HPR3447: BlacKernel's Journey Into Technology: Episode 2

Hacker Public Radio

Talking Points

• W*ndows Power User
  • Programmed a few Visual BASIC programs, but was underwhelmed with how BASIC the programming language was
  • Tried installing Python and Ruby to much frustration
  • Tried installing Cygw*n to make Python/Ruby easier to work with
  • Read on the Cygw*n site about something called Linux
  • Started working with C and C++
• Customizing my deck
  • Tried to customize as much as I could about my W*ndows install
  • Utilized tools to change the boot logo, the start menu, the init scripts, etc.
  • Hit a few snags with problems boot-looping, not loading graphically, etc
  • Tried editing the W*ndows registry and realized that the programs I was using to edit the operating system necessarily break the security and stability of the OS
  • Didn't really know/care about open source, but was getting frustrated that I wasn't able to just reach in to my system's code to fix it.

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Show Notes

Important Links:

• I couldn't really find any of the stuff that I used and, at this point, I'm not super motivated to find them.

Wikipedia Articles:

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Hobbes

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