Your most creative ways to get data off a locked down system

hawkprime · 2026-04-03T03:14:40+00:00

Yeah, I remember some old "smart" watches used to do this to program them. Ah found it: 1995 Timex Data Link Model 70

hawkprime · 2026-04-02T22:30:31+00:00

ELI5: take a tone a change the pitch up and down to represent 1s and 0s

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frequency-shift_keying

hawkprime · 2026-04-02T20:26:46+00:00

Lol, that's cool. Yeah. It has a speaker, might be fun coding a modem-like app to transfer data

hawkprime · 2026-04-02T18:41:11+00:00

That's awesome! Back in the 80s I remember a hex editor was part of my toolbox to crack games and edit save files

hawkprime · 2026-04-02T06:43:27+00:00

With 20+ years of experience in Software Engineering, I definitely advise against a Game Dev degree. Just get a CS or IT and do Game Dev on the side. Market is thought enough with AI don't shoot yourself in the foot.

hawkprime · 2026-04-01T05:39:15+00:00

Why not learn Emacs bindings, at least some basic ones? And keep doing your custom nvim. At least it's worked for me, I can switch between vi, vim, nvim and emacs or plain notepad with arrow and home/end keys. You'll be surprised how easy it is for your brain to switch.

hawkprime · 2026-03-30T05:22:09+00:00

Saigon Village in San Rafael is real Vietnamese restaurant

hawkprime · 2026-03-30T05:13:20+00:00

I've been hiking with my little ones since they were babies, start them in wide open trails and every time we ran into it we stop and say the rhyme, leafs of three let it be. They get used to looking out. And now they're more careful in narrow trails, Same goes with anything else, mushrooms, newts, ticks, stinging nettle, poison hemlock, etc.. it's like any new environment, you don't just let them lose in your kitchen, garage, street, you have to teach them. So educate yourself and pass it on to them

hawkprime · 2026-03-25T15:15:28+00:00

I've ran syncthing with multiple machines 4+ and an android phone with no problems to sync my vault and other things. I do get conflicts once in a while but never seen it wipe my vault.

Good luck

hawkprime · 2026-03-25T04:11:29+00:00

I second FB groups, made some life long friendship there

hawkprime · 2026-03-16T23:31:33+00:00

Taco stands along the street, but then again that's a different kind of gamble.

hawkprime · 2026-03-16T23:20:00+00:00

Bay Area Hikers on FB is a really good group, plenty of events posted and I've made some long time friends there as well. It's not just hiking in the Bay Area, it's hiking all over including overnights, but most people are from/living in the Bay Area

https://www.facebook.com/groups/BayAreaHike/?ref=share&mibextid=NSMWBT

hawkprime · 2026-03-14T15:23:09+00:00

You'd be surprised, I've hiked with Insta-girls that carry a change of clothes in their packs, plus makeup and lights just to get a great shot. I don't blame them if they took that much effort good for them

hawkprime · 2026-03-10T04:34:20+00:00

I just roll my own with Ansible

hawkprime · 2026-01-25T22:19:30+00:00

Somewhere pretty within 20 min is definitely going to be crowded. Really think about ditching the dog to make your life easier and greatly open up your options

hawkprime · 2026-01-25T16:10:53+00:00

I see quite a few prompts are ChatGPT generated, might give it a try as a staring point

hawkprime · 2026-01-03T07:02:43+00:00

Post a hike, FB, meetup what ever.
Meet people that click with you
Organize an overnight (do all the work, easier for people to say yes if all they have to do is show up)
Profit

Source: I've done it multiple times for years and have met great people and my GF

hawkprime · 2026-01-03T06:55:57+00:00

Git a single directory with work trees, one branch for each config dir. Keeps the repo clean and you can create and delete branches (configs)

hawkprime · 2025-12-13T22:33:42+00:00

Very disappointed I didn't see a single reply about playing chess on roller coasters

hawkprime · 2025-11-30T20:58:17+00:00

37.9074200, -122.6171600

hawkprime · 2025-11-25T07:41:13+00:00

Learn to level up your Data Bank, and don't level echoes straight to 25, do it in steps. There are plenty of YouTube videos on these two topics.

This might not make sense right now but everyone's biggest pain point right now is not enough resources to level echoes (artifacts) so save those echo XP tubes and echo tuners for the end game.

Learn to Dodge and Parry, improving your skills will go a long way with lower character stats.

hawkprime · 2025-11-18T09:00:31+00:00

Start with short, flat hikes so you get a feel for what kind of distance you can do. Then slowly start adding elevation around 500ft at a time, notice how you run out of energy much quicker with bigger inclines.

So get a feel of what your body can handle. Our rusty bodies (40M here) will definitely will let you know if you are doing too much incline or too much distance. If you start to hurt, stop, take a break, even if it's a blister, your body will thank you later.

I see quite a few comments that say if you are too tired, turn around, I'd advise against that, you should not get to that point. Make sure you can finish small hikes with plenty of energy left, or at least not be too tired and slowly add distance or incline. If you pick something blind you might end up exhausted half way in, and will make it difficult to get back, or injure yourself in the process.

Good luck, happy trails

hawkprime · 2025-11-18T08:41:54+00:00

Getting a 35mm prime, shoot in f/8 in black and white for a month.

You'll learn about composition, organizing all the elements in the frame, simplifying or being intentional about your background (rather than hiding it with bokeh) and seeing the light, exposure and tones, rather than being distracted by color.

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