
well, they're really not single player games
there is single player content but the bulk of the games is online play
rough sapphire
Which, is more of a reason that this shouldn't have been a thing. I can't think of another game off the top of my head that does it like that
sand goblet
terraria
rough sapphire
Isn't Terraria kind of like Minecraft in that sense, though?
sand goblet
I mean, yes, but it's still a huge problem
starbound also works that way by default, although there is at least a server setting
but that isn't perfect because your ship is still synced
for context, terraria and starbound both save your inventory on the client side, and they sync it to the server on connect
starbound has a server setting, terraria does not but there's a server mod that can emulate it
gentle moss
hah
rough sapphire
This is way worse than Heartbleed or anything I've seen.
sand goblet
yeah it's quite bad
gentle moss
RDP servers are fucked
rough sapphire
Casually breaking X.509, don't mind me
gentle moss
so are VPNs
rough sapphire
I mean, if they run Windows, sure.
gentle moss
you'd be surprised
rough sapphire
Oh, most certainly not. A lot of things are complete garbage released before they're ready
gentle moss
the nice thing about this coming around right when windows 7 reaches end of life
is that i can use it to scare the shit out of some people and get them to upgrade
rough sapphire
"I'm a hacker, check this out." "YOU OWN GITHUB.COM?" smh
gentle moss
the bad thing about this coming around ever is having to do the audit
rough sapphire
Yep, and if things aren't patched ASAP you can't verify that the updates you're getting are actual Microsoft ones
Woo!
rough sapphire
You could go even further with that line of thinking, considering the NSA is the ones that gave Microsoft the heads-up
So who knows how long they've had it
gentle moss
the fact they did a big public release on it
rough sapphire
¯_(ツ)_/¯
gentle moss
quite
does seem like the sort of thing they'd sit on
makes eternal blue seem like a toy
gentle moss
yeah
they had another implant for ethernet too
like ports
that image of them intercepting some cisco kit
oof
going in the bottom of the box, total pros
rough sapphire
I love how the guy on the right has his face swirled
rough sapphire
@gentle moss Turns out my understanding was wrong
``You can't use it to deliver a malicious Windows Update. Those use RSA signatures and the vulnerability is in ECC signatures only.
Basically, you can use it only to fool setups that would accept ECC signatures that use custom curves.``
So yeah, turns out it's a lot more benign than I thought
gentle moss
i wasn't sure what the windows update system used
i do wonder how wide ECC usage is
and i'll find out tomorrow. better get my anger sleep in else i wont have enough rage for tomorrow.
gentle moss
👌
prisma geyser
Hey! Is React Native good for app development?
prisma geyser
I wanted to go for cross platform app development but am confused between React Native & Flutter!
undone berry
I @d you with a reply yesterday
gentle moss
datto RMM is the most horrible fucking piece of shit for mass management i've run into so far
there's no easy way to audit what KB's are installed on computers
800 devices to patch and i can't even see their current patch levels
that's how i feel right now
nice patch level report
gentle moss
ctrl D is to close
i think ctrl+b is like, character hopping
yup
takes you back 1 character
rough sapphire
I got locked out of my own server 👏 👏
after enabling mysql firewall
rough sapphire
yes
gentle moss
@tulip palm
he did a you
an exact you
when you enable UFW you need to add in port 22 else you're going to slap yourself in the face
rough sapphire
I had a ssh connection still connected but i thought a reboot will fix it so its also gone now
gentle moss
nice work
only reason i managed to save juan was that i was still in a session after juan dc'd
rough sapphire
ahh my hoster have physical connection
gentle moss
never change a firewall rule or switch on a firewall without considering all your connections
:D
rough sapphire
and its now blocked ?
gentle moss
when you enable UFW it blocks everything until you add exemptions
so you'll need to add SSH as well as MYSQL
rough sapphire
exceptions or exemptions ?
rough sapphire
and he fixed it
back to work
solid pollen
And 80 for DNS of course
solid pollen
It was a joke 😄
solid pollen
😄
rough sapphire
I would rather disable firewall than dealing with this bs
gentle moss
what do you mean?
solid pollen
and the security ?
rough sapphire
i dont wanna enable everything manually
its not going to be exposed to public so doesn't matter
gentle moss
default deny. 👌
solid pollen
that’s the point of security ^^
gentle moss
even if it's not open to the internet it's not always a bad thing to firewall internal traffic at the device level