general

[sinful moon]

or if you did, you thought it was some kinda mystical hack of Local Group Policy which you didn’t understand

[rapid merlin]

And picked up drinking coffee.

I only love PowerShell (crazy to say that) based on its tie in to everything for red team engagements 🤪

[mellow gull]

Stay strong, I hope the process goes smoothly and as harmlessly as possible for you.

[upper minnow]

I know shit of powershell

[sinful moon]

This is more my contention, I have no stakes in the “must learn CLI” argument above lol

[rapid merlin]

Thank you Veggs

[twin ridge]

Gave +1 Rep to @mellow gull (current: #68 - 127)

[sinful moon]

PowerShell is lovely but yeah not even Windows power users will learn it beyond the very basics

But it gets even worse from there

[rapid merlin]

it is hard to learn, I'm having to unlearn to progress

[mellow gull]

Yeah my statement had nothing to do with broader Linux, which essentially runs almost everything in everything, but specifically people's familiarity with actively using Linux distributions in the way you or I would be familiar with them.

[rapid merlin]

yet there feels like growth in that

[carmine tinsel]

im going to power through the windows rooms tmw even though I don’t wanna lol

[upper minnow]

I wanna first master bash before jumping to PowerShell

[rapid merlin]

not a bad idea

I remember when I got laughed at in this group for saying bash and powershell are powerful tools that you must learn

[sinful moon]

Microsoft already invented the perfect UIs for administrating Windows workstations, it’s called Active Directory and Group Policy…

But nope, we gotta upcharge people constantly and re-invent the wheel with Azure licenses you don’t have for x/y/z features you need covered for compliance, and more, all of which you could easily do via GPO

[rapid merlin]

"you cant be serious"

[mellow gull]

Do not underestimate the power of the shell

[upper minnow]

Ngl i didnt have patience for them so i read the answers

Except AD cos ppl said it was important

[carmine tinsel]

💀

[rapid merlin]

I have seen magic working as a security engineer at a SOC with PowerShell wizards

[sinful moon]

mhmm exactly, just saying someone “knows” linux because they use some Samsung phone is a copout (one you didn’t make mind you)

[open lake]

[upper minnow]

Could be the case for meds, or you could just remove the distractions

Like, close all other tabs

It really helped me when i got a laptop w no games in it

[half girder]

i wouldnt laugh at, shell scripting has its place, but i already have in mind how someone puts a bash script on github being like "look what i programmed" and its some several thousand lines thing, which could have been done in python in less than 10% of it

[mellow gull]

If all else fails, I would suggest creating an incentive structure. Some people find that apps or websites that gameify the learning process to be really effective, like what THM does

[upper minnow]

So i spend the entire day on my laptop with only studying to do, and at night i change to my main pc to relax a little

[open lake]

The hardest part is starting, but once you start you get momentum that keeps you going, as Gaww said, gamification of the learning process really helps people

[sinful moon]

I agree, but I do think you exaggerate since the bash equivalent for similar in python wouldn’t be that much more LOC

[rapid merlin]

thats not powershell fault, thats the usual github kiddos over doing everything lol

[sinful moon]

Probably more them cobbling together ChatGPT/Copilot slop lol

[mellow gull]

Kids using AI to do all their programming really is a scourge on reality

[carmine tinsel]

bro I hate that shit so much

when ppl just copy from AI

[upper minnow]

Yea i have a friend whos addicted to the ai

[half girder]

indeed, my favo example for that is screenfetch xD

[upper minnow]

He asks it everything

[rapid merlin]

Hello tryhackme enjoyers

[upper minnow]

Even non programming stuff

[carmine tinsel]

I have quite a few classmates who are chatgpt programmers

[upper minnow]

Like talk with your friends instead of the robot

[rapid merlin]

what friends?

[mellow gull]

AI, write my report, AI, program this, AI, be my wife, AI, cheer me up

[open lake]

AI for creative stuff like writing and art is a big no no for me and yet I keep getting recommended to do it

And profusely refuse to

[half girder]

drop them, there is a place in hell for people who consider writing a prompt, programming

[carmine tinsel]

AI writing is so bad

[rapid merlin]

How is he supposed to drop his classmates exactly...

[mellow gull]

By not interacting with them lmao

[half girder]

simple, just be the nerd in class and dont interact with them

[mellow gull]

There ain't no rule saying I gotta be buddy buddy with nobody

[sinful moon]

Yeah in another server, someone is doing their own pixel art traces of AI art and like I get it, I made Adobe Illustrator traces of official game art for fan works, but even then, I was very actively citing my source and etc

[rapid merlin]

He didn't even say he was friends with them...

[carmine tinsel]

Well I’m not particularly sociable so that task has already been accomplished 😅

[half girder]

wait, you are not a real nerd when you need to ask that

lol

[upper minnow]

Morning cats

[rapid merlin]

I see dropping someone as, complete removal, if they are in your class, you cannot completely remove them

[sinful moon]

Yeah back when I was in school you couldn’t just refuse to work in a team project lol

[pallid lotus]

I mean...

[rapid merlin]

^

[half girder]

thats a bit hair splitting now, but let me rephrase "he/she should avoid contact with that kind of people"

[sinful moon]

even if you had to carry the team, it was down to the “Team”

[pallid lotus]

There are options there

[mellow gull]

That sounds more like an executive dysfunction situation. Does it apply to more than just your studying? If it isn't a lack of interest - you saying you enjoy tech/CS - but an attention deficit or inability to task perform, then you need to narrow down the reasoning.

[pallid lotus]

They're not good options. But they do exist lmao

[sinful moon]

lol ouch Muiri

[rapid merlin]

I mean, does it really personally offend you that much

I wouldn't care if my classmates used LLM's, they won't go far anyway.

[mellow gull]

Why are you advocating on behalf of random strangers lol

[pallid lotus]

Hey, nothing technically stopping you from tying them up and chucking them in a cupboard 🤷‍♂️

I wouldn't recommend doing it though

[upper minnow]

Yea maybe consult a psychiatrist to get meds then, i have the same problem

[open lake]

Pills will only solve a focus intensity problem not the what you want to focus on, being able to focus on the correct things is a mindset approach, meds can easily make you focus on the wrong thing too much if you don't train yourself to focus on the right things instead

[half girder]

well, it doesn't offend me, actually this was an exaggeration to express my displeasure about the fact they do.

[tropic ice]

midset + actually doing it - no matter how little work you put in , can be 5 seconds , one minute and so on

[open lake]

It sounds very vague and blunt but it really does boil down to just starting it

[tropic ice]

At least that's how i fought it 🤔

[rapid merlin]

yeah, I mean there is nothing much you can do about it, apart from express your displeasure to your classmates, professor, school board, the internet

[mellow gull]

I would suggest psychiatric help then. If it is executive dysfunction, then pills are typically pretty ineffective - albeit not impossible; but therapy can help you develop methods to work with your difficulties and find new ways of accomplishing what you want to.

[open lake]

This, the best way is to start small and then build it from there

[carmine tinsel]

Well learning how to lock in isn’t a race, just start off small. Maybe do 1 thm room every couple days or something, it’s certainly better than nothing

[open lake]

Start with like 15 minutes and then build up momentum from there

[tropic ice]

yup yup , it helps a lot . if you really like what you doing - then when you start it time flies

[rapid merlin]

Lack of motivation? You gotta be committed to go far in any industry.

[carmine tinsel]

Also don’t be afraid to just follow wherever your curiosity wants to take you that day

[upper minnow]

Try a new one,took me a while before finding a good shrink

[mellow gull]

Also any psychiatric doctor that just gives you pills and drops you without any follow-up or regular check-ins is a quack.

[wild lion]

@cloud quiver can you help me about one particular room ?

[rapid merlin]

What made you want to get into IT?

Was it something you've always loved and wanted to do, or something you discovered recently and dipping your toes in?

[sturdy pike]

Too many cookies come up if you search just cookie for the @, hence silverlined_cookies

Not sure if you guys will remember me after that

[rapid merlin]

yeah thats why i said nickname, because you can still use silverlined_cookie but it just shows as Coookie

nickname =/= username

[mellow gull]

My username is just Gaww, for example

[rapid merlin]

I would love to have a PM with you on that any time you are interested 🙂

[wild lion]

@cloud quiver can i whatsapp you ?

[sturdy pike]

I could differentiate between them but wasn't sure how they worked, thanks

[rapid merlin]

knowing street outreach doctor limitations

[sturdy pike]

So I should just change to COOKIE with capital letters?

[rapid merlin]

I dont think we can do nicknames in this server

Thats why I said "mods get busy"

[mellow gull]

You can do nicknames

[sturdy pike]

.

[wooden totem]

lol I got a red line across my arm I just noticed, from yesterday when I accidentally touched the 200C oven racks

[rapid merlin]

oh yeah you can

[mellow gull]

You just adjust the Server Profile

[sturdy pike]

I just type in the good ol / and the type nick then set it

[rapid merlin]

ahh thats nice, I thought it was blocked here for some weird reason

[sturdy pike]

Like this?

[mellow gull]

If you want it like that

[sturdy pike]

I feel like I should do it after I become 0xD

[mellow gull]

It's been a long time since I did psychiatric advocacy with crisis groups and it's definitely a sensitive topic but I wouldn't mind talking about it sometime.

[sturdy pike]

will be a really cool cookie

[rapid merlin]

Yeah, then you're just unmotivated right now, could be many reasons why. But all of that relies on getting personal so its out of my spectrum to help.

[wooden totem]

Business is still important, don't think it was a waste

[rapid merlin]

Id suggest talking to people you trust about this.

Finding motivation through support is the best

Ive been there brotha.

[sturdy pike]

I agree

[rapid merlin]

sometimes I like to keep it as easy as how is the day? 🙂

[sturdy pike]

Should I increase the numbers and become a monster or should I start adding sub-folders?

[mellow gull]

Yeah as much as I'd love to help we're ultimately just strangers on the internet for you, Lule. You'll need to speak with family, friends, people you can trust to have your best interest in mind.

[open lake]

increase the numbers

[wooden totem]

It's not about what is better, it's how it benefits you

Subfolders personality

[mellow gull]

That was usually the go to. If you make it seem like an emergency, they'll treat it that way. Smalltalk is good for trust.

[half girder]

subfolders, otherwise you will doom scroll

[rapid merlin]

lol doomscroll

so I'm a 🤓 and was recently chatting with @grizzled wing about JTR, and realized how it was easy to generate wordlists with JTR $ echo tryhackme | john -extern=Leet -stdin -stdout 🙂 yes about leet speak words

[open lake]

Personally, I take notes in some form of the zettelkasten method

[rapid merlin]

super fun

[sturdy pike]

Same

[half girder]

9gag speech, thought it was common

[rapid merlin]

9gag lol

havent heard that in a LONG time

[sturdy pike]

I don't want this to convert into a social media application tbh, so i'll do it

[wooden totem]

2011 called

[rapid merlin]

yeah doom sroll is a very common term these days, also parallels with brainrot

[sturdy pike]

I'm just a villain, not a monster, strength in numbers might just be a lie
Here's a cookie aside from all the chaos 🍪

[rapid merlin]

🤣

[rapid merlin]

if i remember correctly.. cookie MONSTER was a monster.

[mellow gull]

What's wrong with monsters

[rapid merlin]

modern media portays monsters as bad/evil beings now and I hate that

[sturdy pike]

You're right, I'm a monster, I got caught

[half girder]

not gonna use skibidi scrolling whatever, that makes me cringe xD

[sturdy pike]

fellow monsters can identify their own

[mellow gull]

@fickle abyss Unsolicited DMs/friend requests are against the rules of the server. If you want to ask me something you can ask me here. What's up?

[wooden totem]

I have a theory. Silverline cookies' cookies aren't cookies. He's trying to get rid of them so easily, so rapid, so urgent... it's almost like there's hidden motivation hidden underneath. I've never taken a cookie, so I'm still safe and observant, I can still see for what is really happening here. The cookies are a hive mind, they communicate through each other and control your thoughts. You are the product, if you take that cookie.
But hey, that's just how the cookie crumbles

[mellow gull]

How does this fit into your einsteinian theory on the universe secretly being a sphere compressed into itself?

[rapid merlin]

almost like its copypasta

[wooden totem]

I'm still writing it

[sturdy pike]

You know another one of my aliases, which is in this paragraph itself. Though I'm not going to confirm your suspicion, you can have a cookie, 🍪 .

[mellow gull]

Have you considered the possibility that the universe might be a cookie. Why else would galaxies be cookie shaped?

[wooden totem]

See what I mean, gaww is already part of the hive mind. Open your eyes people, look past the cookie

[sturdy pike]

You're pretty locked.

[half girder]

there is for sure a nice physical explanation for it, same reasons why also stones in a river are cookie shaped 😛

[wooden totem]

No. Thank. You

[twin ridge]

Gave +1 Rep to @sturdy pike (current: #188 - 41)

[wooden totem]

I'm not hungry, at the moment.

[sturdy pike]

@rapid merlin I've sent you a friend request.
Gaww, can I add you on discord?

[mellow gull]

On a micro level everything else is cookie shaped. Molecules are just a cookie being surrounded by chips of different flavors.

[sinful bobcat]

A customer just tried to scam me for 100 euros..

100 euro

...

[mellow gull]

You may.

[near sapphire]

Alright i officially hate java

[half girder]

so we live in a cookieverse

[sturdy pike]

And our galaxy is called the milky way, sure the cookie is the only explanation

[wooden totem]

Gaww is lost to the cookie

[sturdy pike]

I know right, they look so delicious

[rapid merlin]

the cookie lore here is getting strong

[mellow gull]

I'm a cat, I'm already part of the feline hive mind. I just find your particular descent into madness almost as amusing as hiding your left socks.

[sturdy pike]

Now we're talking, the quarks explain the content of the cookie

[wooden totem]

You obviously have to tell the whole story

[rapid merlin]

sup everyone

[sturdy pike]

Sent, here's a cookie for you 🍪

[sturdy pike]

Yes, and you love cookies too

[rapid merlin]

remember last day cookie ctf challange from this

[half girder]

everyone does ❤️

[sturdy pike]

Yes! Someone who talks my language!

[mellow gull]

And what is everything else made up of? That's right, different layers of elementary cooking sheets to bake the cookies.

[sturdy pike]

Heya, how are you? Have a cookie? 🍪

[wooden totem]

Do not accept that cookie

[upper minnow]

organizing obsidian is hard

[sturdy pike]

How was it?

[rapid merlin]

sure

[wooden totem]

Damn...

[upper minnow]

its taking me more time to organize it than to add new stuff

[sturdy pike]

Yayyy

[rapid merlin]

it was easy like bachelors student made that challange

https://open.spotify.com/track/6vTtCOimcPs5H1Jr9d0Aep?si=c4526bb570814cf6

[sturdy pike]

I know right, some people plainly ignore it as day.

[wooden totem]

Thats how you remember the most, organizing your mind palace

[sturdy pike]

Damn, so what did you rank?

[upper minnow]

lol one of my friends is always sending me weird brainrot

[odd lintel]

is thm sale over?

[rapid merlin]

2nd it was within campus and i didnt slept that night before ctf ahah i went in there for fun

[sturdy pike]

I use vanilla obsidian, would you like me to dm you my organization for reference?

[rapid merlin]

yes its over

[near sapphire]

I miss being able to index strings with negative index

[odd lintel]

hmm maybe i should wait for next year 😅

[rapid merlin]

wait for black friday or AOC 2025

[sturdy pike]

Damn, sleep is necessary, but glad you did good.

[odd lintel]

okh

[rapid merlin]

i have student ID for my self but idk how much discount on it

[rapid merlin]

thanks

[twin ridge]

Gave +1 Rep to @sturdy pike (current: #186 - 42)

[cloud quiver]

There's a new sale every now and then , you won't need to wait a whole year 🙂

[sinful bobcat]

A customer opened a bug report yesterday at 5:30pm complaining for some color changes. My tariff for bug fixing is XYZ and the tariff for other changes outside the contract is XYZ+XY (replace XYZ with numbers you like more).
I opened the project, checked the UI and it's indeed different, I then open the Figma and I start checking all the colors he mentioned and where.
Figma has the history.. he changed the colors at 5:21pm trying to pass that as a bug and not as something outside the agreed on the contract (which is an extra that costs more, obv..)

(Total cost more: 100 euro)

[rapid merlin]

gtg guys alerting stuff on head

[upper minnow]

ye

[rapid merlin]

cookie should be getting paid for all these referrals to obsidian

even got me using it daily

[mellow gull]

A lot of people here have nothing but good things to say about Obsidian, me included

[sinful bobcat]

Count me also

I love obsidian

[rapid merlin]

I really LOVE the canvas

[wooden totem]

I kinda don't understand how that costs more

[rapid merlin]

what I use mainly for my "post it notes"

[wooden totem]

I use notion, I prefer it over simple markdown

[rapid merlin]

Is it possible he didn't know he changed the colors?

Or is that a process you cant accidentally do?

[wooden totem]

simple and efficient

[sturdy pike]

Thanks for the statement! Haha though I doubt that would happen
Here's a cookie for you 🍪

[twin ridge]

Gave +1 Rep to @minor patio (current: #1066 - 4)

[upper knoll]

I just downloaded obsidian last night icl

[sinful bobcat]

The contract did not include changes while the project is still in development, once I have the figma design, and you want to change something, that is outside the normal contract agreement, changing that part will likely slow down my job, maybe going back to touch parts that I already completed, this will cause a chain of "late", from one customer to the other, so I make them pay more if they want a change outside the agreed on the contract

[sinful bobcat]

Nah you can't do that accidentaly trust me

It's almost the entire color scheme for 2 screens

[sturdy pike]

really cool, welcome to the club

[wooden totem]

why would they do that tho

[sinful bobcat]

Because if it's a bug I have 6 months of "protection" for the customer, so bug fixing is something that could even be free, depending on the customer and the contract. Sometimes tho, these changes are not estimated before so I'll make them pay more

It's an extra for a contract that was already agreed

[rapid merlin]

Obsidian lover here too

[sinful bobcat]

Let's put the case you are building your house and you want it green, almost at the end of the job you want it red and you try to pass that as an error I did, and not a change you wanted, after, the construction started, the company that builds your house will: take more time because it has to do again something already done, and ask for more money, because it was not planned on the original contract

[rapid merlin]

I have to write and prepare for a conference presentation Monday :/

[sinful bobcat]

https://tenor.com/view/do-it-what-are-you-waiting-for-determined-angry-gif-5247874

[rapid merlin]

Why did they email so late and only give me a couple days to prepare?

I love him so much.

[sinful bobcat]

https://tenor.com/view/motivation-you-can-do-it-gif-13565050

[wooden totem]

Back in high school 2 days was enough

[crimson wolf]

is there anyway to bypass android 9. i dont have pin

[mellow gull]

Actual Cannibal Shia LaBeouf!

[rapid merlin]

thanks, I'm going to embrace both my strange, and the challenges I procrastinate 👋

[twin ridge]

Gave +1 Rep to @sinful bobcat (current: #1066 - 4)

[rapid merlin]

Read the rules bub

[sinful bobcat]

https://tenor.com/view/nuh-uh-beocord-no-lol-gif-24435520

[rapid merlin]

Thats my problem, I procrastionate way too much. Ill rewrite this presentation 50 times before I decide it's right.

[sinful bobcat]

[wooden totem]

That's the only correct way

[rapid merlin]

maybe your an artist? 🤔

[mellow gull]

If you wanna procrastinate for a little more, give this a check https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o0u4M6vppCI

[sinful bobcat]

Once you understand that the time is the only "currency" you will never get back, procastination will stop

[rapid merlin]

Haha! Thank you for this, I havent seen it in a longgg time

[twin ridge]

Gave +1 Rep to @mellow gull (current: #68 - 128)

[half girder]

wise words

[rapid merlin]

ok so random experience shared, my mother (an artist) said to me, as I was trying to finish a project "to be good enough" said "none of my paintings ever felt perfect" the perfect one was the one I haven't done yet!

[chilly veldt]

morning

[sinful bobcat]

Is your pfp the entire bee movie ?

Like full movie ?

[chilly veldt]

yes

[mellow gull]

Where's Mickey Mouse to tell me what color it's going to be?

[sinful bobcat]

PEAK pfp

[wooden totem]

you are mickey now

[chilly veldt]

[wooden totem]

can you consider a slideshow of frames as a movie

[sinful bobcat]

It's an emoji also..

Damn

[mellow gull]

A movie is just a slideshow of lots of frames.

[chilly veldt]

I was bored one day

[sturdy pike]

"May you give salvation on the first day"
"May you give cookie on the second"

also, homeowner has "meow" in it

[sinful bobcat]

https://tenor.com/view/cat-meow-right-now-are-you-serious-gif-27236996

[rapid merlin]

this one at gamedev camp, I had to make an animation of walking characters for an adventure game, and my art made the characters knee bend at a 45 degree angle during the walk animation because I didn't know anything yet 😄

[mellow gull]

nya, myu, even.

[rapid merlin]

texted the wife and told her we should watch a Shia movie for Valentines tonight

[upper minnow]

shia labeouf?

[sturdy pike]

https://tenor.com/view/cat-mario-meow-super-mario-bros-movie-cat-claws-gif-27484168

[rapid merlin]

👍🏼

[rapid merlin]

oh right, it's the ❤️ day 😮

[dark frost]

Good morning

[mellow gull]

Happy heart day everyone

[sinful bobcat]

[rapid merlin]

happy ❤️ day 🥳

[wooden totem]

I had a dream today that I was on a date

[rapid merlin]

how did that feel?

[sinful bobcat]

You guys dream ?

[dark frost]

I just collapse and time travel 8 h

[sturdy pike]

I had a premonition I'd be asked out by someone today

[sinful bobcat]

Same here

[wooden totem]

Idk I had fun in the dream, but waking up makes the dream a blob, unrecognizable structures that don't make sense

[rapid merlin]

oh! I love that, reality does not make sense, as far as the dream perspective 🙂

[static tapir]

Quick!! I'm trying to buy a laptop, but it has the rtx 3050, do I buy it for 300?

[sturdy pike]

But then I reminded myself, cookies don't get asked out

[rapid merlin]

can relate

fook it, i'm going home. out of the 5 people on my team, only 2 of us showed up.

reality might be the dream

[mellow gull]

A laptop with a GPU at all for 300 isn't a bad deal but that alone doesn't tell us much.

[wooden totem]

Hey sandwich man, I have an interesting page for you to read

when it's finished

[rapid merlin]

ok

[rapid merlin]

please read the entire description and specs.

youre probably getting nothing but a gpu lol.

[mellow gull]

3050 new is about 200~$, so the rest of the specs matter.

[static tapir]

i7 -11 gen, 16 lipstick ram, rtx 3050, 512 ssd

[mellow gull]

lipstick ram

[rapid merlin]

lol

[static tapir]

Ripstick

[wooden totem]

3050 is barely a gpu in this modern age

[rapid merlin]

uhh.

more than enough for casual use.

[wooden totem]

casual use being using cpu

[upper minnow]

thats my favorite lipstick

[static tapir]

Really? I want it for gaming

[mellow gull]

32gb of Ripstick is like 40$, 512GB SSD is 30$-

oh, for gaming?

That's not gonna do you much for modern stuff.

[rapid merlin]

I wouldnt really buy a laptop for gaming but thats just my opinion

[rapid merlin]

such a fun place to be 🙂

[wooden totem]

portable nuclear engine

[rapid merlin]

even though I use a gaming laptop everyday, just not for gaming

[mellow gull]

300$ isn't a terrible deal but it's not exactly great for what you're describing either especially as a used machine

[rapid merlin]

the specs are weird.. you got a rtx 3050 but only 16gb of ram?

[wooden totem]

wdym only

[rapid merlin]

my PC is the same as my gaming console, yet I don't game on it

[wooden totem]

16gb is standard

[mellow gull]

16GB is ram is basically bar standard for normal computing, not gaming

[rapid merlin]

yes, but for a gaming pc?

[static tapir]

The 3050 and 16 ram are in the laptop already

[rapid merlin]

most gaming pcs have alike 32-64gb ram.

it doesnt matter, ram is cheap to upgrade.

300 bucks not a bad deal.

[mellow gull]

We get that but what you're describing is like 350$ new in parts

[upper minnow]

meanwhile me who just upgraded from 8 to 16gb

[rapid merlin]

I have friends in the gaming industry (which creates a fun cybersecurity realm)/anti-cheat and complex politics 😄

[rapid merlin]

congrats. bet it made a alot of difference.

[mellow gull]

I guess you can add 100$ or so for the laptop shell itself

So yeah 300$ isn't bad

[grizzled void]

we are assuming the ram isnt soldered onto the motherboard and the laptop has the capability of adding additional ram

[static tapir]

There's another slot

[upper minnow]

not like im playing the current triple As

[sturdy pike]

Mine came with one soldered, it's damn infuriating

but nevermind, it's on it's last stages

[rapid merlin]

sports with drugging, is the same as anti-cheat in cybersecurity gaming, especially when you consider esports money

[rapid merlin]

is your laptop a "gaming" laptop?

most gaming laptops are usually upgradable

[sturdy pike]

Yeah, the other slot is upgradable

[rapid merlin]

thats the main reason why they are advertised as gaming laptops

[grizzled void]

yeah if i buy a laptop it has to be upgradable

[sturdy pike]

I'll get a good one from now on

[rapid merlin]

My new laptop cant even be upgraded because its already maxed out

[static tapir]

I'm taking the deal, fuck it.

[rapid merlin]

who else is coloured red here? 😄

[wooden totem]

would it 🐝 possible to provide full specs

[grizzled void]

you better or i'll be upset for you

[sturdy pike]

https://tenor.com/view/forza-horizon-4-ferrari-fxx-k-driving-drive-fast-car-gif-12701559509777880251

[static tapir]

I'll dm it

[wooden totem]

Pretty sure others would like to know as well

[grizzled void]

they don't want all of us to buy them up

[rapid merlin]

as I started red team engagement, hopeful this is PG-13 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h242eDB84zY

[wooden totem]

illegal specs, second gpu is unreleased 6000 series

[grizzled void]

we becoming laptop scalpers

[sturdy pike]

Thanks! Although it's hard to distinguish as there are more amateur companies and people who suggest stuff better, even though I consider myself as someone good enough to advice, what would you suggest?

[twin ridge]

Gave +1 Rep to @grizzled void (current: #211 - 36)

[wooden totem]

the recipe is here

[static tapir]

For some reason I cant send picture in the general chat

[wooden totem]

why do you need pi... ehh you can send in dm

[grizzled void]

i dunno lmao I haven't looked into laptops in a hot minute at least not since I built my pc. I personally require at least 32GB of ram and most likely an Intel Processor since my laptop would be more of an anything everything sorta case and I prefer intel for those situations. I am personally fond of the thinkpad devices but to each their own

[upper knoll]

You got to verify

[sharp citrus]

Discord: How Do I Verify My TryHackMe Account?

Article Link

https://help.tryhackme.com/en/articles/6495858-discord-how-do-i-verify-my-tryhackme-account

Feb 14, 2025, 11:37 AM

[wooden totem]

for other data goblins, go fetch

[polar shale]

Ew an acerr nitro lol

[rapid merlin]

fun with pi https://privatebin.net/?4d43f8d7a87f25e1#2hnLB2Dtbtc2UKEb4M332rhKeRTZjYz1KHF7g1uXziNJ

3.1415926535905183 11m24.21s real 11m19.64s user 0m00.93s system

[polar shale]

go build

[grizzled void]

must study

[polar shale]

yes, warrior!

Ok bye bye i wush all great succes and wealth

https://tenor.com/view/maneki-neko-waving-cat-money-cat-good-luck-boring-gif-14708844

[rapid merlin]

@polar shale what are you up to today?

[polar shale]

😳😳😳

[polar shale]

I am going to study some more C/asm for a couple hours then do some rooms! You?

Tryna get good at lowlevel before hopping into rev eng and pytorch

[rapid merlin]

awesome, I need to drink water and ☕ and figure out what do room to do to be succesful before time runs out 😮

[polar shale]

Yes, water is a must im about half a gallon in today bouta have some more tea as well

[polar shale]

machine timer or in general haha?

[rapid merlin]

🍵 ftw ❤️

[rapid merlin]

I love that question about time and machines, that makes me feel a sense of calm 😄

[polar shale]

Well good haha! If you are stufying or learning anything of any sort at all you must be doing something right? At least thats what i think

[wooden totem]

I really hope windows 12 ain't coming out soon

[fiery imp]

wazzup people

I just saw I'm on rank 88 in my country

[rapid merlin]

a golden land of opportunity and adventure

[fiery imp]

okay 89, my bad

[rapid merlin]

hopefully you can fix my stuff

[fiery imp]

Supp sandwhich

[rapid merlin]

hi, how are you?

[upper knoll]

@sick lance

[fiery imp]

https://tenor.com/view/oh-yeah-okay-then-aight-gif-13383344606577294081

[fiery imp]

I'm gooood, wbu

[rapid merlin]

sweet

chilling, not taking thing too serious

[sick lance]

No you won't

[fiery imp]

ayeee...I mean it's alright to chill sometimes and forget about worries

[sick lance]

I don't use it

[rapid merlin]

it is just self care coping with hard work, which is good to value 🙂

[fiery imp]

Agreed

anyone got any thm room recommendation? A CTF

[upper knoll]

What you looking for?

[fiery imp]

includes web exploitation and priv esc is cool

[upper knoll]

The you got mail is a cool one

I also enjoyed hack smarter room I did yesterday

[fiery imp]

ahh yeah I saw that one, but I'm not good around windows

[fiery imp]

okay, I'll check that out

[rapid merlin]

I love to search THM based on room criteria https://tryhackme.com/hacktivities/search?page=1&kind=rooms

[upper knoll]

Hack smarter was a windows room but has interesting defensive features

[grizzled void]

only one way to get better

[fiery imp]

https://tryhackme.com/room/hacksmartersecurity

this one?

[rapid merlin]

narrow down what I'm looking for, sometime either latest, or oldest

[upper knoll]

It’s a windows room but honestly super enjoyable

[fiery imp]

yeah mate, I use that too

[fiery imp]

Alrightie!

[rapid merlin]

best part is you can search on key words 😉

[fiery imp]

oh shoot, Wait how did I not think of that

Lol, ty mate!

[upper knoll]

Good luck and make sure to read the prompt

[fiery imp]

okayy

[upper knoll]

Or you’ll have trouble

[rapid merlin]

this is a great place to learn fun stuff 🙂

[fiery imp]

yupp for sure

[rapid merlin]

Ill accept the challenge.

[rapid merlin]

why do I feel that the ultimate challenge ends up in a 🫂 scenario? which is success in my mind

hopeful that @rapid merlin inspires @fervent dawn to join THM and be a part of this awesome community

[wooden totem]

would you go

[dark mason]

Helllooooo chat

[dark mason]

"I know how annoying it is when your lungs can fully expand, so we are introducing whatever THE FUCK this is!"

[rapid merlin]

that seems scary, I would feel safer with a guide, or a write-up 😄

[rapid merlin]

that is some serious minecraft

[wooden totem]

Make sure to bring 2 flashlights

[rapid merlin]

I actually did that as a kid, school field trip, mines, and the kids who ventures deep, had a moment where we all pointed flashlights at the roof, to reveal scary red spiders! and ran! 🏃‍♂️

[worldly cedar]

Hell nah
How can you even breathe there?

[rapid merlin]

claustrophobia feelings

[wooden totem]

air

[worldly cedar]

I don’t have them

You are just basicly under ground

Without air

Logic bro

[rapid merlin]

I'm only claustrophobic in tight spaces (bad joke)

[worldly cedar]

But if there is some air then yes

I can get in

[worldly cedar]

Bro I’m not Even claustrophobic , It’s just Logic bro xd

[wooden totem]

bring a candle

[rapid merlin]

I hear ya, makes sense

[rapid merlin]

that would be a really cool idea

[worldly cedar]

Everyone that is not used would have problems to breathe in this situation cuz you are under ground and actually you feel hotter

[wooden totem]

would? That was required in the mines

[worldly cedar]

Which can make you unable to breathe correctly

[rapid merlin]

shows how much miners would be experienced, and safety in their knowledge

[wooden totem]

the miner's lamp was just a small flame with a mirror

[shell nova]

Not without a lifeline and proper safety gear

[wooden totem]

no fun

[rapid merlin]

was there some skill with a bird or something related to air?

[shell nova]

Not great in a coal mine though

[wooden totem]

the what

[upper minnow]

those were canaries used to detect gas leaks

[devout palm]

Bro goes deeper wtf

[shell nova]

Canaries

[rapid merlin]

something about the air quality

[rapid merlin]

that's it 😉

[upper minnow]

canaries are very sensitive to air quality and would paralyze if breathing bad air

[shell nova]

Was an early ish warning against toxic/explosive gases leeching into the shaft

[wooden totem]

they actually used the same thing but there was a shield around the flame that wouldn't allow ignition

[rapid merlin]

so canary.txt 😉 for those who know 😄

[upper minnow]

gas thats flammable which could make everything explode in contact with the lamps

[shell nova]

Hence the name yeah

[wooden totem]

the egyptians used copper mirrors to light up the underground with sunlight

[rapid merlin]

@upper minnow are you ok adding me as a friend?

[upper minnow]

yea sure

jeez so many steps to installing metasploit

[finite idol]

why are the rooms' estimated time so wrong?? no way "linux privilege escalation" room takes 50 minutes unless youve done it before

Even then it takes more than an hour

[upper minnow]

theyre based on how much time the creator thinks it would take

and they are usually wrong

just like some "easy" rooms aint easy at all

[rapid merlin]

that only tells me how hard it must be trying to estimate how long a room will take

maybe a range would be a better estimate

[finite idol]

Maybe have a tester try it, and then use that estimate? otherwise its just a little demoralizing if you actually think thats how loong you should use

[rapid merlin]

based on metrics

[rapid merlin]

take as long as you need, try not to worry about some expectations, I certainly don't

[finite idol]

Yeah same, but some people dont have that mindset. And if your work is sponsoring your education and the boss sees you've spent a week on a room that should only take 50 minutes it might impact you

[rapid merlin]

it is not easy living up to the expectations of others

Learned quite a bit from this path, some good information in there.

Only free path I have left is Security Engineer.

[rapid merlin]

I am part way through that one, it's fun, and strangely I've worked a job with that title 😄

[sinful bobcat]

[wooden totem]

I like the Jester mindset

[rapid merlin]

thanks, you have nailed my life experience 🙂

[twin ridge]

Gave +1 Rep to @wooden totem (current: #147 - 54)

[upper minnow]

whats with consoles screaming YOU DIDNT SAY THE MAGIC WORD at me

is this some cyber meme

[rapid merlin]

do I require steganography to hear this?

[polar shale]

Sudo

[wooden totem]

for anyone unaware, jester mindset is philosophy of embracing life as a game

[upper minnow]

jester mindset is hwat you get when you play balatro

https://tenor.com/view/balatro-jimbo-evil-smile-glitch-joker-gif-10204230214626852246

[rapid merlin]

we need to ask @mossy river about this

[mellow narwhal]

jurassic park reference

[rapid merlin]

depending on their school situation

[mossy river]

Just clicked off balatro to read this notification

[rapid merlin]

these are the serious moderator questions! 🙂

[mellow narwhal]

https://tenor.com/baVP1.gif

[wooden totem]

interesting that balatro was made in expectation of only 10 people playing it

[rapid merlin]

take your time @mossy river no pressure

[upper minnow]

and made in fucking lua

a brazilian language btw

did you know arrays start at 1 in lua? fucked up right

[mossy river]

Where sorry? 🤔 your reply only goes to a picture of a joker 😓

[wooden totem]

if you never touched other languages it makes sense

[rapid merlin]

@mossy river we are only curious about your gaming experience with the highly popular and addictive Balatro card video game

[mossy river]

Very good game 10/10, easy dopamine

[rapid merlin]

sweet ❤️ thanks

if I suddenly disappear for a few weeks, hopeful everyone here understands why 🙂

yet I doubt it, THM is pretty damn cool

even @mossy river is back here 🙂

[topaz topaz]

i want to play balatro now

[upper minnow]

hey can i dm you @topaz topaz

[topaz topaz]

Sure but I'm at work at the minute, is it an emergency?

[upper minnow]

no

[topaz topaz]

Installing some wifi antennae

Alright message away and I'll respond 🙂

[sick lance]

In 24 hours?

[upper minnow]

sent u a friend invite

[topaz topaz]

Accepted

[wooden totem]

(last 7 days)

might be calendar week on iphone

[rapid merlin]

a soprano bro? ❤️

[quick pulsar]

hey

[rapid merlin]

hi

[mossy river]

resets every sunday

[quick pulsar]

what's up

[rapid merlin]

getting ready to leave work and prepare the houe for valentines

[oak river]

Just got a call for healing my knees and some collagen procedure I don't know about, I asked for the company name and they just told me where they're calling me from without giving the name after asking for a name 3 times - This has to be Vishing right?

Just in time for my Security+ exam lol

[rapid merlin]

Right after k*lling someone lol

[oak river]

The voice was distorted and cut non-stop

[wooden totem]

that feeling when knee surgery is tomorrow

[topaz topaz]

I know that meme!!!

[rapid merlin]

oh man, good luck with that

[wooden totem]

https://tenor.com/view/riddler-paul-dano-new-rockstars-thumbnail-does-he-know-he-doesnt-know-gif-27552850

[rapid merlin]

||NOPE||

I thought you legit was having surgery on a saturday

Time to prepare to do corny valentines stuff

blehh

[drowsy dust]

lol

[polar shale]

I love valentines. I love people. I love everything! Woooo! Happy VDay

[drowsy dust]

https://tenor.com/view/markiplier-markiplier-cry-gif-20176666

[half girder]

well, the 364 days matter, not just this one 😉

[polar shale]

Its my birthday though !:]

[drowsy dust]

HAPPY HAPPY BIRTHDAYYYYYY

https://tenor.com/view/carltondance-freshprince-carlton-banks-dance-happy-gif-18235262524948364306

[half girder]

aw happy bday ^^

[polar shale]

Thanks haha!

[rapid merlin]

school work takes most of your time? 😮

I wish we all had more free time

[polar shale]

Get rich first i guess

[rapid merlin]

same goes for @sick lance

[mossy river]

I have a rest week this week

[rapid merlin]

how does one cope with being rich?

[half girder]

you wipe the tears with 100 bills

[rapid merlin]

there are a lot of people willing to offer therapy for money

[half girder]

mhm

they might even discover issues you didnt know of ^^

[wooden totem]

money is evil type shit

[rapid merlin]

I wish you could come with me and watch people live wiithout money, it's pretty cool 🙂

[wooden totem]

@polar shale 🎂 🥂

[wooden totem]

uncontacted tribes

[loud marlin]

hihi

[rapid merlin]

a big part of street outreach is learning to teach people how to live without money, so you end up enabling people to become humans in a sort of natural way

it's a bit wild and crazy but really neat to witness

[whole gazelle]

mornin!!!!

[whole gazelle]

HAPPY BDAY!!! 🥳

[gray sonnet]

yo yo, what is that you wanted to ask me?

[loud marlin]

io foubnd solution... was smth about github. matt told me to ask you. but i get solution

[rapid merlin]

I have yet to see your light show, yet it sounds interesting after all my rave experiences

[boreal scarab]

Day 2 of trying to get my AI to actually make code that works. Worked beforehand, now it's not properly doing a test ping before a port scan... reee

[polar shale]

Thanks g

[twin ridge]

Gave +1 Rep to @whole gazelle (current: #342 - 18)

[whole gazelle]

good luck on this one

[ancient mirage]

I finished the Cybersecurity 101 path YAYY! fresh certificate!!

[polar shale]

Thanks bro

[whole gazelle]

i completely gave up on ai generated code

[gray sonnet]

ah, copy that

[polar shale]

Hood job twin

[rapid merlin]

your AI may be struggling with R5-D4 disorder

[polar shale]

Programming 2.0 😂 💀 💀

[gray sonnet]

use AI online

[whole gazelle]

congrats!!

[loud marlin]

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/936249/how-to-stop-tracking-and-ignore-changes-to-a-file-in-git this was issue

[boreal scarab]

Before I deleted it, cause it looked like it kept repeating itself, 11 damn instances. Then about 5 more after I deleted it

[gray sonnet]

ah, I see

[loud marlin]

i deleted some folders on guthub and then i lost it localy =/

[gray sonnet]

Ouch, that's not very good

[wooden totem]

I gotta learn git cus that shit confusing af

[ancient mirage]

Should i take the Jr Pentester path after finishing Cybersecurity 101? i took the quiz and it resulted as Red Teamer

[loud marlin]

choug choug, backup, smth smth

[rapid merlin]

@wooden totem how would you facilitate a bunch of people unemployed with disabilities?

[whole gazelle]

nah that's og programming

[whole gazelle]

ai code feels nice when you need boilerplate or when you build something simple. but after hitting certain point in complexity it's just terrible

[gray sonnet]

glad it worked in the end lol

[wooden totem]

failed experiment

let me ask a professional

[rapid merlin]

you are not a professional is what I am hearing you say

[boreal scarab]

Go from:
import socket
import time
import sys
import subprocess
from winsound import Beep

To now...
import socket

[wooden totem]

@loud marlin what would you do with 100 slaves if you didn't live in contact with the rest of humanity

[boreal scarab]

https://tenor.com/view/mitskidiamandis-homer-gif-22246587

[polar shale]

Lol ye

[loud marlin]

what in the fresh turkey ?

[wooden totem]

I'm asking a professional, sandwich asked me first

[loud marlin]

idk. never think about it lol

[rapid merlin]

I recently noticed how a person from Turkey has a high score on the THM leaderboard

[boreal scarab]

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

[loud marlin]

hooow? for the dear lord how ?

[wooden totem]

let me consult the ancient spirits to show me the answer, brb in a minute

[boreal scarab]

I blame AI, 100% blame it

Wanna know the fix

[rapid merlin]

someone has yet to outsource blame to AI, blamestorming sessions could be a thing 😉

[boreal scarab]

Changing the -c flag in ping to -n

https://tenor.com/view/fuck-microsoft-fuck-microsoft-john-malkovich-malkovich-gif-24980256

[cold veldt]

25 days in 45 mins

[boreal scarab]

That was litteraly the damn fix..... the flag, everything else was fine

[rapid merlin]

you can do a lot in 25 days

I also want to write a book titled C programming unleashed in 21 years

[loud marlin]

let me know

[boreal scarab]

#general message

[loud marlin]

skill issue

[rapid merlin]

attackbox is so busted man

[upper knoll]

How so?!

[rapid merlin]

It doesnt start up half the time

[upper knoll]

I’ve never had that issue

[rapid merlin]

Its super slow, even with 4gb/s nterwork

[upper knoll]

It’s not your network that loads it?

[boreal scarab]

Read the code, saw the flag, knew -c needed admin privb on windows, changed to -n, problem solved

[rapid merlin]

Not on their end, no. But on my end, yes.

[boreal scarab]

Look at this beauty

https://tenor.com/view/chefs-kiss-french-chef-perfect-dish-excellent-food-perfection-gif-20341505

[ancient mirage]

https://tenor.com/view/hackerman-gif-27312271

107 questions answered today.

[upper knoll]

That’s just the connection with aws

But yer it can be slower sometimes

[rapid merlin]

Im aware.

[sick lance]

512mb of RAM and half a core too.

[rapid merlin]

Also sometimes when you terminate it and exit, it does truly terminate and you waste you minutes. :/

I only got 3 rooms left until im done iwth freebies anyways.

[sick lance]

Then you've done all the free content?

[rapid merlin]

Just the info ones. Not the challenges.

[upper knoll]

I love me a good challenge room

[sick lance]

New room FriYay.

[rapid merlin]

Same.

[upper knoll]

Oo I’ll be looking out for it maybe will be my room for the day!

[sick lance]

7PM GMT.

[upper knoll]

Good good

[rapid merlin]

@sick lance would anyone in digital forensics ever push an evidence image over the Internet? (that seems risky to me)

like from dd etc.

[wooden totem]

Hypothetically, I’d start by establishing a central base with shelter, food, and water. Then, I’d assign clear roles based on each person’s strengths and split them into small teams. Daily briefings and hands-on projects like constructing communal facilities or starting a garden - would build communication and trust. Pairing individuals for mentorship would accelerate skill development, and as competence grows, I’d gradually shift more responsibility and leadership to the group, moving us toward self-governance and long-term success.

[sick lance]

No.

[sick lance]

Evidence is usually handed in a faraday room, with an isolated pc, which will have a write blocker attached.

The evidence will only be examined in that room.

With proper CoC.

[rapid merlin]

that makes a lot of sense, thanks 🙂

[sick lance]

Seems an specific question?

[candid niche]

cool insight

[rapid merlin]

someone earlier mentioned dealing with an image of data

and wanting to upload, which didn't make sense to me, hence asking

[sick lance]

That would get thrown out of court so fast.

And dimissed as evidence.

[rapid merlin]

that was my thinking too

from the little bit I've learned from THM

[rapid merlin]

love hearing that idea 🙂

[chilly veldt]

Which is why I record most of my dealings with samples

So CoC can be seen

[sick lance]

Well I mean, you're kind of supposed to.

Person B should be able to repeat the steps of Person A to reach the same conclusion.

[oblique furnace]

Day 14

wouldve done more if my day didnt start horribly like it did

[rapid merlin]

looking good 🎉

[oblique furnace]

yesterday part 2

[rapid merlin]

awww, seems you did great for a hard day

[oblique furnace]

yesterday i did the usual session at like 8pm

i usually do at 8-11am or 3-5pm

[rapid merlin]

ya you are showing consistent performance in hard times from what you mention

[oblique furnace]

but i had to delay it until that time

[rapid merlin]

impressive work

[oblique furnace]

my goal is 180 days straight

[cloud quiver]

Great job , keep it up 🙂 🚀 . How much labs do you do daily on Burp's academy 🙂 ?

[oblique furnace]

2 to 3 every day

[cloud quiver]

That's perfect dosage 🙂 👍

[rapid merlin]

we can get there! 🤝

also trying for 180 days 🙂

[oblique furnace]

thanks

[twin ridge]

Gave +1 Rep to @cloud quiver (current: #2 - 3202)

[oblique furnace]

thanks

[rapid merlin]

and I felt socially awkward trying to find the handshake emoji because that's me 🤓

[oblique furnace]

fake transparent png from google

i do not miss those days

[rapid merlin]

took me more time that I thought

[oblique furnace]

good thing i dont use google anymore

[oblique furnace]

normal

normal af

i spent way too long looking for the trumpet emoji on whatsapp once

doesnt help that whatsapp doesnt have the :emojiname: thing that telegram and discord (what i use most) have

[sick lance]

No movement for x min(s)

[oblique furnace]

no movement for a few minutes

[sick lance]

Or manually set

[oblique furnace]

yeah

scrubz and jabba watching from the shadows

yeah

[sick lance]

Or typing.

[oblique furnace]

dunno

[sick lance]

Who are you trying to avoid?

[shut hawk]

...a mouse jiggler?

[oblique furnace]

afaik there is both hardware and software called "jiggler"

[oblique furnace]

yeah

[oblique furnace]

get one of those

[sick lance]

There are ways to do it without a script.

[oblique furnace]

yeah

[wooden totem]

(do not disturb makes you never show idle)

[oblique furnace]

dunno

[oblique furnace]

never noticed that

[sick lance]

But I don't know if you genuinly are trying to make it seem like you're WFH or not.

In which case, it's not ethical if you're doing that.

[oblique furnace]

tbh back when i was getting a million pings a year (2018-2021) i was always on dnd

[wooden totem]

(you can disable becoming idle)

[oblique furnace]

nowadays i dont need

[oblique furnace]

oh yeah true

[sick lance]

I recently just cleaned out 98 notifications.

Friend requests to DMs

For your job?

[whole gazelle]

looks like it

[mellow narwhal]

[sick lance]

Ah ha, so you were trying to make it seem like you were at the computer working when you're not.

[rapid merlin]

Im done with freebies now

[whole gazelle]

lezzzgooo

[blissful snow]

nice

[rapid merlin]

Alottt of great info in there.

[wooden totem]

have you heard of that story of a programmer that did everything and more, but because he did it quickly he got less points than people who didn't do anything

[whole gazelle]

what?

[rapid merlin]

huh?

free jiggler.

😉

[wooden totem]

what are we jiggling exactly

[sick lance]

Can we not?

I've already established they're trying to find a way to stop their work computer from going idle.

[rapid merlin]

I mean if he cant figure something THAT simple out

[sick lance]

It doesn't mean you go ahead and break rule 9.

[rapid merlin]

anyone interested in jiggling should watch https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9_wvQGdCF94

[rapid merlin]

LPL is goat'd

[boreal scarab]

Mfer, I thought I was in the LockPickers United server for a sec....

[rapid merlin]

I remember when lockpicking was a top skill for hackers to learn

[wooden totem]

where does he find such bad products

[rapid merlin]

Now its all entirely digital

[boreal scarab]

That shits easy. Called Amazon

[sick lance]

Not entirely digital.

Physical security still exists.

[rapid merlin]

yes.

[wooden totem]

you have to be a janitor now and go put usb in server 😔

[rapid merlin]

is that more of a red team engagement thing?

No

It can be both offensive and security

[sick lance]

It can be.

There were orgs that would deal with physical security.

See Jenny Radcliffe.

[thorn scaffold]

along with cybersec?

[sick lance]

She was probably the first, if not one of them.

[rapid merlin]

cool 🙂

[pallid lotus]

Rarely

[sick lance]

She also has her own Darknet Diary episode.

[rapid merlin]

ah! yes

[rapid merlin]

yes that seems very umm, what is the word, niche?

[sick lance]

She was supposed to have an episodic drama released, not sure if that's still the case.

[rapid merlin]

or specialized

@fickle abyss Can I help you?

Don't randomly send friend requests

I do have to share an interesting story how I worked with people in healthcare who had cognitive delays, and a person who brute forced a lock box with a 1000 combo lock 😄 this person is a gem

[wheat flare]

anyone want this instead of the usual?

[wooden totem]

what's the usual

[wheat flare]

Roses

[sick lance]

You're around more these days.

What are you avoiding?

[wooden totem]

this one is more edible

[wheat flare]

The patience...I admire

[wheat flare]

Mhmm

[rapid merlin]

ikr, I loved their problem solving and curiosity

it was so authentic and genuine

[dark mason]

Hello chat, who else is alone for valentine's day?

[wheat flare]

That's wholesome 😊

[wheat flare]

I don't even celebrate it

[dark mason]

Fair

[whole gazelle]

me, but it doesn't bother me

got more time to code

[dark mason]

Ayyyy

[candid niche]

its corporate extortion to sell cards, chocolate and flowers

[boreal scarab]

Still fighting with my AI, gave it all the code I want, add a couple of things... and it changes everything reeeee

[wheat flare]

Typical sales

[sick lance]

AI doing what AI does best.

[wooden totem]

you got a bouquet of strawberries tho

[whole gazelle]

why u use ai then bro

[wheat flare]

Me? 😂 Ah nah ain't mine

Wish it was, valentines or not I want one

[wooden totem]

that looks expensive

[wheat flare]

They're individually wrapped

And yeah

Wayy expensive

[dark mason]

Most people in my country just go out for dinner, no flowers, no cards (expect handmade ones)

[drowsy dust]

Gotta love hallmark for that

[candid niche]

my girlfriend and I were talking today about how we could think of nothing worse fighting against everyone else wanting to eat out. we ordered delivery haha

[dark mason]

That also works, we have a lot of restaurants tho, so getting a table is not a problem at all

[drowsy dust]

Everyday is special to me

[wooden totem]

thats not very special then

[drowsy dust]

[boreal scarab]

I work IT, not comp sci lol

Got a better idea?

[wooden totem]

pyramid scheme

[dark mason]

This is peak male happiness, no questions asked

[boreal scarab]

https://tenor.com/view/its-always-sunny-pyramid-scheme-tunnel-system-gif-12910125

[sick lance]

Learn to code. 😄

[boreal scarab]

[rapid merlin]

AI is nothing more than a human creative activity, and humans are nature, we are nature, go enjoy some Jackson Pollock paintings, and have an easy fun day 🙂

[boreal scarab]

WOOOOOAH

FASCINATING

[rapid merlin]

you know the best art 🙂

[drowsy dust]

Rotting banana

[wooden totem]

that's life

[upper minnow]

im with my cat, thats enough

[rapid merlin]

Arma ?

[dark mason]

Yeah

[rapid merlin]

The good ol days.

[upper minnow]

just did a big stretch and felt all my back bones breaking

[dark mason]

First time?

[sturdy pike]

The best feeling, mine do everyday, not that I sit all day but after exercise mostly

[upper minnow]

one of many

[dark mason]

I crack everything that can be cracked

Back, neck, fingers

[upper minnow]

me 2

[sturdy pike]

Same

[dark mason]

I can crack my fucking wrist and elbow

[sturdy pike]

DUDE Same

[upper minnow]

hand, elbow, shoulder, knee,feet

[sturdy pike]

I'd say the same

[dark mason]

Everyone near me think it "hurts"

But it reliefs so much tension it's unbelievable

[upper minnow]

twist your column and have your entire back crack

[upper knoll]

I enjoy scaring people by dislocating my joints

[sturdy pike]

Nitrogen bubbles and releasing them isn't hurting yourself

[dark mason]

I still need a way to crack my upper back tho

[sturdy pike]

"Throwing a hand atcha!"
"Awww, it broke dislocates"

[rapid merlin]

when I was 8yo I enjoyed making C64s display swear words at kmart, in order to observe the reactions of people, learning that computers were an instrument to feel heard 😮

[upper knoll]

That’s cool although not the swear words

[rapid merlin]

true, I was only looking for the human connection 🙂

[sturdy pike]

Sandwich needs connection when sandwich can sandwich out the connection and have them forever

[upper knoll]

We all get that! Why I got discord in the first place

[sick lance]

I first joined Discord years ago because the CoD team I played with used it.

[sturdy pike]

The evil Doctor John Dee returns

[sick lance]

Then I stopped and used it for Destiny 2, then I stopped and used it for THM/college/uni

[upper knoll]

It’s how I interact with a lot of my friends not big on social media’s that require lots of photos and or videos

[pliant onyx]

My scam-link detector bot has completed phase 1 development

It now runs every link sent in chat (even when you add a link by editing a message) through virustotal

[opaque flax]

Are you using the virustotal api for it?

[pliant onyx]

Yes

[pallid lotus]

I'm not

[pliant onyx]

Hi not 👋

[sick lance]

Just found an old payslip I had in a password protected PDF.

One python written cracker later.

How shit is that pay?

[rapid merlin]

Depends on what you're being paid for

[open lake]

7.97

that is someone whos like 16

[sick lance]

This was in 2015.

[open lake]

i mean yeah it ultimately depends on what they are doing for that

could be 32 hours of hard labor vs 32 hours of... looking after something

[boreal scarab]

20 tries on this damn thing.... AHHH

[sick lance]

It was a basic factory job, that was minimum wage.

[open lake]

oof

[sick lance]

This one, minus the adjustments, only walked out with £222.61 for a weeks pay.

[open lake]

I suppose for the time it might actually have not been that bad

[sick lance]

No, it was shit. 😄

[open lake]

actually yeah now that im looking at the minimum wage

[ancient mirage]

guys do you know any cool rooms to do for this weekend?

[sick lance]

There one releasing tonight at 7PM GMT.

[ancient mirage]

nice 🙂

[open lake]

okay yeah thats rough

[pallid lotus]

Is it cool though? 🤔

[sick lance]

Not sure.

"Madness" that's a cool room to do.

[rapid merlin]

geez. over here mcdonalds workers are making $15 an hour starting off.

[open lake]

i mean that was 2017

the national living wage was for people over 25, now its for people over 21

[boreal scarab]

$15 min wage

https://tenor.com/view/pool-neighbours-lgbt-cute-boy-gif-15224979

[pallid lotus]

I did that when it came out smh

[sick lance]

I wasn't talking to you. 😄

[pallid lotus]

smh

[sick lance]

[loud marlin]

@sand trench got nice color picker for nvim

[chilly veldt]

Due to family issues my friend had to cancel our valentines dinner 😦

[rapid merlin]

oooo what app is that?

[near sapphire]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=03FPDBjpsKo
the fact that ppl fall for this is sad

[loud marlin]

is plugin for neovim

[rapid merlin]

oooooo

I thought it was just a random color palette generator

[loud marlin]

nah. plugin for colors

[upper minnow]

god i really hate how linux is case sensitive

just fill in the word i want already

[rapid merlin]

loolo

Guys what exactly should I learn on tryhackme me if I want to be a network engineer

[rapid merlin]

My wife and I wanting to make a private web blog to store entries in, been thinking about a color theme lately. A generator is a good idea.

[rapid merlin]

Just do all the free info fundamentals then you'll find your own path

[loud marlin]

WP have nice theme's in general

[rapid merlin]

I done one of them before tho it's not fake

[sinful bobcat]

https://tryhackme.com/hacktivities

[rapid merlin]

Go to free roadmap^

[rapid merlin]

IM premium

[mossy fiber]

Heyy, what tools can i use for finding data hidden using steganography

[sinful bobcat]

Even better

[rapid merlin]

Thm is quite hard tho I'll be honest

[upper minnow]

Steghide

[rapid merlin]

It don't explain it that we ell

[sinful bobcat]

Learning paths are well structured

[sinful bobcat]

I find it complete and useful honestly

[mossy fiber]

Thank you

[twin ridge]

Gave +1 Rep to @upper minnow (current: #377 - 16)

[rapid merlin]

At first look, I thought it was lacking then when you start joining rooms and reading, theres ALOT more information than 1 person truly needs.

[boreal scarab]

Tells AI to add one thing
Goes from 84 lines of code to 30.... i uh.. WHY

[rapid merlin]

For me cus im on pre security right now 38% through I think it's just a barrage of text copied from Google and not explain in a simple way

Just my point of view tho

[opaque flax]

It grabbed code from stack overflow ez

[rapid merlin]

pretty simple to me, thats what I like about it.

[boreal scarab]

It has 0 network interaction

[open lake]

Even AI knows the process

[boreal scarab]

It's local AI

[opaque flax]

Uh then it’s code training sucks?

[boreal scarab]

Bingo

[oblique furnace]

hi

[open lake]

Hi

[opaque flax]

Most of hacking is reading a barrage of text. Whether it’s the man pages, Google, a forum, or official documentation

The barrage of text will literally never end

[sinful bobcat]

There are 940 rooms available, there is TON of content to read, try, write, test

I think I spent 2 days only for the juice shop room

And I still didn't finish it

[upper minnow]

The room timer makes me nervous

Makes me rush sometimes

[rapid merlin]

What about people with learning disabilitys then let's say somebody who can't understand stuff as much and need it simpled down for them otherwise it's like to much for them and then yk

[opaque flax]

You can ask ai to help

[rapid merlin]

Cus

[shut hawk]

Have you tried using a TTS option?

[rapid merlin]

TTS?

[shut hawk]

Text-To-Speech

[rapid merlin]

Yeah

[upper minnow]

You can follow walkthroughs on YouTube

[opaque flax]

But honestly the topics are complex and just will take a lot of work to understand

[rapid merlin]

Its just not explained properly I think

[opaque flax]

Walkthroughs aswell yeah

[mossy fiber]

How can i decompress a zlib file?

[rapid merlin]

Like I need it explained in a different way you get me?

[opaque flax]

What part are you thinking of now that you’re struggling with understanding?

[rapid merlin]

Everything through pre security

[opaque flax]

Can you give me a specific concept?

[rapid merlin]

Osi models

[near sapphire]

you ran the command?

[upper minnow]

oh they take a while to remember

[rapid merlin]

Yeah

[upper minnow]

i put in a post it on top of my pc with each layer

[opaque flax]

The osi model is a concept. It’s a way to visualize and think about how communication happens across a network

[broken lion]

Hey does anyone know how to do the neighbours challenge

[rapid merlin]

Also the packet and frames one

It's really confusingqq

[upper minnow]

#room-help

[opaque flax]

https://www.google.com/search?q=how+to+decompress+a+zlib+file&

[mossy fiber]

Thank you

[opaque flax]

What part is confusing?