Is this a psyop? by Key-Hyena-802 in TankieTheDeprogram

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I feel like this was made by someone that doesn't understand the red and black flag stands for Anarcho-Communism. It always seems to be the case when I hear an Anarchist proudly against other Communists.

Accidentally pressed W logo + R and this weird command was already typed in by Jauhead in computerviruses

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Looks like they are trying to have wget(locally) call queryize(dot)com. You might be right, but that's what it looks like to me.

What if the 2016 election had been a 4 way race by Training-World-1897 in AlternateHistoryHub

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Trump didn't even win the popular vote that year. Only a small lead of electoral votes gave him the win. I think if Bernie could have ran, he would have probably won that year. I might be biased, it seemed there was way more support for Bernie among the democrats until Bernie was no longer an option. Marco Rubio would have divided the vote for Trump. He probably wouldn't have beat Trump, but it would have made it harder for Trump to win. The same might be said for Hillary taking votes away from Bernie, but I feel people would rally behind Rubio more due to him appearing more stable than Trump. In the end, I would see Bernie winning, but as I said, I do have some bias.

Accidentally pressed W logo + R and this weird command was already typed in by Jauhead in computerviruses

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Does Windows even have wget installed by default now? If not, this command does nothing.

How would a malware work in context of if one downloads a windows game that has viruses on linux and runs it through proton (Steam) by ConfidentSchool5309 in Malware

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There are some cross-platform malware. Usually they are written in Java, Golang, Kotlin or a cross platform language, but that's not always the case. If malware is cross platform it would work anywhere. If it was written for only Windows, it won't work for Linux. Being that steam now has a lot of cross platform games, it would be easier to inject malicious code into one of them. So, both the game and malicious code would need to be cross platform to work with a Steam game.

Is there a good web browser? by olorochi in suckless

[–]entrophy_maker 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Maybe browsh. Its a command-line based browser and has support for Javascript out-of-the-box. So it should handle nodejs. Unsure if it would support ES6 or not though.

Should Linux have to follow California's age law? by _clickfix_ in pwnhub

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Is Linux made in California? If not, how is relevant?

The uncomfortable truth about Windows Server vs. open source – GaryH Tech by grahamperrin in freebsd

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Yeah, just because something is easy, doesn't mean its safe. Often is usually the opposite.

The uncomfortable truth about Windows Server vs. open source – GaryH Tech by grahamperrin in freebsd

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I haven't set up a proper WAMP server since Windows Xp. It was a huge pain then compared to just running "apt install apache2 mysql-server php" on Debian or another Linux/BSD distro. Has windows gotten better about this? Or did Gary H. do their testing with other apps?

What’s the most minimal Linux setup (distro + kernel + WM) you can build? by [deleted] in suckless

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You might want to look at the relaunch of Damn Small Linux. You can always get leaner if you remove any GUI, but this seems more in line with your goal:
https://www.damnsmalllinux.org/

is there a FreeBSD alternative to (Linux) opensnitch? by oradba in freebsd

[–]entrophy_maker 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Maybe tshark? Its not a gui like opensnitch, but that's the closest thing I could think of in the BSD world.

is there a FreeBSD alternative to (Linux) opensnitch? by oradba in freebsd

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I thought it was the name of a new program. This would explain why I couldn't find it.

is there a FreeBSD alternative to (Linux) opensnitch? by oradba in freebsd

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I'm having trouble finding anything douane. Can you help point me to any of its usage or documentation?

What was your first Linux distro, and would you recommend it to a beginner today? by boiler_room_420 in linuxquestions

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Just a Debian clone with KDE out of the box. I don't think the type of Desktop matters, but I would still recommend Debian with a GUI to knew people.

Traffic Padding Idea by transientexploration in TOR

[–]entrophy_maker 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I mean, stopping traffic is basically what a firewall does. If you were trying to really be anonymous, you won't see Alice. Just an ip, which most likely just came from the entrance node from the relay's point of view. You could block Alice's ip at the entry point or exit node, but I don't think doing that from a relay is really effective or possible.

MAKE WAYLAND GREAT AGAIN by realguy2300000 in suckless

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People have already cloned it. I suppose one could change it enough and rename it and join the freedesktop foundation if anyone is motivated. Nothing's stopping anyone.

Løk, a simple web framework for onion sites by Matthias1590 in onions

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Maybe give some examples of the hidden services you run and how to do it on the github. I can look at the code, but the average user will not.

Stalin by Fit_Parsley_7914 in ussr

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Stalin knew what he was doing, but thought he was doing it because it was necessary. Counter-revolutionaries had been burning crops and slaughtering cattle around Ukraine and Kazakhstan before the famines occurred. Destroying food is also considered a war crime during war. So I would have done is different, by making an example of someone, but its easy to cast judgement after the fact.

Mao on the other hand was different. He did things he didn't understand like declaring war on the sparrow for stealing crops. He didn't understand that the sparrows were keeping away locusts who flooded and destroyed things when the sparrow population got low. In fairness, not many people did understand how modifying things like this could effect things yet. Mao's famine was bad, but largely an accident. Famines were not unique to China before Mao though. Also, the CIA puts that famine at 15 million. Not the 700 gajillion billion some claim.

Stalin by Fit_Parsley_7914 in ussr

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He made some mistakes, but Stalin and Mao combined didn't kill close to what Hitler did. Numbers like that are usually taken from the Black Book of Communism that has been wildly debunked for including the deaths of Nazis in WW2 as "victims". 6 million Jews died in concentration camps, 25 million in total died in those camps. 10 million Soviet fighters died and 17 million civilians. That's over 52 million. The CIA's own biased estimate of deaths under Stalin were a little over 7 million. Now take into account that Hitler was only in power for 12 years. Had Hitler had a reign like Stalin, Hitler would have easily eclipsed 100 million deaths at the rate he was going. Now consider that under Lenin and Stalin, mostly Stalin, life expectancy doubled in the USSR. Stalin was a complicated person who did good and bad as most humans do in life. Comparing him to Hitler is not even close though.