The DMZ - 2019-11-11

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7:59 AM

Good morning, hackers and Hackresses! It's ya boy, DamnI'mSickAgainMK1

8:21 AM

@ConorMancone "I'm working on research" sounds very cutting edge, like "I'm writing a paper how poor certificate revocation support in modern browsers can lead to widespread vulnerabilities". The question is more like "Can you guys like give me Security 101 in like 10 minutes please? Kthxbai"

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A: Is Spyzie a scam that allows people to pull data from iCloud?

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Spam like this is just so depressing. I mean, do you really want to spy on your partner? What do you expect to find? Imagine your boyfriend or husband calls you and says "Hey I'm stuck at work, I'll probably be home an hour later", and your first reaction is to assume that he's lying to you. Is that a relationship that you even want to have?

I remember, one day my girlfriend spoke to her cousin, and she (the cousin) told my girlfriend about how no man can be trusted and how they're all cheaters, etc...

My girlfriend then proceeded to go through my PC, all my files, all my browsing history, and freaked the fuck out when she saw that I had opened a site with the title "Do you want to buy nudes?". The thing was, that title was actually a meme, where a woman was like "Ohh, I need me a rich man who takes care of my expenses!" and a guy replies with a list of open job applications in her area.

But just the fact alone that she went through my PC was such a breach of trust, I'm still not over it.

Journeyman Geek

8:39 AM

lol

@JourneymanGeek Sometimes it's best to laugh at the things you can't change

Journeyman Geek

@MechMK1 this is why I insist everyone has their own account.

So anyways, how're you doing?

Journeyman Geek

oh

@JourneymanGeek What do you mean by that?

Journeyman Geek

8:40 AM

just so much drama I can't talk about.

@MechMK1 I refuse to share or log into anyone elses account. So no one else logs into mine :D

@JourneymanGeek I didn't lock my PC when I left my home to go for a walk with my mother, because frankly, it never occurred to me that there was a need to do that

Journeyman Geek

@MechMK1 oh, the reason I do that is a bit silly

My dog gets upset if the computer starts doing things with no one around.

Understandable

Journeyman Geek

I've literally remotely logged into my home PC (with chrome remote desktop) and I get a call from my mom that the dog is freaking out ._.

Poor doggo :(

Journeyman Geek

8:42 AM

lol

He's wierdly safety obsessed ._.

What breed is it?

Journeyman Geek

Mutt ;p

When I started locking my PC after this incident, my girlfriend was like "Why are you locking your PC? You don't trust me anymore?". I didn't have the balls to tell her that I didn't, so I just said it's a habit from work

Journeyman Geek

We don't actually know what breed his dad is.

Well, it might be that there's some guard dog inside him then

When I was a kid, we used to have two bernese mountain dogs.

Their names were Charlie and Falco.

They only got 9 years old, both because of cancer. I still miss them so much.

Journeyman Geek

8:45 AM

No ladders, got really upset when our aircon install guy was outside on the ledge (its 25 floors up but they had appropriate safety gear

Ash is 14, his legs are a bit crap, vet says his kidneys are starting to go, but he's doing well otherwise.

Small breeds live longer though

I hope your dog will still live a long, happy life

Journeyman Geek

We will try out best to

@JourneymanGeek Mixed breeds tend to be a bit healthier too

Journeyman Geek

yup

But it depends on the kind of breed. Bernese Mountain Dogs are notorious for having prostate-related illnesses. Knee joints as well.

Journeyman Geek

8:46 AM

He did/does have most of the normal mini schnauzer issues

bad skin (we give him a suppliment that helps) and his teeth are starting to go too.

Also will drag you out for a walk till he can't walk no more. Then make you carry him home :D

Our dogs did that too. We went for a walk for 90-120 min, and once they saw the car they acted like they couldn't walk anymore.

Journeyman Geek

Well you can't pick up a Bernese.... ;p

You can! My dad once had to

Journeyman Geek

Not as easily lol

Ash is roughly the size of a large cat ;p

Because Charlie went across a small river with quite a heavy...

flow?

And once he was on the other side, he refused to come back.

My dad stepped into the ice-cold water, picked up Charlie and walked back with him

2 hours later…

10:22 AM

@J.J I found the king of bug bounties today:

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Q: What do i call this vulnerability Technically?

There is a site which hosts coding competitions for coding and placements. They issue certificates for winning the coding exam or at least get into the finale round. I did not participated in that competition but my friend did. He posted the certificate on LinkedIn with the links of it. I being...

session-management account-security bug-bounty

2 hours later…

12:31 PM

@MechMK1 Ouch, that sucks. From what I know about your gf (which isn't much), I'm guessing she has some confidence and self-esteem issues, so it doesn't surprise me that someone like her friend was able to talk her into being so paranoid

Not that it excuses her lack of trust. That hurts

Probably sucks the most for your girlfriend's friend (gff). I'm sure your gff has been cheated on more than once, but by the time you get to "all men are cheating scumbags" you've basically made it a self-fulfilling prophecy and you are never going to have a healthy relationship again...

@ConorMancone Actually, her cousin hasn't been cheated on as far as I know. She is 25 and has not yet been in a relationship, and I think that "All men are bastards anyways" is a way for her to deal with it better

Oh wow, that kinda surprises me.

From what I have heard, she really wants to be in a relationship, but struggles to find somebody. So it's understandable, in some way, to rationalize it as "I don't want it anyways"

(not a serious suggestion). I've got the perfect answer though!

I was just browsing the web and I saw this article about this amazing thing to protect your privacy called a VPN!

From what I can tell it fixes everything, and will protect you from both hackers, ISPs, governments, and snooping girlfriends!

futurism.com/sitelock-vpn-online-privacy

Oh golly, please do tell me all about it!

12:37 PM

I had no idea that a VPN was so important!

(was kinda hoping that link would expand like they often do...)

> To create this content, a non-editorial team worked with an affiliate partner. We may collect a small commission on items purchased through this page. This post does not necessarily reflect the views or the endorsement of the Futurism.com editorial staff.

It says that it is a logless VPN, and I've definitely never read stories about the government working with logless VPNs to catch hackers...

(I never liked futurism.com anyway)

Smells like a scamerino

On a lighter note, I have some more miniature pictures

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I know, they don't have heads yet, but I was sick and didn't want to stay up too late

So close to an army! You've got better self control than me. When I'm working on something I enjoy I have a hard time calling it a day and going to bed

I didn't start dating my (now) wife until I was 26 (married the next year). She was the first person I dated. I'm not really sure that making it to 25 without a relationship is reason to assume men are garbage (whoops, took it back to a darker note)

Well, my next step is my 850 point army, so I can play against my girlfriend

@ConorMancone I met my gf when I was 22. We've been in a long-distance relationship for 2 years, and march this year she moved in with me.

Though I have to admit, before I met her, I was convinced I would never be in a relationship anyways, so I didn't even bother

@ConorMancone My small army will contain a warboss, a "weirdboy", 29 regular boys (seen in the images) plus one "Boss" to lead them, one Scrapjet, one Deff Dread, 10 lootas and one Mek Gun.

Anonymous

1:15 PM

@MechMK1 "All men are bastards anyways" - all women want are bastards.

Anonymous

(If you don't get where that is from, I am deeply ashamed of you)

@J.J No, I don't get the reference. I assume it is a reference

Anonymous

IT Crowd...

Anonymous

sighs

Never watched that show

Anonymous

1:16 PM

.............

Anonymous

leaves

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Perhaps you need a crash course in taking hints. Here's your first lesson: We're not actually walking somewhere together; I'm trying to leave this conversation and you're following me.

Anonymous

IT Crowd joke is better.

Anonymous

Cannot believe you've never watched it.

Anonymous

Next you'll tell me you've never seen Big Bang Theory.

1:17 PM

Never even heard of that

(IT Crowd)

Anonymous

You've never heard of IT Crowd!?

Anonymous

WHAT IN THE WORLD AM I READING

BBT I've seen like a dozen times

I've seen TBBT, but I am really not a fan of it. In my opinion, it portrays "nerd-dom" completely wrong

Anonymous

^ Likewise.

Anonymous

1:18 PM

...

Anonymous

Mech

Journeyman Geek

@ConorMancone Dear god.

Anonymous

What is wrong with you. How can you not like BBT?

Journeyman Geek

Drop whatever you're doing this weekend and watch it.

Anonymous

Oh my, this chat needs to be lit on fire.

Anonymous

1:18 PM

What is happening!?

Journeyman Geek

@J.J I've never really managed to get into TBBT. either

Anonymous

Oh dear God.

Journeyman Geek

Its almost like some muggle's view of how nerds should behave.

Anonymous

I want to die.

It's basically devolved into just namedropping, and focussing on the few "popular" bits of nerd culture: Star Wars, Star Trek, AAA videogames, etc...

They treat all science as interchangable

Anonymous

1:19 PM

Yes maybe, but it's HILARIOUS.

Not...really

Anonymous

dies inside

The stereotypes are quite hurtful

Journeyman Geek

As the old joke goes...

Anonymous

Oh come on.

Journeyman Geek

1:19 PM

"Humour is relative. So's your mom"

Anonymous

Hurtful?

Anonymous

That's a little far to say it's hurtful. It's a TV show.

Not necessarily hurtful in the way that it's actively harmful

But it just keeps playing into the same old stereotype that nerds are completely socially inept, to the point of being borderline antisocial

My friend circle is 100% nerds. All of them. And we all have quite an active social life, also outside traditional "nerd-dom"

Anonymous

I think you need to re-evaluate that the only character in the show is totally antisocial is Sheldon.

Look at the earlier seasons

Anonymous

1:21 PM

And it's not because he's a nerd, it's because he's clearly very intelligent but very lacking in social skills for an unknown reason.

Where Leonard was portrayed basocally like that

@J.J Umm... no....

Anonymous

I don't agree that it's a total insult on nerd culture.

Anonymous

I think that's a ludicrous position.

The indian guy (I forgot his name) can't speak to women at all, and Howard is just disgusting

Anonymous

1:22 PM

In later seasons all of the characters are clearly a lot more social than they were.

You've got Raj who literally can't talk to women without alcohol, Howard who is a complete womanizer and has an unhealthy relationship with his mother, and Leonard who has no idea how to have a healthy relationship

Anonymous

Well firstly, Raj's character changes and develops.

Howard can be summed up as "hehe, sex!"

Anonymous

Secondly, Howard eventually leaves his mothers house and has a wife and a kid and that changes him totally.

Sure, there's some character growth, but I can absolutely understand why people might find the show insulting.

Anonymous

1:23 PM

I don't.

Anonymous

If you're offended by a TV show, you might want to grow up a little.

Anonymous

Being offended by comedy is utterly ridiculous.

To me, TBBT felt less like a show about nerds, and more like a show about how non-nerds imagine nerds to be like.

Anonymous

You're not 5 years old.

@J.J I'm not offended by it, I just dislike it.

Anonymous

1:23 PM

I was talking in general, not specifically calling you out for being offended.

I find that none of the show even remotely portrays how nerds actually are. They all act in the most stereotypical way possible.

To me, the show had potential, but after watching the first few seasons of it, I just grew tired of the same punchlines over and over.

Anonymous

Well, I think it's funny.

Anonymous

/shrug

"Oh look, it's another episode where Howard does something weird in order to get a woman to sleep with him."
"Oh look, it's another episode where Raj can't speak to women unless he is really drunk."

I'm not blaming you for liking it. I'm glad that you get enjoyment from it.

Sorry J.J., but people aren't allowed to hold different opinions. You're either going to have to agree with everyone else or forever leave in shame...

Anonymous

1:26 PM

You know, Raj was really only like that for 2-3 seasons.

Anonymous

So I really dislike that argument, but sure.

So how would you discribe his character in later seasons?

I think he made it all the way to season 7 or 8, because it didn't get fixed up until after Howard got back from space

The space thing, yes...

Oh my, that was panned out so long too, and the punchlines were always the same

Howard has a bad relationship with his wife and his mother, the others make fun of him, etc...

I think the funniest thing about TBBT I've ever seen was an edit where somebody replaced the laughing tracks with background noise, which gives off this vibe that everybody is always vaguely uncomfortable with everything anyone else says

Anonymous

Meh.

Anonymous

1:31 PM

I think it's silly to consider comedy hurtful.

Anonymous

I'm not a child, I can take jokes. And they are even more funny when they are jokes about a group I'm part of.

Anonymous

/shrug

The Big Bang Theory - No Laugh Track 1 (Avoiding the Shamy)

@J.J As I said, "hurtful" was probably the wrong word

Anonymous

If you don't like BBT you won't like IT Crowd.

Anonymous

Because like BBT, it makes jokes about nerd culture/IT support, etc.

Anonymous

1:33 PM

For example, they have a voicemail that plays when somebody rings the phone and the voicemail says "have you tried turning it off and on again?"

That's pretty funny though

I mean, look at this scene. Raj is objectively an asshole here, even to the point where it is lampshaded. Howard is acting quite creepy. The conversation between Leonard and Penny is the only thing that feels remotely natural.

Anonymous

Yes but they also make fun of Moss for being middle-aged and totally lonely.

Anonymous

They make fun of Roy because he is hopeless at dating

I've worked in IT support for a while, and I have my fair share of tales to tel

Anonymous

It is an English version of BBT.

Anonymous

1:34 PM

Two nerds who constantly get teased about it.

Anonymous

I need 2 more first post reviews for my second gold badge.

Anonymous

I'm not sure why I care for a second gold badge, I don't really use this site anymore.

Because of this: existentialcomics.com/comic/29

lol, yes, SO knew how to properly take advantage of human nature

I'm not immune to such things either...

I bet if my employer would gamify the reports I had to write I wouldn't take 3 fucking years to finish my report

Oh God I'm still on page 2 of 40 and I should have been done last friday WHY AM I STILL SHITPOSTING IN THE DMZ!?!?!?!?

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^ This is how I feel everytime I answer a question

1:53 PM

It's hard to gamify report-writing but gamifying things is the smart way to do it. If my employer cared I would gamify security training for employees.

Just put in lootboxes or some shit

Every day you use your password manager, you get a lootbox.

3 hours later…

4:47 PM

Wow, report is still not done. Time to go home and work after-hours

> Achievement unlocked: Happy Hour

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