I remember that my first time in this type of forums was about Touhou where they talked about well… Touhou and other things, I couldn't find the forum (the image is representative since it's the most similar thing I could find) and I also remember having visited the pirate community a lot.

New demo for Kodaka and Uchikoshi's new gacha game is out. The creators of Danganronpa and Zero Escape bring you… a TRPG? Let's find out.

I need a place where I can share stuff I'm learning, even if talking to the walls, anyone is welcome to talk, its important to keep on technology but I guess we can escape a bit, no? Came here from hikarich.
I'll start:

I'm at the end of a long journey through some extensive material for a certification I have to get, the HTB CPTS. Being a wagie is tough, but I'm enjoying the material, though sometimes it's just a grind. I'm finishing the Windows privilege escalation module and also following some esoteric blog posts I found from security researchers.

What infuriates me is the damn ACLs, just look at this:

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sc.exe sdshow DNS
D:(A;;CCLCSWLOCRRC;;;IU)(A;;CCLCSWLOCRRC;;;SU)(A;;CCLCSWRPWPDTLOCRRC;;;SY)(A;;CCDCLCSWRPWPDTLOCRSDRCWDWO;;;BA)(A;;CCDCLCSWRPWPDTLOCRSDRCWDWO;;;SO)(A;;RPWP;;;S-1-5-21-669053619-2741956077-1013132368-1109)S:(AU;FA;CCDCLCSWRPWPDTLOCRSDRCWDWO;;;WD)
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The number of times I've had to consult the MS documentation just to not get lost is absurd. Meanwhile, in Linux, as far as I know, you just use ls -l, you get the permissions, and you're done. The objects Windows uses for every single file make this model a living hell.

And the worst part is, there's no escaping it. Just take that string I threw up there from sdshow DNS. At first glance, it looks like a messed-up hash, but it's a damn list of permissions. The so-called SDDL.
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Where do you get your ROMs wapanons? Is there anywhere I can get pre patched stuff?

How would everyone feel about starting up some game nights over the holidays? I just finished the original Half-Life so I'm thinking of doing Half-Life Deathmatch one of these days.

Favourite retro computer? Mine is the Fujitsu FM Towns, mostly for its pioneering use of CDs and its Japanese computer games being superior to their PC-98 counterparts, although it died off a lot sooner. Just another blip in the Japanese computer scene.

Anyone wanna talk about any retro vidya they're currently playing?

Currently going through Tales of Destiny on the PS1. I finished Tales of Phantasia (PS1 fan translation) back in March and really enjoyed it (except for the awful encounter rate) and thought I'd start on the next game in the series. Tales of Destiny has been an interesting experience because the encounter rate feels worse and the gameplay also feels like a step down (it's an earlier engine than Phantasia) which makes it a horrible chore to play sometimes but the characters and story are really good.

I like the idea of "Swordians" in the world and find the characters to be quite endearing with some interesting backstories behind them. Learning of the histories and twists of Rutee, Mary and Leon really surprised me. It's a real shame this version didn't translate any of the skits that the characters had in Phantasia (since this is an official translation as opposed to the fan, so they probably had time constraints) since it would be nice to learn more about these characters. Skits also remind you where you're going a lot of the time, so you don't have to mindlessly walk around new locations until you figure out where to go.

The gameplay is honestly boring even when I try. I run from normal fights a majority of the time and cheese boss battles by using magic and interrupting the enemy magic spells. The encounter rate is dreadful and ruinS the game for me a lot of the time. Even with spells that cut it I feel I get into one encounter every 10-15 steps. The visible enemies you can see in some locations that run into you to start battles are even worse, one location in the game was just narrow pathways with enemies running about on them so you're forced into around 40 battles in that one tower alone. I also find the puzzles in this game to be really frustrating sometimes, one puzzle even has the wrong clues to it and I had to check a guide to find this out.

Really close to finishing the game from what I gather, I also discovered that the PS2 remake was pretty much fully translated and I could've played that version instead. A shame, but I guess I can always play it sometime down the line when I wanna give this game another playthrough.

Which one's your favorite?

For me, it's Aria of Sorrow. I get why people would prefer SotN over it, but I like the focused, bite-sized nature of it more than SotN's kitchen sink.

(but really, every single one is a good game…except Legends)

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I've seen an old X250 and a X240 both going for about 100 bucks and I thought I'd pick it up. I need a cheap laptop for casual use and school and I'd rather spend money on a desktop than burn a hole in my wallet to get a desktop replacement that's about as portable as an old microcomputer. But is the old Thinkpad craze online legit? I'm always suspicious of trends and fads and nothing is more suspect than China bashing fools circlejerking over old machines. I've never owned a Thinkpad but some basic research online and it seems there is something to the hype train but are old Thinkpads really worth it or just a meme? Should I save to buy a newish model? And what's a good old Thinkpad for my use case? I just want something small (14 inches max), portable, and relatively modern and durable that can emulate some older PSOne games and run Linux.