programming

[mild grove]

I see it, but I dont know what it is lol

[clear lodge]

what do you mean by myspace vibe?

[mild grove]

I mean like it still looks like its from 1980 lol

IMO

[clear lodge]

its the font and the border

or borders*

https://www.awwwards.com/

have a look here

browse some sites

[surreal bronze]

Is good

[clear lodge]

find the major differences

[mild grove]

okay

sorry, had to step away for a second

About to have to get ready for work too lol

@clear lodge Any idea on how to make my scroll bar look better lol?

[clear lodge]

yes

hold on

[mild grove]

Also, yes. I am using sourced content for the scroll bar lmfao

  /* Customize the scroll bar track */
  .simplebar-track {
    background-color: #000000;
    border-radius: 25px;
  }
  
  /* Customize the scroll bar thumb */
  .simplebar-scrollbar:before {
    background-color: #292828;
    border-radius: 25px;
  }
  
  /* Customize the scroll bar thumb on hover */
  .simplebar-scrollbar:hover:before {
    background-color: #555;
  }
  
  /* Add a smooth transition effect */
  .simplebar-scrollbar {
    transition: background-color 0.3s;
  }

This doesnt seem to change anything within the scoll bar class

[clear lodge]

/* width */
::-webkit-scrollbar {
    width: 10px;
}

/* track */
::-webkit-scrollbar-track {
    background-color: green;
}

/* handle */
::-webkit-scrollbar-thumb {
    background-color: blue;
}

::-webkit-scrollbar-thumb:hover {
    background-color: red;
}

replace the $vars with whatever you want

[mild grove]

okay, and I remove this from my html?

::

[clear lodge]

no, just copy this whole block

[clear lodge]

oh yeah remove that

[mild grove]

okay

and change the var to whatever, and just place that class withing the same div I have for my scroll bar?

[clear lodge]

no you dont have to do that, the ::-webkit-foo already selects the scrollbar

[mild grove]

oh okay

Although, it doesnt seem to change anything lol

[clear lodge]

show code?

[mild grove]

  .scroll-bar::-webkit-scrollbar {
    width: 100px;
  }

  /* track */
  .scroll-bar::-webkit-scrollbar-track {
    background-color: green;
  }

  /* handle */
  .scroll-bar::-webkit-scrollbar-thumb {
    background-color: blue;
  }

  .scroll-bar::-webkit-scrollbar-thumb:hover {
    background-color: red;
  }```

[clear lodge]

remove .scroll-bar

refresh

[mild grove]

ahh

[clear lodge]

100px is a very wide scrollbarbtw 😛

oh its just mock

[mild grove]

Yeah I like to play around with it before I post it live lol

[clear lodge]

beautiful

[mild grove]

lmfao

[clear lodge]

😄

its very unique

haha

well there you go, now just make it nicey 😄

[mild grove]

I try to learn as much as I can before I post live lol

Thank you!

Looks so much better now lol

[clear lodge]

yes

maybe use the same width as the border around your picture

[mild grove]

yeah was thinking that, along with possibly making it shorter, but I'm not sure what id have to add to do that

[clear lodge]

the height of the white line will decrease as your page becomes 'taller'

its automatic

[mild grove]

ahh

[clear lodge]

you can probably add a fixed height but you may not want to do that, as this is an indication as to how much space there would be to scroll

[mild grove]

yeah

I get what youre saying

Here I'm going to make this live so you can see it

there its live

[clear lodge]

yeah looks good 😄

[mild grove]

Alright, I've invested almost too much time this morning on this lol

I have to get ready for work lol

[clear lodge]

glhf!

[mild grove]

Thank you for your help!

I will definetly be coming to you later if I have any issues, also if you have any ideas for the site feel free to dm me lol

[mild grove]

i know i know

[clear lodge]

https://tenor.com/view/smh-bye-gif-23881005

hahah

[mild grove]

Its just a place holder lol

[clear lodge]

😉

[mild grove]

Still gotta figure out some things with that damn paragraph

Lmfao

[brazen eagle]

that only works on chrome, yes?

[nimble cape]

how to master a programming language

[surreal bronze]

Program in it

[clear lodge]

The support is pretty good, all major browers have partial support for it ( excl ios but whatever you know )! There are just some things like auto dark and light theme detections you cant use on it or something like that? I never looked into that

[mild grove]

Alright, after a long day at work I think I am ready to continue my programming journey

Guess I'll work on getting rid of those <br> tags lol @clear lodge

[strange furnace]

does anyone have a good tutorial information in explaining how to code ocr and export the desire info into excel

[mild grove]

@clear lodge you there?

or @surreal bronze or @vestal carbon or @brazen eagle

Question for you, do you think that adding a logo to my home page would be too much, or no?

I think it would take away from the astetic

imo

[clear lodge]

no, adding your branding clearly is a good choice. Idk what your logo looks like

[mild grove]

I dont have one yet lmfao

I'm just saying lol

[clear lodge]

top left in the nav is a good / usual place

if you prefer to display it in a more subtle way

[mild grove]

So put it within the navbar to the right of "Contact?"

[clear lodge]

I would get rid of that border around nav and put your logo to the far left

[mild grove]

okay I getcha

Lets see what the site looks like without a border on the nav bar lol

[clear lodge]

usually my nav consists of: branding ( logo ) - nav links on desktop, or a hamburger that expands into a menu on small devices

[clear lodge]

see how most platforms do it

[mild grove]

Yeah

[clear lodge]

with some variation in exact placement but you get the idea

[mild grove]

Yeah logo to the left, nav to the right

New Zeland eh?

[clear lodge]

yep. Or branding - nav links in center - something else to the right ( a contact button for example )

[mild grove]

Zealand*

[clear lodge]

just have fun with the composition

well spotted haha

[mild grove]

I'm a ex-military gotta have them ⭐eyes⭐ lmfao

[clear lodge]

one thing you have to take into account is that your nav links will not all fit on a mobile screen

[mild grove]

So a hamburger

would be ideal

[clear lodge]

its gonna look funky if you dont implement a solution for that

for instance yes

[mild grove]

Okay

Now to create some branding lol

What are good dimentions for a logo?

[clear lodge]

if you want to use it in your nav, youre going to have limited space. So consider that

not too many details in your logo - it wont look good if your space is 50x50 pixels or whatever

[mild grove]

Okay

[clear lodge]

personally I think the razer logo looks terrible by itself , but even more so when its small like this

it this were my site, I would opt to not have this small logo in the nav but implement it somewhere bigger

nasa has a complex logo but see how they opted to implement it much larger. Works way better imo

[mild grove]

I get where youre going

[mild grove]

Working on updating the nav bar now, then when I'm done work. I'll probably start working on the Logo/Brand and see what it looks like

[clear lodge]

branding encompasses all of the websites "vibe" /design and how you present yourself / your services etc. Its a big and important thing to think about your strategy for this 🙂 the logo may be one of the last things to create, because if you're going to iterate through styles on your site, you might find the logo you make now wont fit well with any branding you decide on later. You could use a placeholder for the logo for now

[mild grove]

Hey, anyone understand nodejs, and react?

trying to run this, and it keeps giving me error messages

Note: This is all strictly from the nodejs library

[vestal carbon]

please read line 5 of the errors

[mild grove]

there is a file lol

[vestal carbon]

onedrive can probably be causing errors, can you try it outside of onedrive?

[mild grove]

Thats the thing, I cant seem to get to my desktop without running through OneDrive

(Installed via command line)

[lyric mirage]

Where do you use OneDrive?

Personal computer, or a school/college?

[mild grove]

Wait, I may have found the issue...

You see what I see?

[vestal carbon]

you're missing a folder

[mild grove]

mhmm

lmfao

[vestal carbon]

cd plaig

[mild grove]

yup

lmfao

I didn't even see that lol

Thanks for yalls help!

[brazen eagle]

Further proof that computers are stupid and could never take over the world

[clear lodge]

Jumping into react already 😅 good luck!

[rich pine]

Any idea how to make winPEAS listen to me and not output colors ?
I m trying to create my own parser for it since one provided in it's git repo doesn't work for one reason or another but dealing with color-encoding noise is nerve-wracking.

[lyric mirage]

Where are you using it?

Powershell?

# out foreground and background colour.

[onyx merlin]

winpeas.exe notcolor apparently?

[lyric mirage]

Or that

That seems easier.

[onyx merlin]

See if it works, I just did some googlin

[lyric mirage]

I was gonna suggest editing out the python colorama or termcolor

[onyx merlin]

It's Python?

[rich pine]

mate doesn't work I've tried it and forgot copying it over from another channel

.exe and .bat both output encoding noise with their respective nocolor enabled

[lyric mirage]

Isn't there a python script?

[rich pine]

hol up I might know what's fu- fricking with it however I doubt it's gonna work

[rich pine]

doesn't work how I would like it to and for some reason the json it outputs doesn't contain all the neccesary data

nope still doesn't work even when the env var is outta play

seems like there is a pattern to this beforementioned noise. I will just regex it and then process it how I wish.
However the fact that the notcolor option works this way is.......
it's meh
Also one other question. Any idea how supply two or more parameters to the suggested in-memory injection commands mentioned in the README.md?
I m rather asking somebody who's done it than "what ifs" I've already tried plethora ways and they didn't work.
Edit: yep sed is the way. Who needs tools to work as intended when you can fix them ;p
I'm most definitely NOT insulting winPEAS creator. Working or not, PEAS is one hell of useful software

[lilac holly]

I have an interesting question. lets say that I created a basic python C2 server and the machine that executes the payload which is a reverse TCP and connects to my C2. Now I want the client program to host a proxy server so on my local machine that is running the listener starts a local proxy server that I can for ex add to my proxychains.conf file so any traffic I use for proxychains gets proxied to the client and out from its side or internet if you will how will that be made in python the proxy part?

[mild grove]

Hey guys a few things. Firstly, I just recently bough a Flipper Zero ( Currently being shipped to my house ), I have also had a Raspberry Pi computer that I bought awhile back that is just sitting around in a box currently.

I was wondering if you guys could think of any projects I could start that includes these products. I understand that the Flipper Zero allows for scripts to be written and saved to the MicroSD card but what about the Raspberry Pi Computer? Anything I could use that for?

[surreal bronze]

https://github.com/awesome-selfhosted/awesome-selfhosted

[hexed mural]

one project i did with the raspberry pi was to make a website where i can control my LED strips. this also involved some minor electronics stuff tho. i then made multiple modes like color cycle, static, etc. was really fun cuz initially these LED strips could only be used with predefined colors on a shitty remote.
speaking of remote, cuz flipper has wifi capabilities you could make a script for it, to control the LEDs. then you dont need to open the website (or what ever you wanna do to control them)

i can search the tutorial that i used if you want (for the electronics setup and testing with PiGPIO).

[lilac holly]

alright so I'm in an instance of mysql. I'm running this set of commands: SELECT * FROM users WHERE username = 'admin'

This gives me what's in the screenshot. My question is, is there a way to go further into the database and into that admin. Or is this about as far as it goes? Like is 'admin' just a part of the table and not something that I can look into, the way I looked into 'users'?

and when I use SELECT * FROM admin I don't get anything, so I'm assuming that's what's going on

nvm I figured it out

something that was staring me in the face haha

[onyx merlin]

admin is the value of the field. users is the name of the table

[clear lodge]

any Tailwind users in here? I'd love to hear your experiences / opinions on Tailwind vs modular CSS / SMACCS

[brazen eagle]

Tailwind seems to be a way for people to use CSS without knowing CSS 😉

[clear lodge]

yeah that is my thought so far. Written by CSS haters, for CSS haters. I'm doing a project with it now because apparently clients love it? I'm trying really hard to stay open minded and see what all the fuss is about but I can't exactly see a real benefit yet... but according to their own words:

Now I know what you're thinking, "this is an atrocity, what a horrible mess!" and you're right, it's kind of ugly. In fact it's just about impossible to think this is a good idea the first time you see it — you have to actually try it.

they have successfully baited me into trying it at least

but maybe its just Now I know what you're thinking, "this is an atrocity, what a horrible mess!" and you're right, full stop 😂

but Ill do it some more. Maybe its just a 'change is scary and stupid' knee jerk response 🥲

[viral lagoon]

Well written

[wheat inlet]

hey guys

any one can help me?

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "---/server.py", line 5, in <module>
    conn.bind(ip, 666)
TypeError: socket.bind() takes exactly one argument (2 given)

i try to execult my server in python but...

[surreal bronze]

Have you researched the usage for bind()?

[wheat inlet]

i found the problem

i miss to put (())

[surreal bronze]

https://docs.python.org/3/library/socket.html?highlight=socket bind#socket.socket.bind

[wheat inlet]

tuple cast

[surreal bronze]

Yes, because thats the address format

[wheat inlet]

okok, thanks bro

[brazen eagle]

I mean it's a way to abstract and modularize the CSS, and it makes it very explicit what style an element will have. It's also useful for certain frameworks where CSS is a bit harder to include, like MDX and similar

[surreal bronze]

what if you have some JS that uses the classname 🤔

[chrome carbon]

I'm trying to get into it, I like that you easily can override presets, and I do kind of enjoy the @apply structure. But I'm so bad at visuals and structure so I'm a bad example 😁

But in the end, it's just CSS with extra steps, as always!

And I hate using "inline classes", would rather use actual inline style in that case...

[magic falcon]

IMO if this is the white paper abstract, you can stop there. Usually when someone leads with "hold on, this only sounds like hot garbage!" it's not a good sign

[chrome carbon]

I guess if you're really against learning css syntax and just want to style a simple website, it works well, since you can go "text-red-200" and get a pink text... But then you need to learn that syntax instead. And I think I'd prefer using CSS variables instead in most cases...

[clear lodge]

Ive heard some people say that but I dont really get that argument though. Im defenitely biased so maybe thats the problem, but I dont see how learning tailwinds 6838384848 classes ( and that color palette system....? ) is easier than learning what I feel are already very intuitive CSS properties.

Why is 'text-red-200' easier than 'color: actualcolor' 🤔

Ill say I guess I can see how TW is somewhat convenient when you have a nice collection of reusable components. But I still find myself constantly wanting to going back to classic implementations

[clear lodge]

@apply is just SCSS though, which is imo the supreme superior way to do styles :p haha

[clear lodge]

Some valid points. Maintaining consistency across a large project is easier to mess up though I think? We'll see

[clear lodge]

In what manner do you mean exactly?

[clear lodge]

its certainly explicit yeah........ 😂 ( poking fun, if anyone thinks they should have this amount of styles on a checkbox they are insane in the first place, no matter the stack )

[lilac holly]

is that real?

I think I just asked a dumb question, because that class. there's no way

Just restarted Javascript today. Excited. Planning on sticking with it for a good while this time around

[clear lodge]

these are a multitude of classes, you can definitely do it, I think it's real, but..

https://tenor.com/view/ian-malcolm-jurassic-park-preoccupied-gif-14303484

https://github.com/kkuchta/css-only-chat

someone also made this, so.. ya know 😂

oh lmao they use the same gif in the readme

[clear lodge]

glhf 😄

what are you planning to use? A particular framework you have in mind or just doing some vanilla?

[lilac holly]

Haha yea just vanilla for now. Just get my feet wet and understand the concepts of programming better. I figure it would also help with stuff like SSRF and other web hacking stuff

I'm using this lol

Nothing too fancy

Also I do like Web Development as a hobby, so

Bro what is that cover

[clear lodge]

I think its great to get a really good grasp on vanilla before using frameworks

a mistake to jump into a framework before that imho

how old is that book?

web moves fast, haha

[lilac holly]

You can say that again, I think I have a web development book back from 2016-17

[clear lodge]

heheh

I suppose a lot of the basic knowledge is transferable even if its maybe outdated. Some tags we don't really use anymore for example, but it doesn't matter too much to understand how HTML works

the DOM remains the DOM no matter what 😄

[lilac holly]

Lol it's from like 2011

I know quite a bit about HTML5 and CSS3 already, so it's really for the Javascript

[clear lodge]

oof thats p old though hahaha

[lilac holly]

And yea I don't think a lot of it is much different. A lot of the same semantics as now a days

Why did I think HTML5 was brand new

[magic falcon]

HTML5 is still HTML5 though. What changes is the dynamic page generation frameworks, not the underlying HTML. Learning HTML first is very bottom-up

[clear lodge]

yeah thats what I said 😉

[lilac holly]

I'm just now learning about the DOM. I've heard of it and never knew it was simply how objects are structured. So simple

It's fun

[magic falcon]

Underlying may be the wrong word - HTML5 is still being sent to the browser to render, the framework is usually kicking the HTML to the client based on templates, which can get horrifically (and stupidly) complicated (RE: ASP.NET 2.0)

[clear lodge]

especially when you get started with DOM manipulation in vanilla JS that will be useful Carlitoes

you encounter DOM manipulation a lot more in vanilla than when you use frameworks

[magic falcon]

Remember that DOM manipulation is typically done client side to alter presentation - it doesn't actually change anything on the server

[lilac holly]

Niiiice. Lots to learn. I'm ready

[brazen eagle]

My advice would be start with vanilla, and only introduce a framework once it starts getting too complex

[chrome carbon]

I agree, I started with frameworks way too early, and everything looked like magic (spoiler: it's really not)

[brazen eagle]

Yeah it's not magic, just upsetting levels of quackery

[magic falcon]

For beginngers to coding, I agree - once someone has some experience with STL or something like boost, IMO they are already mature enough to understand how to use a framework without everything going to shit

[brazen eagle]

I mean boost is mostly being integrated into the standard as well 😉

[magic falcon]

That's true. Can't wait for the Networking TS to finally be fully integrated

[lilac holly]

I've dabbled in Bootstrap but that's about it. I've always enjoyed the idea of creating my pages from scratch tho. But maybe I'll be interested in frameworks once I understand them more

[clear lodge]

You could try something like React and experience the difference in building a site / app vanilla vs react(ive). You dont have to do any manual DOM manipulation anymore which is nice but that can feel weird at first. You'll have to focus more on state, passing props around etc. Imo its a pretty different experience. If youre not used ( yet ) to creating reusable components it can be a little weird at first. You could try native web components ( is still vanilla ) before moving to React and co to bridge that a little bit without having to learn all framework specific shennanigans

Which are useful shennanigans* btw. But its a lot of extra you need to learn

[lilac holly]

Yea, see, I have an interest in learning all of that but it probably won't happen any time soon. Like I said, web dev is more of a hobby for me and the main reason I wanna become proficient in JS is to better understand programming concepts and to possibly give me an edge in web hacking

I don't plan on putting much more effort into web dev other than this book I'm studying about Javascript, since the main premise of the book is web development

So while I do enjoy web dev, I'm much more interested in knowing enough about it as a way to be able to break things haha

[clear lodge]

Yeah that makes sense 🙂

[signal igloo]

Hey ,
Is there anyone who has passed the scrum dev certification?

[true pumice]

Just ask? I'm sure someone can help:)

[signal igloo]

i ll pass it in exactly 3 days

and i m wondering what does it contain

[lilac holly]

def main():
    banner = '''

▒███████▒ ▒█████   ███▄ ▄███▓ ▄▄▄▄    ██▓▓█████ 
▒ ▒ ▒ ▄▀░▒██▒  ██▒▓██▒▀█▀ ██▒▓█████▄ ▓██▒▓█   ▀ 
░ ▒ ▄▀▒░ ▒██░  ██▒▓██    ▓██░▒██▒ ▄██▒██▒▒███   
  ▄▀▒   ░▒██   ██░▒██    ▒██ ▒██░█▀  ░██░▒▓█  ▄ 
▒███████▒░ ████▓▒░▒██▒   ░██▒░▓█  ▀█▓░██░░▒████▒
░▒▒ ▓░▒░▒░ ▒░▒░▒░ ░ ▒░   ░  ░░▒▓███▀▒░▓  ░░ ▒░ ░
░░▒ ▒ ░ ▒  ░ ▒ ▒░ ░  ░      ░▒░▒   ░  ▒ ░ ░ ░  ░
░ ░ ░ ░ ░░ ░ ░ ▒  ░      ░    ░    ░  ▒ ░   ░   
  ░ ░        ░ ░         ░    ░       ░     ░  ░
░                                  ░            

    '''
    print(Anime.Fade(
        text=banner,
        color=Colors.green_to_yellow,
        mode=1,
        interval=0.100,
        enter=True,
        hide_cursor=True
    ))

    time.sleep(10)



main()```

```md
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "c:\Users\Not7e\Desktop\main.py", line 104, in <module>
    main()
  File "c:\Users\Not7e\Desktop\main.py", line 34, in main
    print(Anime.Fade(
  File "C:\Users\Not7e\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python310\lib\site-packages\pystyle\__init__.py", line 561, in Fade
    Anime._anime(text, color, mode, interval)
  File "C:\Users\Not7e\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python310\lib\site-packages\pystyle\__init__.py", line 667, in _anime
    _stdout.write(mode(color, text))
TypeError: 'int' object is not callable```

How do I fix this

[earnest swallow]

Read the error and act accordingly

[lilac holly]

Ive tried

[lilac holly]

This thing is so confusing I did it like this b4 idk why it's not working now....

[earnest swallow]

You're probably sending an int as a parameter when you should send a function

[lilac holly]

Ive tried that

[true pumice]

@lilac holly Have you read what that function's option takes?

Firstly, you're converting an integer to an integer

Secondly, it says the object of "int" is not callable

Remove int(1) and just replace it with 1

[lilac holly]

Did all that still no

It say's mode take "any" idk what that means

[true pumice]

Can you send the module name?

And is it optional?

[quasi turtle]

properly debug your code see what it’s doing to determine roughly the issue, go to the line mentioned in the error or where you believe the issue may lie. probably the best thing to do as no one can see the module used

in detail

[vapid cipher]

Anyone know how I’d automate commands after getting a reverse shell?

[distant kindle]

if you are using python you could write something like that

and then use sock.send() to send commands

[distant kindle]

this would probably be one of the more simple methods

[true pumice]

Use a tool like pwnkit or metasploit

[old lodge]

how did you make that banner?

[lilac holly]

website

https://patorjk.com/software/taag/#p=display&f=Graffiti&t=Type Something

[novel tundra]

incredible tool, thanks

[wispy kestrel]

Gave +1 Rep to @hazy loom

[lilac holly]

W banner!!!

[lilac holly]

why can't I favourite this channel

[hasty moth]

Hey, maybe someone in here knows what might be up with this. Someone using a go tool i wrote reported they get the following error during a Get Request my tool makes:

tls: failed to verify certificate: x509: certificate signed by unknown authority

They also reported they use PopOS. Could some security feature (i imagine something like application containers or something) cause this issue? Golang should use the system cert store by default, so if they do not have any problems in the browser with the cert, in theory the application should also not have a problem.

[magic falcon]

This is usually caused by a self signed certificate. The browser may be using a different cert store for validation than your application is.

[hasty moth]

Could it also be an out of date cert store? They said it was PopOS 20.4 and i'm not familiar when/how debian/ubuntu based systems update their cert store.

i assumed some kind of proxy might have added some kind of self signed cert, too, but they said they do not have any proxy set up on their system.

[magic falcon]

That should still be supported. If you can determine which cert is failing that will help you troubleshoot as well.

If PopOS was using a reverse proxy, you'd just point your package manager to use that as a source, and it would auto-resolve to the correct load balanced server.

[gleaming ice]

Had a question about some coding. I am creating for the first time a discord bot that will track player inactivity and send one warning after so many days and then after another set of day a final warning and kick.

now when I test it in replit or visual studio i get this:

    check_inactivity.start()
  File "/home/runner/Discord-Activity-Bot/venv/lib/python3.10/site-packages/discord/ext/tasks/__init__.py", line 398, in start
    self._task = asyncio.create_task(self._loop(*args, **kwargs))
  File "/nix/store/hd4cc9rh83j291r5539hkf6qd8lgiikb-python3-3.10.8/lib/python3.10/asyncio/tasks.py", line 336, in create_task
    loop = events.get_running_loop()
RuntimeError: no running event loop```

Now i took a look at my code and the sub routine and the run code for the sub routine where both correct but yest this tells me that it was not

[hard sky]

Did you start the event loop before running your bot ? If yes, then personally I don't see from where the error can be comming

[gleaming ice]

yeah the event loop is on line 23 and the bot.run is on line 72

check_inactivity.start()
bot.run(TOKEN)```

This is line 70 though 72

and the intital loop is

async def check_inactivity():
    for guild in bot.guilds:
        inactive_days_1 = guild.get_member(guild.owner_id).activity_days_1
        inactive_days_2 = guild.get_member(guild.owner_id).activity_days_2```

[hard sky]

As last possibility from my view, maybe there is a problem in the import, but if it was the case, I think the error message would be different.. Can you show your import pls ?

[surreal bronze]

Full code please

[gleaming ice]

I have figured out the mess in my code. Because I am learning how to code bots there is one question that you all may be able to answer. How do i allow for user commands to run bot commands

code:

async def on_message(message): #establishes the messaging and time the code to the parameters set 
    if not message.author.bot:
        last_seen[message.author.id] = datetime.now()

    await bot.process_commands(message)


@bot.command()
@commands.has_permissions(administrator=True)
async def set_activity_days(ctx, inactive_days_1: int, inactive_days_2: int): #Commands to set the inactive day for the 1st and 2nd days 
    """Set the number of inactive days for warning and kick"""
    member = ctx.guild.get_member(ctx.guild.owner_id)
    member.activity_days_1 = inactive_days_1
    member.activity_days_2 = inactive_days_2
    await ctx.send("Activity days set successfully!")

@bot.command()
@commands.has_permissions(administrator=True)
async def set_extended_absence(ctx, member: discord.Member, extended_absence: bool):
    """Set the extended absence status for a member"""
    member.activity_extended_absence = extended_absence
    await ctx.send(f"Extended absence status for {member.display_name} updated successfully!")```

[surreal bronze]

How do i allow for user commands to run bot commands

Just remove the has_permissions wrapper

[gleaming ice]

okay, will do. Like I said I am completly new at this and learning as well as taking notes. but just to make sure the command to access inactive days and would be something like this "!inactive_days_1, inactive_days2, and extended_absence as the user bot commands to configure the code? like I said I am just learning and wanted some practice so forgive me for sounding like a complete newbie

[surreal bronze]

it would be !set_activity_days

[gleaming ice]

okay thank you I will try that

[fiery mauve]

Who knows Java programming?

[magic falcon]

You will get a better answer to your question if you just ask your question

[vapid cipher]

Trying to automate metasploit. I’m using a script that generates a resource file and runs msf with the resource file. However, im now stuck at the meterpreter session. How do I issue commands to the meterpreter as it doesn’t receive commands from the resource file?

[wraith tulip]

I am having trouble extracting substring from a string with delimiter using sed, below is the origional string format:
This is/a testing string/with bracket (and|vertical slash)/filename (100).extension
Below are the cmd i use to extract the last two items:
file_name=`echo $str | rev | cut -d '/' -f 1 | rev` last_folder=`echo $str | rev | cut -d '/' -f 2 | rev`
Below is the cmd I use to remove the file name from the string:
site=`echo $str | sed 's#'"\b$file_name\b"#""'#gi'` | sed 's#'"/"*'$##'
But when I try to use the same format to remove the /with bracket (and|vertical slash) part, it isn't removed.

[dense thistle]

i

[whole yacht]

seperate it in smaller steps to figure out what went wrong.

[ember ridge]

Me

[lilac holly]

thanks for the website

[wispy kestrel]

Gave +1 Rep to @hazy loom

[amber raven]

hey im learning python over the summer, and im trying to make this rock paper scissor game. but when input my option, nothing happens and the exit code is 0
`
import random

choices = ["rock", "paper", "scissors"]
computer = random.choices(choices)
seperator = ","
player = input("Rock, Paper or Scissors?: ")
if player not in choices:
player = input("Rock, Paper or Scissors?: ").lower()

if player == computer:
print("you chose: ",player)
print("computer chose: ",seperator.join(computer))
print("It's a draw!")
elif player == "rock":
if computer == "paper":
print("you chose: ", player)
print("computer chose: ", seperator.join(computer))
print("You lost!")
elif player == "paper":
if computer == "scissors":
print("you chose: ", player)
print("computer chose: ", seperator.join(computer))
print("You lost!")
elif player == "scissors":
if computer == "rock":
print("you chose: ", player)
print("computer chose: ", seperator.join(computer))
print("You lost!")

elif player == "rock":
if computer == "scissors":
print("you chose: ", player)
print("computer chose: ", seperator.join(computer))
print("You won!")
elif player == "paper":
if computer == "rock":
print("you chose: ", player)
print("computer chose: ", seperator.join(computer))
print("You won!")
elif player == "scissors":
if computer == "paper":
print("you chose: ", player)
print("computer chose: ", seperator.join(computer))
print("You won!")

`

[clear lodge]

I'm not a python dev so Im just guessing a bit here ( not too familiar with python ). I think you need random.choice(choices) perhaps instead of choices ( just reading the docs, that return a list whereas .choice() returns 1 element

also I think you're missing a .lower() in this top line:

player = input("Rock, Paper or Scissors?: ")
if player not in choices:
    player = input("Rock, Paper or Scissors?: ").lower()  

if you input Rock now, it would fail I think because the input isnt lowercased

but . I think thats a minor side issue for now

[brazen eagle]

also that the player can only make an invalid choice one 🙂

[clear lodge]

life is harsh

😉 whaha

[brazen eagle]

you have a lot of repeating code that can stand a refactoring

the prints for what you and the computer chose only need to be done once

you'll probably want to create a function to determine win/loss, then report the results of that

[amber raven]

ahh ty guyss

[amber raven]

thank u

[wispy kestrel]

Gave +1 Rep to @brazen eagle

[amber raven]

thank u

[true pumice]

https://youtube.com/shorts/xlTrDIHhnhs?feature=share

[surreal bronze]

sigh @magic falcon

[obtuse crown]

I have hints also

But don't know how to adjust these things

[magic falcon]

Do you really think that we wouldn't notice you just asked in a different channel? You were already told that we can't help you with class projects.

[obtuse crown]

Oh

Sure

I can't understand it

My bad

[magic falcon]

Then talk to your instructor

If you don't understand what you need to do for the project, the instructor is your best source of help.

[obtuse crown]

But he is not helping us

So that's why I asked you guys

[magic falcon]

In many schools, asking for help from the internet like this is considered cheating.

[obtuse crown]

Ahhh

Ok ok

Don't tell me

But I'm university student not school

[magic falcon]

University is a type of school.

[obtuse crown]

Sure

[magic falcon]

I would advise you to stop asking here, and go ask the instructor.

[obtuse crown]

I also said sure

So why are you arguing with me

[surreal bronze]

https://discordapp.com/channels/521382216299839518/707992725646999553/1118582985235644478
I guess finding an efficient algorithm would be based on what you consider "efficient", so the most optimal is the most efficient one right? Because there can be nothing better, so whatever you compare it to will be less efficent then it

[obtuse crown]

I also said it's my bad I can't understand this

[magic falcon]

N^N is never considered reasonable, in terms of time cost

and, it's a reference to the verification of the solution. So, a hamiltonian graph problem may have an optimal solution that was found quickly by chance. But verification of the solution requires a complete state space exploration

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NP-completeness#NP-complete_problems

[surreal bronze]

interesting, say you found an algorithm for it - can you ever actully prove that it is the most optimal without knowing if a more optimal algorithm exist?

and how can we know for sure if a more optimal algorithm exists

[magic falcon]

it depends on how you can categorize the problem

is it reducable to another known problem type? What is the asymptotic analysis of the algorithm?

As a comparison, you can look at the naive matrix multiplication problem compared to strassen's algorithm

[surreal bronze]

If you had a problem that you could decompose into 2 smaller problems, and one of thoes problems was another known type with O(N^2) - then am I right in saying the overall problem could not be more efficent than O(N^2)

[magic falcon]

yes, worst case scenario - what's the time spent in each algorithm? what's the dominating part ofo the overall implementation? that will determine big-O

[lilac holly]

hi

[old lodge]

how can I program a tool that finds subdomains using python

[royal bay]

Regex

[cursive orchid]

well first, what different ways of discovering subdomains are there?

[inland hazel]

checking sitemap
active scanning

[prisma prairie]

Does anybody give advice for improving Python from beginner to the next level?

[brazen eagle]

Practice, practice, and practice more

Also learn to write unit tests

[hard sky]

You can begin with little exercice like find a word in a table etc... and then do project (create a calculator with interface, create a file modificater etc...), You can ask ChatGPT to give you exercice/project of different level and then ask him to explain/show solution.

[glass tree]

Which programming language should I start with to start ethical hacking journey?

Is programming languages are most used and why?

Can anyone pls help me?

[hard sky]

Personally I think Python,Javascript and C/C++ is good; python for made/undesrtand some scipt, JS cause lot of web page are made with it, and C/++ to understand low level programming, understand how memory is managed etc...

[raw bay]

for quick results python, when you want to dig deeper, id go for c and asm

[magic falcon]

IMO, if you are just beginning what language you start with doesn't really matter. Being a good programmer isn't really required to learn ethical hacking. What I would reocmmend is to learn networking first and branch out.

Unless you are already in a BS degree program, then it's a matter of supplementing your formal coursework with personal learning projects.

[true pumice]

https://www.upguard.com/blog/does-cybersecurity-require-coding

[glass tree]

Thanks

[wispy kestrel]

Gave +1 Rep to @magic falcon

[glass tree]

I get it......

[true pumice]

Hm?

[glass tree]

Then should I start learning networking as a beginner?

[glass tree]

I red the article and I understood

[magic falcon]

There are a few different paths to learning security. Depending on what you want to do and where you want to go, networking is one of the most broadly applicable domains.

[glass tree]

Then do you recommend having a besic knowledge of networking?

[surreal bronze]

I personally would

[royal bay]

Cisco 🙌

[inland hazel]

does coding require programming?? /joke

[surreal bronze]

yay it worked

[old lodge]

what’s that?

[surreal bronze]

Testing indivual parts of source code

[brazen eagle]

sounds like a question you can look up for yourself I think 🙂

[inland hazel]

we do a little test driven development

[glass tree]

Is Html or Css strictly needed for Ethical hacking or pentesting??

Or just basic knowledge of it can be inportant?

[wraith latch]

Knowledge of scripting languages can be helpful but any over the other isn't strictly needed. The examples you mentioned are used for webpage/webapps and might not be so relevant when your target doesn't use any of those.

[glass tree]

Thnx

[lilac holly]

Is there a way to just completely disable my lockscreen? So that when I boot the computer up it wont ask for a password/pin itll just start. For windows 10 / 11

I tried through the registry

[clear lodge]

kinda unrelated but the github homepage is kinda cool. I accidentally landed on it, one of those sites you use all the time but never seen the homepage 😂

the dsign is fancy but all the animations are a little annoying though

looks spiffy, little annoying to use

[wraith latch]

Not a programming question but a google search turned up this for me: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/go-passwordless-on-your-device-5035693d-8f87-c5d5-d16c-b2f75d37bb37

[dense thistle]

hello!
can i achieve the same thing in python3 as in python2?

seems like the new print function removes non printable characters

[upper otter]

iirc set your strings to be bytes e.g. b"Hello world", and use sys

import sys; 
sys.stdout.buffer.write(b"Hello world")

[junior jacinth]

Good day to you 👋🏽 this job is my passion.

[dense thistle]

wow! thanks!

[wispy kestrel]

Gave +1 Rep to @upper otter

[upper otter]

np

[royal bay]

Hi talented people, curious here. Iv written client and server side reverse shell in python today. Can i use this on tryhackme?

[wraith latch]

If it helps you to get a flag from a room that prompts you to do so, then you should be fine. If you mean to ask if you can use this on any machine you encounter on the THM network the no

Only those you have permission to "attack"

[royal bay]

yea just the current boxes, i dont want to get banned and thanks

[wispy kestrel]

Gave +1 Rep to @wraith latch

[magic falcon]

"alternative" paths within a room are still valid, AFAIK, the problem is created using these techniques against real world targets without legal protections

[royal bay]

nice one. i would only try this if its in the scope otherwise i dont think about it

[magic falcon]

you might not get the correct flag using an alternative path due to how tasks can be constructed on the VM, I don't think it would get you site banned for using one.

@true pumice @sly breach Can we get a ruling on using an alterative path on a room task?

[true pumice]

Complete the task how you want to.
As long as you get the correct answer and understand the theory, it's fine.

It is up to you how closely you follow a room, but if you constantly take alternative paths and ignore the room content, that's on you for not learning I'm afraid:(

It is important to note: the tryhackme rooms are not a playground for testing attacks that are not specified in the room you are completing. Please do not boot rooms to deploy malware, viruses, perform denial of service attacks or anything of the sort. This is against our terms.

[royal bay]

Ok ill take that advice, thanks.

[wispy kestrel]

Gave +1 Rep to @true pumice

[lilac holly]

W

[earnest swallow]

Why aren't you using an IDE?

[tardy spire]

why dont you use another IDE ( visual studio code ...)

[upper otter]

You probably have a syntax error in your code, idk what php syntax is. Besides that you should check mysqli_query’s return value

[surreal bronze]

Sorry we can't help you with school work, please ask your teacher - it's their job 🙂

[verbal forge]

idk they wont allow it

[verbal forge]

ah isee thanks for help

[wispy kestrel]

Gave +1 Rep to @upper otter

[verbal forge]

sokay

[tardy spire]

bro this server is made to help anyone

what do you mean

[magic falcon]

Please do not help with schoolwork or exams.

Do not ask for help with coursework or exams. Your first line of help with anything school related should be the instructor.

[magic falcon]

No, this server is made to support and engage with cybersecurity and specifically content on the THM labs. Asking for help with schoolwork is well beyond the scope of what this server is for.

[verbal forge]

ah isee sorry, btw i have fix that errors, bcz of typo

[tardy spire]

did you find a solution ?

[verbal forge]

yep

the problem is on $data1 while loop

[tardy spire]

nice

[granite lynx]

i am weak in programming part

should I focus on programming more?

[earnest swallow]

It's so you remember the syntax better and get used to work in non friendly environments, which is something necessary

[brazen eagle]

you should know scripting basics

[lilac holly]

Ok can you send free resources to study from it

[hollow sorrel]

Check pinned messages in this channel

[lilac holly]

WoW 😮
I should study all of this amount i am study in university basics of java and oop and data structure , is it enough?

[granite lynx]

its never enough

[hollow sorrel]

OOP, data structures, etc. are useful even outside of java. applicable to other programming languages

[tranquil flame]

You don't need to know all of it, research what the languages are used for and decide what to learn from there

[lilac holly]

yo guys!!!

i just made such a silly game!!

dont ya think?

theres the code to the game!

such a silly game

isnt it so cool!

[tranquil flame]

Russian roulette is a funny concept but please put a disclaimer for code that can be malicious

[lilac holly]

kk yeah lol

[magic falcon]

You sure you want to post some malicious code?

@lilac holly

[lilac holly]

💀 💀 💀
anyone with 2 braincells can look at that and see its malicious lmao

also btw juun,

[magic falcon]

There is some person out there who doesn't know anything, and WILL run it because they dont' know better.

[lilac holly]

rules say nothing abt malicious code 😉
lmao but abt malicious viruses

[magic falcon]

Rule 17.

[lilac holly]

not misleading whatsoever 💀 i literally said funni haha game so silly

its not like i sent it as executable

[magic falcon]

Definitionally, saying "haha its silly" is deceptive. Because it's not silly, it's a malicious snippet.

[lilac holly]

LMAo😭 😭 😭

[brazen eagle]

Also rule 10

[lilac holly]

also, no dumbass

lmao

rules say no malicious FILES or VIRUSES

i sent a piece of code that deletes kernel32 if you get a question wrong lmao
its so simple that a non coder could read it and see its bad.
also juun said someone could be dumb enough to copy and paste it and run it...
but you need a python IDE to do that.
and if you have that, YOU WOULD BE ABLE TO READ IT LMAOOOO

so no, it was not deceptive whatsoever.

[true pumice]

Alright chill out

[lilac holly]

just sayin🤷‍♂️

[true pumice]

Did someone spike your cheerios with sugar or something

[lilac holly]

yes...

im on a shugar high😩

[magic falcon]

Last warning, stop trolling.

[true pumice]

I’ll amend the rules to include posting malicious code.

You would be surprised with how many people run files without actually checking

Even if they have the IDE’s installed haha, welcome to Cyber Security

[lilac holly]

yeah it would be diffewrent if it was a file

oop didnt mean to reply to him

it would be entirely diff if it was a file

[magic falcon]

It woudl be exactly the same if it was a file.

[true pumice]

It would be, but we also have to follow the terms of service written by Discord

Discord doesn’t allow the promotion or sharing of malicious code, following the terms of service stops our Discord from getting in trouble :)

[lilac holly]

oh yeah, I entirely get that.

[lilac holly]

it wouldnt... lol

also I haven't been trolling at all this entire time.
ive just been explaining that what i did was not against your rules.

all i did was share a silly piece of code which was basically computer russian roulette

[true pumice]

We appreciate it — I hope you can see it from our point of view, especially as you’re not the first person to send code like this here and say it wasn’t against the rules (which is why the rules exist*) 🙂

We would appreciate it if you could refrain from sending anything malicious, I’ll look to updating the rules later tonight

[lilac holly]

ye sure ofc

[true pumice]

Cool thanks I appreciate you for understanding 😎

[brazen eagle]

You're splitting hairs and trying to win a losing position on a technicality, but I'm going to stay out of this now, also, calling someone a dumbass does wonders for your argument.

[tranquil flame]

On another note, CS50 is a wonderful CS course free from Harvard. I'm taking it right now and would recommend it to everyone.

[brazen eagle]

Is that like cs100 for absolute beginners?

[tranquil flame]

It's aimed at beginners but the problem sets can be quite difficult even for non-beginners

[untold ferry]

when should I learn programming for hacking?

[soft ice]

Then send descriptions

[tranquil flame]

Sooner than later

[brazen eagle]

at least get some basic scripting down. you won't need full-fledged programs (yet, unless you want to be reverse engineering stuff)

[tranquil valley]

Do you think freecodecamp is a good starting point?

[wraith latch]

I know you didn't ask me, but feel I can add some input.

It all depends on what type of learner you are (you may find that you fit in multiple categories).
The 4 most predomenant learner types are:
Visual
Auditory
Read/Write
Kinaesthetic

I'll include a link to a resource I find explains these types the best https://web.wlu.ca/learning_resources/pdfs/Learning_Styles.pdf

Once you've identified what learner type(s) suite you best, you can then start looking around for learning resources that nurture that. I think we can all agree that THM suit kinaesthetic learners very well and that YouTube channels like John Hammond's suit Visual learners very well.

Lots of resources out there to teach us a thing or two about the subject we're interested in 🙂
The pinned messages contain some resources people have collated before

[tranquil valley]

Thanks for your explanations! @wraith latch

[wispy kestrel]

Gave +1 Rep to @wraith latch

[surreal bronze]

Hasn't it been proven that there is no such thing as a type of learner?

https://www.strath.ac.uk/humanities/schoolofeducation/blog/amiavisuallearner/#:~:text=And I am sure you,is considered an educational myth.

https://fee.org/articles/learning-styles-don-t-actually-exist-studies-show/

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=rhgwIhB58PA

[brazen eagle]

I still feel I learn better by doing

[surreal bronze]

Sure, you can still have a preference but there isn't an scientific evidence to backup the actull efficiency

But if it makes learning more enjoyable than definitely

[wraith latch]

I agree in saying there's no such thing as a "I'm a X learner", in practice you are more likely to fit a combination of styles but I'm no professor and don't have any resources I'm willing to look up right now to back up my claim XD

[brazen eagle]

well, there are some styles that I have trouble dealing with 🙂

[tranquil flame]

Went back to my old code for creating a pyramid and XD for (int j = 0; j < n + i - n + 1; j++)

[brazen eagle]

So i+1

[tranquil flame]

Exactly but instead of sitting down and figuring out what I was doing old me just experimented and brute forced it, then probably said "if it works it works".

[untold ferry]

Week 0 of CS50 feels so boring...

[daring oyster]

maybe i’m wrong, but wouldn’t that be an infinite loop?

[magic falcon]

unless some other code specifically changes the relationship of i to j, it will eventually exit

[daring oyster]

oh ur right, i saw j = 0 as i = 0

[forest delta]

Could somebody help me out with the installation and set up of the Streamify tool by Kit4py?

[feral tree]

hi guys ... is there anyone here that knows a bit about PHP

[clear lodge]

ask your question

[feral tree]

do u mind going into voice channel?

[clear lodge]

I wont. Im just letting you know that people are going to be more likely to help you if you just post your question 🙂

[magic falcon]

I don't have time to go into voice, but if you just ask your question you'll likely get more answers from the community than the 1 or 2 opinions from a voice chat

[feral tree]

ok but because i wanted to include some screenshots

[clear lodge]

you can post screenshots here

[feral tree]

in Natas game of ovethewire site in here

when u show up the source files u get this help

the question is what is the different between passing this path /etc/natas_webpass/natas8
first time: as an argument to page like this : http://natas7.natas.labs.overthewire.org/index.php?page=/etc/natas_webpass/natas8

[magic falcon]

THM has some rooms on PHP local file inclusion, maybe you could try those and see if they make sense to you

[feral tree]

and the second is passing it as a path http://natas7.natas.labs.overthewire.org/etc/natas_webpass/natas8

i know what is LFI but i am asking a pure php programming question

[magic falcon]

Your question is largely unrelated to PHP. It's a web request question.

How the server handles the request is what you're after, and I know i've seen very similar content in one of the CTF rooms

[feral tree]

ty so much

[brazen eagle]

Yeah it's a common theme

[paper lily]

/../../ should help 😉

[copper pelican]

console.log('I need some help')

[slim jasper]

I want to masters in DSA but i am still confused in resources
Anyone can give me a better roadmap.

[hallow silo]

Can anyone explain why --prompt=Bloodhound is not setting my venv prefix to Bloodhound?

I am know I am probably doing something silly, but I haven't figured out why it is not cooperating...

my pyvenv.cfg even has

include-system-site-packages = false
version = 3.11.4
prompt = 'Bloodhound'
executable = /usr/bin/python3.11
command = /usr/bin/python3 -m venv --prompt="Bloodhound" /home/purp/Tools/bloodhound/.venv```

Test my environment?

I got the same result. I don't think using the relative path or the absolute path is the issue

[hallow silo]

It works as expected.

[hallow silo]

😂 Well that doesn't fix the issue haha. I wonder if it might have something to do with the virual machine I am running it in.

[untold gate]

so

const firstarray = document.querySelector("firstarray")
let data = ["Joe", "Mama", "Ted", "Roosevelt"];
let list = document.querySelector("firstarray")
function newtext(){
for (i = 0; i <data.length; ++i) {
let li = document.createElement('li');
li.innerText = data[i];
list.appendChild(li)
}
}

is throwing an error

javastuff.js:9 Uncaught TypeError: Cannot read properties of null (reading 'appendChild')
at newtext (javastuff.js:9:10)
at HTMLButtonElemen

and idk whats going on or why it is

[tranquil flame]

Do you have a tag called "First array"?

[clear lodge]

a little hint, when you use querySelector and want to find a classname, you need to write the selector as a CSS selector

also please write codeblocks in backticks for readibility 😄

start at the beginning and confirm if you actually have the correct element selected

[untold gate]

gotcha, thanks! will start finding where i tagged the wrong element!

[clear lodge]

good luck 😄

have fun

[untold gate]

ill try, javascript has been increasing my appriciation of python by so much lol so simplistic

[clear lodge]

carefully go through your code line by line, you are querying and assigning the same list element twice. There are some more issues but step by step 🙂

javascript is the best btw 🔫 😉

[untold gate]

its been fun for sure lol

So yea that first line isnt even needed

[clear lodge]

yes. But when we query a DOM element and assign it to a var, we never use let in JS ( not literally never, to clarify ), so the const from your first line was correct

[untold gate]

oh

[clear lodge]

I get your line of thinking and why you chose let though. Hang on a sec, let me find some resources. JS is a little funny

[untold gate]

wait, were all uses of let in this incorrect? also adding some backtick notes to make it easier

[clear lodge]

not all of them

let someArray = ["foo","faa"]; is fine

https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Statements/const

here is some more in depth information about let vs const in JS but... also dont overwhelm yourself I think. Just have some fun and make stuff work, then refactor and improve later

[untold gate]

ok, so const arnt reassignable, and are set values. let is changeable value and is used in the body of the for loop

oh i see what i did wrong now

the variable im trying to change is an ul, idk why i am having the loop create an li when it just needs to change whats in the ul

oh god

[clear lodge]

hmm no thats fine, for every list item you need to create a li element and append it to the ul and set the innertext of the li*

[untold gate]

ohh

[clear lodge]

the problem here ( Uncaught TypeError: Cannot read properties of null (reading 'appendChild') ) is that its trying to append your li to an element but that (target)element doesn't exist.

[untold gate]

<ul id="firstarray"></ul> this is the target element 🤔 so would i appendChild("firstarray")?

[clear lodge]

The selector is not correct. Irs a very very small thing but will make all the difference 😉

answer in here, spoiler in case you want to figure it out yourself a little longer

|| if you use querySelector, select the element as a CSS selector. In this case you would need to use: document.querySelector("#firstarray"); --> so use #. Alternatively you can use document.getElementById("firstarray") where you dont need the # ||

[untold gate]

I wont look at that for 10 minutes, ill spend 10 minutes googling before i click it

if in 10 minutes its not solved ill check

[clear lodge]

yeah awesome ^^

[untold gate]

So, after a very quick google, i realized every example code i seen had a #, so i added that, and now two more even scarier errors have confronted me 🤣

[clear lodge]

haha

[untold gate]

Uncaught TypeError: document.getElementById(...) is not a function

Uncaught ReferenceError: Cannot access 'data' before initialization

after i tried a # i went back and checked and realized getElement looks nicer

but now it doesnt exist

[clear lodge]

it seems like you are using 2 different things mixed

either use;

document.getElementById("foo"); --->>>>>> NO #
document.querySelector("#some-id");

FWIW I would use getElementById since that is what you are doing. You are finding an element by its ID, so this is the most intuitive method ( in my opinion )

[untold gate]

Im convinced flask and js hate me. Fixed the error, refreshed. now it cant find the js file lmao what is this maddness

[18/Jul/2023 18:09:37] "GET /javastuff.js HTTP/1.1" 404 - It was just working 🤦‍♂️ ok lets try to change how it finds the javascript file then lol

skipped the flask run for now, just going to the straight static file until this bug is found

[clear lodge]

good idea

[untold gate]

so, const firstarray = document.getElementById("firstarray") is comming back saying its not a function

well that getElementByID is not a function

[clear lodge]

yeah that is a little odd

is there a typo somewhere?

maybe you are trying to query an element before the DOM is loaded

[untold gate]

That does seem to be a problem. becouse when the button is clicked it pops up Uncaught ReferenceError: Cannot access 'data' before initialization

[clear lodge]

right

[untold gate]

Im slowly developing a new found fear of javascript

[clear lodge]

its not hard to fix, just google js onload event and you'll find answers

[untold gate]

gotcha, will do!

[clear lodge]

you get used to it 😂

[north dagger]

Hi

[true pumice]

Hello

[tranquil flame]

I don't understand why this prints a pyramid with the base at the bottom: ```

#include <stdio.h>

void pyramid(int n);

int main (void)
{
int height = get_int("height:");
pyramid(height);
return 0;
}

void pyramid(int n)
{
if (n==0)
{
return;
}
pyramid(n-1);

for (int i=0; i<n;i++)
{
    printf("#");
}
printf("\n");

}```

Shouldn't the pyramid have it's base at the top then whittle down

[magic falcon]

Because recursion

[tranquil flame]

Right but the function gets called at pyramid(n-1) don't we get n-1 hashes printed first, then -1 and so on

[magic falcon]

Walk through it with pen and paper

[tranquil flame]

If we start with height 4, pyramid (4) > 3 > 2 > 1 until base case where we return nothing where the numbers are how many hashes they print

[magic falcon]

If you aren't going to take my advice and actually walk through it, my advice doesn't change

[tranquil flame]

pyramid n-1 ignores the for loop until it reaches base case?

[surreal bronze]

well you are correct, it prints the 1# first then a new line, then 2#

[magic falcon]

Trace the code path on paper, writing changes, outputs and function calls in the order they appear - your question will be self answering

[surreal bronze]

another way to look at it: you can't move onto the next line until the function has finished/returned something

[tranquil flame]

Ok so we get stuck in the n-1 loop until we reach n = 0 at which point the function quits without returning anything

[surreal bronze]

yes, and what called the function with n=0 ?

[magic falcon]

as a point of order, C/C++ functions that have a return type of void technically return 0.

[surreal bronze]

ah, never programmed in it

[tranquil flame]

I think the piece I was missing is after we hit n = 0, pyramid (1) still needs to be executed and so forth

[surreal bronze]

exactly 🙂

LIFO!

[weary quest]

Good

[cursive orchid]

how is this possible

using express in node

i cannot for the life of me figure out where this is being logged from

i got rid of all my middleware too so its none of that

[chrome carbon]

Impossible to say without seeing the code

[cursive orchid]

well i mean

i can't send the whole project lol

was just seeing if anyone had maybe encountered something like this before with express

[chrome carbon]

I haven't, but I know JavaScript well enough to know it behaves weirdly sometimes.
Is it only in the specified endpoint this happens, or is it every endpoint?

[cursive orchid]

it seems to be only this route

router.use(middleware.verifyJWT);

router.get('/', (req, res) => {
  const data = {
    test: 1,
  };

  return res.status(200).json(data);
});

so i guess i'll just go through that middleware line by line adding console.logs to see where it happens

only happens on non-200 error codes too

[chrome carbon]

I assume veryfyJWT is handling the errors then, in that case it makes sense it might log something from that middleware

[cursive orchid]

don'tsuppose you see anything on a quick glance? https://pastebin.com/y7B8BbwZ

oh wait, when i remove the return next(response) lines, and just make it return response it doesn't log that

i thought i could do this but maybe i misunderstood how express uses this middleware

[chrome carbon]

I honestly don't remember too much about middlewares at the moment, haven't worked with express in a long time

[surreal bronze]

@cursive orchid https://remysharp.com/2014/05/23/where-is-that-console-log

This of any use?

[cursive orchid]

not for this issue but that is interesting

[clear lodge]

https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/when-to-use-next-and-return-next-in-node-js/

maybe this helps in regards to that ( just for understanding what is happening )

[clear lodge]

just post your problem here?

[tranquil flame]

Quick question, in this output on line 1459 is that the actual implementation of the printf function in the stdio library? ==693277== ==693277== Conditional jump or move depends on uninitialised value(s) ==693277== at 0x48C24B8: __printf_buffer (vfprintf-process-arg.c:58) ==693277== by 0x48C2D90: __vfprintf_internal (vfprintf-internal.c:1459) ==693277== by 0x48B8BDA: printf (printf.c:33) ==693277== by 0x109168: main (in /home/kali/Documents/programming/cs50/garbage) ==693277==

and if it is, could I then by extension knowing where it is in memory modify the instructions at that location

[burnt glen]

dear C gods, suppose I have this code

int pid;
    
pid = fork();
if(pid == 0) {
    //child
    printf("child id: %d\n", getpid());
}
else if (pid > 0) {
    //parent
    printf("parent pid: %d", getpid());
    sleep(3);
    kill(pid, SIGTERM);
}

why does parent pid print after 3 seconds have passed?

[magic falcon]

IO is has its own buffer

writing to stdout doesn't necessarily flush the buffer and force the write

[burnt glen]

thank you

[wispy kestrel]

Gave +1 Rep to @magic falcon

[errant jasper]

Because terminal output is buffered and you don’t have \n in your second printf?

[stark thicket]

Hi,
So im tryna make a P2P chat app in the style of crypto (no centralised server). The plan is to have to bits of code talk to each other and once they have established communication they will send encrypted messages. the issue i am having in the first place is trying to get the 2 sets of code to talk across the web (im in aus and my friend is in america), the client can send requests out to the other client IP (in this case it acts as a server) but the server (ill call it a server from now on but it its the "other client" that is being connected to) cant get the requests (I assume this is due to the router not knowing where to send the traffic to there for dropping it). the plan is to make this simple to setup and not need either user to setup portforwarding to their device

[wraith latch]

I've not got any experience in making such an app, but would suggest you look at online resources. When I look for phrases such as "how to make a p2p chat app" I see lots of youtube videos and articles that go over this in detail.

Based on that I think you need to start with figuring out how to make a p2p network in whatever language you've chosen, then factor in how to encrypt/decrypt messages etc.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rc2sIPDrX_k

Can't vouch for the content here though, just wanted to give you an example ^^

[stark thicket]

thanks, that may be the answer

and also im doing it in python

[wraith latch]

I feel like you may need to use sockets? Not sure though sorry, just shooting in the dark here. Good luck though!

[stark thicket]

i am using sockets

the issue is when the person (say my friend) trys to connect to me, my router does not know where to send the traffic to therefore it cant connect. and i dont want to port forward, its supposed to be plug and play on networks you cant access the router on

[magic falcon]

"MQTT" is a technology you should look at

[stark thicket]

what does that mean, sorry fgor late reply, i fell asleep

[stark thicket]

im curious as to how i can use that possibly in my app

thats cool

now to work out how its used in python

[cursive orchid]

i've made a login system but i need to test (not pentest) it for errors etc. is there any framework for this typa thing?

[stark thicket]

flask, django iirc are 2 good ones

[sonic patrol]

hello

could someone help me how to run these file *just by relative path only

i using venv in python *currently the only way i can run just by calling full abspath

*because i dont want to mess up my code with others -> so i want to use the relative paths only. Thanks

[surreal bronze]

Sorry, you mean absolute path?

And just open a terminal in pycharm and make sure your in the same folder, then run it

But how exactly will it mess up the code with others

[thin lynx]

Honest & logical
what you guys do think?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cxySUFEn9Vg

[chrome carbon]

Have not seen the video, but the answer is no, it will not.

[wind abyss]

anyone here know how to use dirbuster in kali linux

I'm trying to use the command, "dirbuster&" to open it up while keeping the terminal usable, but dirbuster just blocks the entire terminal

nvm im a fkin idiot

(Just had to drag the window away and saw the terminal)

[burnt glen]

hello guys, I need help understanding IPC in C.
I have this code: https://pastebin.com/hamYxBuK
my understanding is that I should have TEST written on STDOUT of the main process. Apparently my understanding is wrong, since nothing is printed out. What do I not understand here?

update: system(command); returns 0

[cursive orchid]

lol i mean frameworks/checklists for chcking input, i've already built the api

[brazen eagle]

For which language ?

For python, there's pytest

For java there's junit, C# has xUnit

[cursive orchid]

it’s express in node. i’m aware of libraries for testing, i have jest setup. but i’m looking for things to check in a signup/verify/login

[brazen eagle]

Jest should be able to

have you looked at Playwright?

[cursive orchid]

e.g., signup with username already taken, signup with bad chars in username etc.

i have not, i’ll look into it

[brazen eagle]

yeah you want an integration test, or an end-to-end test

there's also Cypress

depends if you have a UI involved I guess

if you're purely on API testing, then Postman is capable as well

[weak lagoon]

Why can't it?

[tranquil flame]

Besides the great point he brought up in the video of AI right now not knowing how to implement things without direction, AI also lacks the human elements of creativity and problem solving that an I/O machine just can't provide (for now?)

[chrome carbon]

Extending on @tranquil flame's brilliant response, AI (or Machine Learning as it was called until about a year ago...) requires already known answers, it can be used to mix old answers into new ones, but it cannot verify if the answer is valid. It will never be able to without human input, because the AI don't know how it's "supposed" to work. Unless we write tests it understands.

AI will change the way we work, but it'll not be this huge impact everyone is talking about.

[solar palm]

It can't verify if the answer is valid -> That is only true for the LLM's that are the hype now, they are language models that bluff their way into thinking they are talking like a human. In general though, computers are very good at verifying if things are valid, computer-assisted proofs have been used for decades in mathematics and other sciences and are much more diligent/accurate than humans at proving formal things. So taking a more general approach to AI, there will almost certainly come a point where they can talk like LLM-based chatbots can now, while at the same time understanding the concepts they are talking about, that would be the point where AGI (Artificial General Intelligence) becomes as good as humans in reasoning. But rest assured, they will only be as good as us for a very brief moment. After that, they will be better at everything humans can do or will achieve 😉

People say humans have 'unique' properties like creativity and imagination etc, keep in mind those all arise from a network of interconnected neurons that aren't creative or imaginative by themselves, just like a neural network in a chip or in software isn't. But this might be getting a bit off topic for this channel.

[lilac holly]

Eventually i think it will

[lilac holly]

Is learning C++ necessary for starting to learn cyber security?

[lyric mirage]

not really.

[surreal bronze]

no.

[waxen ibex]

What are some necessary languages to learn for pentesting?
BASH, Python, and PowerShell seem like no-brainers, but I’ve spent less than a year in the tech industry, so I’m try to learn things that are useful

[brazen eagle]

Programming knowledge isn't strictly necessary, but it helps to understand how things work.

[tranquil flame]

battlesnakes is a cool one

[surreal bronze]

#programming message

[mighty holly]

Learn one in that case for now, which ever interests you. As a beginner it's important to be able to "read" code IMO.

Like follow along an exploit in exploit-db for example and understand what it does

[scarlet briar]

Is there a tryhackme-like site that teaches C? If not what's a good site to learn C?

[true pumice]

There’s a few websites that take a gamified approach, check out the pins

[magic falcon]

Best way to learn any programming language is to come up with small-ish projects that contain the concepts you want to learn

[waxen ibex]

I’ve also found books to be insanely worth the money. I purchased an O’Reilly book on Python, and so far it has proven excellent

[weak lagoon]

If you want something more interactive that is web based you could try codecademy or datacamp.

Both sites are very similar to try hack me with categorised lessons, learning paths for each language split into introduction | intermediate | advanced, and you get a certificate of completion at the end if you pay for a subscription.

[weak lagoon]

https://www.codecademy.com/learn/paths/c

[crude chasm]

Anyone have some good practices when it comes to cleaning up things with ansible?

For example, you installed some packages and scripts etc on an instance, but then you want to remove everything associated with that.

Do you reverse the previous tasks/roles ? or is there any other way of doing this without having to do this in a multiple-steps way.

Not quite "programming" but no devops channel seems to exist 🙂

[novel onyx]

@crude chasm nice Lt Cmdr Data image

[brazen eagle]

You'll probably have to create a cleanup task

[crude chasm]

Yea i guess thats the only proper way

[tulip patrol]

hello

[brazen eagle]

hi

[timber fable]

are there any cool ideas for a pentesting tool ?

[molten lynx]

I created a Discord as a C2 that you can look at, or try programming yourself. It’s on my GitHub if you want to check it out https://github.com/bucksnort2/PyC2ord

[lilac holly]

🙂

[surreal bronze]

nice!

[cursive orchid]

imo replace Type: <type id> with the named type

[lilac holly]

pardon?

[molten lynx]

So instead of (Type: 1) or (Type: 65), print the name of the type

[grizzled solstice]

someone can maybe help me to call a function from an address i got from GetProcAddress() and parameters of a specific type? for some reason when trying to call a function from dxgkrnl.sys it causes a BSOD with SYSTEM SERVICE EXCEPTION

[rich verge]

def handle_response(response, data_name):
    if response.status_code == 200:
        return response.json()
    print(f"Error in {data_name}:", response.status_code)
    print(response.text)
    return None

def search_by_number(api_key, query):
    url = f"https://api.companieshouse.gov.uk/company/{query}"
    response = session.get(url)
    return handle_response(response, "Company Info")

def search_by_name(api_key, query):
    url = f"https://api.companieshouse.gov.uk/search/companies?q={query}"
    response = session.get(url)
    data = handle_response(response, "Company Search")
    if data:
        if 'items' in data:
            return data['items'][0]
    return None```

menu = """
1. Search by Company Number
2. Search by Company Name
3. Exit
Enter your choice: """

api_key = "[REDACTED]"
headers = {'Authorization': 'Basic ' + api_key}

with requests.Session() as session:
    session.auth = (api_key, '')
    
    while True:
        choice = input(menu)
        
        if choice == '1':
            query = input("Enter Company Number: ")
            company_data = search_by_number(api_key, query)
            if company_data:
                extracted_company_data = {k: company_data.get(k, 'N/A') for k in ['company_name', 'company_number']}
                print("Company Information:", *[f"{k.replace('_', ' ').title()}: {v}" for k, v in extracted_company_data.items()], sep='\n')
        
        elif choice == '2':
            query = input("Enter Company Name: ")
            company_data = search_by_name(api_key, query)
            if company_data:
                print("Company Information:")
                print(f"Company Name: {company_data.get('title', 'N/A')}")
                print(f"Company Number: {company_data.get('company_number', 'N/A')}")
                
                if 'address' in company_data:
                    address = company_data['address']
                    print(f"Address: {address.get('premises', '')} {address.get('address_line_1', '')} {address.get('address_line_2', '')}")
                    print(f"City: {address.get('locality', 'N/A')}")
                    print(f"Postal Code: {address.get('postal_code', 'N/A')}")
            
        else:
            print("Invalid choice. Exiting.")
            break```

What I've been working on lately

[chrome carbon]

I made a webserver in PowerShell!
https://github.com/bempus/PowerShell-WebServer

[brazen eagle]

You may want to avoid menus and overly nested conditionals

[magic falcon]

Seconded. Also consider putting interactive code is a separate file, keep things clean with MVC design pattern

[brazen eagle]

Also yeah

[tardy spade]

Hey i need som help. I fry to do a iframe how covers the entire page. Can you help me?

[chrome carbon]

You mean contain the entire content of the iframe or cover the entire host window?

If you mean window you can do height:100vh and width: 100vw.

[tardy spade]

<iframe src="https://test.com/" height:100vh width:100vw></iframe> is this what you meantis this what you meant

[tardy spade]

i am doing it in a html script

i got it

<iframe src="https://test.com/" height="100%" width="100%"></iframe>

[clear lodge]

width="100vw" is the correct syntax

So add the = and quotes

If you wanna do it inline

[tardy spade]

ok thanks for the help and guidens

[clear lodge]

What are you building?

[brazen eagle]

I don't know but it's giving me an idea for some cute obfuscation

[clear lodge]

yeh thats why I asked

oh I misread your comment

I'm curious what they are trying to do filling the full view with an iframe, is what I mean

[brazen eagle]

Oh yeah I know

[clear lodge]

it may or may not be a little suspicious :p

[brazen eagle]

Totally is

At least I know what I'd use it for and it's probably not very nice

[clear lodge]

100vh unskippable non mutable autoplay videos on landing 😄

crime against web users

[brazen eagle]

Yeah but behind the iframe

The best rickroll

[chrome carbon]

Could set the iframe to opacity:0, making the video visible, but not able to interact, instead clicking on some other website you cannot see!

[brazen eagle]

Yeah but that's less fun

[lilac holly]

can anyone add json format recording feature to this tool by opening a pull request?
the biggest thing to be aware of is that when -l is in live mode it scans every 5 seconds, and will save every device it finds to a file every time
https://github.com/HalilDeniz/NetProbe

[pastel crescent]

i wanna learn java script from three links you have given do i have to do all three or any one if so which one is best to learn frm

[pastel crescent]

no one can answer ?

[clear lodge]

It doesn't matter too much imo. Pick whatever free hello-world like tutorial on YT that you like. I think the main important thing is to actually write code and not to keep copying tutorials until infinity ( some people fall into this trap, its called tutorial hell ). Personally I like https://courses.webdevsimplified.com/, he has a YT channel as well. Just keep in mind that the main thing is for you to actually do projects 🙂 it doesn't matter if they aren't good at first. Just start making a simple site or some other fun thing!

If you have any JS or general html/css questions, you can always ask here. I love to help in this regard *to an extent 😉

[sturdy dock]

anyone doing DSA in JAVA ..?

[brazen eagle]

DSA or ECDSA?

Either way, don't reinvent the wheel and use a proper lib

I think bouncy castle is the de facto standard for Java

@clear lodge since you enjoy CSS shenanigans, I submit https://cohost.org/lunasorcery/post/2465593-testing-your-animati

Enjoy

[paper timber]

uhh, he probably meant "Data structures and algorithms" not the "Elliptic curve with Digital Signature Algorithm"

[brazen eagle]

That's also possible, DSA is also an encryption algo

[nimble warren]

There is a site which runs some scripts and provide data. I want to have the alert whenever the data is provided but the catch is the alert feature is for premium users. So i was thinking will it be possible to create alerts using python requests? Like making get/post requests and extracting the data from html. I tried poking around but the site ended up saying error in running the scripts. Any heads up about it?

[surreal bronze]

hmmm not sure I understand your query, would you mind giving an example?

[clear lodge]

ha thats cool

[brazen eagle]

Sounds like they want to scrape a site and ping them when an alert should sound

[brazen eagle]

Yeah but I don't want to see the code

[surreal bronze]

yeah, but an example would be very helpful

[tranquil flame]

Talking about CSS shenanigans: https://dev.to/thormeier/dont-try-this-at-home-css-as-the-backend-what-3oih

[clear lodge]

oh my god

[nimble warren]

|| https://chartink.com/screener/5ema-15min-bullish ||
This page have a run scan option and the data is provided at the page below

I want to request the page using python and get that data

[clear lodge]

we just gave you resources in general

[chrome carbon]

HTML as backend when?

[brazen eagle]

Hopefully never

[sharp rose]

Heya, I'm struggling to access a flask app I started inside a docker container. I started the app on 0.0.0.0:5000, I exposed said port in the Dockerfile and used docker run -p 5000:5000 IMAGE to run the container. Neither google nor chatgpt have proven helpful :/
Would appreciate any ideas :)

[magic falcon]

If you run netstat or ss on the host, can you see the open port?

[sharp rose]

found my mistake. Instead of running it with CMD ["flask",...] I should have just done CMD ["python", "server.py"]

[lilac holly]

finally i was able to post it, the tool has some minor issues, but it works just fine
https://github.com/HalilDeniz/ICMPWatch

[tight gull]

help ive been getting this error:
UnboundLocalError: cannot access local variable 'socket' where it is not associated with a value

and the code is:

import socket
import threading
import os

print("welcome to blah blah password manage!")
print("you are currently at the home page")

def ping():
    socket = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
    socket.connect((host, port)
    socket.send("ping".encode("utf-8"))
    s = socket.recv(1200).decode("utf-8")
    print(s)
    socket.close()

but when i check the code there isnt any problem, i even rewrote the whole ping function

[rapid pawn]

Again I'm very basic in python, but the way I see it you referring to socket but you never gave a value to socket before referring that's what I understand from the error msg

[solid ingot]

Just guessing, but it might be because you're naming the variable socket (same name as module)

Can't seem to see any other problem with the code

[tight gull]

there is no variables with the name socket thats code it self copypasted from my text editor

[solid ingot]

First line in the ping function

I may be wrong about it

Not on pc, so I can't test

[tight gull]

yeah, thats the first time its initiated and thats the line the error is calling

[tight gull]

that was what the error was referring to, thats why it was so confusing

[solid ingot]

I meant to try renaming it to something else

[tight gull]

alright

somehow... it worked

i dont understand why but it worked

[solid ingot]

The mysteries of programming

[tight gull]

[solid ingot]

@tight gull

I get the same error in this piece of code

I assume what the issue is, is that when you tried doing
socket = socket.socket..
It thought you were referring to the local socket variable (the one you just created) and not the module

[tight gull]

ohhh

since it was inside a function

[solid ingot]

Probably best to not name variables the same as global variables or modules to avoid issues like that

[tight gull]

yeah

[solid ingot]

I take that back
I get to use python on mobile for the first time since I've downloaded it

[tight gull]

been using the same program you used too, although switched to termux when i discovered it

[solid ingot]

I don't think I'll ever be in a situation where I'd need to use python from my phone but I guess it's nice to have

[tight gull]

especially for testing snippet of code before implementing it

[solid ingot]

I think you're meant to push it to production before testing

[clear lodge]

Refering to this, you could google 'reserved keywords python', im no py dev but in js there are reserved keywords and I reckon it will be the same in python too

That way you can learn about them for the future too 🙂

There is probably a list

[solid ingot]

https://www.w3schools.com/python/python_ref_keywords.asp

Just realised I've never used anonymous functions in python yet

Use them all the time in js/ts

[magic falcon]

use a linter

[magic falcon]

as a best practice, yeah. In actual practice, python totally allows it and which variable named the same thing gets used depending on scope..... so your results not following the best practice can be very unpredictable if you have complex code

[novel onyx]

reading the error message with a view of socket is like i 'm not associated with a value, i live independently

[dire mason]

Made this as a side project. I feel it could have some use. Feel free to contribute:
https://github.com/Aaron-Fuller/NetworkMonitorTool

[frosty bison]

shooting a blind shot here.

I'm modifying a dos music tracker (adlib tracker 2, git:jsf/at2) .
It's written in pascal, I once knew a dude named pascal.. and that's the end of my pascal history...

Anyone who can give me a clue on something to look for in the pascal source to figure out where the function I want to edit is in the source?

I'm looking to find a certain function in the source, and I simply don't have a clue what to look for.
the function is pretty much:

currentStepInPatternEditor = 1
If keyPressed is in keysThatAreNotes:
currentStepInPatternEditor += 1

Simply, when I insert a note, it advances one step inside the pattern editor.
Depending on how it looks I'll change this to toggle between 0-8 steps, or if it's too much of a bother I'll just set the step to 0.
Won't be using pascal once I'm done with setting this thing up how I want it since I mainly track on the 6581/8580 chips but have a few soundblaster tunes coming up and thought I would make my experience in the tracker as pleasant as possible.

Anyone who can give me a clue on something to look for in the pascal code to figure out where the function I want to edit is in the source?

[lilac holly]

Are there any other features?

[brazen eagle]

You do realize there are very few ethical uses for a denial of service script, and very many unethical ones. You were also previously warned to not promote your GitHub and related software in this channel.

[lilac holly]

So, do you think the hping3 tool is a denial of service tool?

[brazen eagle]

Yes.

It may have legitimate uses, but the primary one seems to be to set up a flood

[lilac holly]

I am constantly writing network tools and improving myself on this subject, and I always test the working features of the tools with hping3.

[brazen eagle]

Keep the DoS shit in the maldev channel then at the very least

[lilac holly]

and soon i will write a tool like hping3, maybe i will update this tool accordingly

[brazen eagle]

And at least add the proper disclaimers on your repo, because you will be held responsible for misuse of your tooling

[heavy rampart]

If anyone is interested in learning C# check this course on freecodecamp. It's a free course and you'll get a certificate from Microsoft on completion.

https://youtu.be/6GQAE7iLOhY

[alpine drift]

hi everyone, i'm trying to make a packet sniffer(like wireshark) in python for a school project, obviously a lot less complex, but I was wondering if anyone had any like tips or suggestions or anything for it. I've started making it a couple days ago so im not too far in either. Any help would be appreciated 😁

actually wait, it says this for complexity

[true pumice]

We don’t help with schoolwork here sorry

[novel onyx]

i saw that, good for sharing

[surreal bronze]

for line in file.readlines():
    print(line)
        
while line := file.readline():
    print(line)

are there any benefits to using the walrus operator over a simple for loop?

except to look fancy

okay so not in my example however,

# read chunks of 32 chars/bytes from the file until we reach EOF
    while chunk := file.read(32):

vs

for chunk in file.read(32)

where using := allows you to loop over the entire file in 32-byte chunks insteadf of looping over the first 32 bytes

[brazen eagle]

Interesting, thanks for the update

[cursive orchid]

that’s actually very useful

i forgot they added that

[magic falcon]

have you verified this behavior? file.read() doesn't seem to advance the file pointer on repeated calls..... and that seems to be a fundamental misuse of the walrus. := looks like its intended use is to store the result of an expression for later use so that the function call doesn't have to be repeated to access the data (common example is if (l := len(list)) < 10: print(l) instead of if len(list) < 10: print(len(list))

[surreal bronze]

> have you verified this behavior?
I have yes, you can try it for your self if you want - it does indeed advance the pointer and that code is the same as

while chunk:
  chunk = file.read(32)

the use of the walrus operator is to assign a value to a variable in the middle of an expression, like with that while loop

➜ cat test
aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
bbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbb
ccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccc
ddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddd
➜  cat juun.py 
with open('test') as file:
    while chunk := file.read(32):
        print(f'New chunk: {chunk}')
➜ python juun.py 
New chunk: aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

New chunk: bbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbb

New chunk: ccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccc

New chunk: ddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddd

➜  

[cosmic mason]

Wait, that‘s sick.

Cool stuff.

[magic falcon]

@icy bobcat

mylist = range().append(range())
result = [x for y in mylist: x = process(y)]

should be fairly close to what you want

[lilac holly]

i posted a month ago my dnswatch tool got 52 stars it's really a great feeling for me
https://github.com/HalilDeniz/DNSWatch

[gusty dock]

Are there any good places to learn programming? I'm more talking about places similar to THM, whereas they'd teach the basics, and give you exercises to work something towards, so you could develop on your own. Anyone knows any good ones?

[tepid glen]

Actually thm has the python for pentester I guess it's a advanced python that will help you make your own things

[gusty dock]

yeah I saw for beginners and then there's advanced course, but nothing in between, and not as big and as deep as THM itself is, just for programming

[tepid glen]

Think for python the médium level it would be those rooms like Django and stuff but don't know something deep as thm but for programming

Maybe udemy but you'll have to filter what is good and what is not

[gusty dock]

Ooh

[gusty dock]

Thx

[wispy kestrel]

Gave +1 Rep to @tepid glen

[short bronze]

I got a lot out of Automate The Boring Stuff With Python. It starts off with the basics but then it shows you how to use libraries to do image manipulation or filling out forms or webscraping. When I read it some years ago, it helped me get from a perpetual beginner to a medium level.

Before I read it, I felt like most tutorials were like "this is a variable, that is a for loop, OK great now go build the moon lander or something"

It helped me get past that "I have all the pieces but what do I do with them" stage

[gusty dock]

Oh, I see, thank you for your input!

You can automate the same things you can do in Python in bash and powershell, right?

[vapid cloak]

Anyone watch The Primeagen on YouTube?

That guy is legit ha

[vapid cloak]

I recently learned about https://frontendmasters.com/. It’s not just front end though. Unfortunately I don’t think it’s challenge-oriented but they do have good courses from what I can tell

[vapid cloak]

But basically, I think the best way to learn programming is to create a GitHub and actually just write code. But work on projects that interest you. Don’t just program things for the sake of programming them

And just Google and read help and examples from websites as you go

That’s my recommendation

There are websites like hackerrank and leet code, but I’m not really a fan because they generally focus on solving abstract problems. But you can learn stuff from those websites too

[magic falcon]

you learn the techniques of problem solving from the abstract problems

[clear lodge]

Doing projects like James said and a bit of leetcode here and there could help too. Leetcode is kind of different but you learn a different type of problem solving that is part of programming as a whole

[magic falcon]

having a project is super useful and good, but a lot of being a good programmer comes from being exposed to lots of different types of problems

[vapid cloak]

Yeah, I agree data structs and algos are important but only to the extent you can use them

[magic falcon]

which you may not ordinarily get making your dnd character creator webapp

not even DS&A..... that teaches how data is organized and how to build efficient algoritms. But problem solving itself is slightly different. It's the mental flexibiility of adapting things you know to things you don't yet know

[vapid cloak]

Ah I see what you’re saying juun

I agree

I guess I just prefer to get that mental flexibility by solving my own interesting problems and not just trying to calculate the value of pi for absolutely no reason

[clear lodge]

Hehe. I found leetcode very helpful in really being forced to learn ( JS in my case ) methods and their effects. Especially with array methods. It helps to intimitely learn the specifics of a language in my experience

If you dont have a CS background ( like myself ) its good to do so

But I do agree leetcode problems by themselves are kinda... like whatever often. I havent come across problems like that much in day to day work but it will help you improve overall

[vapid cloak]

Yeah, I never got into leetcode much, but I grinded out problems on hackerrank. I hated that stuff haha. Useful in the abstract but super boring for me

[clear lodge]

It can also help with job interviews. Just on a practical level

[vapid cloak]

Oh for sure

Sigh…. I am not looking forward to my next technical interview haha. I’m great at working problems but I just don’t feel like refreshing my memory on ds&a just to pass an interview but it is what it is ha

[clear lodge]

Haha yeah. Its not super fun but.. gotta do what you gotta do

[vapid cloak]

But that website I linked above has a great course on that stuff. I think it’s free so I’ll probably take it

[clear lodge]

Its also a little annoying that you dont know often what type of tech interview its gonna be

[vapid cloak]

Yeah like whiteboard or take home?

[clear lodge]

Sometimes they wanna drill you on like framework specific lifecycle hooks or design patterns, sometimes its takehome, sometimes they want you to solve a leetcode type issue

These are all quite different things ya know. You can prepare for one thing and then .. they ask about a totally different area

[vapid cloak]

Haha yeah

[clear lodge]

And then sometimes its just behavioural 🙃

[vapid cloak]

I think that’s why it’s important to just be super nice, honest, and laid back. If you know your stuff, it seems like those details could be discussed and explained out.

[clear lodge]

Yeah

As long as you can talk to a human you can turn the conversation

I had 1 interview where they made me do a proctored test before talking to me at all and my score just wasnt enough, because they asked about stuff that wasnt my area. Its fine I guess, just means the fit probably wasnt right anyway

[vapid cloak]

Holy smokes

That’s really dumb

[clear lodge]

Their loss tbh but.. I wasnt super excited about working for them after that anyway whaha

[vapid cloak]

Yeah, sounds like it worked out ha

I have very limited experience in terms of having worked only for a few small companies

So I haven’t gotten a taste of what you’re describing yet

[clear lodge]

Ive only ever worked at 1 company as a dev

But doing consultancy so still go through the interviewing process

[vapid cloak]

Ah, I see

[clear lodge]

Every time we need a new client I mean

Im going to divorce from my employer now though. Got a fantastic offer ( one of which I feel like I messsed up the tech interview badly but apparently not ) but my boss is being a total ass about it unfortunately

So either way its done

[vapid cloak]

That’s awesome, but sucks your boss is being a prick lol

[clear lodge]

Yep

[vapid cloak]

I had a similar disappointment with my management last time I was promoted. It’s complicated and we’ve settled our differences but man

[clear lodge]

That sucks ....

[vapid cloak]

Yeah, ha. It is what it is.

If anything I have even more job security now because they trust me even more

[clear lodge]

Did it drag on for long?

[vapid cloak]

About 6 months lol

[clear lodge]

Oh god

[vapid cloak]

Lmao

Yeah….

In office too so no hiding at home haha

[clear lodge]

😬😬

[vapid cloak]

They were probably worried that I was going to do something brash because the boss totally disrespected me. But I just played it cool the whole time

Lol

[clear lodge]

Smart

[vapid cloak]

Yeah. It’s never good to lose control or act out of pure emotion unless it’s positive

At least that’s how I do things

Generally lol

But it’s quite difficult when someone is literally gaslighting you, disrespecting you, and manipulating you all while paying you $30k under the market rate 🙂

[clear lodge]

Sounds very relatable

Hahaha

[vapid cloak]

Hahaha

Yeah, my uncle told me that when someone has no cards to play that’s when they get upset

Because they have no leverage

[clear lodge]

My boss is in the 'if I cant win, everyone else must lose' mode. Unfortunately I am in a very difficult spot right now and he... well he is a sociopath at the least so theres no 'reasoning' on a human level. I dont have the same type of business or legal knowledge so it will be a little tricky to navigate the coming few weeks. My visa is dependent on him so I cant like.. push too hard maybe? I dont know. We'll see what happens.

[vapid cloak]

Yikes

[clear lodge]

Im basically a hostage

Whaha

[vapid cloak]

Yeah, tread very carefully

[clear lodge]

Yeah I will

Live and learn

[vapid cloak]

Just be as nice and respectful as you can, but make sure you politely draw your line in the sand in case he tries to make it personal. Just know internally that you have dignity and just smile and nod to whatever he says. You don’t need to agree with it, but it will show him that you’re in control and you won’t operate on his level

That’s my advice anyway

[clear lodge]

Ty 😊

It will all be fine eventually and at the end there is freedom

[vapid cloak]

Yeah, for sure

Like when my boss said that I wasn’t a software engineer, after disagreeing with him the first time, he basically repeated the statement and I essentially just said, “ok.” Lol

It’s like whatever man lol

[clear lodge]

Lol

[vapid cloak]

Anyway, this is kinda depressing we should probably switch gears unless you want to stay on this ha

[clear lodge]

Programming is fun

[vapid cloak]

Lol

Yay

[clear lodge]

All I wanna do is just write code and work in a team

[vapid cloak]

Hahaha

[clear lodge]

🥳🥳

[vapid cloak]

Actually, hey, I think I’m going to get a workout in. It was really nice chatting dolphin. I’ll see you next time 🙂

[clear lodge]

Same 😄 enjoy the workout!

[vapid cloak]

Thanks, will do 🙂👍

[brazen eagle]

Also, document everything, emails and chats especially

Keep an archive in case things mysteriously disappear

[clear lodge]

definitely, thanks

[brazen eagle]

wife had a messy breakup with a previous employer, lawyers were all to happy to have the archived emails

[true pumice]

My college would do this.
My brother worked for the IT department, they would often get requests from HR to delete emails from people's inbox to avoid the college getting in trouble

[brazen eagle]

Probably illegal though, can be considered destruction of evidence

[magic falcon]

that's really difficult to prove, especially if there's no paper trail requesting the destruction

[brazen eagle]

This is true, hence why you should archive