2600: Hacker Quarterly

This could be the hack that ends all hacks--if it actually happened. Does anyone know more?

Not sure if this is the place to ask, I recently moved to OKC for an internship and was looking into the local 2600 meetings, since I finally live in a city that has them. I found where they meet in the latest issue, but that's about all I know. I don't know any times or days or anything. I've tried looking around on the web, but also haven't found much. Does anyone know how I could go about finding any of that info out?

Protip; Ain't nothin' free, nowhere nohow.

This Friday, worldwide #2600 #hacker meetings! Feb 2 2024

https://2600.com/meetings Interested in starting a new meeting? Click the following link https://www.2600.com/meetings/guidelines.html for the guidelines. \- https://eventos.hispagatos.org/ \- https://2600.Madrid \- gemini://2600.madrid \- usenet: alt.2600.madrid @2600@mastodon.online @2600@lemmy.world #HackerCulture #HackingIsNotACrime #hackersTogetherStrong https://hispagatos.space/@rek2/111857674778530628

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This Friday, worldwide #2600 #hacker meetings! Feb 2 2024

https://2600.com/meetings Interested in starting a new meeting? Click the following link https://www.2600.com/meetings/guidelines.html for the guidelines. \- https://eventos.hispagatos.org/ \- https://2600.Madrid \- gemini://2600.madrid \- usenet: alt.2600.madrid @2600@mastodon.online @2600@lemmy.world #HackerCulture #HackingIsNotACrime #hackersTogetherStrong

Take a look and go to your local meeting! If you're looking for something to talk about, think about going to the HOPE conference.

Emmental Goldstein 🧀

ps. happy 40th birthday @2600 🔥

\#CheeseAFictionalCharacter \#HashtagGames \#1984 \#2600

\#2600 meetings tonight. You are invited. The more the merrier.

If you go to one, feel free to ping @2600@mastodon.online or @2600@lemmy.world and let them know if you enjoyed it and what y'all talked about.

Topics at my local 2600 meeting are going to include #3DPrinting because I'm bringing some parts I printed for show & tell.

Recommending to all #hackers and #curious a fairly new #zine reminds me to #phrack I need to poke more @arcane just shared with me but looks like finally some good information without having to fall for some capitalist site full of bloatware and adds. Their mastodon address: @tmpout and the site: https://tmpout.sh/ will be nice if they add it to #gemini and #gopher #HackingCulture #Hackers #Hacking @2600

Happy to toot that @arcane has updated our list of #2600 groups worldwide which have presence on "Free as in Freedom" and #Decentralized protocols/services that respects the #HackerCulture and #HackerEthics as in #StevenLevy https://man.sr.ht/\~rek2/Hispagatos-wiki/2600.md @2600@lemmy.world @nh2600 @2600@glasgow.social @2600@mastodon.online @NYC2600 @philly2600 @2600\_madrid @nc2600 @lansing2600 @hackers@lemmy.ml https://hispagatos.space/@rek2/111382101101362726 @rek2

Happy to toot that @arcane has updated our list of #2600 groups worldwide which have presence on "Free as in Freedom" and #Decentralized protocols/services that respects the #HackerCulture and #HackerEthics as in #StevenLevy https://man.sr.ht/\~rek2/Hispagatos-wiki/2600.md @2600@lemmy.world @nh2600 @2600@glasgow.social @2600@mastodon.online @NYC2600 @philly2600 @2600\_madrid @nc2600 @lansing2600 @hackers@lemmy.ml

The World of Hackers - https://vid.puffyan.us/watch?v=9DgMPFkZmPY #Telecomix #HackerCulture #hackers #hacking @2600 #2usenet ntroduces us to the world of hacker culture. Emerging from the 70’s counterculture around conceptions of personal freedom, decentralisation of power and sharing, hacking really came to prominence with the emergence of the Internet as a ubiquitous public forum from the late 90’s onwards.

[THS] TheHackerStyle #19 con Rek2 (hispagatos) | Anarquista, hacker y pentester - https://video.hardlimit.com/w/8u2vXehdWq69bHPeKCwpZd #TheHackerStyle #HackerCulture #HackingIsNotACrime #Hispagatos @2600 @hispagatos

This legendary reference has been around since 1975. The Jargon File contains a lot of hacker jargon ('programmer slang'?) and just as much hacker humor. Added to by hundreds over the decades, it got fairly huge.

In the 90s it was edited and updated by the legendary ESR (Eric S Raymond), author of famed 1999 book 'The Cathedral and the Bazaar.'

The web version linked above groups the jargon by category, If you'd prefer the text version 4.4.7 of the Jargon File, it's here: ( https://jargon-file.org/archive/jargon-4.4.7.dos.txt ) Older versions can also be found online.

How about this one in Italy?

\#comp.lang.go the #go #golang programming language was approved by the big-8 board this weekend! If any #hacker #diy #tinker #privacy person out there needs an account on a server from the new Usenet that blocks binaries and only allows text articles, msg @NerdRat or @unthoiz we also recommend #alt.2600 #es.comp.hackers and #alt.2600.madrid #HappyHacking #Usenet #Privacy #HackerCulture @merce @thegibson @moribundo @Killab33z\_OG @2600@lemmy.world @hispagatos@lemmy.world @2600\_madrid @2600@mastodon.online @tinker @golang\_discussions

Today, world-wide #2600 Meetings! Join your local meetup! Here in #Madrid we have #2600.madrid register here: https://eventos.hispagatos.org/events/c4f6d019-3a18-46dd-ba18-c6034239aa38 for more information https://2600.madrid and https://2600.com/meetings #HackerCulture #HackingIsNotACrime #Hackers #Hacking find us in usenet: alt.2600 and alt.2600.madrid @2600@lemmy.world @2600@mastodon.online

Why Free Software and Decentralized Platforms Matter - Happy Hacking https://kolektiva.media/w/uwBDwEEP5uJdj3mJ8VU6fo #Decentralization #Usenet #Matrix #Fediverse #HackerCulture #Hackers #Hacking #FreedomOfInformation @hispagatos @2600@mastodon.online @2600@lemmy.world @thegibson @2600\_madrid @thedarktangent @merce @AlbertoQ @hackerfantastic @secbsd @syfershock @micahflee @OffTheHook @spacerog @Rob\_T\_Firefly https://hispagatos.space/@rek2/111075499526260339

Finally, have time to listen to "Off the hook" Hacker #radio show special for Kevin Mitnick, episode 2023-07-26 you can download the MP3 from https://2600.com/offthehook/2023/0723.html I have been listening to this #hacker show since I was a kid in 1988, like I don't know what I will do if I miss one, this and the #2600 #Magazine are a must for me. #HackerCulture #HackingIsNotACrime #offthehook #Hacking @2600 @hispagatos @anarcho\_hackers @hacking @cyberpunk

I figured some teleco geniuses out here, so I figured I might give it a shot.

The house I grew up in is looking to get rid of it's landline, and thus it's phone number. This phone number is one of the small number I actually have memorized-making it super useful, because I am unlikely to memorize any additional numbers in my lifetime, and certainly no numbers will ever have the same nostalgic ring to them.

They're a different phone carrier, and a different state. The current owner would be happy to hand the number over. Is this type of transfer in the realm of possibility?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YmGwdoS706M

Kevin Mitnick was a name that I heard many times before, but I was never really familiar with the person. I just knew about the "getting in trouble for computer stuff" and of course the "Free Kevin" movement.

The 90s were a time of discovery for me and computers. It was also a time of me almost constantly getting in trouble for what I was able to do with computers (and networks). It took a threat of being reported to the FBI for me to finally take a break from screwing around so much.

My friends and I use to buy 2600 magazines and go to the local meetups. There was even a time after one of the meetups when a bunch of us rented a U-Haul truck to use to actually go trashing at some local businesses. (Also, I was so excited when some of my work eventually made it into an issue of 2600. I wish I still knew some of the people I use to hang out, because I would definitely brag about it to them.)

And of course, my friends an I got a huge kick out of the Hackers movie when it came out. It may have been insanely silly, but it also made the nerdy stuff seem shiny and attractive.

Basically, the "hacker culture" was part of my adolescence and helped shape who I am, and a lot of that was influenced by people like Kevin Mitnick and the kind of stuff he did.

RIP Kevin.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pPXQGnsrnx8&pp=ygUPcGhyZWFraW5nIGludHJv

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/_IZF7MXmYfQ

\#Madrid 2600 Meetings on #Lemmy under the official #2600 official Lemmy #group, #Hackers subscribe! https://lemmy.ml/post/1633529 https://lemmy.ml/c/2600@lemmy.world you can follow it from #mastodon at @2600 #HappyHacking #HackingIsNotACrime #HackerCulture

#2600 meetings worldwide, and of course 2600.Madrid in 7 days! https://2600.Madrid gemini://2600.Madrid matrix: #2600_Madrid:hispagatos.org mobilizon: https://eventos.hispagatos.org/events/608a824b-9c9f-473b-bc9f-9c3b115cbed9 PLEASE RESERVE SO WE CAN TELL THE BAR how many people we are going to be #HappyHacking #HackingIsNotACrime #2600Madrid https://2600.com

Read an article about building a Redbox either on the 2600 Usenet group or some other hack/phreak BBS probably around 1993. Went to radio shack the next day to buy the tone dialer and crystal. I messed up the solder pretty bad but it still works to this day.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_box_(phreaking)

Get the latest issue out now.

Little trivia for you (Moderator Denzuko is 40 years old this year too).

In this howto we'll show you how one can join lemmy.world or any Fedirated lemmy instance so they can free themselves from the evils of reddit's CEO:

1. Go to https://join-lemmy.org

2. Click Join a Server !

3. Pick one you like the domain / url for and click it

4. Sign up with your email of choice. use a <username>+2600@<email.host> to help find notifications later on. !

Congrats, you have joined lemmy. From your home instances, you can click on the Communities link and see all the communities on that instance, and subscribe to them so they show up on your subbed feed. If you don’t see a community you want, you can create one. In the most basic form, that’s it, you are now part of Lemmy.

From here You can log into your instance and then subscribe to communities from other instances. To do that, once you log in to your preferred instance:

• Search for !community-name@instance-name (like !risa@startrek.website)
• Click the link on the search result
• Expand the sidebar
• Click subscribe

Now, whenever you log in to your preferred instance you will see posts from the sub in your feed.

Have fun!

With all things in history there is usually a person of power whom abuses that power. In this case the CEO of reddit has taken a dump on its user base, and yes that is mildly an option but one shared by the over 38% of subreddits out there still dark at this time of writing.

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This blackout while decisive and impactful. It was not a success and seeing the voting records on [/r/2600/(https://www.reddit.com/r/2600/comments/14an6wx/user_poll_go_federated_stay_dark_or_open_up/) to open back up] shows how decisive this issue is overall.

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The numbers do not lie but it is quite clear there is bias behind the data. However because I am not a dictator only a supporter of 2600 Enterprises and the community of hackers here. One does recognize there is a desire to hold a presence within the Fediverse and open up the subreddit. With that we have our community here at lemmy.world/2600 and are looking into ways to mirror the r/2600 content via a bot and do encourage or members to use their favorite lemmy instance, matrix.io bridge, or fediverse client to continue the community have built up over the years over here as well. Secure in the knowledge that your voice is heard, the community is advert free, and you are respected as an individual.

Welcome to the Fediverse, Hackers!