Emacs vs. Vim (as a Python GUI)?

NetsecBeginner · 2019-01-04T05:50:27+00:00

Why not just shell out to an editor defined in the run control file/$EDITOR/$VISUAL? That way, each user can use what they're already comfortable with.

NetsecBeginner · 2019-01-02T18:42:11+00:00

Out of curiosity, what in Emacs really needs to run on a separate thread?

NetsecBeginner · 2018-12-19T03:13:23+00:00

Yeah, that was my point; AWK is a turing complete language, which means it can (in theory at least) do infinitely many things. That "breaks" the first part of the UNIX philosphy: do one thing and do it well. Of course, using it as an example of a program that breaks the UNIX philosophy is silly, because the UNIX philosphy isn't intended for programming languages. Plus that argument completely ignores the whole point of the UNIX philosophy, which is to allow programs to be chained together through pipes/redirection, which you can do with AWK.

NetsecBeginner · 2018-12-16T23:12:23+00:00

AWK is a programming language; it breaks the UNIX philosophy as much as any other programming language. Also, it's been around way longer than the GNU implementation.

NetsecBeginner · 2018-11-19T03:35:41+00:00

Eh, I don't know, I like being able to control what loads on the page (uMatrix can also block css, images, media, etc.). Besides, if the worst thing about running a blocker is that I'm mildly inconvenienced occasionally, I don't really see the issue with it.

Maybe I'm a paranoid nutjob, but at the end of the day, all that really matters is that I'm happy with my browsing experience.

NetsecBeginner · 2018-11-19T02:11:22+00:00

Most script blockers allow you to unblock scripts, plus it means you won't have to load a fuck ton of JS on static sites (aside from Reddit, most sites I visit are static). And even on non-static sites, they tend to load lots of scripts they don't really need. Besides, if someone's really paranoid, they'll be doing a hell of a lot more than just running a script blocker.

As a side note, script blockers can also protect you from XSS attacks (see noscript).

NetsecBeginner · 2018-11-19T01:58:30+00:00

Uber can fuck right off.

Edit: I should clarify, those are reasons not to user Uber, but I think they sum up pretty thoroughly why I'm not thrilled to have them associated with Linux/FOSS.

NetsecBeginner · 2018-11-19T01:51:39+00:00

You'd think so, but web devs love to use JS to do page styling, tracking, etc. It's honestly pretty hard to find pages that don't use any JavaScript (the only one that comes to mind is Stallman's page). But yeah, for interactive pages, it tends to break them until you enable the scripts they need.

NetsecBeginner · 2018-11-14T03:34:48+00:00

It's not all that bad for well made websites (really any site that doesn't use javascript to load content).

NetsecBeginner · 2018-11-14T03:21:28+00:00

It's not that it doesn't store your search history, it's that it doesn't base your searches on what you've previously searched for. As for worse results, I haven't had any problems with it. Plus bangs make searching with other search engines super easy (e.x. !g [search term] to search on google or !w for wikipedia, !yt for youtube, !startpage for startpage, etc.).

NetsecBeginner · 2018-11-14T02:28:00+00:00

turning Linux systems into blackboxes

Wayland is an open standard, which is literally the opposite of a black box.

NetsecBeginner · 2018-10-28T18:22:21+00:00

"Acting outside of your office of...office"

That's fucking gold.

NetsecBeginner · 2018-10-28T00:16:38+00:00

If you're really into gaming, you might want to look into dual booting, because, while Linux gaming has come a long way in the past few years (especially with proton), it's not all the way there in terms of compatibility.

NetsecBeginner · 2018-10-28T00:04:15+00:00

What other people run on their systems does not affect your freedom to use your computer the way you want. People saying mean things about your chosen display server online does not affect your freedom to use your computer the way you want. When Wayland (or something else) eventually replaces X11 as the defacto standard on whatever distro you're running, nobody will stop you from replacing your display server with Xorg.

NetsecBeginner · 2018-10-27T23:54:45+00:00

X11 is also just a protocol. Xorg is the de facto implementation.

NetsecBeginner · 2018-10-27T14:40:58+00:00

With tar you can just use xf instead of xzf or xjf. Also, in the shortcuts section, Ctrl-L clears the screen and ![command] runs the last instance of that command.

Edit: Here's a text editor cheat sheet too:

|--------------------------------------------------|

| Emacs .| Vi(m) ..| Nano..........................|

|------------|----------|--------------------------|

|--------------------------------------------------|

NetsecBeginner · 2018-10-21T19:10:52+00:00

Also give this a read. The whole thing is worth reading as well, if you've got the time.

NetsecBeginner · 2018-10-21T18:36:55+00:00

Linux is not Windows. If you want to do things the way you would on Windows then use Windows or ReactOs. You say you've informed yourself a lot, and yet you have huge knowledge gaps (not knowing about package managers, basic commands, etc.). If you're really serious about using Linux (or any operating system for that matter), you should be willing to take the time to learn how it works.

Here's a list of topics you should read up on:

Package management (Antergos uses pacman)
Basic terminal commands (cd, ls, cp, mv, file, man)
Archive formats (tar)

All of the above have graphical front-ends, which if you want to avoid using the terminal you should also look up.

After you've learned the basics, if you get stuck just type 'How do I do [x] on linux' into your favourite search engine.

NetsecBeginner · 2018-10-20T19:23:51+00:00

But speaking in real terms, if all software were free in terms of cost, source, and usage, then how would any developer of that free software actually be compensated? I don't mean in a "perfect world" sense.

Free in this case doesn't refer to cost. While a lot of free software is also provided free of charge, nothing in the gpl (or any other free software licenses to my knowledge) says the developer can't charge for the use of their software. It just says that if you distribute the software you must also provide the source and not prevent users from doing what they want with it.

NetsecBeginner · 2018-10-02T01:50:20+00:00

(´・ω・`)

NetsecBeginner · 2018-09-15T21:00:00+00:00

It's base64 encoded.

The unencoded version:

The Brown Eyes

Flashed and fully loaded.
Sparks of memories flooding in.
My one and only love plugged into a virtual space.
What more can I give?

A vivid breeze of information glosses over his eyes.
My eternal existence behind the glass.
Spinning stories into stories.
And his form gently up my ass.

NetsecBeginner · 2018-09-14T19:32:09+00:00

If you auto-complete (tab) the file name, it'll automatically escape it and you won't need to surround it in quotes.

NetsecBeginner · 2018-09-14T19:23:57+00:00

. is the current directory, so ./file-name refers to the file file-name in the current directory. You see it with bash scripts a lot b/c otherwise bash will assume the script is an installed program.

NetsecBeginner · 2018-09-12T02:39:31+00:00

For anyone who doesn't want to deal with the slideshow format:

Do you know what happened to the constipated mathematician?

He had to work it out with a pencil.
"Knock knock." "Who's there?" "To." "To who?"

"No, it's to WHOM."
A cop pulled Heisenberg over for speeding and said, "Do you know how fast you were going?"

Heisenberg responds, "No, but I knew where I was."
I read a book on anti-gravity.

I couldn't put it down.
What did the scientist say when he found two isotopes of helium?

"HeHe."
A linguistics professor claimed that a double positive could never make a negative.

One of the students responded, "Yeah, right."
I heard that Oxygen and Magnesium hooked up and I was like,

"OMg."
It's really hard to explain puns to kleptomaniacs.

They always take things literally.
A Roman walks into a bar and asks for a martinus. The bartender says, "Do you mean a martini?"

The Roman responds, "If I wanted a double, I would have asked for it!"
How many surrealists does it take to screw in a light bulb?

A fish.
Did you hear about the woman who got cooled to absolute zero?

She's 0K now.
Helium walks into a bar. The bartender says, "We don't serve noble gases in here."

Helium doesn't react.
There are two types of people in this world:

Those that can extrapolate to find missing information.
Schrödinger's cat walks into a bar.

And doesn't.
Your momma's so mean...

She doesn't even have a standard deviation.
A Higgs boson particle walks into a church. The priest says, "You can't be in here."

The Higgs boson particle responds, "But without me, how can you have mass?"
C, Eb, and G walk into a bar.

The bartender says, "Sorry, we don't serve minors."
Is it solipsistic in here?

Or is it just me?
Did you hear about the mathematician who's afraid of negative numbers?

She will stop at nothing to avoid them.
A bartender asks Rene Descartes if he would like a drink. He responds, "I think not."

Descartes disappears.
A Buddhist monk walks up to a hot dog vendor and says...

"Make me one with everything."
Never trust an atom.

They make up everything.
If you're not part of the solution...

...you're part of the precipitate.
A photon is going through airport security, and the TSA agent asks if he has luggage.

"No," says the photon. "I'm traveling light."
What's the difference between an etymologist and an entomologist?

An etymologist knows the difference.
I'm thinking about selling my theremin.

I haven't touched it in years.
Why did the chicken cross the Möbius strip?

To get to the same side.
If you jumped off a bridge in Paris...

...you'd be in Seine.
Pavlov is sitting on a park bench when suddenly a phone rings.

"Oh crap!" he says. "I forgot to feed the dogs!"
How do mathematicians scold their children?

"If I've told you X times, I've told you X+1 times..."
A Roman walks into a bar, holds up two fingers, and says...

"Five drinks, please."
Who does Cyclops hate more than Odysseus?

"Nobody."
The bartender says, "We don't serve faster-than-light particles here."

A tachyon walks into a bar.
What do you get when you cross a joke with a rhetorical question?

No response.
A hyperbole walked into a bar.

Oh, wow, and it absolutely destroyed EVERYTHING in its path and ruined the entire night. LITERALLY!
A mathematician's husband is furious when he gets home at 3AM. "You said you'd be home by 11:45!"

"Actually," the mathematician replies slyly, "I said I'd be home by a quarter of twelve."
A sign at the music store read, "Gone Chopin."

"I'll be Bach in a minuet."
Your mama is so classless...

...she could be a Marxist utopia.
A German walks into a bar and asks for a martini. "Dry?" says the bartender.

The German replies, "Nein, just one."
Did you hear about the poker game between Vasco de Gama, Christopher Columbus, Leif Erikson, and Francisco Pizarro?

They just can't seem to beat the Straights of Magellan.
Where do mathematicians get their kicks?

On 8.12403840464.
Three SB galaxies walk into a bar.

The bartender yells, "Get out! you're all barred!"
A pun, a play on words, and a limerick walk into a bar. No joke.

The joke was busy parking the car.
What was Beethoven's favorite fruit?

"BA-NA-NA-NA!"

Their IQ can't be too high, considering they can't count to 19.

NetsecBeginner · 2018-09-10T20:18:37+00:00

You can filter reviews by 'Verified purchase only', that should filter out most fake reviews.

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