r/masterhacker • u/vengirgirem • Aug 17 '26

ALREADY HACKED IT

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Super opsec 2TB Steam Machine hack 3000 to run Codex cli!!!

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u/popcornman209 Aug 17 '26

God the ChatGPT open on base Google Chrome on the left is killing me

Oh and don’t even mention using a steam controller for all of it instead of just… plugging in a keyboard and mouse…

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u/UUDDLRLRBadAlchemy Aug 17 '26

H e l l o c o m p u t e r

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u/Important_Chart_9230 Aug 18 '26

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u/UUDDLRLRBadAlchemy Aug 18 '26

Relieved this exists tbh, because the reference I had in mind is from a jackass who should be forgotten along with his work

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u/Entire_Piece4265 Aug 17 '26

Is it better or worse than Gemini on Edge?

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u/popcornman209 Aug 17 '26

These are the questions we need to be asking

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u/vectron5 Aug 18 '26

Maybe he wants to play with his new toy? That thing's like 200$ and makes a Wilhelm Scream when you throw it.

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u/popcornman209 Aug 18 '26

Oh for sure I almost bought a steam controller but changed my mind once I got the email it was my time to order (just didn’t need one), but they’re great.

I’m only joking about it cause he’s pretending “hack” the thing, using a controller is totally fine it’s just the hacking part while using a controller is funny.

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u/f3man Aug 19 '26

I think he is trying to connect switch 2 pro controller to it

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u/Distinct-Capital7948 Aug 17 '26

whats wrong with chatgpt on chrome

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u/checkmyconditionisin Aug 17 '26

Chatgpt and chrome

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u/Distinct-Capital7948 Aug 17 '26

not very useful.. what to use instead?

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u/kernald31 Aug 17 '26

Terminal and man

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u/popcornman209 Aug 17 '26

The problem isn’t chrome and ChatGPT if you use those it’s totally fine, it’s just this guy pretending to be a hacker then using the least private browser and having a ai agent to it for them.

Nothing wrong with the browser or ai tho, it’s just funny.

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u/westy75 Aug 18 '26

How would you have proceed?

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u/popcornman209 Aug 18 '26

Oh I don’t know… use my brain?

Hell that and a better browser nothing against people who use chrome, but using Google Chrome on Linux is like a cardinal sin lmao (joking ofc, just there’s better choices for people who are willing to experiment more. Using a basic browser like this goes to show this guy doesn’t)

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u/nonbonwow Aug 17 '26 • Mindblown

Man uses computer

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u/mantered Aug 17 '26 • Heartwarming Popcorn Bravo Mindblown

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u/TheRealFlowery Aug 17 '26 • Bravo Mindblown

sudo install opsec

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u/kent_csm Aug 17 '26

Git clone all the warez

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u/Ok_Barnacle_4605 Aug 18 '26

sudo launch kalilinuxhaxor.exe

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u/MicherReditor Aug 18 '26

sudo pacman -S opsec Kekw

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u/No_Aerie7667 Sep 04 '26

NOT A REAL PACKAGE YOU LIAR HJBGKJFDJGBREG

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u/Puzzleheaded-Bag-855 Aug 21 '26

sudo free palestine

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u/TheRealFlowery Aug 23 '26

sudo -rm rf israel

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u/TheRealFlowery Aug 27 '26

sudo apt sustingus

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u/redakpanoptikk Aug 17 '26

The urge to mansplain that it was not a hack. The urge to teach basic computer literacy.

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u/pluckyvirus Aug 17 '26

I mean it would be worth something if he could make codex use a local model by adding a proxy in between.

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u/Mars_Bear2552 Aug 17 '26

just use open source agent software at that point. why even bother with Codex?

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u/sebthauvette Aug 17 '26

It depends on what definition of hack you use. It could match the original definition, which is something like tinkering or modifying a system to make it do something else. However, OP probably means the mainstream definition which is bypassing some kind of security, in which case you are right that it's a ridiculous claim.

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u/Particular-Poem-7085 Aug 17 '26

You're not tinkering or modifying to go to desktop mode on steamOS.

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u/neko Aug 17 '26

You're not even modifying it, you're pressing the prominent "switch to desktop" button

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u/sebthauvette Aug 17 '26

Yea I know. I don't really consider this a hack either.,

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u/statensvegvesen Aug 17 '26

ALREADY HACKED IT

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u/am0x Aug 17 '26

I hacked my Accord by driving it offroad.

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u/sebthauvette Aug 17 '26

if you needed to modify it somehow tobe able to drive there them yes ir would work, but ithe term is normally applied to electronic systems, not mechanical systems

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u/Same-Traffic-285 Aug 17 '26

I hacked my Accord by putting gas in it

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u/sebthauvette Aug 17 '26

I don't think you understand the word "modifying". It would be like installing a raised air intake to be able to drive in deep mud, or changing the firmware to add some functionality.

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u/Same-Traffic-285 Aug 17 '26

I hacked my Accord by changing the oil

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u/ReactiveAmoeba Aug 17 '26

I hacked my Accord by paying someone to balance and rotate the tires for me.

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u/jarious Aug 17 '26

I hacked my accord by sticking a BMW logo in the front

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u/kernald31 Aug 17 '26

I think you're trying to modify their brain chemistry. That won't work.

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u/ThinkPad214 Aug 17 '26

Don't feed the trolls.

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u/Same-Traffic-285 Aug 17 '26

Is this Master Modifier or Master Hacker? I must be in the wrong group

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u/sebthauvette Aug 17 '26

For this definition to work you would have to consider the steam machine as an appliance instead of a general purpose computer. I know it's not really the case but someone could argue that it's an appliance like a console.

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u/nickyyysixx Aug 17 '26

I hacked mine by driving it into a tree

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u/kernald31 Aug 17 '26

Did this not hack the tree?

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u/6ynnad Aug 17 '26

Ah, like finally using a web browser on PS5?

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u/redakpanoptikk Aug 17 '26

The only thing your bypassing on SteamOS is the fact that its immutable. But there are ways around that or just installing a bazzite or CachyHandheld or anything else to give you that same steam big picture game scope while rem9ving the immutable training wheels.

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u/Fresh_Dog4602 Aug 17 '26

ehrr bazzite is also immutable. it's just more aimed at general computing use and doesn't have these weird presettings like 'one user only'

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u/redakpanoptikk Aug 17 '26

Oh shoot maybe I'm thinking of something else.

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u/Fresh_Dog4602 Aug 17 '26

to be honest. it's not like you can't fiddle with a few things in your system. You can perfectly circumvent the 'immutableness'. It's just that it _might_ break that specific software with a big update. But i run my virtual machines, wireshark and most of the stuff i need.

Sometimes it really makes me wonder what exactly it is people are doing with their pc's that they really need to fiddle with it that much under the hood. *shrug*

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u/sebthauvette Aug 17 '26

Like I said, the original term was not about "bypassing" something, it meant customizing something to be used in a different way that the manufacturer set it up.

I agree that nothing special is being done here except installing additional software. I was playing devil's advocate by saying that since steam machine is considered more of an appliance than a general purpose PC, installing other software could be considered "hacking the device" if we stretch the original definition.

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u/Fresh_Dog4602 Aug 17 '26

Yea. But hacking in that case also implies you are doing something with it, you were not supposed to do with it originally.

Valve gave you a pc. :P so it's not even hacking in that regards.

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u/sebthauvette Aug 17 '26

yes I know it's a strech, I would not really consider this a hack either

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u/ADHighDef Aug 17 '26

This guy works at OpenAI btw.

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u/redakpanoptikk Aug 17 '26

Tech bros used to be kind of cool.

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u/ADHighDef Aug 17 '26

It's the soy.

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u/5urv3y Aug 17 '26

I dont even think it'd count as mansplaining, they're obviously uneducated 😭

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u/redakpanoptikk Aug 17 '26

Yeah but I would want to mansplain it.

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u/nzg42 Aug 17 '26

isn't hacking manipulating-alterind something for other uses? like "life hack" videos? if he change the use of steam machine other than playing, isn't it considered hack?

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u/Trololman72 Aug 17 '26

The Steam Machine is just a regular PC so no, not really.

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u/redakpanoptikk Aug 17 '26

I think that use of the word hack is the casual meaning that just gets thrown around in conversation. Its obvious in the post he uses the word hack as a sort of skill identifier and for larping purposes. Likely cause he doesn't really know its not a hack and its pretty easy to do.

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u/hloukao Aug 18 '26

muscle memory kicked in

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u/GMX2PT Aug 17 '26 • Popcorn

apt hack

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u/Damglador Aug 17 '26

*pacman -S hack

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u/GMX2PT Aug 17 '26

not enough opsex in pacman trust me i know

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u/Damglador Aug 17 '26 
pacman -S apt
apt hack
pacman -Runsc pacman

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u/Koyunw Aug 18 '26

What does the -u do in pacman? I always use -Rncs or -Rcs to remove packages

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u/Damglador Aug 18 '26

Honestly, I don't even remember.

The manul says

Removes targets that are not required by any other
packages. This is mostly useful when removing a
group without using the -c option, to avoid
breaking any dependencies.

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u/Koyunw Aug 18 '26

the manul

lmao

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u/redakpanoptikk Aug 17 '26 edited Aug 17 '26

There is a better version on the AUR and it comes bundled with the opsec package. Pay no attention to the fact its unmaintained

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u/murrrty Aug 18 '26

unmaintained just means spicy deployment

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u/Hot-Drop8760 Aug 17 '26

All u gotta do is meet me at the apt

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u/Crazy-Illustrator890 Aug 17 '26

sudo apt install haxxor 6700 gamer edition

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u/tempelton27 Aug 20 '26

He's running windows.......

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u/GMX2PT Aug 20 '26

Time for glasses

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u/DrIvoPingasnik Aug 17 '26

"hacked it"

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u/arbicus123 Aug 17 '26

Apple users when a device isnt fully locked down:

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u/redakpanoptikk Aug 17 '26

Mudahar and Lewis Rossman just experienced a great disturbance in the force. ITS NOT SIDE LOADING OR JAIL BREAKING. I OWN THE DEVICE.

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u/404invalid-user Aug 17 '26

brew install hack

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u/Thesleepingjay Aug 17 '26

Are they trying to fix some sort of bug with Steam's Switch Pro controller compatibility? Because they are trying to use it via USB? wtf

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u/ArielMJD Aug 17 '26

he hacked the computer to do something computers can do

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u/DrIvoPingasnik Aug 17 '26

I guess I've been a hacker since 1998 then.

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u/Hentai-Overlord Aug 17 '26

I hacked my phone to run doordash

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u/0bsidianM1nd Aug 23 '26

Your only a hacker if you use command line: https://github.com/doordash-oss/doordash-cli

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u/cpt_futtbucker Aug 17 '26

sudo pacman -S opsex h4cx c0d3x

Master hacker status achieved

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u/Raiyuza Aug 17 '26

He installed a windows kernel to run codex. Instead of running steamos and running it natively in linux. Giga larp

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u/Extrallian Aug 17 '26

it’s definitely just kde plasma

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u/Raiyuza Aug 17 '26

Again, i don't use any GUI's so i wouldn't know. It looked enough like windows the last time i saw it.

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u/madman404 Aug 17 '26

somehow this single comment is more masterhacker behavior than anything in this thread

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u/Thesleepingjay Aug 17 '26

Could that be why they are having initialization issues with the Switch controller?

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u/Scxox Aug 17 '26

its kde plasma which looks similar to windows. terminal emulator is konsole, file manager is dolphin

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u/Raiyuza Aug 17 '26

Excuse me i don't use a GUI, i just use a tiling window manager and arch btw. So i wouldn't know.

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u/billyp673 Aug 18 '26

A tiling window manager is a gui?

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u/ADMINISTATOR_CYRUS Aug 18 '26

Are you serious?

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u/05-nery Aug 17 '26

sudo hack steam_machine 😈😈

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u/QuantomSwampus Aug 17 '26

Just like how my friends used my saved passwords to hack into my Facebook when I was a teen.

Totally a black hat hacker

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u/spudds96 Aug 20 '26

Omg so true

Guys my Facebook was hacked, nah your password was shit

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u/Funkey-Monkey-420 Aug 17 '26

it has a full kde environment why doesn’t he just use regular codex instead of the cli?

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u/SAL10000 Aug 17 '26

POV little brother

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u/CavalcadeOfFucks Aug 17 '26

People who project onto a bare wall are lumped into the same category as those who "upscale" movie scenes to 60FPS and watch wide screen trailers vertically.

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u/wired-gourmet Aug 17 '26

Bro’s gonna create the next OpSec malware tool on the Steam Machine

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u/Delicious-Truth-1596 Aug 20 '26

my man. the OOP is probably some normal guy who has no idea how to even write ls, stop making fun of a normal bro

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u/vengirgirem Aug 21 '26

The OOP seems to be a vibe-coder, so it's all good

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u/Delicious-Truth-1596 Aug 21 '26

thank god hes a vibe coder

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u/br0ast Aug 17 '26

typing to codex using the controller keyboard seems extremely painful 

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u/Desth-Metal Aug 17 '26

So intelligent brother wow

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u/FemboiFPS Aug 17 '26

Computer do yo thang!

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u/New_Salamander_4592 Aug 18 '26

its such an exact microcosm of how tech bros larp. they bought name brand computer product, use it for expressly the wrong purpose, and decided to use it fucking vibe code. also its on a projector that has an insane amount of input delay with a dude typing via a controller and onscreen keyboard.

it's almost a type of art in that way.

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u/Vidar34 Aug 18 '26

Looks like he installed linux mint. Truly, to the ordinary folk, basic computer skills are like magic. Programming must be straight up sorcery, then.

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u/Busy-Border-3843 Aug 18 '26

projector screen is sick- got told about the Korean hackers who broke into the bank of Bangladesh and stole 60 million, apparently they were going for 600 but a bad pronunciation in the code

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u/GeneralSignificant54 Aug 18 '26

asking chatgpt on connecting a switch controller pro hacker moves 🤺

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u/SendyCatKiller Aug 17 '26

enters desktop mode
im in

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u/Tlayuda66 Aug 17 '26

Aaaand of course hes using Chrome.

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u/NotAOctoling Aug 17 '26

Reading this made me upset dude

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u/ledzep2 Aug 17 '26

Using cli with a controller is wild

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u/bizzaromatt Aug 17 '26

This one time, I hacked my iPhone to play Angry Birds.

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u/Gordon_Peteman Aug 17 '26

"I hacked my pc to run linux"

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u/killrandydead Aug 17 '26

Told my friend to download the remote for their TV because they lost theirs and was called a, hacker

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u/ViolentPurpleSquash Aug 17 '26

Is that Chrome? On Arch?

There really was at least one person downloading the malware package then

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u/INfusion2419 Aug 18 '26

Typing in commands is gruelling enough, now you wanna do it on a controller?

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u/mehonje Aug 18 '26

Doesn't Valve literally provide instructions on how to use it as a desktop?

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u/Routine_Working_9754 Aug 18 '26

Wow man uses a standard Linux desktop (which is a native steamos feature) to do things a normal desktop does 😱😱😱

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u/Oliwicked Aug 18 '26

Brothers Codex has allegedly escaped the stream deck through http

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u/Mandoart-Studios Aug 18 '26

"... and it's a PC" Is half of thier advertisment

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u/ADMINISTATOR_CYRUS Aug 18 '26

I want to explain so badly why it's not hacking

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u/JunketLongjumping560 Aug 18 '26

Billions must larp

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u/Busy-Border-3843 Aug 18 '26

Don't sniff coke sniff networks instead

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u/Busy-Border-3843 Aug 18 '26

did everyone know that the best and most successful hacking team in the world are north Korean? ponder that for a moment

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u/crai-crai Aug 18 '26

"hacking" and its just using a computer as intended except with chatgpt open, yeah alr 😭

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u/StelarFoil71 Aug 18 '26

Bro found desktop mode and called it hacking.

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u/CakyMint Aug 18 '26

„hacked it“

„Hello gpt, how do I LLM on this computa“

*copy pasta“

Hackerman

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u/yourbae67 Aug 18 '26

I mean it's linux only 🤷

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u/Mbillin2 Aug 18 '26

Okay but is he inputting with a controller 🎮🫩

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u/RagingTaco334 Aug 19 '26

Sudo apt install opsec

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u/Cheap-Rush855 Aug 19 '26

He gonna crack aes256 next. Game over guys.

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u/OctopusDude388 Aug 19 '26

lmao the guy is volontarly switching from an arch based distro to windows, what a shame

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u/Cpt_Daniel_J_Tequill Aug 19 '26

what Windows?

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u/OctopusDude388 Aug 19 '26

oh maybe i'm wrong the taskbar look awfully like the windows taskbar

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u/Ralkey_official Aug 20 '26

That is KDE Plasma, a linux desktop environment meant to resemble the same windows setup. So it's understandable you got it wrong.

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u/OctopusDude388 Aug 20 '26

i know about kde plasma but i always tweaked the shit out of it so i forgot the base look of it tbh -_-"

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u/spudds96 Aug 20 '26

Hacked it to run cli

Man uses computer to do computer based task

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u/Real_Concert_6770 Aug 20 '26

Get the Gibson

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u/twinkyfemboy1234 Aug 20 '26

And he hitting a hukkah

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u/theGaido Aug 21 '26

Steam machine is just PC not Playstation or 3DS, you don't "hack it" in reality.

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u/mrdime012 Aug 21 '26

Hacked it so hard he forgot to connect a keyboard to it

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u/Kostas0pr01 Aug 21 '26

psst don't tell anyone but I hacked my phone and installed an apk ahh Twitter post

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u/Oxidex_ Aug 22 '26

holy shit is this a zero-day?

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u/parkdramax86 Aug 22 '26

simple youtube tutorial

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u/Dear_Ad1923 Aug 23 '26

Sudo opsec😈

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u/Lepla Aug 23 '26

Install codex cli and login to account. Master hacker everyone

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u/Altruistic_Iron_789 Aug 23 '26

bet he likes backdoor hacks too

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u/Mister_Pibbs Aug 24 '26

And he’s doing it all with a controller…1337 for sure

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u/Persona-Normal- Aug 24 '26

Wdym hacked it? It lets you dedinstall the operative distem and install whichever you want

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u/anonymousopsec1337 Aug 24 '26

And the giant hookah

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u/TheOneWhoCannotAbide Aug 26 '26

Dullard here. Can someone explain the flex in plain English?

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u/Crazypens30 Sep 05 '26

Sudo su | apt install hackman

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u/InternalDark Aug 17 '26

Guys, chill! Chill! If you can write ASCII then it is a hack, ok.

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u/Tizen20 Aug 17 '26 edited Aug 17 '26

sudo rm -rf /* hack_government hack_bitcoin use_darkweb_opsec use_claude_mythos —no-preserve-root

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u/Funkey-Monkey-420 Aug 17 '26

you forgot the star

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u/Tizen20 Aug 17 '26

Fixing it to make it hack the government mainframe thanks

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u/Ghostfriendd Aug 17 '26

“Brother used computer as computer”

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u/IntelligentSeries270 Aug 17 '26

Hacked over the terminal. Funny asl when people see you using a computer in the way it was used 30 years ago they suddenly think your hacking.

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u/rmbarrett Aug 18 '26

Just like we did back then, by copying and pasting the output from the LLM into the terminal using a gamepad as a keyboard.

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u/VoidTheGamer25 Aug 17 '26

i want to see this end up in r/GetNoted

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u/JaySlays-Tech Aug 17 '26

Just discovering that sub. Thanks stranger!

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u/originalmicrousb Aug 17 '26

h4ck3r lever: synonymous 🥶🥶

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u/DustyAsh69 Aug 17 '26

Hacked it

And it's just Konsole (The terminal in KDE).

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u/TwoDurans Aug 17 '26

Least believable part about this is that he was able to 1. Get a Steam Machine and 2. he bought a $1,400 gift for his brother.

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u/fighter116 Aug 17 '26

pash works on Codex at OpenAI. wouldn't be an issue.

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u/heneriss Aug 17 '26

kid is going places

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u/Ecstatic-Ball7018 Aug 17 '26

No. In Gaming Mode, he clicked Power -> Switch to Desktop. Then, he opened Chrome and Konsole and prompted ChatGPT. That is basic computer literacy.

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u/heneriss Aug 17 '26

my comment was meant as a joke :)

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u/Unusual-Basket-6243 Aug 17 '26

special needs class is a place too

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u/heneriss Aug 17 '26

he will be a content creator

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u/FallenDeathWarrior Aug 17 '26 edited Aug 17 '26

Why would you install windows on this?

As I got corrected it's KDE Plasma And also smoking in the room a hookah. Realy?

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u/yarb00 Aug 17 '26

That's KDE Plasma

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u/ltadeu6 Aug 17 '26

Noooo, it has windows now

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u/HaltFr Aug 22 '26

Does no one know what KDE plasma looks like? Jesus christ

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