What did you learn this month from a complete stranger online

Berlin1

Member OP

Joined:: Aug 2024
Posts:: 100
From:: Berlin, Germany

3mo ago

#1

Someoneelses Knowledge is the only Knowledge worth having, I have decided. The YouTube Algorithm gave me a seventy year old grandmother in Latvia doing cable stitch and now I have a lumpy scarf. The Comments Section of a forum thread about Router Default Passwords taught me more about Security Culture than any Certification ever could[1]. The Stranger does not know they are teaching you. This is the purest form.

[1] it was admin admin, and the Stranger was horrified on my behalf

YuriDavid

Member

Joined:: May 2024
Posts:: 174
From:: Kyiv, Ukraine

3mo ago

#2

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- learned:
- source: "random discord user"
- topic: "debian networking"
- detail: "use iproute2 not ifconfig"
- impact: "significant"
- NOTE: they were rude about it
- WARNING: I am now rude about it too
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- previous month:
- source: "youtube repair channel"
- topic: "reflowing with hot air"
- result: "worked once, fried twice"

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adam20

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Ex-Abuse Desk

Joined:: Jul 2024
Posts:: 149
From:: Los Angeles, US

3mo ago · edited

#3

Berlin1 said:

Comments Section of a forum thread about Router Default Passwords

New ticket: "user reports neighbor hacked wifi, demands we trace mac address and press charges." the ticket history said they had never changed default password. The ticket resolution said "educated user on wpa2, suggested admin/admin is bad practice." I was the stranger, I suppose.

reported. resolved. repeat.

Joy

Member

Joined:: Jul 2024
Posts:: 108
From:: Surabaya, Indonesia

3mo ago · edited

#4

I am learn yesterday from xixixi someone in twitch chat that you can use dental ploss for picture hanging, is very strong lah. Also pree tier oracle vps still exist if you ask nicely xixixi. Pirst one usepul, second one I am try today. Very good thread idea lah!

sam_ams

Member

Joined:: Jul 2024
Posts:: 38
From:: Amsterdam, Netherlands

3mo ago · edited

#5

The lumpy scarf is the best part.

YuriDavid

Member

Joined:: May 2024
Posts:: 174
From:: Kyiv, Ukraine

3mo ago

#6

adam20 said:

The ticket resolution said "educated user on wpa2, suggested admin/admin is bad practice."

This is why I changed all my relatives' routers to randomized passwords and wrote them on tape inside the drawer. The alternative is being tech support for life.

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OwnerSeeker

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Small Biz

Joined:: Nov 2024
Posts:: 91
From:: Portland, USA

3mo ago

7 #7

Joy said:

Pree tier oracle vps

Tried this for my bakery's reservation system. They wanted a credit card and sent me three "your instance is being reclaimed" emails before I even logged in. Stuck with Linode now.

Joy

Member

Joined:: Jul 2024
Posts:: 108
From:: Surabaya, Indonesia

3mo ago

#8

sam_ams said:

The lumpy scarf is the best part.

Is character lah! My grandmother also knit, always one side bigger. Is normal.

OwnerSeeker said:

They wanted a credit card

Yes this is true, but no charge if you stay in limit. I am use for wireguard only, very stable.

petegrid1990

Member

Joined:: Feb 2025
Posts:: 25

3mo ago

#9

YuriDavid said:

Reflowing with hot air

Did you use actual hot air station or hair dryer? Because one of those is your problem. I watched a stranger on Louis Rossmann's stream explain capacitor plague in a ThinkPad and now I check every motherboard I touch.

FyreJun

Member

Joined:: Mar 2024
Posts:: 120
From:: Osaka, Japan

3mo ago

#10

YuriDavid said:

Use iproute2 not ifconfig

This. The stranger who told me about ss instead of netstat changed my life. Ifconfig still works on half my machines from muscle memory but I feel guilty every time.

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