How did you guys start learning about how computers work? To be honest, it sort of blows my mind a lot of you started when you were kiddos.
I get pretty lost in all the jargon/etc. I also pretty much don't get how hacking works.
>>60369467
I will create the blog. I guess my first experience with a computer was when I was 5 back in in 2004. My mother wanted me to learn english so she bought a pre-built hp computer with an intel pentium processor. Back in those days, doing grammatical exercises on the PC was quite innovative. Then I became 8 and for the next three years besides those I started using buying demo games. C&C Tiberium wars was one of them. Then at the age of 12 I wanted to dwell a little bit more with computers so I did some random 'projects' on Visual Basic 2010. Literally trash tier garbage. I remember calling my mom to show her an 'Operating System' I have made just by copy pasting some neato weato scripts like a script kiddy.
At the age of 15 I grasped upon my first programming language, Java. Yes Java fucking Java. Because murrr hurrr durr Minecraft and shit. Then I took a step back and realized that Java won't get me anywhere, so I started with python and algorithms, and now at the age of 18 I am trying to gain all of the good practices of C.
Thank you for reading my blog m8.
I was just a curious kid, nothing crazy
>>60369467
To be completely honest it all started because of minecraft. I wanted to set up a server and it didnt quite work. Had to troubleshoot a lot of shit and learned on the way.
>inb4 underage bait
it was actually back in 2012 when i was 19
Why?
>>60369378
muh shekels pay up, goyim
>>60369378
Not everything is free, Jamal
>>60369394>>60369416
Please give me a good alternative. Paypal is holding my cash.
>consider trying linux over this whole malware thing
>check out fedora
>this fucking diabetic ball of bacon grease is on the download page
haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah.
If your software is programmed by people who all look like Staceys and Chads, you just know you're in for a bad time.
I'd trust hambeasts and neckbeards to produce decent code.
>>60369341
>it just works
>unlike my heart after chugging heavy cream
>>60369341
Install Gentoo
I switched to Linux full time on all of my machines 2 days before this whole ransomware thing happened.
Actually laughing loudly right now.
Where were you when Windows died?
>>60369237
Bugbuntu is garbage too.
>>60369263
Ubuntu has been working great for me. I haven't used if for a long time however...
>>60369237
I'm on UBANTO too, too afraid to boot on windows lel especially considering I let malware live on it
anyone here ever use 23 and me? seems kinda cool and it's on sale right now ($20 off). still not sure if it's worth the price though.
>>60369216
It's only worth it, if you're mixed.
>>60369216
It's government's way of collecting your DNA so they can identify you easier in a crime. Avoid giving the good goy their money.
>>60369279
I have a DoD clearance so the government already has my finger prints, DNA, and pretty much any other identifying features so that's not really a factor for me.
Is there a reason why most web pages predominantly white backgrounds?
White background websites are more energy consuming and most importantly more tiring to look at.
>"Image displayed is primarily a function of the user's color settings and desktop graphics, as well as the color and size of open application windows; a given monitor requires more power to display a white (or light) screen than a black (or dark) screen."
http://enduse.lbl.gov/Info/LBNL-48581.pdf
>>60368979
Technically good designed web page woill not set bg, fg or font, but will use default style.
Blame the shitty web designers.
>>60368979
>White background websites are more energy consuming
lolno.
>and most importantly more tiring to look at.
kys for having shit eyes.
>windows for gaming
>a vm with linux on a windows host for anything else
Is it a good setup for not being cucked by windows too much?
>>60360629
you have to be 18 to be on this site
>>60368772
haven't had viruses since.. i don't know... 2008 i guess.
bump
Hi /g/,
I just ordered the XPS 13 i7 7560U instead of the Lenovo Thinkpad X1 Carbon.
Did I fuck up? Please tell me I didn't fuck up.
>>60368528
I don't understand /g/
>buys something
>asks if he/she fucked it up
What is the fucking point?
>>60368886
He didn't, he just wants advice before he buys it
>>60369008
>I just ordered
?
>fictional 1984's Ministry of Love
>their job is torturing political prisoners
>fictional 1984's Ministry of Peace
>their job is waging war
>fictional 1984's Ministry of Plenty
>their job is making sure people have no more than the bare minimum to survive
>fictional 1984's Ministry of Truth
>their job is rewriting history to match the government's agenda
>actual real life 2017's National Security Agency
>their job is undermining the security of as many computers as they can reach
CAN'T MAKE THIS UP!
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https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/ministry-of-justice
>>60368523
well anon, that was a clear an lucid point. Kudos to you!
>>60368523
The internet brought too much hedonism and people care less and less every year.
How will Apple justify using the same phone design 4 years in a row?
>>60368483
They dont need to. Normies will buy the newest model anyway. You could literally just replace the name and it would still sell.
>>60368483
why would they need to
people will still buy it
I'm seriously considering switching to iPhone for my next phone, right now I'm using Xiaomi Redmi Note 2 Prime but my battery life is fucking trash, also
>make a phone with removable battery
>no original genuine Xiaomi batteries, just cheap knockoffs that could very well explode any time, shit quality
thing is, buying 6S now or in a year for headphone jack support... it may go obsolete soon, and I tend to use my phones for 3-4 years
If you want to protect your Windows XP systems from WanaCry/WanaCrypt ransomware install the following patch from Microsoft.
http://download.windowsupdate.com/d/csa/csa/secu/2017/02/windowsxp-kb4012598-x86-custom-enu_eceb7d5023bbb23c0dc633e46b9c2f14fa6ee9dd.exe
For Windows 7/8/10 just run Windows Update, it was patched back in March.
More info here: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4012598/title
Link to Microsoft Update Catalog for KB4012598 (server maybe overloaded): http://www.catalog.update.microsoft.com/Search.aspx?q=KB4012598
VirusTotal analysis (just in case): https://www.virustotal.com/en/file/3530b7890c22096693fd473d8c6455b9992ac4aa400e1b8ce14d0049234c489d/analysis/
SHA256: 3530b7890c22096693fd473d8c6455b9992ac4aa400e1b8ce14d0049234c489d
MD5: 3AD11C9883051E5A5EEC5A000DC4C37C
>>60368429
I don't get it. How do vulnerabilities actually work? Ok, someone has one of their ports open, then what? Why external computer has full systemwide access / admin privileges?
>>60368429
Thanks man.
>>60368519
It uses some NSA leaked tools to basically run on the systems that aren't patched via scanning of ips, local networks.
The worm has been stopped at the moment, because a malware researcher registered a domain that WanaCry used, it was either a killswitch or a method to check if it was in a research environment.
What happened is that WanaCry checked a specific domain, if the domain didn't resolve WanaCry would spread and encrypt files, if it did resolve it would stop.
The assumption is that the creators wanted to delay researchers in fixing it, because their test environments would often resolve unregistered domains. But it was poorly implemented.
It could only be a matter of time before it starts again and affect all unpatched systems.
If your Windows is up to date, you should be okay. But very important to have offline backups as well, the worm can encrypt anything attached.
>before, some 2 cores 4 threads cpu for ultrabooks are i7
>now, a 4 cores 4 threads cpu is a i7
Why this is allowed and at least the IPC will be better? because I want my gayming!
http://www.userbenchmark.com/UserRun/2730950
http://www.userbenchmark.com/UserRun/3602772
https://videocardz.com/69457/specifications-of-intels-core-x-i9-and-i7-series-supposedly-leaked
>>60368141
>at least the IPC will be better?
Nope.
>>60368141
>because I want my gayming!
Better cling to those 4 cores like your life depends on it, then.
Also, those userbenchmarks results are basically bullshit, if you compare them to actually released CPUs and see how they should stand up.
>>60368141
Intels new 600W Prescott 2.0.
Intel, we are contributing to global warming, are you?
>>60368182
but in the two bench, only 1 of 8 DDR4 @ 2133 MHz slots was used. Probably engineer sample
Well, i see so many threads about how shitty is Windows security. Well whats about linux security? What tools are you using to protect your machine?
Me: ClamAv, RkHunter, installing only from repos
>>60368109
>using security tools
Are you new?
Clamav for scanning remote storage and email attachments for windows malware.
First time I hear about rkhunter, will check it out.
i run nothing as root, install only from known sources, block all ads, don't have flash.
> He doesn't use bunsenlabs linux
>using outdated software
At least use Ubuntu LTS.
>>60368045
Show package count.
>>60368045
Can you share the wallpaper?
im starting a software engineering internship at pic related in 2 days
what am I in for?
how do I secure a return offer?
>>60367966
you get to humiliate coffee boy moot and make him carry your luggage
>>60367966
buy one of those and wear it
>>60367966
>google op
>66
coincidence?
i don't think so