“Remember, the difference between script kiddies and professional hackers is that the former uses other peoples tools.
The latter can write their own”
― Black Hat Python: Python Programming for Hackers and Pentesters
The latter can write their own”
― Black Hat Python: Python Programming for Hackers and Pentesters
“Pherhaps we are cursed', Karkasy told the empty fane, 'to crave something which does not exist. There are no gods, no spirits, no daemons. So we make them up, to comfort ourselves'.”
― Horus Rising
― Horus Rising
“Description begins in the writer’s imagination, but should finish in the reader’s.”
― On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
― On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
“If we didn’t know that the
devastating shellfire was coming from the Soviets, we could be forgiven for thinking that
here, on 13 December, the end of the world had begun.”
― Blood Red Snow: The Memoirs of a German Soldier on the Eastern Front
devastating shellfire was coming from the Soviets, we could be forgiven for thinking that
here, on 13 December, the end of the world had begun.”
― Blood Red Snow: The Memoirs of a German Soldier on the Eastern Front
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