general

[next venture]

I leave

[subtle plover]

https://tenor.com/view/meme-gif-24861740

[olive marten]

stop pinging

@everyone

[west lynx]

https://letmegooglethat.com/?q=everyone

[exotic pendant]

[frail turtle]

Yes

I use a modified version of the pastel color scheme

[subtle plover]

https://tenor.com/view/spongebob-my-eyes-wtf-awful-made-my-eyeballs-throw-up-gif-12539795159043661461

[hoary nebula]

@everyone

https://tenor.com/view/tyler1-loltyler1-screaming-dead-wtf-gif-17500255

[silver forge]

or forgetting you just had brushed your teeth and eat a lemon

I'd say a whole lemon would equal 100 paper cuts

[hoary nebula]

https://tenor.com/view/national-online-learning-day-day-of-learning-online-online-classes-online-meeting-tenor-gif-5801625724010995957

[next venture]

I agree 💯

[maiden anvil]

dark mode for me 👍 what are your thoughts?

because I cant believe anybody would say

light mode > dark mode

[zealous charm]

Maybe when you’re older kiddo

[maiden anvil]

https://tenor.com/view/too-soon-junior-toosoonjr-jr-gif-26390157

[zealous charm]

DRIFT MISSILE

[compact wave]

hi

How yah doing?

[subtle plover]

goood

you

?

[compact wave]

goos too

what hapenned?

owww

you want a hug and a cookie?

[subtle plover]

see it as a great lesson for ur next weak shell

[compact wave]

https://tenor.com/view/hug-virtual-hug-sending-virtual-hug-hug-sent-gif-5613659

[subtle plover]

you wont do the same mistake ever again

[compact wave]

https://tenor.com/view/check-out-this-cookie-raphael-gomes-raphaelgomesx-look-at-this-flexing-this-cookie-gif-27134443

[heady sage]

Freddy Fazbear Malware

[compact wave]

👀

[compact wave]

how yah doing sis!!!!!!!

[heady sage]

I’m okay

[subtle plover]

lmao if i was an unethical hacker i would do dumb shit like that too

[next venture]

[compact wave]

Im hitting low today hearing to nickelback

[next venture]

https://tenor.com/view/batman-thinking-gif-18107621495886085895

[devout sail]

Only if it is necessary 😁

Someone once asked me they can bake me any cookie i want

I asked chicken cookies

Have yet to get any

[compact wave]

https://tenor.com/view/dance-gif-13846171428380845472

[devout sail]

Damn

[willow storm]

https://tenor.com/view/batman-thinking-gif-18107621495886085895

[compact wave]

https://tenor.com/view/steven-he-dont-do-drugs-funny-expensive-advice-gif-23537466

[devout sail]

Randomly got this video suggestion
It's kinda nice https://youtu.be/lrc97seSEsc

[compact wave]

dark side of kindness...sheesh...that hits deep to me

I still got people who just used me for favours and they keep making me feel like shit

[devout sail]

The real monster is self neglect 🔥

[compact wave]

WTH is wrgon with me today...I caught myself singing far away from nickelback

https://tenor.com/view/cat-spiritus-summon-vintage-fountain-pen-gif-22872604

[willow storm]

i need this with somone who solved Alchemy now lol

these last two PLCS!!!

[compact wave]

turn around, open your eyes, look at me now
we ca see forever for up here, yehhh
so lon as were toghere have no fear
SO TURN AROUND, FLOATING
SO HIGH ABOVE THE GROUND

https://tenor.com/view/dance-fangirl-yaas-yas-yes-gif-4946458

[trim orchid]

Guys i have been at this for a week. I really need a nudge on ‘previous’ but nobody ever responds in the boxes chsnnel

[compact wave]

Thats how I usually im day by day

nice to meet you Im joey

[trim orchid]

I have done all the linux easy bixes

[compact wave]

im on the General VC

[compact wave]

BRATH!!!

[sharp shuttle]

JYOOOO EEEE

[compact wave]

[sharp shuttle]

What is that lizard doing

[compact wave]

noone knows

https://tenor.com/view/lizard-lizard-lizard-button-lizard-tom-the-lizard-pixar-gif-17194109322617058326

[gaunt gale]

if I can get a job as a junior network admin where they train me (I haven't yet but its possible soon), how much would the training they get me help with Hack the Box?

because I am slowly working through it and I'm just wondering

[sharp shuttle]

im in this gif but not visible

[gaunt gale]

if I get this job I'll get net+ and CCNA training and probably lots of other training such as Windows/Linux/Cisco/Juniper/other training I don't know about yet

[rose onyx]

Wb brath

[gaunt gale]

how much will that help me with doing HTB?

this is training the organization will pay for if I can successfully get the job, which I admit I haven't yet

I asked on Reddit but I think here I might get a better answer

this is a part-time junior network admin job I can trying to get

[sharp shuttle]

queuemark, man - you've spent years asking this exact question in a different way. You need to just DO IT and stop meandering on planning

[gaunt gale]

ok got it thanks

point taken

[sharp shuttle]

then you respond hastily like that

im in your corner man, I just want to see progress

[gaunt gale]

thank you I appreciate it

ok ya I will just not ask questions about planning

everything in my life tends to be planned. I don't get out of bed without a plan.

like for the day

not a good way to live life I get that

[sharp shuttle]

heres the raw reality bro, nobody is going to train you

you have to train yourself

[gaunt gale]

ok I see

that makes sense

[proud moth]

this planning thing is gonna kill you

[gaunt gale]

Ya its an OCD thing

[proud moth]

especially in hacking, the most non-linear, unplannable, creative thing you can learn

[gaunt gale]

ok ya

good point

will kill the rest of my life too

[proud moth]

i mean there's things in which planning makes sense

[gaunt gale]

ya I know

but for a lot of things it does'nt

like if some random emergency happens, how do you plan?

[rose onyx]

What happens when your plan for the day falls apart?

[proud moth]

but hacking is an art, so it's about deliberate practice with no goals, a good goal in hacking looks like "imma do some hacking today"

[gaunt gale]

I know but that's part of why I think getting good at hacking or something like that would be good for me aside from being a major interest

[proud moth]

it's just too non-linear to have a hacking study plan

there's no such a thing, the rabbit hole goes too far

[gaunt gale]

ya I need practice being a little more spontaneous

I have a very good friend who is too spontaneous and has no plan for anything and he can't keep an appointment even with his doctor and tried to get me not to keep mine so I could go out with him and his buddies even tho I didn't cancel 24 hours ahead of time and I had to put my foot down and say "I'm going to the appointment end of story"

so ya

me and my bff have always been polar opposites

[proud moth]

lmao

[gaunt gale]

he's the most spontaneous person I know to a point where its unhealthy and I'm the least spontaneous person he knows to the point where its unhealthy

but the healthy thing for someone like me is to have an artform that actually requires some spontaneity

and get practice with that

but I totally get your point

and I am interested in hacking anyways so maybe forcing myself to do it with no plan is healthy for me

but I have to kill this habit of having to plan it I get that much

I do that with other things too

[gray wraith]

Wdym, isnt that what paths are all about?

To have a study plan?

[proud moth]

hacking doesn't reward things that the brain usually likes:

• simplicity and comfort
• linearity and orders of difficulty
• planning and having goals
• rules of thumb

[gaunt gale]

yes I think that's why I like hacking

other than just liking hacking

its a fun challenge and its healthy for my brain

when selecting hacking as an interest I was looking for something that doesn't fit into those things that I also am passionate about

if I wanted to select something that works well with planning but kept the passionate portion of it, I would have picked something else I don't know what that would be

I mean I'm passionate about martial arts but I already practice that

I do photoshop I aced my photoshop class a few months ago

but hacking I actually like because its spontaneous and because its also a passion

like something I am interested in

but also something that helps me work on my issues by doing it

since I am too rigid with some things. I mean for things like keeping appointments that can work.

and for my diet it works

I almost always plan out my meals nowadays and there's a little spontaneity in there

but most of the time I plan all my meals to make sure I can have not too many calories and enough nutrition

[proud moth]

i don't plan anything my memory is too short spanned to plan anything, i already forgot what I had for dinner and I had dinner 2 hours ago

[gaunt gale]

easy, get a calorie counting app

[proud moth]

i would forget to open the app

[gaunt gale]

I open it every time I eat or drink something and look at it constantly

and in the past three weeks I have lost 5 lbs

almost

requires discipline

part of that discipline comes from my OCD but part of it comes from having practiced boxing and hitting pads since I was a teenager

[proud moth]

hacking is gonna be really tough like that, i hope you like it then

discipline and order are basically the things you want to give up as soon as possible

[gaunt gale]

right but that's good for me because I want to work on being a little more spontaneous

you don't want to be too rigid

which I am

so doing hacking will improve me more than working on discipline

because I have too much discipline and order

I mean I think discipline and order can be a problem, neither extreme works

like ya

like if you have an appointment you want to keep it but you also want a healthy amount of spontaneity

[proud moth]

order will slow you down and discipline will make you think like you're making progress, when progress was never the point to begin with in hacking

[gaunt gale]

ya ok thanks

I am a divergent, creative, out of the box thinker. Like I am not a conformist either.

at all

but when I went to university they told me IT was the right major for me between my autism and whatever else

but ya what your saying makes me want to learn hacking more

[agile thunder]

how would you rate being autistic

[olive marten]

https://tenor.com/view/yapping-yapping-level-today-catastrophic-yapanese-gif-13513208407930173397

[gaunt gale]

you mean how autistic I am or define what autism is?

[proud moth]

i have to get Elite

[gaunt gale]

I'm very autistic I mean its a spectrum not a rating system.

[agile thunder]

I mean how would you rate your experience of being autistic

[gaunt gale]

well, its harder to make friends

my social skills are impaired

I'm a little introverted I'm on my own on my computer a lot

I try to supplement with meetups

to work on social skills

[agile thunder]

w

[gaunt gale]

but even doing that makes me tired

people see me as having poor social skills

[gray wraith]

Can you elaborate especially on the 3rd?

[gaunt gale]

some people historically have yelled at my or felt uncomfortable around me. How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie changes that

but I still come off as a little odd

I have very weird ideas and criticisms about how other people do things

I'm very pedantic

so people can get offended at things I say but when I started working on my social skills that helped me reduce that a lot

so doesn't happen as often anymore

[gray wraith]

I rly dont understand how its "impossible" to have discipline/order

[gaunt gale]

but it requires work to reduce that

[gaunt gale]

depends on what the discipline/order is for

[gray wraith]

Hacking

[gaunt gale]

I mean because hacking doesn't work that way

[agile thunder]

do yall never like lose control of yourself n shi 😭

[gaunt gale]

because hacking encourages a sense of playing around and puts you in adventurous situations where you can't always plan everything out

because it leads to unexpected events

I tried improv to work on the same thing but it felt too uncomfortable and hated it but I like hacking

maybe because I'm too introverted for Improv

I tend to go out to random cafes to work on hacking stuff (legally of course) and whatever and that works better for me than improv

so I love hacking but don't like doing Improv

[gray wraith]

I dont think that means there is no plan or order how to learn stuff,

[gray wraith]

We do but thats not what I mean

[agile thunder]

yea i realised you meant in hacking not in general lol mb

you didnt see that

[gaunt gale]

I agree with you in terms of efficiency of learning and learning psychology but with hacking you want to be able to just do it and not be too concerned with planning it. Because there's too much to plan. Having something where I "just do it" is probably the best thing for me at this point.

I would do skateboarding but that bores me for some reason

I like to box sometimes

[gray wraith]

yeah, like even on htb you have "routes" to follow, like how do u want to do stuff on linux/Windows if you know nothing bout it?

[gaunt gale]

well, ya normally people will say get a job in IT before learning hacking and learn IT but part of it is not just that its just doing the hacking and learning by doing thta.

[agile thunder]

Well yeah sure there are reccomended paths to learn your basic knowledge and stuff

[gray wraith]

yesh but you have to know what czn you possibly do

[gaunt gale]

well, ya but I already am good with that

but everything in life involves doing

I actually prefer to have something I'm interested in that involves "just doing it"

[gray wraith]

Im not specifically Talking bout you but the overall approach of no paths being to follow learning hacking

[gaunt gale]

well, they have job-role paths on HTB Academy

[agile thunder]

Theres loads of paths on htb

[gray wraith]

Thats exactly what im referring to

Thus i dont understand whats the whole "order will slow you down" thing

[gaunt gale]

ya but those paths are close enough. you work towards completing one then you get certified and then you pick something elsre

or you get certified and you practice it

in a homelab or bug bounty or wherever

than you move on and start working on next path

[gray wraith]

Why wpuld you give up discipline too, thats really odd to me

[gaunt gale]

having completed multiple paths is better than having a plan for which paths to complete

[gaunt gale]

I'm not giving up discipline

but you can have too much discipline

[gray wraith]

Not speakong about you but referring what davinci said

[gaunt gale]

ya I get that

[gray wraith]

How so?

[proud moth]

hacking is closer to creative expression than something you learn via linearity, memorization, order and being very discplined about your work

[gaunt gale]

if you are too locked down and everything has to be planned, you aren't prepared to deal with what happens in an unexpected event

[gaunt gale]

ya I know that's one thing I like about it

[proud moth]

meaning you have to approach hacking similar to how you approach learning an art form almost

[gray wraith]

Thsts now what I understand through discipline

[gaunt gale]

I mean you never relax

I have plenty of discipline

for socializing discipline is not a good approach, for artistic things you can also have the wrong kind of discipline

like you should be willing to practice hacking a lot

and spend real time on it

[agile thunder]

i feel like hacking through the view of discipline sucks out alot of the fun

idk if i worded that good

but yh

[gaunt gale]

no I agree

[proud moth]

it just doesn't reward discipline, it's that simple

it will hinder everything you do

[gray wraith]

I understand, yet i still cant agree on some things you said, dont we need to memorize quite a lot? I know, there is a lot of impro in this job but I thi k the wording doesnt necessarily say what you actually mean

[gaunt gale]

it probably depends on what you mean by discipline

do you mean being dedicated to putting time into learning to hack or do you mean not keeping appointments and having your whole life being totally planned?

[gray wraith]

For me discipline would be just Continuing to study/learn/work on solving problems or hacking

Even if u dont feel like it

[proud moth]

you must solve those problems only when you feel like it, i guess that's what I mean

[gray wraith]

Even if you are tired

To progress

[tepid solstice]

Is this autism vs ADHD?

[proud moth]

YO WHAT...

WHAT ARE YOU....

[agile thunder]

I feel like that would start to frame hacking as a chore though

at least it would for me

[proud moth]

not only it will be a chore, you will not learn anything out of it

[agile thunder]

mhm

[proud moth]

or worse you will think you have learned something

which you will then need to "undo"

[gaunt gale]

I agree with continuing to study/learn/work on solving problems. Everything in life requires hard work. But the thing is, 1. you gotta actually like the work you do and it has to be fun for you and 2. what if you complete a learning path and decide you want to do a different one next from the one you previously thought you wanted to do

[tepid solstice]

Sssh

[gaunt gale]

having completed 3 tier three learning paths that don't fit into your plan is better than having a perfect, extensive plan and not actually ever having achieved that plan

that's my take from it

that's actually something that makes me want to learn hacking more tho

[tepid solstice]

Actually sweet

[gaunt gale]

not because I want to be like my friend who always decides everything in life at the last minute and can never keep an appointment because that doesn't work either

[agile thunder]

literally me fr

i think im just unorganised though lol

[gaunt gale]

I have had a lot of therapy sessions I have canceled last minute in the past due to sleeping in tbh and it didn't turn out well

[maiden river]

me too lol

[gray wraith]

I mean of course we have to count in tutorial hell existing but dont you think finishing like the pentest/bb path will be more productive than mindlessly trying to learn about those topics without a structured plan/path? Or trying to finish some paths that give you some insight but you still lack the fundamentals to fully understand whsts actually going On?

[gray wraith]

Thats if you dont ever achieve/finish that plan/path/whatever, but what if you do?

[proud moth]

there are no fundamentals, there are infinitely many quirks about an infinity of topics in the fundamentals too

[gray wraith]

Wdym there are no fundamentals?

[gaunt gale]

obviously, you need to learn how stuff works and obviously completing actual job-role paths is preferred but if you know bug bounty path, and know AI path and CWEE and cloud, and you know how to use Python to hack all of that, you can still get a job even without CAPE or at the very least you can be a bug hunter

or a better web app pentester

[proud moth]

name one thing you think is fundamental

[tepid solstice]

How to turn on your pc

[stone marsh]

The mouse goes click

[worldly moss]

an understanding of networking

some semblance of an idea of how websites work

sysadmin shit

[stone marsh]

You can honestly get away without networking, I've forgotten so much about networking just because you use it so little in certain niches

[proud moth]

this is the correct approach

[worldly moss]

i plan on becoming a bug bounty hunter cos i can't work consistently

[lilac cipher]

@proud moth

[proud moth]

MASTER

I AM SORRY

goes back to hacking

[agile thunder]

nice

[gaunt gale]

honestly, being a bug hunter and that work schedule would accommodate other issues more

[lilac cipher]

https://tenor.com/view/oogway-saying-oogway-yesterday-is-history-tomorrow-is-a-mystery-but-today-is-a-gift-gif-21874265

[gaunt gale]

because due to issues I don't want to explain I sleep in a lot and I have highs and lows

[proud moth]

Yes Master

I understand

[lilac cipher]

I keep double giffing wtf

[gray wraith]

Idk like knowing the differences between OSI model layers, whats the difference between http/s, how does the terminal work, how to use nmap, protocols etc etc

[tepid solstice]

What is this hidden lore

[gaunt gale]

I have trouble remembering to show up somewhere every time

or getting up in time for every little thing

[proud moth]

ZQA is a legend and my senpai and I have to make senpai proud by becoming Elite

[tepid solstice]

Ehr

[agile thunder]

not needed if you hack via brainwaves

(like me)

[lilac cipher]

(im in his walls he has no option)

[tepid solstice]

Oh no

[proud moth]

This is true but it's comforting knowing that senpai is always near me and hidden in my walls UwU he is so quirky omg

[tepid solstice]

Nono it’s also my walls

Plz

[proud moth]

OMG aw hell no the damuna lore...

[tepid solstice]

Ssh…

[proud moth]

forget what she said it's a LIE

i live in my mom's basement

all i have is a 50 euro laptop

[tepid solstice]

Sure boi

[proud moth]

💀

[lilac cipher]

What lore

[proud moth]

nah im out, i'm out

i gotta do offshore

[pure terrace]

this... looks... insane

[proud moth]

💀

[pure terrace]

https://tenor.com/view/noodles-don't-noodles-gif-10144797785828608828

[lilac cipher]

https://tenor.com/view/epic-embed-fail-ryan-gosling-cereal-embed-failure-laugh-at-this-user-gif-20627924

[proud moth]

EMBED FAILURE

GET HACKER RANK

OPEN BURP

OPEN NXC

[agile thunder]

https://tenor.com/view/epic-embed-fail-embed-fail-embed-discord-embed-gif-embed-gif-21924703

[pure terrace]

huh?

[proud moth]

https://tenor.com/view/epic-embed-fail-banishment-epic-embed-gif-24824619

[pure terrace]

how did this happen then?

[neon ridge]

sup nerds

[lilac cipher]

Because skill issue

[pure terrace]

cool man

[lilac cipher]

Need to hack to embed

[agile thunder]

or you can p2w

[pure terrace]

oh

thx

[neon ridge]

or you can boost haha

[worldly moss]

stop oh wiggle with it yeah

[neon ridge]

BACK IT UP AND DROPPPP

[proud moth]

how to hack
step 1) be Senpai ZQA

[worldly moss]

my friend said i'm wasting my time learning to hack

i've got nothing better to do with my time though

what else are computers for besides programming and hacking

[neon ridge]

go kick it on the darkweb

change your pc background to matrix text

buy a 6 pack of pink monster

[agile thunder]

https://tenor.com/view/hacker-hackerman-gif-21375906

[neon ridge]

exactlkyyy

[lilac cipher]

Stop sayin my name is cringe

[crude lynx]

Why is my rank not updated on discord?

[lilac cipher]

https://tenor.com/view/dying-dies-dies-from-cringe-dying-from-cringe-dies-to-cringe-gif-7438506245051526559

[gray wraith]

Btw @proud moth @worldly moss dont get me wrong, im just interested in your approach, there is always something to learn from others, i aint bitching for no reason

[agile thunder]

guys did you know matrix rain is scientifically proven to boost a hacking attempt's success rate by 100%

[neon ridge]

its true so is hardstyle msuic

[worldly moss]

i'm doing the academy

[subtle plover]

What even is zqa

[agile thunder]

its updated btw

well done on getting skid

[subtle plover]

Zero queries analyzed

[lilac cipher]

Zero questions asked

[crude lynx]

Ty

[agile thunder]

zabagliones questioning anal

[crude lynx]

Where is @rustic carbon ?

[agile thunder]

somewhere

possibly offline unless he's one of those sickos who sets their status to offline to look cool

[proud moth]

I EMBARASSED MASTER

I SHALL COMMIT RITUAL SEPPUKU

Dies

[agile thunder]

rip

so uh

hows the weather where yall at

[neon ridge]

bro does not want to be glazed 🗿

[neon ridge]

honestly better than most guys do tbh

[agile thunder]

xd

[proud moth]

lmfaoo

[agile thunder]

https://tenor.com/view/capybara-spinning-spinning-capybara-high-quality-horizontally-spinning-capybara-high-quality-gif-7965601671584922412

damn chat has been murdered

[lilac cipher]

@proud moth murdered it

[agile thunder]

https://open.spotify.com/track/6dWilYAxP2aJbTTt0UsatK?si=e58afde0cc3545f5 lissen to this right now gng

[sharp shuttle]

this is so portland hipster dive bar coded its insane

[agile thunder]

dont even know what that means but ok 😭

[sharp shuttle]

it means that its mid

[agile thunder]

awwww

[sharp shuttle]

not bad, not good

its coworker music

[next pumice]

@agile thunder Good evening gentleman, I would like announce that I managed to complete tier 0 starting point.( This the satisfaction of completion was so good after each machine )

[agile thunder]

w 🔥

[agile thunder]

link me a song then mr portland hipster dive bar

[sharp shuttle]

good job

[sharp shuttle]

what are you into?

[agile thunder]

am i meant to know that

[sharp shuttle]

I would hope so

[next pumice]

How do one even know what kinda song he likes

[sharp shuttle]

If I ask someone on a date what kindof music they like and they say "i like everything", that's a good sign this person is an NPC

[agile thunder]

none of it fits into one category though 😭

[agile thunder]

defo not everything lol

[next pumice]

I don't seem to know what kinda I like

[sharp shuttle]

Give me a genre ill try to throw something at least better than coworker music at ya

i can match the vibe of what you just sent

[agile thunder]

go on then

[next pumice]

How do I know I listen to one song continuously and then never listen to it again

[sharp shuttle]

https://open.spotify.com/track/751srcHf5tUqcEa9pRCQwP?si=16314ac3a6674d60

[crude lynx]

Anybody feel like music is getting boring these days?

[next pumice]

I feel like most of entertainment stuff isn't that worth watching anymore

[crude lynx]

At least pop music is boring

[next pumice]

There aren't any movies like hangover or similar

Or web series or shows

[crude lynx]

Probably its because we’re old

[next pumice]

I am 21

Is that old

[sharp shuttle]

Movies are not allowed to fun anymore, just low-brain activity political nonsense

[subtle plover]

Zero quality assured

[crude lynx]

You’re still young

[vivid flower]

Watch legend of the galactic heroes

[next pumice]

Seriously bro, these days movies got all that action and sci-fi stuff but ain't any matching that humour level of 21jump street or hangover, etc or transformers

[sharp shuttle]

It's not that they ever wanted to be politically correct, they had no choice

[gray wraith]

Yeah same, though I am following the junior path rn, when I finish it ill go for pentest/bb

[vivid flower]

Dang he really fell off

I liked kill bill

[crude lynx]

Idk, I used to be into suspense movie and Radiohead, now I’m into anime and hyperpop, it’s just I prefer smt more lighthearted as I get older

[vivid flower]

But looking back its an objectively ridiculous movie

[sharp shuttle]

tarantino films are pretty much all bangers

[crude lynx]

And the best era for hyperpop is over

[next pumice]

I am not into politics or political view, all the politicians just lie and do least for the country even tho we pay tax. And movie industrial are just making anything these days

Deadpool was goated tho

[vivid flower]

Anyone watched Kubrick's Barry Lyndon?

I havent really seen anything good in a while

[crude lynx]

I stopped watching movies years ago

[next pumice]

Have you watched Deadpool yet

[vivid flower]

Yeah it was kind of entertaining

Saw the deadpool wolverine movie too

[next pumice]

I enjoyed that one and then idk when I last enjoyed anything

[vivid flower]

Im just not a dc marvel fan

[sharp shuttle]

I think a24 movies have been mostly good psychological thrillers

i still think mid somar is one of the greatest horror films ever made

[vivid flower]

I mostly watch older movies

[next pumice]

I am not into horror, I get those scary and realistic dreams

[sharp shuttle]

if you have vivid nightmares it means you need to overcome a fear in the real world

[vivid flower]

Ill watch it

[next pumice]

And the dream won't end until I die or get caught

[sharp shuttle]

i've been there man, you will learn to control those dreams

you need to deal with whatever causes them

you are one step from lucid dreaming

[next pumice]

And when I realise it's a dream I have to fight for real in the dream and the fact my body get out of breath in real life as well

[crude lynx]

I had a ridiculously vivid dream a few days ago, feels like I was in some kind of simulation

[next pumice]

How

[crude lynx]

Dreams are actually a release from your subconscious mind

It’s good for u

[sharp shuttle]

Exposure therapy, not therapists. Nightmares are our bodies way of simulating survival instincts in a safe way. Your nightmares probably revolve around something, a fear. Dealing with that fear in real life will allow you to control those nightmares, and that is the basis for lucid dreaming. In fact, you have to overcome the nightmares to be able to lucid dream.

[agile thunder]

my dreams have recently just been a vivid replica of a normal day except sometimes I wake up with fake memories from my dream and i cant tell the 2 apart so i go around with fake memories 😭

[next pumice]

Thanks guys, this helps out.

Hey can I share my about my problems and can you guys guide me or help me out like life problems.

[agile thunder]

sure

[gray wraith]

Someone read jung here

[agile thunder]

its so annoying cus like sometimes i dream abt having done something i needed to do and realise last minute that i did the thing in a fucking dream 😭

[vivid flower]

I often have to deal with stuff i have to confront symbolically in dreams before i do it in real life

[gray wraith]

Thats your subconscious communicating with you brotjer

Dreams show a lot

Can guide you

[vivid flower]

Jung's explanation makes sense to me

[agile thunder]

sure bud

[gray wraith]

Yeah, the only semi difficult thing is interpreting them

But once you get a grasp of it, it becomes easier and more natural

I dont understand

Oh, no, im serious about it and interpreting dreams

[agile thunder]

how would you interpret me living a second day within my dreams

[gray wraith]

Though I have yet to finish jungs men and their symbols

[gray wraith]

I would not because interpreting dreams is personal

[agile thunder]

aw

[gray wraith]

I possibly couldnt get all the small details

[agile thunder]

how do you interpret dreams?

like where do you learn to

[vivid flower]

@sharp shuttle did you ever check out any of the prof jiang videos? His latest one talks a lot about how trauma gets inflicted on society through college and how it has shaped peoples mentalities. Its a really interesting watch

Every time jiang puts out a video i learn something even if he is wrong on details half the time

[gray wraith]

I read Jungs book, man and his symbols, he talks a lot there about interpreting and how to approach it

[elder inlet]

@compact wave had to dip, people came in

[agile thunder]

nice

[vivid flower]

Sometimes wrong interpretations are the right ones

[sharp shuttle]

yes i had already watched them all when you referenced them. I've been following him since he started. He's really great.

[gray wraith]

Yeah, its rly personal/subjective

[next pumice]

It's about my family, I know they are family and I am supposed to love them and take care of them and not argue since they are elders.
But I don't know what to do with these thoughts anymore
I tried everything to get their attention and praises.
I am not even bad at studies I score always more than 80%, I also practice sports but my family kinda doesn't support anything except studies. I won medals, competitions, practiced boxing, swimming, sketching, did part time job, tried to stand out as much as I can but it seems no matter what I do it's never enough. My cousins who does nothing are basically shut in doesn't get any punishment and get shouted at but I have to listen it all.
But I also think that it's kinda fair since they found out about me being in relationship ( she left me ) and the amount of money they spend on me.
And if I say anything they would just say that we are paying for you and the lifestyle you live.
Sometimes I think that I shouldn't get all this to my head and work hard and one day everything will be alright and it's all my fault, only if I hadn't failed in life. And made mistakes.
And sometimes I wish to live my family behind even change my name and move out.
I don't know what am I supposed to do. I am young and immature and still learning about life.
These days I have kinda stoped everything and all I do is study offsec repos and practice my offsec skills.

[crude lynx]

It sounds like Asian family

[next pumice]

Well I am indian

[gray wraith]

IMO their behaviour is toxic and im sorry but you have to hear it, have you ever tried to talk with them thst you dont feel comfortable with how they treat you, in your eyes, unfair?

[next pumice]

We kinda have fights and arguments almost 5 times a week ig that for sure

[crude lynx]

I’m Chinese, I also come from a typical Asian family 🙁

[gray wraith]

Why do you need their attention/praise, realistically?

[vivid flower]

Prof jiang's latest video was literally about this

[gray wraith]

Tbf id recommend to see a specialist irl

[sharp shuttle]

Are you American?

[vivid flower]

https://youtu.be/JU_8fJjtGxA?si=sWXsFwQmeyoad-Gs

In a nutshell the trauma of neglect is what leads people to push in a meritocratic society

[gray wraith]

No, eastern/central EU

[vivid flower]

Thats not really a good thing

[next pumice]

Ain't got money for that yet, and if I did job again they gonna tell me to study till I graduate

[crude lynx]

My mom suffers from a lot of trauma, and I guess that trauma passed down on me

I have bipolar for that reason

[gray wraith]

Do you attend university?

[agile thunder]

I'm also in an asian family 😭 I kinda just stopped looking for praise in my parents and focused on myself a lot.

[next pumice]

I am in college third year

[sharp shuttle]

Rough

[crude lynx]

Yeah, my suggestion would be stay away from them, be independent

[next pumice]

Bachelor in electronics and communication engineering

[gray wraith]

Maybe they havr some free counceling for students with issues?

[sharp shuttle]

So you know how to demodulate emf signals?

[signal spoke]

Not sure if this is the right place, I was trying to figure out why my reverse shell wasn't working in parrot HTB edition for virtual box , but it worked in pwnbox. I was doing the vaccine machine and the only way I could get reverse shell was manually through the search box by using Postgres command execution. I tried to use a bridged adapter in the VM but still could not get a reverse shell to work for some reason...

[next pumice]

I don't but I still love them and want to solve all this

But I can't talk about it

[agile thunder]

not sure you'll be able to get help here while everyones dumping their familial trauma, try #boxes

[crude lynx]

Yeah, definitely go to free counseling, but they most likely will give you suggestions on how to do cbt

[gray wraith]

Maybe, its worth giving a tey

[vivid flower]

I stopped looking for my father's approval after i realized he was wrong about a lot of stuff

[gray wraith]

Something like this is really difficult to deal with on your own

[agile thunder]

mine is confidently wrong all the time 😭

[next pumice]

I have mailed, talked for free counselling they just said try to avoid family members, try to speak less and breathe and count before speaking

[crude lynx]

Or you can attempt CBT on your own

[sharp shuttle]

I would never recommend people seek out counseling/therapy from anybody but people in their industry.

[next pumice]

Stuff like that

[sharp shuttle]

College counselors are utter failures in life

[gray wraith]

Lmfao nice gaslighting

[sharp shuttle]

why would you take their advice?

[gray wraith]

Avoidance is not the answer

[vivid flower]

Same my old man is such a clown too not much can be done with people like that

[gray wraith]

Though sometines iy is necessary

I dont understand half of what you said

[crude lynx]

Sounds like you don’t trust therapy

[gray wraith]

[sharp shuttle]

They don't care about you

Don't pay for therapy.

[vivid flower]

I changed my last name and told him if he wants to be part of a family worth a damn he has to join my family

Bc the roles are reversed now

[gray wraith]

Wdym by that

[next pumice]

This is what I felt when I was in hostels in during vivid and the facts most of the hostellers left and I was stuck their alone

[agile thunder]

pirate your therapy obviously

[next pumice]

I know how that feels

[gray wraith]

Yesh if someone has BPD or depression that wont work

[sharp shuttle]

It's self explanatory. What you guys are doing here, right now, is worth so much more than a therapist shrinking you and then trying to prescribe medications.

[vivid flower]

Seems that way

[agile thunder]

it was a joke 😭

htb chat is very mentally unstable today

[gray wraith]

It is not, besides medication is seriously helpful in some cases

[vivid flower]

Therapists are basically paid friends

Thanks man

[gray wraith]

Oh sorry lol i disnt catch the name mb

[sharp shuttle]

I don't agree, but many people will not understand until they experience it for themselves.

[next pumice]

Dude here moving like steam support

Precise execution

[crude lynx]

But I mean, why pay for therapist while all they suggest you to do is just some CBT?

[vivid flower]

I have a spanish friend who is doing a similar thing and changed his last name to Salvacion

[sharp shuttle]

Therapists are sociopaths, you should be very careful who you let gaslight you professionally.

[gray wraith]

Wtf is this take bro

[crude lynx]

That’s an overstatement

[gray wraith]

[agile thunder]

amazing last name choice

[next pumice]

Since entering college I have kinda learned not to reveal everything about yourself to a person at not in real life

Virtual I am not that afraid

[sharp shuttle]

You should be aware of the japanese idea of seperating the self. Very few people should ever know your true feelings.

[next pumice]

I ain't larry tho

I am ryan Reynolds

[gray wraith]

Wdym by true feelings? Do you prefer to Wear a mask among strangers?

[vivid flower]

Im not Japanese

Return to Scythia

[sharp shuttle]

Yes, I do. You have 4 masks. Proximal - who you will never see again. Public - who see you all the time. Professional - who you want people to see. Private - who very few people should ever know.

[next pumice]

There are two things that scares me the most

1. WOMEN
2. Currently people who knows about me

[crude lynx]

Suppressing your feelings is not good for u, it led me to bipolar

[gray wraith]

Thsts basically being a persona 90% of the time

[sharp shuttle]

Don't assume im not a master of myself at this point in life, I am trying to share wisdom

I have struggled like all of you have

[gray wraith]

I dont btw, i am always myself, i dont hide behind masks even if it doesnt suite me well

[sharp shuttle]

You will understand, I promise you that

[gray wraith]

I understand, but thats not being the true self

[vivid flower]

I guess i can get where youre coming from. But i have all these victories where i could have chosen to play it safe. Now i have all these friends i can be genuine around. It's so good.

[gray wraith]

I value being my true self a lot

[alpine pumice]

what if all my masks look the same

[gray wraith]

Part of the individuation process is to recognize your persona and transcend, finding your own, deeper, more authentic self

[crude lynx]

Suppressing feeling too much is no good. But oversharing is also not good for u. Gotta learn how to protect yourself. You’re still learning how to socialize

[sharp shuttle]

Your true self as you project onto me can just as easily be a facade - just because you claim to be your true self does not mean it is true

You would be surprised how easily it is to reveal the true self in someone

[vivid flower]

I may not be a christian but one thing i try to do is make disciples of people, and by that i mean try to get them on my wavelength by way of catharsis

[next pumice]

How do one even find genuine friends
My school's friends have all scattered and ain't got any in college so life kinda sucks. But I ain't sad about that so it's kinda ok.
At this point life feels like a solo mission

[gray wraith]

Of course it could be, but i dont assume such things

[vivid flower]

Listen to them and care

[sharp shuttle]

Never forget that "you", is simply a hard deterministic expression of the chemicals in your brain.

[gray wraith]

I dont care if someone is wearing a mask, though if I know they do, they lose my respect

[sharp shuttle]

As I said, you will understand, I promise

[crude lynx]

I felt the same at college, it’ll get better when you get older

[next pumice]

You got me, you are right. Sometimes I become that shut in introverted and next day I am that hyper extroverted guy

[gray wraith]

I understand, i wore masks most of my life

[vivid flower]

How can you even say that if you want to control the self? Smh youre better off presenting crowley's conception of the self: I am, I am not, I become.

[next pumice]

Thanks bro

[vivid flower]

We make decisions every moment

[sharp shuttle]

We are influenced every moment, you mean

[crude lynx]

Getting a career, making money will make you feel so much better

[agile thunder]

🍿

[vivid flower]

The self is something essential yet non existent. Others see it through what we decide to be and what we allow to be intuitive

[next pumice]

That my plan, I have decided to move out after graduation and earn enough to support my family and for my self. Maybe then most of the problems will be solved

[vivid flower]

If you say things like that arent decisions maybe youre right, but what we can agree on is theres an internal action that happens in the realm of the acausal that predicates action

Understand pure thought and you understand the Self

[sharp shuttle]

The self is only something you, the self, can know... that's my point. I can lie to you all day long, you can lie to me all day long, even if you are speaking truth, deception is coded into my interpretation, your body language, tone, etc. There is no truth in this matter. Claiming to be your true self is extremely dangerous

[next pumice]

The idea of self is unique to one self in my eyes. Some based their identities on what they see, listen or hear about and some on the basis on environment they have lived.

This is what I think

[vivid flower]

Works cited: my ass

[vivid flower]

I am not claiming that but i dont present myself like a fortress of rings

[sharp shuttle]

But I can't know if thats true. I am being honest and saying I do present myself as a fortress of rings.

Which is more true?

[vivid flower]

Well, i guess you've got me there

[sharp shuttle]

It's not an argument to win, it's a fascnating case study in anthropological expression based on societal and environmental variables, like this discord.

I assume, most of you here are intelligent

[vivid flower]

I just hope you have friends you can have good convos with. You talk like you are miserable most of the time

[sharp shuttle]

That is your interpretation, when in reality I am not miserable at all

so the question is if you are projecting due to your circumstances?

[vivid flower]

Maybe.

[sharp shuttle]

For me, I have to assume such

And I am sorry if thats the case

[agile thunder]

I swear we used to talk about hacking in this channel lol

[past latch]

https://tenor.com/view/fletcher-whiplash-caravan-yes-good-gif-13914806

[sharp shuttle]

All I can really parallel here is how people cling onto drama and make up insane and round-about ways of assuming what is going on in another persons life

[next pumice]

This suddenly became late night therapy session

[agile thunder]

this feels like antitherapy for me 😭

[vivid flower]

Well... i dont know if i really believe that, either

[past latch]

less internet please

[sharp shuttle]

Right, which is why neither of us can be right about it

[next pumice]

Still thanks bro. I feel good. Gotta. Get back to hacking

[sharp shuttle]

So it's a moot point to assume the context of the person speaking without evidence or indicators that support your argument

[vivid flower]

But im not gonna sit here and try to psyop you. I tend to just offer things and then move on. I seem to be the sort of person that enjoys giving gifts

[crude lynx]

Hope you feel much better, at least you let some feelings out

[next pumice]

I'll return once I managed to complete that responder machine which is really getting on my nerves

[agile thunder]

dont worry mate, find happiness within youself and dont rely on neglectful family for your happiness & praise, as common sense tells ya you'll end up miserable that way

[sharp shuttle]

I feel like half the time I am shitposting half truths, because it is indeed an effective method of teaching

and the other half I am trying to provide genuine advice. If the audience feels oppositely of either of these points, I will gladly keep my opinions to myself

All you gatta do is ask.

I wouldnt waste my precious time here if I didnt feel I was at least attempting to positively influence someones life, even if it appears doomer

[crude lynx]

Yeah, it’s not you seeking attention, it’s they are being neglectful

[next pumice]

Thanks bro, I'll return once I complete tier 1 starting point. Bye guys. I'll be back soon ( I hope those machines don't kill me )

[ornate pike]

when i m installing kali in virtualbox its not showing all pre installed tools ( nmap , hydra etc ) hw to solve it

[rose onyx]

And that's why many have left

[sharp shuttle]

many have left because they were banned trying to help people hack.

dont get it twisted

[ornate pike]

anyone

[agile thunder]

sudo apt install <tool_you_want>

[ornate pike]

unable to locate package

[agile thunder]

also learn linux fundamentals and how to install packages

[agile thunder]

what tool do you want

[ornate pike]

means basic tools

nmap amass

hydra

etc

[crude lynx]

Path issue?

[ornate pike]

hw to solve it

[agile thunder]

i think he just typed in a nonexistant package name lol

[vivid flower]

Yeah it seems like a lot of the old guard has moved on

At least we still have dan

[rose onyx]

Or grew tired of the situation, the majority were not banned.

Not twisting anything

[sharp shuttle]

I am routinely reminded why I leave this place, and each time the desire to come back is destroyed by the reality that many of you will never amount to anything in this industry and are treating this platform like a flavor of the month. I can count on my fingers the amount of people who have actually risen to the occasion.

[vivid flower]

Im rising im just broke rn i spend more time grinding a shitass job than hacking

[agile thunder]

sudo apt update
sudo apt install kali-linux-everything

if you want all the tools, its like 10GB though

sudo apt update
sudo apt install kali-linux-default

if you want the default tools

[ornate pike]

got it and also on more query

[agile thunder]

source: chatGPT

[vivid flower]

Or even doing what i want

[crude lynx]

Check by echo $PATH, see if something like /usr/bin is in it, if it’s not something you expect, you likely have overridden your $PATH env

[agile thunder]

query away

[sharp shuttle]

I get it tyc, you are not one of the countless names that swim around my head that have absolutely dissapointed me

[agile thunder]

i dont think it was a path issue

[ornate pike]

when im done with all the commans which were used in setup of kali in vm at the end shows a long error

hw to solve it

[agile thunder]

oh noes

[agile thunder]

paste it into chatgpt

the only way

[crude lynx]

Maybe reinstall?

[ornate pike]

gpt not giving sol

[agile thunder]

awww

paste the error here

[sharp shuttle]

you shouldnt even bother trying to help this person, they dont help themselves.

[ornate pike]

done del iso file and vm both but still issue is coming

[agile thunder]

but i like helping dumb people :<

[sharp shuttle]

you think this dude will be around in 2 weeks?

hell no.

[vivid flower]

Yeah all that care just vanishes into the ether

[agile thunder]

paste da issue here

[ornate pike]

i m trying to do from last 2 days i dont know whats the problem and u trying to be oversmart and supreme

[agile thunder]

PASTE THE ERROR IN CHAT GODDAMN

[sharp shuttle]

you've spent 2 days on this issue?

you are hopeless, good luck

[vivid flower]

You have to retain your loosh for the thing you care about. Be protective of it

[ornate pike]

if u dont know just be quiet and do your work dont think yourself as a dictator

[ornate pike]

stilll better than u

working in mnc deloitte new delhi

at age 18

[sharp shuttle]

sometimes people like you need tough love, when you realize I am being "rude" out of neccesity (if you are capable of sticking around), you will probably mimick this attitude.

[sharp shuttle]

i genuinely do not care

❤️

[agile thunder]

dont take it badly everyones like this here

[ornate pike]

the way you were saying i know whats going in ur mind

[sharp shuttle]

You can't even use chatbots.

[ornate pike]

who tf cares ?? u are just a person whom i talked 2 min ago

[ornate pike]

omg

[sharp shuttle]

You are getting emotional, for the record

[vivid flower]

You live in a slum and all you can do is lie

[agile thunder]

damn i was waiting for the racism to come out and thought we were clear

[ornate pike]

ok i m still earning better at this age and doing for my parents and i m happy just accept the truth

[vivid flower]

Good luck i wish you success

[ornate pike]

hell nah

[ornate pike]

you 2

[sharp shuttle]

pew

[crude lynx]

Don’t take a stranger’s word seriously. What if they’re just rage baiting

[sharp shuttle]

This guy gets it.

[ornate pike]

okay got it

❤️

[agile thunder]

vro ive asked you 5 times to paste the fucking error here so someone can try help you and you've instead spent your time arguing with random internet man you're hopeless 😭

[sharp shuttle]

This guy gets it as well.

[sharp shuttle]

This guy does not get it.

[ornate pike]

👍

kids

[sharp shuttle]

18 year old calling others kids..

[agile thunder]

oo is he gone

yay

[sharp shuttle]

He will be back

[agile thunder]

i wonder what the chats like at tryhackme

and if its this

weird

id think not since its more of a begginers platform

[sharp shuttle]

Hack the box general goes like a sine wave of degenerating to THM style chats and back the schizo advice (when general is popping)

[agile thunder]

xd

[sharp shuttle]

The 18 year old new dheli belly boy who works for deloitte will be back

This is at least what I added to his notes

[worthy cargo]

Hello friends

🙂

[agile thunder]

yoo

[worthy cargo]

How's it going

[sharp shuttle]

Don't forget, hes a "Professional BodyBuilder"

in new dheli

One lie leads to another

[worthy cargo]

Hey Pyramids what's going on

[sharp shuttle]

Doubtful he works for deloitte. As he cannot use a chatbot.

[agile thunder]

im good, on the other hand the chat...

[worthy cargo]

I'm learning how to build an AD LAB for learning AD and AD pentesting and AD system hardening

[sharp shuttle]

nice!

[agile thunder]

hope it goes well

[worthy cargo]

Just setup pfsense vm in my lab, got the rules and all going, AD network, isolated network, LAN

Following 0xBen's blog

[gray wraith]

Sounds exciting

I will now eat eggs

[worthy cargo]

His blog is a bit dated. He's using 2019 server. I'm thinking if I should use 2025 server

Or if I should follow his blog exactly and setup a 2019 server

[gray wraith]

Do you think all enterprises use 2025?

[worthy cargo]

https://benheater.com/virtualbox-lab-active-directory-lab/

Here's the blog

[sharp shuttle]

ayyy 0xBen

good resource.

[worthy cargo]

He's also VERY helpful

Great guy

What a really nice guy

[rose onyx]

Most companies are slow to update DCs. Still not uncommon to see much older server OSes

[sharp shuttle]

My business partner has made HTB academy modules with them

[worthy cargo]

He helped me and gave me his time to troubleshoot some things with his setup

[sharp shuttle]

Sounds about right

also @agile thunder how did you know he left?

[worthy cargo]

No. You're right. Many wouldn't have upgraded. So I should just setup 2019 then.

[agile thunder]

The indian guy?

[sharp shuttle]

yes

[agile thunder]

I didnt know he left i was just happy he shut the fuck up

seems like he did though

[sharp shuttle]

was it the warning symbol showing the can't load badges?

[agile thunder]

naw

@ornate pike

still here

just not talking

[sharp shuttle]

Ah thought I had to update my discord scraper.

Was not particularly wanting to do that

[thin peak]

I had to do it too

[sharp shuttle]

do what?

[thin peak]

nvm

[sharp shuttle]

okee doke

[agile thunder]

https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/middle-english-dictionary/dictionary/MED53242 guys i found a cool old people word

[sharp shuttle]

W Lonk

W Rizz

[agile thunder]

unc got the lingo

[sharp shuttle]

Me: Unc 🤝 You: Yunc

[agile thunder]

anyways im going to commence in the activity of snoozing

[sharp shuttle]

good luck, turn that nightmare into a brothel

[agile thunder]

because its 11:44pm in great britain and I happen to be required to engage in school within the next 24 hours

bye guys ✌️

[worthy cargo]

The Oblivion soundtrack is FUCKING awesome.

❤️

[agile thunder]

fr

shit I’m meant to be sleeping

spontaneously passes out

[dusky jacinth]

I’m feeling like megamind the way my best friend is a fish

[carmine pecan]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/588029217376043023/1414345998091812924/image0.gif

[turbid goblet]

how do i sleep

am so tired

[carmine pecan]

pretend you are asleep

until you brainwash yourself into actually sleeping

[frail turtle]

This poor white girl who is from ukraine gets stabbed by a racist black guy and people were too afraid to help her. Omg i wanna cry 😭

[vivid flower]

I dont think fear was the reason

[frail turtle]

I mean youre probably right.

[turbid goblet]

whats the alternative?

[frail turtle]

Fighting a guy unarmed who has a knife is a really bad idea

[turbid goblet]

isnt that fear tho

[frail turtle]

Youre not gonna win.

[vivid flower]

All the passengers in the back of that train were black

[turbid goblet]

eh ima stay out of this conversation lol

[vivid flower]

Draw whatever conclusions you want from that

[carmine pecan]

Bystender effect?

[frail turtle]

Its so common in america you would see a honeless on the floor and nobody would help

[carmine pecan]

it's common everywhere

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bystander_effect

https://www.simplypsychology.org/bystander-effect.html

[frail turtle]

Well ill be honest i would probably not fight the dude but i would help the girl.

[vivid flower]

Id say this is real but i personally have been in a situation where a man got into a motorcycle accident in front of me and nobody helped him, so i did

[frail turtle]

Get her out of the train cart and you know try to cover the wound.

[vivid flower]

That kind of thing frustrates me a lot

You ever see those chinese videos where people get into accidents or die on the street and nobody helps

[frail turtle]

Well with helping women in the US you have to be extremely cautious though. Those kind of situations have turned very sour for men because their generosity les to something darker. I remember seeing a lot of horror stories of guys who to tried to be heroes for girls who ended up stabbing them in the back by doing insanely evil acts.

[vivid flower]

Many people are not as compassionate as you or I are

[frail turtle]

For instance this one old man in Tennessee lost his wife, his job, everything after being blamed for hard r by this girl whose car he jumpstarted on the highway

[vivid flower]

I once had the cops called on me for returning a lost phone

[frail turtle]

Why she do this? Nobody knows.

[vivid flower]

Some people are just ethical crackheads its true

[flint copper]

this is why i only help men

[vivid flower]

I would still probably do it again

[flint copper]

you have a good heart

[frail turtle]

Begs the question if id actually help or am I being a hypocrite? Idk anymore.

[thin peak]

idk

[carmine pecan]

What's your favorite flavor of icecream?

[thick forge]

[flint copper]

oreo

[thick forge]

someone says icecream

[thin peak]

🍫

[flint copper]

moose tracks is good too

[vivid flower]

Oregon bing cherry

[frail turtle]

When i used to eat ice cream... i aalways loved the sandwich cookie onces

You know the ones with chocolate and Vanillaa

[thick forge]

my favorite flavor is

raspberry with American cream from the glace ice cream parlor

[carmine pecan]

I just have a gaytime everytime I go to Australia

[vivid flower]

Best tillamook flavor is huckleberry pie

[thick forge]

[crude lynx]

Chinese people feel hesitant to help because they are afraid of being scammed

It’s very sad

[maiden anvil]

best to avoid such controversial topics

it's different when it's crazy things like aliens or demons

[vivid flower]

Are you chinese?

[crude lynx]

Yup

[vivid flower]

Oh, i see. But i think chinese people are still kind

They've always been kind to me

I think they still have compassion

I knew a very nice chinese girl in college who had her house robbed by some other chinese students

I know culturally they prize the hidden intellgience, redology, the asassins mace, stuff like that

Seems like they carry a lot of trauma

[maiden anvil]

Tsing Tao is the fkin bomb 👍

[crude lynx]

There’s a saying in Chinese, it’s always the Chinese who harms Chinese

[split patio]

yo

morning guys

[crude lynx]

It’s true, my mom still carries the trauma from cultural revolution in China

[carmine pecan]

god bless China

[carmine pecan]

🦘 ?

[vivid flower]

Why is it like that?

[carmine pecan]

Consider that:

• To hurt other, first you need to hurt yourself
• It takes one to know one

[vivid flower]

Well... theories ive heard were that because china was shaped like a large bowl geographically theyd been invaded over and over by pretty much everyone

[carmine pecan]

The bowl theory

[vivid flower]

So people got used to being subjugated and having to struggle

But ive never actually asked a chinese person about it

[frail turtle]

https://youtube.com/shorts/Nkc1KMIKLrc?si=quauTyAaO7waZe5B this is that weird chinese military training

[patent elbow]

ios 26 broke my phone😔

[carmine pecan]

Damn Apple

[haughty storm]

Its is necessary to start with htb academy first then jumping to labs or just starting with labs and learn basics while doing it...

[carmine pecan]

Consider that Academy is a new thing

or atleast new-ish

Just some years ago people were starting with the Labs

Consider also that HTB Difficulty is seriously inflated

A Modern Medium box can be destructively hard for a beginner

Older ones not so much

[haughty storm]

So should i start with academy first

[crude lynx]

The actual saying is 国人不害国人 (Chinese don’t harm Chinese), but we all know for sure, it’s quite the opposite, especially for Chinese who lives overseas, it’s always easier to target those who can read Chinese

[carmine pecan]

Do a mix, really

[haughty storm]

Okey

[carmine pecan]

Some academy, play with labs wherever you feel like it

as you progress, you may end up spending most of your time in labs instead

It's a moving balance

[haughty storm]

I see

Ty so much

[split patio]

why bro?

[maiden anvil]

bro this might sound a lil crazy but hear me out

[carmine pecan]

Because you said good day

And it's night for 80% of terrestrial bodies

[haughty storm]

Okey

[split patio]

because in my country it's already morning

[carmine pecan]

So Oceania?

[split patio]

not really, almost all of Asia is approaching morning now

[maiden anvil]

i think u should learn about the lifecycle of an attack like this

1. info gathering
2. enumeration
3. exploitation
4. privilege escalation
5. persistence
6. pillaging
7. lateral movement (then repeat to step 1)

please try to memorize this 🙏 if u can memorize this process, then all u need to learn is a couple of tools at each step

then u will have a good plan

no matter what target u are facing 💪

then if u get lost

u can ask urself

"hey buddy what step am i on rn?"

and then "oh yeah i was doing privesc, so i should try peas and linenum and stuff"

[carmine pecan]

https://tenor.com/view/donald-trump-potus-president-georgia-dalton-gif-19834205

[haughty storm]

Yeap i understand

Thanks in advance

Im a beginner in this field that why

[neon ridge]

thanks for this is sweet !

[neon ridge]

same bro we got this!

[haughty storm]

🙏🏻

[crude lynx]

I’m also just starting out

[maiden anvil]

soon u both gonna be going into #hacker-lounge like this

https://tenor.com/view/flexing-flex-arnold-arnold-schwarzenegger-body-builder-gif-18454197

[haughty storm]

Hahahaha

Hope so

Nothing is far

[maiden anvil]

i recommend getting really comfortable with 2 tools at each step for both windows and linux

and apple if u have access to one

[crude lynx]

I think for fun, you can do a couple of easy boxes just to know the flow, if you get stuck, just watch ippsec videos

[haughty storm]

Yeah

[carmine pecan]

I recommend Ginseng tea

[haughty storm]

So starting with cpts job role path is way better?

[crude lynx]

I’m doing cpts job role now

[haughty storm]

Great

I see a lot of boxes has cpts modules included

That why i think is the best

[crude lynx]

But if you struggle with basic Linux commands, better start with the fundamentals, I don’t know where you’re at tho

[haughty storm]

Yes

Surely

[crude lynx]

A hybrid approach would be the best, academy for the knowledge, labs for fun

[maiden anvil]

one of my favorite tricks when i was first learning was turning cmd into the matrix

[sharp shuttle]

that shits an aphrodisiac

[maiden anvil]

maybe i can remember it now

[carmine pecan]

can* be

Usually it's only an aphrodisiac for women

[gaunt gale]

Ya that’s always cool

ParrotOS terminal is a little like that

[sharp shuttle]

red ginseng root tea did something to me

[carmine pecan]

Damn

[gaunt gale]

Why do some people choose parrot over kali because of fewer tools?

Like why is fewer tools better?

I know parrot is more secure I get that much

[sharp shuttle]

idk i think anybody using parrot or kali is just starting out, both are stupid once you know what you are doing

[carmine pecan]

Parrot has less tools?

[gaunt gale]

Yes. People will say not having too many tools is a strength.

So I don’t get that

[maiden anvil]

some version of this I think

@echo off
:A
echo %random%%random%%random%%random%%random%%random%%random%%random%%random%%random%%random%%random%%random%%random% %
goto A

[gaunt gale]

Why does there need to be a balanced number of tools?

[carmine pecan]

It's partially out of preference, to avoid "bloat"

but

it's also partially because too many tools means more decisions

and this is exhausting and confusing

[gaunt gale]

Ya ok I see

[carmine pecan]

You don't want to waste calories picking tools

you will consume enough calories in cybersecuriy normally as it is

so no need for bloat

[gaunt gale]

Ok ya

Makes sense

[maiden anvil]

it's important to get up and walk around too for your health

because we sit a lot

[gaunt gale]

I know parrot is more secure than kali

[maiden anvil]

and we get pissed off a lot

[gaunt gale]

Agreed

Ya

[maiden anvil]

so your heart is always going psycho

[gaunt gale]

Lmao

[lime trout]

👀

[maiden anvil]

hey @lime trout

get @'d

and get @'d again

[lime trout]

If your resting isn’t over 100 your doing something wrong /s

[maiden anvil]

@lime trout

[sharp shuttle]

im curious why you think this

[maiden anvil]

yall finna have a stroke

[gaunt gale]

Because kali is not designed for privacy

[lime trout]

They’re both just Debian base?

[sharp shuttle]

so in your mind privacy = security?

[carmine pecan]

For the true privacy experience one should use Windows 11

[west venture]

Why do you keep leaving and rejoining?

[gaunt gale]

No I should have said privacy

[maiden anvil]

cuz im fast af boi

[lime trout]

You shouldn’t use Kali or parrot as a daily driver tbh

Use something sane, like LFS

[west venture]

I meant brathadair lol

[carmine pecan]

True hackers use BarbieGirlOS

with Kali in a VM

[haughty storm]

[lime trout]

Real hackers use a Chromebook with Claude

[sharp shuttle]

try to not let it bother you

[maiden anvil]

guys

watch how fast I can ping Emma

[west venture]

Debian is the only Linux that makes sense for daily driving

[maiden anvil]

@lime trout

[carmine pecan]

Not pink enough

[maiden anvil]

fast af boi

[gaunt gale]

Or just regular ubuntu I guess and install tools if we’re being serious

No?

[carmine pecan]

Ever heard of exegol?