Old OP here, taking over again. Why was the last general a full week ago?
Nicholas Wilson
Yay! Btw the FAQ was updated. ftp://collectivecomputers.org:21212/Books/Cyberpunk/Alt_Cyberpunk_FAQ_V5_preview13.htm
Nolan Rodriguez
Thank you, I got this 'new' version of the OP post from the linked thread. It seems a bit scruffy, I'll clean it up for the next thread and include the updated link. Thank you for your dedication.
Austin Peterson
POO IN DIS THREAD POO ON U
Christopher Price
I thought this general died. What happen?
Anthony Lee
I would like to create a hackerspace in my town. Any ideas how to create a community like this? The only ideas I have to start it up: >I've got a connection with an NGO that cooperates with the EU so If there's an opportunity then I could propose this idea >Cooperate with the university here >Both of above >Create a small enthusiast community that will meet up together in each other's houses and try to make it bigger >From what I remember there are places for nerds to meet up so maybe there I can make something Any other ideas?
Tyler Rodriguez
I cannot speak for everyone but for my part i updated the FAQ.It just went past 130 KB in size and only small bits and pieces are left.
At the same time it appears that the Wikipedia article has declined the last few years. There used to be a lot more content there.
Justin Ross
I stopped OPing the general around July and others took over, I thought it was going to last. It had, up until last week, I came here to check if it was up and I noticed it wasn't. So I searched through the archive and posted this one.
Bentley Ward
Set it up as a university club, you might be able to get funding then.
Luke Wood
Locate a maker space in a nearby city and ask them for advice. Hackerspace and makerspace are related.
BTW some get the wrong ideas when they hear the word "hacker", make sure you get the presentation well prepared before approaching funding. It is a common mistake to think you can just take it by the seats of your pants. You just don't get money that way.
Nathaniel Jones
This, stipulate the "MIT hacker", not the 'neologistic hacker'.
Isaac Hill
Find university clubs and societies related to hacking of any sort. Go to their meetings and mingle. See how many would be interested in joining or contributing.
Xavier Perry
"cyber club" not hacking club ;)
Sebastian Perry
Joking, I hope. "Cyber" will take the imagination in other directions, not necessarily a good one (no pun intended).
Pic. related can hack her way out of BSD, in a good way. She is probably the only one to bring Slashdot down to its knees, in a bad way.
Isaiah Roberts
W-who is t-that?
Ian Taylor
Some kid they were pimping out to attract donations so they could pretend BSD was enterprise software.
David Reed
Ceren Ercen. She was a developer and sysadmin and did some rather well known booth babe work back in the day. That is how she reduced Slashdot to a pile of smoking silicon.
Bentley Cooper
I had expected at least one Linux company would get a model into black and yellow latex but that never happened. These days it would never fly without a major Twitter rage.
Isaiah Sanchez
That's very true, though amusing when open source try and go faux-corporate.
A femme fatale?
Jacob Taylor
Well, this general sure has slowed down.
Isaiah Kelly
Picked one of these up for a /cyb/ ssh client. Going to run CLI + tmux only.
Carter Nelson
I wish modern tech didn't run the risk of backdoors.
Jonathan Jenkins
>A femme fatale? Not really, just a bit of show. She was mainly working on the technical side of things according to her LinkedIn profile. She retired the outfit a while ago.
More fatal would be Princess Fatale, she never ages.
Ethan Allen
whats the most /cyb/ city in europe
Joseph Thompson
London.
Christopher Walker
RecentOP here, thanks for starting a new thread. I'm not around regularly, but should be back somewhen in Jan
Brody Barnes
amsterdam
Angel Garcia
Ah, fair enough, I can understand if you're busy. I certainly appreciate the update. See you in January.
Levi Jackson
KEEP CALM AND EAT YOUR INSTANT NOODLES
Jack Cook
Is cyberpunk an old fad? I ask because I dont know
Hudson Ramirez
Am I retarded for wanting a cyberpunk future? >I like tight spaces so living in a gigantic cluster of small flats wouldn't be a hassle. >I'm already on drugs 24/7 so I don't care as much about most things around me. >I know that everything I post online will be used to make an accurate profile of me. I just don't give a shit about it and I'm careful what I write. >Interested in both software and hardware modifications. And also planning on buying soldering equipment. >I find the techwear aesthetic appealing. >I enjoy going on hardcore raves (often in weird, scummy clubs)
Matthew Morris
We're already on our way there, you could in fact call the world we current live in and will live in in the not-so-distant-future 'soft cyberpunk'.
Justin Wilson
I'm pretty sure the OP alone answers that question, perhaps try reading?
Josiah Green
Although, to answer your question: >Am I retarded for wanting a cyberpunk future? Well, that entirely depends on who you're asking. If you're asking me, I'd say a bit of both. The transhumanist and technological future is certainly exciting and will advance human develop in many facets, whilst stunting us in others. Also, the nature of cyberpunk authoritative institutions is what scares me, the totalitarian nature of it and its nascent nefarious beginnings in the present.
Leo Gonzalez
But does it have the tech? I couldn't call whores exclusively cyberpunk.
Kayden Cruz
I just wanted to talk to someone.. not reading 500 pages.
If this is a 90s fad why you still keep with it?
Michael Hill
Because concepts can evolve? That's like asking why people still using the Internet, or computerized devices. I'm sorry to say, but that's a really stupid question.
Carter Jones
>*people still using = people are still using
Wyatt Powell
I think you got offended by my post. Imagine a guy who go out and dress like the singer of Limp Bizkit and still listen to that crap in 2018..
Jonathan Gonzalez
Well. That's one way of winning an argument...
Juan Moore
Imagine people still listening to Rock rig-... Oh wait, they do and it changed with the times. Yeah, just like cyberpunk.
It isn't exactly hard when the calibre of question is answered in the OP of this thread.
>Ask stupid questions, get stupid answers. I'm pretty sure that's a maxim by now.
Hudson Howard
Guys you really are good making new friends. I will read the OP
Sebastian Fisher
That's because I don't think I want you to be my friend. - I thought that would be obvious.
Carter Ramirez
>Princess Fatale You are indeed a dark soul, user.
interesting. i just mentioned amsterdam because it was the most tech-y city i've ever been to. i don't travel a lot, though.
Jason Cooper
I was quite shocked too to find out Estonia had any sort of merit, I always just assumed it was one of those Eastern European countries that 'just existed'. I know that makes me sound like a bigot, but it is only because I was ill informed.
John Howard
when i think 'eastern europe', 'tech' is the last thing that comes to my mind.
Levi Cook
That's true, it just made me feel a bit shitty for automatically assuming another country was lesser.
Dylan Sanders
Hey goys, any uni/career fags here that can give me their opinion? I'm going to enter Uni soon but I need to choose on my major, and I am looking for a job in Cyber Security or maybe some cushy sys admin position. Naturally I gravitated to Comp Sci, but it's very math intensive (discrete math + calc 1 - 2) and I'm not really the best at math.
So now I'm considering a degree in Computer Criminology, anyone here have experience with it? Thoughts?
Bentley Russell
The FAQ is perhaps the fastest way to get up to speed.
Also cyb is not a 90s fad but started as an 80s movement.
Aiden Thompson
My degrees have absolutely nothing to do with cybersecurity and only tangentially something to do with computer science, double honours physics and mathematics. Though, I do want to do my PhD in bionic cybernetics; I want to get into the manufacture of prosthetics and then once they're more socially acceptable, augmentation.
Gavin Butler
so, certs matter more than degrees?
Michael Fisher
Incidentally, as I should've mentioned also, some of my hobbies involve computer science and security, programming; penetration testing; network administration, electronic engineering and cryptology/cryptography.
Carson Gutierrez
Certainly, and only some certs.
Parker Scott
such as? I'm going to try and get my Linux+ or maybe Security+/A+ soon.
Joseph Rodriguez
CWSP, GSEC; CompTIA Security, CCSP; CISM, HCISPP; CISSP and OSCP. Though, this is by no means an exhaustive list.
Christopher Carter
Goto a two year / community college. Get a Networking/System Administration type degree. Study up on security shit on your own time. Get a job in the school help desk. Move up into the real world from there. Save 50k.
Samuel Walker
I don't want a career in computer security though, I want to go into cybernetics.
Hunter Lopez
Bump.
Liam Harris
it was gone for like a week
Daniel Bailey
holy moly latex is my favorite
Aaron Roberts
Anyone have that picture of the person that connected an old (90s) PDA up to a wireless internet dongle and a solar panel? I am so sure I saved it, but I can't seem to find it for the life of me.
Indeed. PVC is fine too. Got a few PVC dresses behind me.
Noah Johnson
>Got a few PVC dresses behind me. Femanon, or just some weirdo?
Colton Price
Just some weirdo with a doll :^)
Justin Davis
Damn! Stay freaky, user, stay freaky.
Ryan Lee
>>Interested in both software and hardware modifications. And also planning on buying soldering equipment. Nowadays you can hardly customize modern PCs. The most I've seem is people interfacing a Pi with a bunch of sensors.
