general

[ripe sleet]

https://tenor.com/view/jack-frost-smt-demikids-devil-children-frostnite-gif-21594052

[subtle viper]

Found one though

[solemn dawn]

I prefer water 🫡

[subtle viper]

Sending it now

[ripe sleet]

I like the fruity drinks where you can't taste the alcohol

[boreal scarab]

The what now?

[sour canopy]

https://tenor.com/view/mojito-brian-gif-27663986

[boreal scarab]

Ooooh

Those, ni problem

[sour canopy]

Esecially made with coconut rum Pure 🔥

[ripe sleet]

I want to try mixing one of those airhead mystery things in vodka

[crystal mauve]

Is that a TikTok recipe or something ?

Haven’t heard of it

[sour canopy]

Nah candy in vodka is essentially poor mans moonshine. Haven't tried air heads but joll ranchers are super popular

[ripe sleet]

Found it on this bartending website

The guy does recipes from pop culture

[chilly veldt]

I think this should be good

[supple hatch]

Afternoon chat

[subtle viper]

I thought moonshine was poor man's moonshine?

[supple hatch]

Wait, technically evening now 🤔

So Good Evening chat

[chilly veldt]

it's 1 am

(timezones joke)

[crystal mauve]

lol right

[supple hatch]

sigh

[chilly veldt]

I have a presentation in 10 hours lmao

and I am sitting and preparing it now

[fleet pivot]

go sleep

[sour canopy]

Procrastination FTW!

[chilly veldt]

more like too much to do

[supple hatch]

ah speaking of which, how was the talk?

[chilly veldt]

it was good, got told it was the one people were most interested in

[supple hatch]

Nice!

[chilly veldt]

it had the most engaging questions etc.

[supple hatch]

Always fun to get compliments

[chilly veldt]

yup

[round orbit]

If anyone here is from the UK and is like me, struggling to find a job, then I really hope that you find this article very useful! > https://plaintermsuk.hashnode.dev/the-uk-job-market-is-broken-heres-what-youre-up-against-in-2025

[lime shell]

how do I get socat safely on a windows target?

[sour canopy]

I need snakage before I start my late night studying

[supple hatch]

You need… what?

[chilly veldt]

snacks

[supple hatch]

Oh

[sour canopy]

What did you think I meant?

[supple hatch]

My mind has been poisoned, hold on I need to go revert to normal

I’ve been reading too many… books

[crystal mauve]

Snake-age

[ripe sleet]

I'm honestly thinking of doing the SAL-1 Cert this summer, but at the same time I'm scared shiteless of it

[sour canopy]

Rick and Morty space snake spisode

[crystal mauve]

U got it

[ripe sleet]

https://tenor.com/view/sweats-gif-25346666

[crystal mauve]

Man all this fake AI stuff on twitter n instagram is making me not wanna go on there anymore

[sour canopy]

Pursuing the same. About halfway though Sec-101 and gonna dive straight into the SOC-1 course

[ripe sleet]

I'm like 44% into the SOC-1 Course

It's the multiple choice that worries me the most

[supple hatch]

Oh the “real video turns out to be AI” stuff?

They are pushing hard for people to get into AI work

“If you learn about it, you can defend against it!” Which is tru to an extent I guess

They just haven’t got speech down yet, that’s how I can tell most are fake cuz they don’t sound real in the way that their voices… “move” I guess

[crystal mauve]

Yeah, some of them are getting quite subtle - like just non sensical ,,,, delivery guy throws a package at a door then runs the truck into the front door

Then a saw a cute girl kick flipping n had to do a double take

Uhmm yeah is that AI or not i can’t even tell

[supple hatch]

The quality is getting really good, like the way they mimic the lighting from surroundings even in the crevices of the face is insane

Hell, there was one where it was a guy with glasses and you could see the reflection of the monitor in his glasses

It wasn’t like a perfect render too, it was just right to look genuine

It IS pretty scary tbf

[crystal mauve]

Yeah, + couple it w whatever algo is being pushed it tastes forced

Use to feel a bit organic to go down the algo rabbit holes

Like finding new music on YouTube for example

[supple hatch]

Mhm

Now everyone is seeing it

[crystal mauve]

Yep

Exactly I heard a coworker say oh I saw this video n blah blah blah

N exactly same vid had popped up for me hours before

[tight trout]

hush, you will enjoy your fake tumblr / reddit story overlayed on one of 3 different minecraft parkour videos and you. will. like. it.

[ripe sleet]

[crystal mauve]

Yea, just removed fb , insta n twitter. I need to click on GitHub instead

[tight trout]

[slender scaffold]

O_o

[tight trout]

hiya featherz

[slender scaffold]

herro!

[tight trout]

hows you

[ripe sleet]

[slender scaffold]

I am good. I’m at lunch :3 how is you?

[tight trout]

im chilling. just got back from dinner so im writing a little father's day card

[slender scaffold]

Yaaahhh it’s papa day

@boreal scarab happy dad day!

[boreal scarab]

Happy dad day to you too!!!!

[slender scaffold]

[tight trout]

[languid merlin]

Hi everyone

[crystal mauve]

Anybody got any good github reading material, I need some reccos

[tight trout]

hiya!

[languid merlin]

Im new here

And to the app in general

[slender scaffold]

o/

[ripe sleet]

Hello Wally!

[tight trout]

check out the Gulf of mexico repo from todepond

[languid merlin]

HI

[languid merlin]

HI

[tight trout]

hows you

[boreal scarab]

I got weapons of Bass Destruction!

[tight trout]

https://github.com/TodePond/GulfOfMexico

its a good laugh

[languid merlin]

Trying to figure out the app

[tight trout]

thats totally valid lmao, kinda disorienting at first

[slender scaffold]

🎣

[boreal scarab]

https://tenor.com/view/fishing-sassy-gay-choreography-lgbt-gif-22409823

[slender scaffold]

Don’t click on random links or offers of giveaways from random people or free anything.

[crystal mauve]

It’s satire ?

[tight trout]

yeah lol

i think

[tight trout]

-# except if its from me, you can totally trust me /s

[slender scaffold]

That sock line

[safe heart]

click on my link.

[boreal scarab]

https:/www.tryhackme.com

[slender scaffold]

Missing a / o_o

[tight trout]

this part sent me

[boreal scarab]

[safe heart]

yall know how to download opsec?

hopw do i download opsec

[tight trout]

yeah but you gotta give me ur credit card numbers first /s

[slender scaffold]

is your opsec good? Lol

[boreal scarab]

Tanning with socks

[crystal mauve]

lol yeah

[languid merlin]

Thanks

[twin ridge]

Gave +1 Rep to @slender scaffold (current: #97 - 85)

[safe heart]

4118101058019881 04/30 381

[tight trout]

https://tenor.com/view/crazy-cat-cat-gatito-crazy-insane-gif-4445261359056491120

[languid merlin]

Hella

[tight trout]

dont be afraid to ask questions! we were all in your shoes at some point so we get how it feels

[slender scaffold]

mmmm I have gyoza

[boreal scarab]

Whats a gyoza?

Dat a food?

DELETE THAT!

[safe heart]

its my favorite command

[boreal scarab]

No, bad

[safe heart]

WHY THE PRICES GOING UP

[slender scaffold]

mods have the receipts

[safe heart]

simple mistake

i hit mage rank today omg!

[boreal scarab]

https://tenor.com/view/joji-filthy-frank-welcome-to-the-rice-fields-rice-fields-gif-15724064

@slender scaffold

[slender scaffold]

Is food :3

[languid merlin]

Thanks, still trying to find other servers at this point

[boreal scarab]

Good food?

[safe heart]

usually i just run random software off github

OPDDoSMASTER

[slender scaffold]

Yes. Will go good with my ramen

[tight trout]

[boreal scarab]

Gib food?

[tight trout]

https://tenor.com/view/smiling-cat-happy-cat-smile-gif-3555983607747631247

[boreal scarab]

https://tenor.com/view/hug-me-come-back-dont-go-gif-10255523

[safe heart]

im getting a j*b

[brave pilot]

@ mods

[slender scaffold]

Grats!

[safe heart]

horrible

i was gonna live off bug bountys

https://tenor.com/view/tux-in-the-ring-linux-windows-butterfly-tux-vs-windows-gif-8919541133138371310

[tight trout]

i bet theres very few people who solely live on bug bounties comfortably tbh

[safe heart]

i am not one of them sadly

yeah i use arch

btw

[slender scaffold]

https://tenor.com/view/arch-arch-linux-btw-i-use-arch-btw-zyzz-gif-25959390

[blissful pulsar]

https://tenor.com/view/cat-hello-chat-funny-annoying-gif-8664986189922990414

[safe heart]

yeah what distro you use

[tight trout]

[slender scaffold]

windows

[tight trout]

hiya!

[safe heart]

rough

im gonna judge you

[ripe sleet]

Hello Potato!

[blissful pulsar]

wsgg

[safe heart]

i watched mr robot so i picked kde

hyprland is GREAT, gnopmme is GREAT!

[winged summit]

feath3rz, do you mind if i ask how you take hacking notes on Windows? don't the files with the payloads get flagged by defender? or do you use a cloud platform for that or something?

[slender scaffold]

VMs

[safe heart]

defender kept deleting my roblox exploits thats why i switched

[winged summit]

gotcha

yeah. i temporarily switched back to Windows to live the Death Star (TM) life, but it kept deleting my notes which are all in text files, lol

[slender scaffold]

Work I use MacOS and VMs

[winged summit]

gotcha

yeah, i rock Debian for my personal. work, is tbd. i'm pending a new job, so we'll see. probably windows

[slender scaffold]

When I was a software engineer I was also on Debian. But also had to use CentOS stuff for testing

[winged summit]

nice. yeah. i like Debian so much. it's really nice and mostly works. LOL

[slender scaffold]

Kali VM for fun CTFs.

[winged summit]

yeah, i also use Kali for hacking

[slender scaffold]

Debian is pretty nice yeah :3

[tight trout]

i really liked debian with mate

but i was having issues with drivers tbh

[languid merlin]

CentOS was discontinued right?

[slender scaffold]

windows just so fun for gaming tho

[winged summit]

gotcha. yeah. my bluetooth driver doesn't work, hahahaha

err, it does, but doesn't support my hardware in my asus laptop

[tight trout]

yeah, for me it was my wireless drivers. and honestly i could live without it... if i had an ethernet drop literally anywhere in my house

[slender scaffold]

Kinda. It’s Centos stream or something. Where they kinda test things they might later import to red hat? I haven’t kept up but yeah part of it is dead

[winged summit]

yeah, it just depends on your use case i guess

wifi is more of a pain. you can buy external adapters, but still... yuck lol

[tight trout]

yeah, mines a laptop so i need the wireless drivers

[winged summit]

my wifi does work though, fortunately

it just depends on the hardware, really

[sand trench]

shadow might have gone slightly overboard... so now it is time for the sleepy sloopy beepy boopy meep moops

[tight trout]

gn shadow!

[slender scaffold]

Gnight shadow!

[winged summit]

meep moop boop goodnight 🙂

lol

🤖

it's really hot in my house right now... it's like 86 F. i'm glued to my chair. this sucks lol. at least i have fans

[tight trout]

do you have AC?

[winged summit]

yeah, but the landlord won't run it

[slender scaffold]

Fans so good. I don’t have AC

[winged summit]

oof, yeah, #noaclife

can't wait till i'm not totally broke

[slender scaffold]

One day I will know what it’s like to live in a home with climate control lol

[winged summit]

omg, right?!?!

same

#peasantlife

lol

i don't know why i'm dropping all these hashtags

[tight trout]

#hashtag

[winged summit]

lol

#influencer

#coolbeans

[tight trout]

#cyb3r1nf1u3nc3r

[winged summit]

oh wow, lol

nice

[boreal scarab]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/140129091796992000/1383955533417152552/image0.gif

[crystal mauve]

So leet

[winged summit]

what's up brosef?

[tight trout]

i am the true 1337H4X0R

-# /s lmao

[winged summit]

lol

does nmap still have the l33t output option?

i haven't checked lately

[boreal scarab]

https://tenor.com/view/joji-filthy-frank-welcome-to-the-rice-fields-rice-fields-gif-15724064

[winged summit]

dang bro haha

yeah, looks like it's at least still in the docs

wait, i'm running linux, and i think it's installed. i'll check.

[tight trout]

[crystal mauve]

Rly likes that meme

[winged summit]

dang it cups, i thought i ended you!... +_+ (cupsd/ipp)

[tight trout]

why use /tmp when you can make a ~/temp lmao

[winged summit]

because i'm special lol jk

persistent tmp

err, temp lol.... i don't want it to get cleared out. temp at my behest, lol

i'm a giant paradox lol

[tight trout]

"its as temporary as i like it!"

[winged summit]

exactly

lol

does /tmp get cleared after every reboot? i think it does, but am not 100%. might depend on distro....

like \windows\temp

[tight trout]

yes

[winged summit]

yeah, see. too temporary LOL

[tight trout]

-# inb4 the "erm akshually"

[winged summit]

haha

sorry, i'm talking tech stuff in #general . We need more relaxing convo, lol. i'm all amped up on like 4 cups of coffee, so....

[tight trout]

eh #general is kinda a catch-all

[loud orbit]

What does everyone what to specialise in ?

[winged summit]

taking a break from the riveting adventure of creating notes for help desk lol. trying to refresh my brain and make cheat sheets, etc.

[winged summit]

offensive security. but for a sub specialization, i'm still thinking. maybe web exploitation and initial access.... seems lucrative even as a solo contractor for BBP/VDP

how about you?

[loud orbit]

Oooo ok I see you I like that

For me offensive security to red team

And then on the side prob try do front end dev and mix the both

[winged summit]

nice. sounds cool! 🙂 i also want to red team

[loud orbit]

How experienced are you so far ?

[ripe sleet]

I somehow won the silver league this week

[winged summit]

i'm barely a pentester at this point. i've only gotten experience through THM, HTB, and homelab. I'd say I'm intermediate pentester at best. more like beginner-intermediate. how about you?

[cloud quiver]

Congrats 🙂 🚀

[ripe sleet]

Thanks

[winged summit]

congrats @ripe sleet !

[ripe sleet]

Thanks

[safe oxide]

https://tenor.com/view/despicable-me-minions-cheering-hooray-happy-gif-9482103050132489277

[ripe sleet]

Danke

[winged summit]

what is the Silver League btw? haha. should i know what that is?

[safe oxide]

Hallo brightfly daniel

Hows it goin ppl

[ripe sleet]

Hello Abdul

[safe oxide]

Yooo

[ripe sleet]

I kinda want to do some blue team ctf's

[lime shell]

just some way to keep you motivated

[naive silo]

👋🏻hello

[safe oxide]

Why not do them then

[winged summit]

is it a CTF? Which vendor manages it? If it's THM I'm going to be super embarrassed that I don't know haha. my bad if that's the case

[safe oxide]

Hallo

[half badge]

Guys day before yesterday I did OSI, yesterday I did FTP and today I took a brake 🙂

It wasn't much I could definitely do more than a single freaking protocol in a day but wtv

Progress ig

[safe oxide]

Its a ranking thinking

[ripe sleet]

I'm doing that one you sent me

[half badge]

Hope y'all well

[winged summit]

oh, for THM?

[safe oxide]

Every week you do atleast 2 rooms to join a league

And get as many points as possible for the number 1 spot

[lime shell]

it's like you get promoted if you get the most points in a week or something from some group. It's a nice thing to strive for I am diamond diddlers, but that's just because I am learning full time now. I would not worry about it too much, your goal is to learn I think.

[winged summit]

ohhh gotcha

thanks Abdullah

[safe oxide]

[ripe sleet]

I honestly thought I'd get overtaken by someone

[safe oxide]

The top 10(just some number of ppl, diff no depending on league) move to the next league

[safe oxide]

Sammeee

I had to do extra rooms late to get 1st back

[winged summit]

oh, nice. that sounds cool. get some competition, heh

[naive silo]

I just subscribed because I wanna learn as much as I want when I want, and become good at the craft, btw I'm a noob by all means

[lime shell]

I feel like you can game it a bit by just doing rooms on youtube tutorials

I get why thm does it to motivate people, but gamefying learning isn't the way, see duolingo, I never met a person that actually learned a language from it

[safe oxide]

Ppl are always gonna find ways to cheese it

But yea thm can produce special flags for everyone to atleast mitigate ppl from straightup copy pastin

[crystal mauve]

this is true - learning to not play the game is part of the game

[ripe sleet]

I don't like being competitive though tbh, it leads to not good things for me

[safe oxide]

Just dont pay attention to leagues

[lime shell]

reported you to ICE for not supporting capitalism

[ripe sleet]

Bruh

[safe oxide]

Lol

Ice goin strong i heard

[mint cloud]

Hi I completed cyber security 101 , should I go straight to web or jn pentester in thm

[naive silo]

Is it wise to learn the craft while treating the ranks as a semi goal?

[safe oxide]

Rank is just there for motivation

Dont focus on it

[loud orbit]

Same lol 😭

[lime shell]

treat it just like a fun little reward you almost forgot existed

[safe oxide]

Learning comes formost

[loud orbit]

I’m a beginner to aswell same position pretty much

[naive silo]

Like a "would be nice goal" is to reach Mythic

[safe oxide]

https://tenor.com/view/star-warrs-obi-wan-chosen-one-you-were-the-chosen-one-gif-5015340

[safe oxide]

Naaa you learn , the levels are side effects

Except if they get the right dopamine

[crystal mauve]

what's your end game

[safe oxide]

Anyhow

Hallo mannor

[crystal mauve]

sup abdu

[safe oxide]

Chillin in 35c

Wby

[crystal mauve]

perfect weather here

[loud orbit]

So are you guys saying try hack me is bad ?

[safe oxide]

Not even close

[loud orbit]

Oh fhewww

😭

[crystal mauve]

not at all, but for instance myself... i am almost done w the pentest path but

im actually doing

[safe oxide]

Tryhackme is cool

[crystal mauve]

more of an indepth study on network protocols

and trying to figure out the overall scope of what ports n their services actually do

thm does guide u through the space , but it skips years of foundational knowledge

or months idk depending how quick u are i guess

i skipped too much

[clear jackal]

If you're talking about the earlier rooms, they expect you to do research on the side

[loud orbit]

Do you need all of that tho

Honestly

[crystal mauve]

yeah - i should have but i was trying to get to the finish line

[clear jackal]

It's not about finishing quickly, it's about the journey

[safe oxide]

[ripe sleet]

That's me with understanding web apps

[safe oxide]

https://tenor.com/view/journey-voyage-travel-gif-13566416

[ripe sleet]

Wow

[loud orbit]

Does anyone earn money if there specialisation ?

[outer rivet]

13 hour in 1 day ?

I think you don't sleep

[ripe sleet]

In a week

[safe oxide]

Thats correct

[outer rivet]

Specific path ?

[ripe sleet]

SOC 1

[outer rivet]

Or random
Rooms

Nixe

Any study tips

?

[ripe sleet]

Windows stuff is boring asf to me

[ripe sleet]

I don't know

[azure lance]

Who’s down for some fun 🤩
D.M me and let’s get this party started

[outer rivet]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/725692503172579379/747945584941334538/image0.gif

[safe oxide]

Hard stuff

[outer rivet]

@fervent meteor

[crystal mauve]

🤔

[safe oxide]

[crystal mauve]

probably having a great time 😒

[ripe sleet]

Nah it's just boring

It's like learning about policy based stuff

[sturdy river]

lmaoo I got uni course registrations tmrw on 17th, I thought it was 17th today and began panicking

[brave pilot]

bro goes to the most locked in dc server you'll find, your manager should be pissed i'd say

[ripe sleet]

Huh?

[sturdy river]

locked as in super serious busy ppl

[ripe sleet]

Yup

[crystal mauve]

i never noticed that bug crawling around lol

[sturdy river]

thanks for makin me notice as well

[twin ridge]

Gave +1 Rep to @crystal mauve (current: #229 - 37)

[outer rivet]

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/258026212708843521/809224059825029161/lmaonicefly.gif

[crystal mauve]

how

[bleak quartz]

Yoo

[crystal mauve]

hey qurti

[outer rivet]

https://tenor.com/view/discord-fly-fly-scare-fly-hapesas-screen-bug-gif-24360955

[crystal mauve]

congrats on turning red u copy pasta sonuva gun

[bleak quartz]

Wsg

[bleak quartz]

Whatt

[crystal mauve]

lets see those 2000+ point days

[bleak quartz]

My shi is real lol

[crystal mauve]

https://tenor.com/view/wyaking-gif-9712475764034023502

[bleak quartz]

I did 2-3 rooms a day

On weekends more ofc

[outer rivet]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/emojis/1158138918722613429.gif?size=48&name=eeeh&quality=lossless

[bleak quartz]

Lemme link

https://tryhackme.com/p/Purpleware

[crystal mauve]

nice man im jk

[bleak quartz]

Check it out

[bleak quartz]

Alr lol

I also got a shit ton of notes

[ripe sleet]

Yeah

[crystal mauve]

75 events a day idk

looks a lil sus

[shy folio]

WHO'S READY TO PARTAYYYY???

[ripe sleet]

The only time I use walkthroughs is to see what the person did, and then I go through and do that on my machine to figure it out

[crystal mauve]

jk- uve been pretty active thats cool, - what path are u going down qurti>?

[ripe sleet]

https://tenor.com/view/laplus-ラプラス-ダークネス-ホロライブ-hololive-gif-2215585075596232008

[bleak quartz]

Purple

So red and blue mixing

[crystal mauve]

how do u have so many notes on openvpn ?

like what is there to note

show show

[bleak quartz]

Lemme check

I believe it's on the logic of it

[bleak quartz]

Booting up pc

[tight trout]

whatre those

:p

[shy folio]

Female humans?

[ripe sleet]

Really commited to that character eh?

[bleak quartz]

Yeah I was right, this was back then when I was a bit confused on how it worked so I found a guide on it and noted it down

RDP

and openvpn both explained in the file

and how to connect

[shy folio]

Slurms was a legend, a gentleman, and a scholar. R.I.P.

[bleak quartz]

@crystal mauve

[crystal mauve]

yeey i read it

[bleak quartz]

Rate the Obsidian bg

[tight trout]

...

[crystal mauve]

the color scheme is cool

[bleak quartz]

Thanks

[crystal mauve]

which one did u pick?

[outer rivet]

Like that theme

[bleak quartz]

theme? Obsidianite

[bleak quartz]

ty

[twin ridge]

Gave +1 Rep to @outer rivet (current: #525 - 12)

[tight trout]

...girl what

[outer rivet]

Thus js mine

[crystal mauve]

have u written any snippets yet

[bleak quartz]

ye, I've some

[shy folio]

Cartoon Wamans

[bleak quartz]

cryptohack yk

also THM stuff but the colors are bit ehh

[slender scaffold]

I’m at cat cafe ❤️

[crystal mauve]

imade this one that shows the answer when u hover over it

[outer rivet]

I like that colors

[crystal mauve]

ta-da

[bleak quartz]

Howw

[outer rivet]

25

[bleak quartz]

I've been using the header method for it lol

Like

<insert question>

• answer

[ripe sleet]

How're you minty?

[bleak quartz]

Whats that theme btw?

[crystal mauve]

obsidian nord

[bleak quartz]

Ohh

[crystal mauve]

have u messed w the mermaid

graphs

[bleak quartz]

I planned to

But never did lol

[tight trout]

im me

[bleak quartz]

I should now that u mentioned it tho

[bleak quartz]

Ye looks nice asf

[crystal mauve]

just ask chatgpt to make then u can alter it, saw dkobhad some sick visual ones w gradient schemes

i dont mess w the colors much just like to see things from a different perspective

[ripe sleet]

Oh?

[bleak quartz]

Mm I'll prob do it by myself, helps me to remember it better if I do it manually

[tight trout]

[bleak quartz]

Alr

[ripe sleet]

?

[tight trout]

look at the emoiji name lmao

[ripe sleet]

I saw it

[tight trout]

me fr lmao

[bleak quartz]

Btw @crystal mauve can u tell me how?

[crystal mauve]

sorrymissed it , how what

the hover snippet?

create .css file

.callout {
max-height: 2.2em;
overflow: hidden;
cursor: pointer;
transition: max-height 0.3s ease;
}

.callout:hover {
max-height: 15em;
box-shadow: 0 2px 8px rgba(0,0,0,0.1);
}

save

use the note feature to hide

[loud orbit]

Anyone willing to give advice to a beginner?

[tight trout]

whats up?

[loud orbit]

I wanna red team and I’m a beginner

Also pen test and bug hunting

And then if I get really good mix in front end dev

I do want freelance also if I can

[tight trout]

check out #start-here to get started with the platform! if ytou have any questions feel free to ask them here, and if you need help with any of the rooms you can ask in #room-hints or #room-help

[bleak quartz]

Thanks

[twin ridge]

Gave +1 Rep to @crystal mauve (current: #220 - 38)

[bleak quartz]

Got any previous programming experience

?

[loud orbit]

Sadly no

Can I add you guys ?

For advice

[bleak quartz]

Sure

Ye, why not

[supple hatch]

Evening^2 chat

[tight trout]

mornin!

how goes it?

[supple hatch]

Not too bad, reviewing math with an empty head, my mind is dodging every question I do

😭 it’s not trying to review in the slightest

[tight trout]

real, i have classes starting tomorrow and i just am not in the headspace for it

[supple hatch]

Im probably gonna stay up for a while and just do problems every 10 minutes so I can have at-least a bit of recall

[ripe sleet]

Hello!

[ripe sleet]

Hello Usaggi!

[fallow rune]

Happy Father’s Day to the pops

[ripe sleet]

Hello!

[tight trout]

darkfly, be honest wwith me, howw many servers are you in just for the emojis?

[fallow rune]

Lol 😂

[supple hatch]

Halo dark

[ripe sleet]

A bit

[tight trout]

like im in 4 servers for the emojis/tags

[supple hatch]

Tbf, I joined owlsec today purely for this emoji

[bleak quartz]

Wtf even is that server, I also joined it for the emoji

😭

Worth it

[supple hatch]

[ripe sleet]

I am in 75 servers including this one

[supple hatch]

Yeesh

I’m in 3 including this one 😭

[bleak quartz]

How do you check the amount?

[supple hatch]

You count 😭

[ripe sleet]

I manually counted them

[bleak quartz]

Hell nah

Ik there's at least 100

[supple hatch]

I remember when there was no server limit

In my prime I was in 105 servers

[bleak quartz]

I've reached the limit of 200

[ripe sleet]

I am in like 11 vtuber related servers

[bleak quartz]

But

I left like 20

[ripe sleet]

Hol' up

[bleak quartz]

Or so

[supple hatch]

I still can’t comprehend the existence of vtubers

[ripe sleet]

I gotta join the numi and bao server

[bleak quartz]

I'm in hella many community servers and a bunch of private and public modding, dev servers

[tight trout]

...im only in 40

[supple hatch]

Insane

[tight trout]

if yall have cool/interesting servers dm me an invite lmao

[supple hatch]

Same, I clearly need to be more sociable

😭

[bleak quartz]

For cybersec?

[supple hatch]

Anything

[bleak quartz]

Kk

[tight trout]

yeah lol

[bleak quartz]

I can send some that I'm active in

[supple hatch]

Idm getting new hobbies, I have very few

[bleak quartz]

Get into modding

Fun asf

Also makes money

[tight trout]

what do you mod?

[bleak quartz]

Hah

[supple hatch]

When I have money to ensure I can have backup computers if something goes wrong, sure

[bleak quartz]

Mainly mc but I've also made some mods for terraria and repo

[supple hatch]

🙂‍↕️

[bleak quartz]

Goes wrong?

😭 What do you imagine modding like

[supple hatch]

I always prepare for worst scenario 🙂‍↕️

😭

[tight trout]

whats the worst scenario??

[bleak quartz]

This a pretty recent thing I did, it was a comm for a friend of mine who needed a disguise plugin that works with vanilla clients (So for a vanilla server)

[bleak quartz]

😭

[bleak quartz]

Meteorite :)

[supple hatch]

Oo

[bleak quartz]

Ye it's hella fun

[ripe sleet]

I regret nothing

[bleak quartz]

And once u get good you can start accepting commissions

[supple hatch]

Not a bad side hustle…

[bleak quartz]

Yup

[supple hatch]

I’ll look into it once I finish with Pre-Sec and Cyb101

[bleak quartz]

Alright

[supple hatch]

I’ll let you know if I’ve got questions

https://tenor.com/view/pikachu-gif-13575853101874488635

[bleak quartz]

Ye alr, I sent you a friend req too

[crystal mauve]

explain that meteorite mod

ive never played minecraft so not sure what im looking at

[bleak quartz]

Do you know jjk?

[crystal mauve]

nop

[ripe sleet]

Ever heard of the website nationstates?

[bleak quartz]

Jujutsu kaisen?

[tight trout]

no?

[bleak quartz]

What about that?

[bleak quartz]

That's just one technique

[crystal mauve]

yes

[supple hatch]

News to me 👀

[ripe sleet]

You create a nation and then you get these issues and stuff

[bleak quartz]

It's a commission to make jujutsu kaisen inspired twist for a smp (A server that a bunch of ppl play and make videos on)

[crystal mauve]

oh i didnt finish jjk

loved the animation but lost interest

[bleak quartz]

Ye lemme find u the clip I took as my insp

[supple hatch]

Interesting, so basically a Government Simulator

[ripe sleet]

Yes

[supple hatch]

Interesting

[ripe sleet]

I was a Dog Girl Supremancy that was a Psychotic Dictatorship

[lavish rune]

i seriously have no idea what to do i mean ive been struggling with tthis for more than a year, my intrests keep shifting around 3 stuff, cyber seucruity, python and cpp
I have been dallying with me completely losing intrest and leaving a language after a month or even less even tho im really pattionate about it, specifically cyber security.
I have been always told to back off c++ due to it being advanced and me being young and its really not helping that i have to keep shifting my focus
its like I have 3 different people on hibernate in my head taking shifts every 2-4 weeks

has anyone in here faced the same issue and if so how did u get over it?

[supple hatch]

Is it randomly generated?

[ripe sleet]

Nah you start out a preset and then the issues change your nation

[supple hatch]

Did bro just copy and paste this?

[bleak quartz]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QKwVwy8mr6w
@crystal mauve

Watch that

[lavish rune]

i get overwhelmed by the amount of information and the amount of interesting stuff out there to learn, which leads to me switching between paths as whenever I reach something hard I think that this isnt for me and that I need to try and commit to this other path and it repeats on cycle

i dont know which channel was appropriate

[ripe sleet]

My nation started out as a confederacy I think. But I turned it into what it is

[lavish rune]

so i thought i could ask in here

where people are talking

[supple hatch]

Did you already post it in one?

[lavish rune]

no

[bleak quartz]

That's called getting burntout

It it's hella annoying and easy to fall for

[supple hatch]

Indeed

Im suffering through it right now with Math

[bleak quartz]

Also c++ isn't too "advanced"

[lavish rune]

how do i avoid getting burnt out

[bleak quartz]

U can learn it

[bleak quartz]

Do other stuff

And take breaks

[tight trout]

make sure you take breaks to avoid burnout. get up and stretch, go for a walk. dont do it all the time

[bleak quartz]

That's the most we can say

If u find any other tips or tricks pls share

It happens a lot to me too

[lavish rune]

my friend just keeps bugging me about that i wont be able to get good at it cus he was way better than me at 15 and i eont be able to get advanced in c++ without years or months in another languages

[bleak quartz]

Lasts for a few weeks max tho

[ripe sleet]

Eff that guy

[lavish rune]

yeah

[bleak quartz]

Don't compare yourself

[ripe sleet]

Everyone learns at their own pace

[bleak quartz]

That kills all joy

[lavish rune]

ive known him for 2 years through and hes a true prodigy

[ripe sleet]

Okay?

[bleak quartz]

There's always someone whos better than you

[ripe sleet]

Who cares at the end of the day. You journey may seem longer and arduous, but that's just how it is

[lavish rune]

idk but his opinion really matters to me one thing that contradicts what im currently thinking leads to me crazily overthinking like right mow

[lavish rune]

true

[ripe sleet]

No one is truly perfect in this world

Everyone's flawed asf

Including me

[bleak quartz]

Take courses, watch youtube videos and read books digital or physical

You will learn it very quickly

Remember to take notes on Obsidian or similar software

[lavish rune]

oh i used to back ehen i was locked in on cyber sec, stopped a while ago tho

tbh im gonna sgart doingit again noe that u mention it

it was helping alot

[ripe sleet]

Focus on your path, and anyone who says that they're better can go eff themsleves.

[bleak quartz]

I've been here for 75 days or so and I've learnt and relearnt a shit ton of

[lavish rune]

will do

thanks darkfly

[ripe sleet]

[bleak quartz]

I took a big break from doing any cybersec related challenges etc and now came back about 80 days ago absolutely loving it

I mix it w other stuff too ofc like the modding commissions

[lavish rune]

may i ask what ur journey has been like so far?

[bleak quartz]

Rough but fun

Ofc there's situations where u just get stuck

But that's just how it is

Gotta find a way to move on and make progress

[lavish rune]

true

[bleak quartz]

Also it's very easy to not see your progress if you don't take notes or keep some kind of way to see it concretely

[lavish rune]

looks like its been going good i see ur already 0xC

[bleak quartz]

You actually improve way more than you realise

[bleak quartz]

Yup this my THM profile

https://tryhackme.com/p/Purpleware

[lavish rune]

tbh thats the realest shit ive heard so far, i have been struggling with thinking that im not progressing which has contributed to me leaving languages completely

[lavish rune]

off topic but ur discord profile is amazing

[bleak quartz]

Consistency is the key once u make it into a routine it just becomes part of your day hah

[lavish rune]

i adore the color purple

[bleak quartz]

Thanks!

[twin ridge]

Gave +1 Rep to @lavish rune (current: #1003 - 5)

[bleak quartz]

Yeah, I struggled w that a lot at the start

[lavish rune]

woaah 149 completed rooms

dudes been on the consistent grind

[bleak quartz]

Of my programming journey

[lavish rune]

thats like 2 per day

[bleak quartz]

Then I started taking notes (In fucking word but at least I did lmfao)

It made it way more concrete

I also had a lil todo list of what I need to learn

Seeing that slowly fill up helps a lot

[lavish rune]

tbh i havent been really that much of a programming guy but i sort of got myself to like it cus i needed to learn some for cyber security and c++ caught my attention due to well, its capabilities

[lavish rune]

word is insane

😭

[bleak quartz]

Ye it was messy asf lmfao

[lavish rune]

thats smart

just shows how those small changes can help alot

[bleak quartz]

I believe in project based learning

U should try it

Come up with an idea for a project and maybe find a friend to do it with as well then just learn as you go

[lavish rune]

thats how its been for me lately, i found true joy building a panel with like 4 options, each option being its own project

[bleak quartz]

Yeah

[lavish rune]

just simple but gives me the vibe of it being this huge singular app which motivates me alot

thats why i like to integrate small additions and options to projrcts even if easy cus they give this sense of completion and progression

[bleak quartz]

I also do it for school I create or find questions related to topic then put a color
Red = I find it hard to understand
Orange = medium, kinda hard but I can understand and do it
Yellow = I can do it but it takes a bunch of time and thinking
Green = easy and quick

[lavish rune]

but im really curious, how much time do u usually dedicate to cyber security? and do u do anything on the side

[bleak quartz]

That's a good way to find your weaknesses in topics

And also fix them

[lavish rune]

thats genius

[bleak quartz]

That's great, def keep on adding features and working on it

[lavish rune]

hmm im thinking of making a cli project that auto boots up when the pc is booted and allows me to do all of this but much easier and faster

[bleak quartz]

Yeah, I ofc do other stuff too but it can consume a lot of time so I usually try to find time during breaks or night

Can't really put a number on how many hours but a lot lol

[lavish rune]

ah thats fair

[bleak quartz]

Ye works really well

[lavish rune]

is thm premium worth it btw?

[bleak quartz]

Yes 100%

You get access to way more rooms

[lavish rune]

i remember back then every intresting room about networking or web i found was paid

i was on my knees

[lavish rune]

sounds good

will keep that in mind

[bleak quartz]

The price is sadly rising soon too

Tho

I'm not 100% sure how much it was but still

Ofc I understand they want more money

But still a bit annoying ngl

[lavish rune]

true

[somber garnet]

wassupp

[lavish rune]

how much is it per month currently?

[lavish rune]

hello

[bleak quartz]

14€

[round onyx]

hewwo roma-chan

[bleak quartz]

So like what 15 usd?

I believe

[lavish rune]

i think so

[bleak quartz]

Wsg

[lavish rune]

wait let me check

[bleak quartz]

Really worth it compared to others

[lavish rune]

huh

its 4.50$ for me

[crystal mauve]

ahhhh ic cool

[bleak quartz]

WHAT

Have I been scammed

[lavish rune]

probably cus im from a third world country and the conversion rates are insane

[bleak quartz]

Lmfao

What is this country bias

[bleak quartz]

Ohh

Makes sense

[bleak quartz]

Still

3x is crazy

[bleak quartz]

Hah

Thanks

[lavish rune]

my eyes lit up when i saw the 4.50

[tight trout]

haii zombie!

[round onyx]

https://tenor.com/view/hi-signalis-eule-gif-1545556238155719569

[tight trout]

https://tenor.com/view/smiling-cat-happy-cat-smile-gif-3555983607747631247

[bleak quartz]

That is crazy

[lavish rune]

i was thinking of how i could possibly convicnr my dad to pay 15$ on a cyber securityg website that he thinkd will steal his credit card 😔

[bleak quartz]

In comparison to any other education provider that is very cheao

[bleak quartz]

Which is great

[lavish rune]

frrr

hell, even brilliant isnt this cheap for me

[bleak quartz]

Just as it should be (Looking at whoever is planning to rise the prices) 👀

[bleak quartz]

Brilliant is hella bad nowadays

It became so money hungry

[lavish rune]

fr, i remember using it 1 year ago it was pretty good

[bleak quartz]

Try sololearn

[lavish rune]

now i kept seeing ads i wanted to try but its way different

[bleak quartz]

Prob like 4$ for premium for u

Or 2

[bleak quartz]

Ye

[lavish rune]

will definetly chrck it out

[bleak quartz]

Welp sololearn took their spot on my phone haha

[lavish rune]

o

sounds like a decent app

[bleak quartz]

Ye it's pretty fun

Try it and lmk if u like it

[lavish rune]

oh my

i reset my password 3 times and i forgot it each time in the same 5 mins

[somber garnet]

thats a hella secured password

[lavish rune]

hey thatd true

atleast it was secure

[somber garnet]

lmaoo

[tight trout]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/emojis/1085645127827083264.gif?size=128&quality=lossless

[somber garnet]

i write my passwords on paper

[tight trout]

what would you guys call a peice of malware that like is just for trolling other people

[lavish rune]

i keep them on 3 different flash drives that i update every week and encrypt the files and hide them

[somber garnet]

scareware

[somber garnet]

cool, u encrypt them with LUKS?

[lavish rune]

woah who do u think i am

ite base64!

most secure encryption out there

[tight trout]

Scareware is a form of malware which uses social engineering to cause shock, anxiety, or the perception of a threat in order to manipulate users into buying unwanted software[1] (or other products).

mmm, im not too sure

[somber garnet]

i thought that falls into the same category

[lavish rune]

just playing, i encrypted them with this pythoj script my friend gave me, i havent really looked much through it and i never wanted to encrypt them but i just did it to make myself feel like a cto

[somber garnet]

I thought AES is the most secure

[lavish rune]

okay what the hell im 100% of my password why does it keep saying incorrect

oh shoot

it was the gmail

damn.

[bleak quartz]

Prankware, isn't that the official name for that type too lol

That was the first type of malware if I remember correctly too

[loud orbit]

Anyone willing to give me advice /mentershio

[bleak quartz]

https://keepassxc.org/ :)

[safe oxide]

👀

[bleak quartz]

😭

[lavish rune]

any objections? 😠

[lavish rune]

ur a life saver.

[safe oxide]

Its not an encryption tho

Vignere cipher is more secure than that

[bleak quartz]

Haha thanks

[twin ridge]

Gave +1 Rep to @lavish rune (current: #877 - 6)

[lavish rune]

fr, till u realize u cant decrypt ur own files

😭

[safe oxide]

Lol

Base64 is just an encoding

[lavish rune]

i knew a skid that tried makijg a ransomware and forgot to add a decryption function and he had no idea hoe to decrypt his files

that skid was me

[safe oxide]

Well hostages dont always have to be given back

[tight trout]

one thing i saw was a group trying to roll their own crypto... which backfired

[lavish rune]

real

[somber garnet]

very effective if you ask me

[safe oxide]

Hallo mints

[lavish rune]

😭

[lavish rune]

indeed

[tight trout]

hiya

[safe oxide]

Hows it goin

[lavish rune]

i was 12 guys its all good now!

[safe oxide]

Any new mint flavoured discovered?

[lavish rune]

mint

[tight trout]

trying to finish a blog post that shouldve been done a week ago, realizing im still not doing THM, school starts again tomorrow

oh yeah and this...

😭

[somber garnet]

why wont my keyboard capslock indicator wont light up when im tryna decrypt my drive on boot

[safe oxide]

https://tenor.com/view/womp-womp-womp-lego-movie-lego-emmet-gif-15101534505109909071

[tight trout]

why are you using caps lock rather than shift?

[safe oxide]

What a crime

[safe oxide]

👀

[somber garnet]

does shift makes the letters uppercase???

WHATTT

[bleak quartz]

☕ All you need.

[tight trout]

DID YOU NOT KNOW THAT

[lavish rune]

i have just discovered this days ago and ive been tryjng to adapt since

[bleak quartz]

Bro what the hell hwo does one not know

[safe oxide]

Weird ppl

[tight trout]

[somber garnet]

i swear i didnt

[lavish rune]

i shall remajj forever loyal to the double caps press

[safe oxide]

https://tenor.com/view/shreets-shree-tea-shreevp-teashree-shreetea-gif-14481234002185526516

[tight trout]

[safe oxide]

Get this man to jail

[somber garnet]

i thought shift is just for accessing other keys

[boreal scarab]

Looks like Turkish coffee

[somber garnet]

me too me too.. m

[tight trout]

wait so youre telling me that like this whole time you've been hitting capslock twice for every capital letter?

[safe oxide]

Far from it. Its indian

[somber garnet]

ummm, yess...

[safe oxide]

https://tenor.com/view/guiillotine-gif-4574862832491529802

Eternal do you have any cs background?

School classes?

[somber garnet]

no

[safe oxide]

Oki

[somber garnet]

im a upcoming freshman

[safe oxide]

You are partially forgiven for your past crimes

[somber garnet]

didn't even know that shift has that functionality

[safe oxide]

Welp

https://tenor.com/view/skill-issue-skill-tissue-gif-22242558

[solemn dawn]

Guys

[safe oxide]

Hallo

[solemn dawn]

How do i learn cyper security like college system

[tight trout]

by going to college

[solemn dawn]

...

[safe oxide]

https://tenor.com/view/ah-gif-4190581623976304848

[lavish rune]

this is why i hate society.

[safe oxide]

Ofcourse the norms

[solemn dawn]

I wanna learn but i want like a courses or playlists

[lavish rune]

im jokingg

[tight trout]

#start-here

[safe oxide]

#start-here

[solemn dawn]

Not in thm

In other ways

[safe oxide]

Welp

Man eearch the internet

[solemn dawn]

I did

Im so confused

[safe oxide]

Then thm it is

[brisk abyss]

Udemy, Youtube or Hackthebox Academy

[solemn dawn]

Man

[lavish rune]

listen man ive been through every course on earth and its safe to say, just go on thm, or any similar platform and learn what u find interesting or what u want to learn, everything sort of links to each other so u just have to google a little when needed and ur gonna be good

alot of courses are bs, even the "no bs" ones

[somber garnet]

by joining north korea

they have excellent cyber security training there

[lavish rune]

if u want youtube for overall knowledge in a fun way of content u can check out network chuck

[lavish rune]

i was just watching a documentary the other day about thay

[safe oxide]

[solemn dawn]

Fun way = knowledge killer

[somber garnet]

my mann, watching those are actually entertaining

[safe oxide]

Whaaaat

[lavish rune]

hey man networkchuck isnt bad

[lavish rune]

i knoww

[somber garnet]

what no???

[safe oxide]

👀 what

[lavish rune]

i like to watch the cyber security related ones

[somber garnet]

having fun while learning is good

[somber garnet]

he is, he is full of ads

[solemn dawn]

No pain no gain?

[safe oxide]

Man i got a method for you then, unplug your router. Learn everything on your own from your existing system

[tight trout]

idk, im not the biggest fan

[somber garnet]

bruh, im all pain no gain

[lavish rune]

he isnt a complete source of knowledge to depend on but me personally he helped me learn different concept

[lavish rune]

woah woah woah whats going on

what did network chuck do

[solemn dawn]

Bruh

[safe oxide]

Same, unless your lookin for some random tools lol

[lavish rune]

everyone dislikes him

[safe oxide]

Open his yt, see what did he teach

[somber garnet]

john hammond is slightly better than network chuck

[tight trout]

i feel like hes just like a tech trend person, he doesnt really do anything cyber related, but talks about random stuff thats hot for 20 minutes and you almost never see it again

[tight trout]

john hammond does some cool stuff

[lavish rune]

i mean i havent watched him in a long while but he explained sql injections to me once!

[somber garnet]

exactly

[bleak quartz]

Way too skid focused

[lavish rune]

oh

[safe oxide]

You said no pain no gain

[somber garnet]

yepp i love his thm walkthroughs

[lavish rune]

i really like john hammond

[safe oxide]

Thats the best method then

[somber garnet]

ipsec is better

[solemn dawn]

!yes

[lavish rune]

as embarassing it is to admit my attention span is too low for a 40 kinute video with no stimulations though 😭

[lavish rune]

qh

ah

[somber garnet]

all that YouTube short and TikTok is paying off

[lavish rune]

big time

[safe oxide]

Hehe

[solemn dawn]

Im getting way more confusing

[lavish rune]

i did delete tiktok though and im limitting my phonne screentime

[solemn dawn]

@ripe sleet

[safe oxide]

Ppl with adhd, now weaponized with shorts lol

Deadly combo

[somber garnet]

download screen zen

[safe oxide]

Man join thm

[ripe sleet]

[safe oxide]

What ya want lol

[somber garnet]

i barely watch short form contents these days

[solemn dawn]

Boy im confused

[tight trout]

im trying to stay away from it yeah

[winged nimbus]

shortform content is worse than heroine

[safe oxide]

Hallo confused, am Abdullah

[safe oxide]

But its cheaper

[somber garnet]

i barely open any social media except discord and X, i hate doom scrolling

[solemn dawn]

U sound Arabic

Darkfly were r u

[tight trout]

ew X

[safe oxide]

You haven't even heard me

[somber garnet]

good for you, at least your aware of it

*youre

[solemn dawn]

I like them

Thats how ik them

[safe oxide]

Ok.

[lavish rune]

same, this might sound fake as fuck but i udually never study for finals except nights and i end up getting horrible marks, but before this semester started i deleted tiktok and i had plenty free time to study and to even slip in working out

[safe oxide]

Aha

[somber garnet]

*twitter ehemm

[solemn dawn]

A7a

[tight trout]

still ew lmao

[winged nimbus]

X is like even worse than shortform lmfao (depending on the person though)

[safe oxide]

E4

[lavish rune]

since then im lwk just trying my best not to consume short form content as much

[somber garnet]

good for you man

[tight trout]

then again im not much better lmfao

[solemn dawn]

Idk what is this

[lavish rune]

😭

[tight trout]

reddit for meeeeeee

[safe oxide]

Chess move

[safe oxide]

Youre a mod lol

[solemn dawn]

Kf3

[somber garnet]

short is a great way to learn about new stuffs like new vulns or exploits shits like that

[tight trout]

am i still?

[somber garnet]

i mean X not shorts

[safe oxide]

Kxf2#

[safe oxide]

It shows it in connections

[tight trout]

lmao that was a community i made for a discord server

[lavish rune]

i never used X ij my entire life