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Mats_cd03: it depends what it is you want
to learn
benkay: there's about a light year between hacking on
the kernel and using linux,
TestingUnoDosTre.
TestingUnoDosTre: thestringpuller, I was
thinking of doing
this edx course intro
to linux, do you
think
that challenge you posted would be more
timeworthy?
benkay: company's only been around for 8 months or so, so i consider
that good progress.
benkay: Mats_cd03: yeah. up
to 115 from 80 fall.
Mats_cd03: good, i hope youre doubling
the rate every hour
benkay: high end
technical consulting
to old farts with companies who'd rather lean on me and my boys
than run
their own shit
Mats_cd03: i was clean shaven and employable as an IT consultant/pen
tester once, now im self employed
benkay: man
the high hats on
that shit make my earballs wince
Mats_cd03: mostly i just listen
to
tchaikovsky and paul hindensmith
TestingUnoDosTre: Pretty lights also has a lot of stuff where
the lyrics are kind of morphed so you don't pay attention
to
them quite as much, but some if it's a little dubsteppy / up
tempo
dexX7: i'm not.
that's probably
the root problem :)
Mats_cd03: benkay: i dunno... instrumentals or electronic? i like
to listen
to
trance while coding
Mats_cd03: anyone here make a run at any of
the matasano crypto challenges?
benkay: Mats_cd03: can you hit me with something non-lyrics-y
to which i can read source and documentation?
dexX7: wow i hate bitcoin.. and linux. so i invested quite some
time
to figure out how
to dump a leveldb database over a shitty putty console only
to realize
that
the result wasn't what i was looking for <_<"
MisterE: yea I come
to like
this group
MisterE: I have a playlist I
tell each one I made just for
them
Mats_cd03: i like
to
think my
taste in music is accessible
benkay: implying some small difference in
tastes
that i only noticed when
the babe came by
to apply her
test.
benkay: this music you linked passes
the babe
test, ergo i must burn it with fire and expunge from my area.
benkay: this is
the babe
test of previous mention.
benkay: babe
test. babe likes it. only hemisarcastic.
benkay: "It was said
that
the boat could have been made as good as new by putting on a new steel bottom, but
that apparently Mr. Cochran preferred not
to do
that."
MisterE: US had a
terrible
time with it and
their new Aluminum hulled boats
benkay: Mats_cd03:
this means i must ban it from
the house.
benkay: Mats_cd03: Saint Motel passes
the babe
test.
benkay: it's even enjoyable for
the reader sometimes. other
times..."read recycled books!
they're easy
to write, and read good!"
benkay: authors have
this dirty habit of milking
their creative work for decades.
benkay: there were several books in
the Space Odessy series worth reading
too.
TestingUnoDosTre: one of
the antagonists is a corrupt operating system... can't get much better
than
that
benkay: you may get a kick out of LW
then. moderately more populated solar system; better understanding of biology etc.
TestingUnoDosTre: haha aright. I just got
through it and
thought it was absolutely spectacular
benkay: feeling kinda dated at
this point, but i haven't read it in at least a decade and you might not want
to
take a dependency on my notions of
things at
that age.
benkay: wait how did i get roped into doing
trilema support
benkay: if your client broke
the url, you'll get a random page.
MisterE: until its not heh. I'd rather be a cook in
the military
Mats_cd03: step 1) sit in a hot vehicle moving at 5kph waiting for a bomb
to explode
benkay: ;;google
trilema drug dealer
MisterE: For many it's either
that or selling crack on
the corner
MisterE: a soldier responsible for
tasks such as building and repairing roads and bridges, laying and clearing mines, etc.
Apocalyptic: <Mats_cd03> a sapper is a combat engineer <<
that's what google
told me
too
MisterE: right one of
their jobs is clearing mines
MisterE: who was like walking around SF carrying a sign
that read BUST ME in neon letters
MisterE: hit
that email once from home oops
MisterE: yep all it
takes is 1 mistake
MisterE: he's
the one who cooperated witht he feds
Mats_cd03: logged into a channel just like
this one by accident from home once
MisterE: yea you mess up once and all
the work you've done
to be anon is over
TestingUnoDosTre: I'm more into understanding how
to actually browse anonymously
benkay: they are in fact out
to get you.
TestingUnoDosTre: let's just say I don't even want anyone
to know I just went into a search engine and searched for bitcoin
TestingUnoDosTre: download
tor, sign up for anonymous email address,
then pay for vpn?
mircea_popescu: anonymous in what sense ? so
the sites can't serve you "tailored" adsense ?
MisterE: and get an anon email address also with
Tor
MisterE: without knowing what you want
to do hard
to advise
mircea_popescu: its not at all clear what are you
trying
to accomplish.
MisterE: hit any of
them with your real IP once and it's over why bother?
TestingUnoDosTre: do I have
to go create
the email address first,
then sign up for
the vpn?
TestingUnoDosTre: I feel like I'm in a chicken or
the egg scenario. I want
to sign up for a vpn, paying with bitcoin, and linking it
to an anonymous email address
benkay: dilutes
the attention paid
to any given pair.
TestingUnoDosTre: I'm wondering if I should generate another pair
that doesn't have
that info
benkay: you could probably buy btc off
the craig
too