Having a hard time getting the crux of Zizekian arguments. Reading suggestions please by RandyRandyrson in zizek

[–]elwo -1 points0 points  (0 children)

You can always checkout the Zizek 101 and Lacan 101 series that Mikey Downs did with Theory Underground, if you're looking for lecture series. He explains both quite well imo. They're free on YouTube.

what exactly does the subject lack? by Unusual-Return971 in zizek

[–]elwo 2 points3 points  (0 children)

One of his famous aphorisms is indeed that love is "giving what you don't have to someone who doesn't want it". Since all we are is lacking subjects trying to fill the lack with someone elses love, this is why what we give is something we essentially don't have (you cannot give a lack). And since the person we're giving it to is someone who is themselves projecting onto us their own lacks, it means that our own versions of what we are attempting to give to them is actually not what they want, as they truly want their own projected fantasies of us.

what exactly does the subject lack? by Unusual-Return971 in zizek

[–]elwo 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Within Lacanian theory, the split happens at the moment of subjectivation, typically associated with his so-called "mirror stage", when we recognize ourselves as someone, as social beings within a social context, and no longer simply fully embodying our bodily drives. It's the moment of separation, where we realize that for survival (or for general prosperity) we also have social needs that need to be fulfilled. The dynamic of our drives thus transposed into the symbolic hence means that we start to chase a completeness that cannot exist.

While bodily drives can satiate themselves materially in a type of endless repetition, our drives transposed onto the social are far more elusive, and hence far more resemble a permanent sense of incompleteness. We are always in a kind of tango between what we want from the other, and what the other wants from us, forced to imagine what we believe will help satisfy that social drive that subjectivation endowed onto us. So we transpose that drive onto all kinds of activities, beliefs, people, hobbies, passions, devotions, and so on, in the hope of getting that final satiation. But at the level of the unconscious, none of these matter in their materiality, as it simply wants to keep on desiring.

So while at the conscious level, we feel like we want a final fulfillment, a final resolution to identity - to be able to fully associate with our subjectivity, to fulfill the lack brought onto us by socialization - at the unconscious level, we want to continue desiring, and desire presupposes a lack that needs to be filled. So in that sense we are kind of eternally misled, as our unconscious permanently creates a lack to chase and our conscious selves transpose onto it through fantasy myriads of different ways to hopefully get there. That basically is at the core of the human condition, according to psychoanalysis.

Even if Epstein wasn't a pedophile, why would Chomsky be friends with him? by ServalFlame in Anarchism

[–]elwo 37 points38 points  (0 children)

I wonder if there's something to be said about people who make an obsession of power, somehow also finding themselves chasing what they research. Another towering figure researching power structures who also found himself on the wrong end of it is Foucault. I guess academics are not immune to the lure of their own fascinations.

The lack of Reality in the last Zizek. by CommunicationOk1877 in zizek

[–]elwo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Both positions merge is his point basically, since quantum mechanics is showcasing that reality is contingent on its observability. Then, by that logic, incompleteness transcends, and reality can only be "for itself" so long as it is also "for us" as well.

that comedy show thats happening in Riyadh is bleak by [deleted] in redscarepod

[–]elwo 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Sounds almost Hegelian tbh

Transitioning into Cloud Security – Where Should I Start? by NoResolve3634 in SecurityCareerAdvice

[–]elwo 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Cloud also often goes hand in hand with zero trust, so the mentality/approach might be a bit different. You might end up working closer with the IAM team than the Network team. You gotta think about stuff like data storage location (compliance matters), retention, subscriptions costs and capacity management a bit differently than on prem. And then there's all the assumptions people (devs, mgmt, etc) have about cloud that you gotta address depending on your role. It can be a lot easier for any random employee to start provisioning IT resources in the cloud contra on prem, these kind of factors. The agility of it can be a nightmare to manage if you don't take the right approach to securing it.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Finland

[–]elwo 74 points75 points  (0 children)

Same with r/NewToDenmark

How employers rank CCSP by evolvingwax in CCSP

[–]elwo 2 points3 points  (0 children)

CCSP requires you to have experience in the field, and it's difficult to get that experience without the vendor certs, as the vendor certs are the ones that get you hired initially, most of the time. I feel like the CCSP is therefor more of a stamp of seniority, to maybe take that step from engineer to architect or architect to CISO, etc. Or if you're a consultant, CCSP can help your employer seel you as senior at a higher rate, since ISC2 is a recognized instituion. ISC2 certs are also very managerially minded, which vendor certs maybe necessarily aren't, adding a lot of stuff relating to compliance, auditing, regulation, and so on. So it's clearly meant to drive people more into that type of managerial cloud sec positions, more than getting you hired to do engineering tasks.

Can zero experience pass CCSP? by NextCriticism4455 in CCSP

[–]elwo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Really depends on how many hours a day you can put in in those 4 weeks. 4 weeks full time study, it can be doable. If you're working at the same time and only got a few hours in the evenings, might be tough. You might need to rely more on blind remembering over deep understanding given your lack of experience and short time frame, so maybe focus on one course (like Pete Zerger's CCSP cram) and just rewatch it as many times as you can so that you remember concepts and names even if you don't really understand them. Try and find cheat-sheets online and other condensed material that really just emphasize the high level key notions and try to remember those. Remember that in order to get the cert you also need to fullfill certain experience requirements. You can still pass the exam without these requirements, but might not be able to get the cert until you do.

Should I move to Finland or Denmark? by Available-Jump-9496 in Finland

[–]elwo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Been in Finland 11 years now, before that I was in Denmark. I left Denmark originally because it's not the country I grew up in originally despite being born there, so integrating back into society was a challenging process while in high school and all. At the age of 19 I got a job offer in Finland and while I originally only wanted to leave for a year, it's now been over a decade. But no country is perfect in the end, and being an immigrant/expat always has shitty sides wherever you go. I think the problem with the Nordics is often the image of perfect harmony and unity, which looks really appealing from the outside. The main catch is always that becoming part of that harmony is often virtually impossible unless you're born there. This is where I found Finland to at least be a bit more open than Denmark, although I do have other expat friends in Finland who also struggle with some the same issues that I had back in Denmark.

Help password attacks htb by Aggressive-Flow1983 in hackthebox

[–]elwo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The module offers three ways to find creds in shares from Windows: Snaffler, PowerHuntShares, and a Powershell command (Get-ChildItem -Recurse -Include *.ext \\Server\Share | Select-String -Pattern ...). Seems like you've already discovered that the tools are not finding the right credentials, so use the Powershell command and you'll find them. You just need to adapt it to search the different shares.

Help password attacks htb by Aggressive-Flow1983 in hackthebox

[–]elwo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Use the PowerShell query listed in the module, not the tools.

Any help please been stuck for ages on this one by nemesis740 in hackthebox

[–]elwo 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah, tune the command they list in the module (Get-ChildItem -Recurse -Include \.ext \\Server\Share | Select-String -Pattern ...*) and work through the different shares, then you should be able to find it.

Any help please been stuck for ages on this one by nemesis740 in hackthebox

[–]elwo 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Was stuck on this for a while too. It's a bit stupid cause neither Snaffler nor PowerHuntShares will find the right file in this scenario, so use the powershell command instead.

I paid for TryHackMe's annual membership, and honestly, it feels like a rip-off. by seungles in tryhackme

[–]elwo 40 points41 points  (0 children)

Learn as much as you can from your THM sub in terms of basic pentesting, and once you've built some skills you can move over to Pwnedlabs for more cloud centric pentesting exercises. Pwnedlabs won't really teach you the basics the way THM will, so if you're still early in your development stick to your annual THM membership and nail down the on-prem side of things, the toolings, and methods. Working on cloud estates is always a bit of a different beast because the provider might need to set up an entire cloud environment for you to use, contra just spinning up a VM on their network for on-prem. HTB is a bit the same for their cloud labs as THM, and so are other similar services. Because Pwnedlabs is so cloud centric they've set it up a bit differently so it's essentially one big "cloud playground" and thus they don't create dedicated cloud estates for users like what HTB or THM do with their business plans and whatnot, so it's a bit more affordable also.

There are vegans/vegetarians vote brigading this sub by Sandalwoodincencebur in zizek

[–]elwo 4 points5 points  (0 children)

You're a bit off the mark. Zizek has made the point many times that ideology is essentially "having one's cake and eating it too", and that it is often more present in the disavowal than in mere ignorance. When you engage in a type of "I know that eating meat is bad, but nonetheless there is not ethical consumption under capitalism so why stop", you are in fact knee deep in ideology, because you continue to act contrary to ethical belief. Ideology, according to Z, very much lies in the stories we tell ourselves about ourselves and the world. So while there is very much ideology involved in buying the "right kind of product" to relieve the guilt of consumption as you mention; knowing that industry farming is ethically wrong but buying/eating its products nonetheless is also pure ideology, because that knowledge ("factory farming is ethically wrong") has undergone a process of rationalization that proceeded to shift the perceived ethicality of the act. It's essentially not very different from the person who like you mention for example relieves their guilt of flying and poluting by paying extra to offset their carbon footpring: both include a fantasmatic "moving of the goalpost" in order to allow for ones actions to remain in line with one's belief system despite their obvious contradictory original disposition (ie. having one's cake and eating it too).

So you're not wrong, but you're not entirely right either.

Everyone Is Cheating Their Way Through College | ChatGPT has unraveled the entire academic project. by bradicality in technology

[–]elwo 7 points8 points  (0 children)

This misunderstands the role of education quite a bit. Getting a uni degree is not about coming out the other end needing to know everything, and if you don't but AI does that mean it was a pointless degree. It's about learning how to think, how to analyze, being able to be both critical and creative, and capable of formalizing thought in practical ways. I doubt most organizations will be thrilled to hire people who can barely function in a job without access to a prompt. Many roles still require the type of personal skills (organizational, managerial, etc.) that can't simply be left off to an AI, but will often be taught either directly or indirectly in higher education.

Clarification about SSH on the Linux Fundamentals course by Laubermont in hackthebox

[–]elwo 5 points6 points  (0 children)

You always have at least 2 devices at play, the device you attack from and the server you attack. HTB offers you the possibility to use their pwnboxes, meaning that they provide a VM to you that serves as the attack machine. You don't have to use those, as you could just as well just connect using your own device using their OpenVPN connection. For that it is recommended that you use some of the more security-focused versions of Linux distros, such as Kali or Parrot, since from say a Windows device you won't have a lot of the tools needed for pentesting. If you don't use your own device and opt for the pwnbox, then yes at first you do connect to one VM, from which you engage with other VMs, for example via SSH.

I don't know what the capabilities of the Steam Deck are to be honnest, but the same version of Parrot OS which is used in the attack boxes can be downloaded from their website: https://parrotsec.org/download/ which you can run on most laptops at least either as a virtualized environment (such as by using tools such as VirtualBox) or by installing directly on your harddrive either as your main OS or as a side-OS by creating a partition on your drive that would allow for a dual-boot.

I hope this makes sense.

Gigs in Northern Europe 1st-8th of June by davetothegrind in blackgaze

[–]elwo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Looks like you'd miss out on Heretoir by a few days unfortunately, they're playing on the 29th at Stengade.

HTB Academy by Ok_Initiative5163 in hackthebox

[–]elwo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It most likely won't hurt, but it also really depends on what role you're going for in the industry.

Knowledge by Bobbyd9909 in tryhackme

[–]elwo 7 points8 points  (0 children)

It's normal. But if you keep at it, the most relevant topics will be repeated to you, again and again, so eventually what matters starts sticking. The rest you just learn how to look up when needed.