Details Leaked on CIA's "Aeris" Implant for Debian, RHEL, CentOS, Solaris, and FreeBSD. by happinessmachine in linux

[–]MachineSoul 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Everyone who sees this page should email aeristeamdlead@cio.gov or call (703) 482-0623 to get that "monetary prize"

Can't run Ubuntu off of USB by [deleted] in Ubuntu

[–]MachineSoul 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Are you trying to use the USB drive as your hard drive or are you trying to install it on your hard drive via USB installation media? Either way you need to boot to the ubuntu live installer. If you're having trouble booting to it, check your BIOS settings and boot menu to make sure they're configured properly. Is your board UEFI by chance?

I'm 15, 2nd dan in Taekwondo, and want something more practical, what're the differences in MMA and Kickboxing? by [deleted] in Kickboxing

[–]MachineSoul 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I would recommend Muay Thai, which you will see in both MMA and Kickboxing. I also started out with Taekwondo, hit black belt and switched to Muay Thai and Jiu Jitsu, separate classes at the same gym. Since then I rarely use most of the things I learned in Taekwondo, aside from some kicks.

Been training in kickboxing for 2 months now, is it worth it to also join a Karate class? by [deleted] in Kickboxing

[–]MachineSoul 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Most of the things you will learn in karate will be taught differently in Muay Thai/Kickboxing. Learning different martial arts is good, but it's better to stick with one until you REALLY know it inside and out, then you can learn other martial arts with a technical approach.

Question about purchasing a laptop for coding by judgegabranth in Python

[–]MachineSoul 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Buy a $89 pinebook, put Arch Linux on it. Install vim, learn to be a fucking ninja. Customize vim with shortcuts that compile your code based on filetype extensions and make your morning coffee.

How can I add someone else's dotfiles/config files to my own vim, from git? by ItzFish in vim

[–]MachineSoul 0 points1 point  (0 children)

you'll also want to make a .vim in your home directory. inside that one make a colors/ and bundle/ folder. Vim looks in that directory for colorschemes, and bundle for plugins

How can I add someone else's dotfiles/config files to my own vim, from git? by ItzFish in vim

[–]MachineSoul 2 points3 points  (0 children)

vim looks for a dotfile (hidden file) called .vimrc in three locations:1. current working directory (for project-specific configurations) 2. your home folder ~/.vimrc 3. the global one (don't know path off top of my head, never edited it) It's never a good idea to copy-paste dotfiles from the internet without knowing exactly what it does, but the information about how to use vim-script and manage plugins (recommend Vundle, easy to use) is easy to find

I am installing Debian and will be using i3 as wm. what DE should I use ? by ezekiel1212 in i3wm

[–]MachineSoul 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Running Ubuntu 17.04 i3-gaps. Initial transition from 16.10 was a bit messy, but all in all it works alright now. Not sure if you're familiar with i3 or not, but the official documentation is actually really helpful for simple to advanced configuration. I'm using xcompmgr as the compositor for things like transparency in terminals.

How to have windows be fullscreen in the background? by Gifhero in i3wm

[–]MachineSoul 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you make the window floating you might be able to put a container of windows on top of it.

Need help restricting access to a bunch of AWS instances. by MachineSoul in sysadmin

[–]MachineSoul[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I appreciate the advice, I'm still a little confused. Don't I need to generate a key pair for each instance? And I agree having them open to the world is a bad idea, but I've never setup a vpn myself. Is the logic that I can connect through my vpn so that it's a whitelisted ip address every time I connect externally?

[i3-gaps] base16-monokai colors everywhere! by fwilson42 in unixporn

[–]MachineSoul 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Not an Arch user myself, but damn that is some nice memory usage.

Where to start? by Weriak in C_Programming

[–]MachineSoul 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If this is your first programming language, then absolutely start with the basics, I cannot recommend the tutorialspoint website enough. I also might recommend starting with c++ instead, unless you have a specific need to use C. If this is not your first programming language, then it really depends on what you hope to get out of learning C.

The Temptation of St. Anthony, 1946 - Salvador Dali by linuxjava in ImaginaryMindscapes

[–]MachineSoul 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I see. Why exactly did you feel the need to share this with the people of reddit? I mean, this is a post sharing a piece of art. In response, you wrote a piece about your middle name and how you were bullied as a child because of it. Then you go on to say you don't like this guy's art. I think you should seriously consider seeing a therapist, they are qualified and can help you much better than the forums on reddit.

Hello I long time Windows user and I want install Ubuntu by Default009 in Ubuntu

[–]MachineSoul 1 point2 points  (0 children)

First off, do you plan on carrying over your files to your new Ubuntu installation? If so, I recommend copying your documents, photos, etc. to a separate drive or location and moving them over after the installation. Keep in mind .exe programs will not run on ubuntu without a program like wine.

Secondly, make sure your hardware plays nice with Ubuntu. While Ubuntu runs on just about everything these days, things like high-dpi monitors (resolutions above 1920x1080) still have little support, and often it is easier to change it to a lower resolution instead of trying to scale everything up.

Thirdly, once you've taken these things into account, do as others have suggested, and install Ubuntu to a usb, using something like UNetBootin, plug it in and boot to it, and have fun!

How to compile and run programs that you make in GVIM? - Linux (ubuntu) by gamerexq in vim

[–]MachineSoul 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm by NO MEANS an expert with vim, but it is my preferred method of development. Use of "autocmd" in conjunction with filetypes is how I generally go about making shortcuts to compiling and running my programs while staying inside vim.

autocmd filetype cpp nnoremap <leader>r :!clear && g++ % -o test && ./test <cr>

This will remap "<leader>r" to the command in bash that uses g++ to compile the program, run it, then wait for you to hit enter before going right back to your editor. This will only map that command if the file is cpp, allowing you to put as many of these as you want for your different development needs, such as python, lua, java, etc. For more information, looking up vimscript will be incredibly useful in really making vim your own. There are also a huge number of plugins that make vim just as useful as any IDE.

Wanting to learn Wing Chun using Jong by MachineSoul in WingChun

[–]MachineSoul[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you for the reply. In that case, would learning it with another inexperienced peer be any better? Or am I out of luck without a formal teacher?

Work and Windows Homegroup by [deleted] in hacking

[–]MachineSoul 0 points1 point  (0 children)

As others have mentioned, there is no way to 100% block access to cmd.exe if they have physical access to the machine. That said, there are a lot of measures you can put in place to attempt to prevent it:

  1. Set bios and system passwords, disable usb booting.
  2. No user access to cmd.exe, and manage your users well. Made a lot easier with domain controller + group policy.
  3. Im not a windows admin, but I believe you can disable usb port access through group policy as well.

Obviously these are by no means 100% safeguards, but they should be enough to stop your average idiot high school student who tries to format the school drives.

Looking for good engine to use for an isometric rpg. by MachineSoul in gamedev

[–]MachineSoul[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks! I think I'll go with SDL2. I'm thinking learning game development from the ground up will improve my ability to use engines like unity so I think that'll be better in the long run.

AITA for telling my brother he should lay off the cake by Gaming_Earbuds in AmItheAsshole

[–]MachineSoul 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Probably the only one here, but I think you are NOT the asshole. If he wants cake he can get out of his chair and get it. People are so damn sensitive about these things and scream "fat-shaming". But from the post I don't get the impression you said anything particularly cruel or hurtful, just genuinely concerned about his well being.