The DMZ

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nobody

1:57 AM

@MechMK1 whoa, i cannot bring myself to believe there are only 15.

Is there some sort of filter in place?

Journeyman Geek

2:30 AM

@ThoriumBR I prefer exploding coffin bombs

more style

@ThoriumBR I do think they make metal coffins

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MechMK1

12:24 PM

@nobody Only 15 repositories. About 1k commits and 215k code results :D

I assume that even if you wanted to prevent people from "being racist" on GitHub, there'd be legitimate reasons why you'd include such words in your source code (e.g. a profanity filter)

ThoriumBR

12:39 PM

a profanity filter makes sense

A. Hersean

I'm not racist, I'm just unpropitiously disposed towards people of darker skin tones.

(That's false, by the way)

MechMK1

A. Hersean

There's always a way around.

MechMK1

Of course there is, and I'm not advocating that GitHub should be a bastion of freedom of speech, where anything goes

Just that there are good reasons why someone may have "potentially offensive language" in their source code

A. Hersean

Yeah, my point was mostly to make a joke.

MechMK1

12:43 PM

Ah sorry, i couldn't tell

Most people I talk to say the same thing unironically :D

A. Hersean

No profound statement or reflexion there.

MechMK1

I keep forgetting the DMZ is a normie place

God, everything is going downhill right now

OSWE is freaking me out

Journeyman Geek

Have you looked around? :D

Covid, climate change... we're all d00med

MechMK1

Okay, maybe not normie normie

Man, all I care about is getting OSWE so I can stop thinking I'm going to lose my job

A. Hersean

"normie" is such a strong word

MechMK1

12:44 PM

It reminds me of this comic

@A.Hersean Would you like me to refer to them as "people with cringe disposition"?

Journeyman Geek

I think a friend of me refered to me as square.

I assure you I am quite round

MechMK1

Because you weren't there that one time

twitter.com/_workchronicles/status/1365219840412192769?s=20

Basically this

Ever since I began learning for my OSWE back in august, I felt like I was going to fuck it up

ThoriumBR

hahaha

@MechMK1 no, you won't

MechMK1

Oh, I will, because I haven't even finished the learning material, and I haven't taken OSCP either, I have no idea what I am supposed to do and the laptop I am supposed to take the exam on hasn't arrived either

So I will likely buy a webcam and an SSD later, install Linux on there to take it on my gaming PC

ThoriumBR

the laptop not arriving is not your fault... and it's a blessing in disguise, as you have more time to prep up

MechMK1

12:50 PM

Nope - if it's not here tomorrow, I wasted my attempt

And have to buy another one, which isn't that bad...but anyways

Already had a panic attack earlier today, which is an extremely rare occurrence (last one was before my bachelor exam a couple of years ago)

Man I am freaking out

CEH was a birthday party compared to that

Journeyman Geek

uhm

Why not a VM ?

or is it something stupid like "IT MUST BE A PHYSICAL MACHINE?"

MechMK1

Yes

the proctoring software must be installed on the host

If they detect it's installed in a VM you fail immediately

Journeyman Geek

(also am I the only person who has a spare machine or 2 " in case" ?)

MechMK1

And given that it's basically spyware, I'll just install it all on a spare SSD, detach other physical drives from my machine and basically limit the spyware to that SSD

Which I can just cleanly wipe afterwards

Actually..

I could use my old server SSD for that

Journeyman Geek

Probably yes but just checking

MechMK1

12:53 PM

256 GB should be plenty for ubuntu desktop with VMware running on it

ThoriumBR

so you are covered...

MechMK1

It's just for a day after all

Well, I still need a webcam

Journeyman Geek

should be enough even for windows

MechMK1

And I can't leave the house in case the laptop comes

I'll call my mom and ask her to buy one for me

Journeyman Geek

AH! You are panicing productively.

ThoriumBR

12:54 PM

can't you call a shop around you and ask them to bring you one if you buy?

Journeyman Geek

@MechMK1 stupid idea? If you have a DSLR lying around... most of the newer ones now can act as a webcam with newer firmware and the right app....

MechMK1

Unfortunately not

Just called my mom

She said she'd bring me one

So, I will install ubuntu on my SSD now. Wish me luck, I will need it

I wish I was religious because right now would be an amazing time to pray

A. Hersean

You need luck to install ubuntu? I think you'll manage.

Good luck for your certification though.

ThoriumBR

if Meck is worried about installing Ubuntu, he is in the wrong field... I believe my 8 yo can install ubuntu without supervision...

Journeyman Geek

1:10 PM

meh

not veryone has the same skillsets

ThoriumBR

I find installing ubuntu easier than installing windows this days

it's basically choosing your language, accepting something, and hitting install

Journeyman Geek

assuming all the drivers work

Fire Quacker

Windows 10 requires trickery to install without setting up a MS account or security questions

Journeyman Geek

I still have systems that should be old enough to have good support, then I need to nomodeset the damned thing

@FireQuacker eh, Pro version or no network seems to do the trick

Fire Quacker

No network is the trick I use

MechMK1

1:15 PM

@FireQuacker Really? Worked like a charm for me

Just selected local account and done

I remember Windows 8.1 did that, and early builds of Windows 10 as well

ThoriumBR

I haven't seem a driver issue in linux in a while...

MechMK1

@ThoriumBR No no, I'm not worried about installing Ubuntu

I did that a couple of days ago

I install Ubuntu a couple of times a year :D

Fire Quacker

@MechMK1 Hm! Maybe it's changed. I haven't installed it in a while.

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CaffeineAddiction

3:25 PM

@MechMK1 so 1x is too many ... but all things considered 15 projects over all of github isnt terrible. I am guessing if you looked for sexist comments you would find more of those than racist comments simply based on githubs userbase

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nobody

4:28 PM

@ThoriumBR Exactly what sort of children do you have? When I was 8, I didn’t even know there was such a thing as the OS.

ThoriumBR

when I was 8, I didn't even knew what a computer was

it's because I work with computers all the time and there's more computers than people here

nobody

ThoriumBR

so they get exposed to computers all the time, and they see me working, so they figure out things easily

I don't think I ever saw a computer before I was 14

and I used one for the first time at 17

nobody

Well, I did have a computer at home since I was born, but I guess I just considered them fancy toys for playing games

ThoriumBR

and bought one at 18, it was an 486 DX4-100 with 256 color display and no sound, when everyone else had at least a Pentium with sound, CD, and at least 64k color display

my first cd drive was funny... a friend upgraded her computer and had an 8x cd drive and she gave me that drive. I needed the drives for the cd drive, and she got them to me, on a CD... so I had to install the drivers to be able to install the drivers...

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CaffeineAddiction

7:14 PM