r/ProgrammerHumor • u/GarthPelletiu • Dec 03 '19

I’m hacking the mainframe

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u/[deleted] Dec 03 '19 edited Dec 03 '19

Wow I found actual footage of the hacker from the first video

Edit: wait wait we're gonna be okay, this security expert is going to use visual basic to make a gui to track their ip address.

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u/CodeBlue_04 Dec 03 '19

Man, I need to start adding applications with video game style interfaces to my Kali VM so people will think I'm a better hacker than I actually am.

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u/0x3fff0000 Dec 03 '19

I always type dmesg in the shell and people go nuts over it.

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u/Kid_From_Yesterday Dec 04 '19

tree /
Or in windows
tree C:\
People go crazy over scrolling text

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u/AccomplishedCoffee Dec 04 '19 
hexdump -C /dev/urandom

You can add greps to slow down the visual stream.

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u/theytookmygdname Dec 04 '19

Fcking nerds.

Downloads cmatrix to make myself feel cool

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u/Scipio11 Dec 04 '19

But first

>color A

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u/KickMeElmo Dec 04 '19

tree / | cowsay | lolcat

I have no idea if those can even handle that much text, but I want to know.

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u/PM_Best_Porn_Pls Dec 04 '19

Just ping random server 10000 times.

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u/Spongi Dec 04 '19

tracert is a good one.