hell \ Rebekah Hellberg

If you meet me in real life ask me for my personal account <3

I have opinions on integrity, privacy, cybersecurity and programming.

Founder at Hack Gbgay.

Queer safespace.

pronounce: she
side project: https://hack.gbgay.com - teaching the local queers to hack!
currently reading: snow crash

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2026-07-27 13:20:55 UTC

https://files.defcon.social/dcsocial-s3/media_attachments/files/116/992/143/635/756/292/original/351e65ca0c5d3eba.jpg

2026-07-13 23:34:15 UTC

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legally distinct fish!

2026-06-17 15:52:39 UTC

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you never seen being arguing is Java or Python is better?

2026-06-16 21:01:29 UTC

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I feel like this when people compare scripting languages to programming languages.. yeah no shit one of them can take higher loads.. but it feels like asking what is better, a van or a motorcycle - I don't know - what are you trying to accomplish?
That said, I am continuously questioning and trying to to make my computer use more effective*, and I am standing at a point where Emacs seems like a very sensible choice forwards. At least workflow wise in it being a lisp interpreter - but I am also meeting a lot of backlash to that idea, the viable ones that Emacs tends to be slow because of how much it does and not or not properly implementing multi thread processing (tbh I am quite confused here).
If I do not choose the Emacs route I feel like the way forwards for me might be to chase lightweight software and build modes to launch (keep in mind my super/ctl/etc is at thumb position).
*hence going qwerty --> colemak, 100% stag keb --> 35% ortholinear, windows --> linux, plasma --> gnome --> tiling --> scrolling
tl;dr: I am not diehard anything - but I would like help to decide if it makes sense to deepdive into Emacs as dev/hw/sec enthusiast who wants to streamline their computer experience to the max and dont mind a learning a whole bunch of shortcuts if it makes the overall experience better.

2026-06-16 20:19:09 UTC

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This was a very interesting read..
Question then, as complete Emacs noob, who have used ti for editing text and opened eww once, but who was attracted to it not as an editor but as one place to host small softwares and hopefully run them primarily with shortcuts:
people keep telling me because it does so many things it gets really slow - and the boot isn't laser speed I see that for sure - but but it seems to me that the workflow would be slower if I have to open separate software every time I say want to use git, ftp, email and so on? Could I have your thoughts?
[@ramin_hal9001](https://fe.disroot.org/users/ramin_hal9001 ) @npub1kqq…0y6c

2026-06-12 00:21:08 UTC

people who have gone from neo/VI/m to Emacs or wise verse - what made you swap? what made you then either stay or revert?
#editorwar #editorwars #vi #vim #neovim #emacs

2026-05-31 18:06:38 UTC

Leaving Former-Twitter and Facebook for Mastodon was a process.. it took small steps, by me, and others, until Mastodon seemed like a viable alternative..
So with that said, and with inspiration from @npub16vy…qukt s talk at #hackgbgay .. is there any community / #fedi alternatives to #youtube ?
#fedivers

2026-05-31 18:06:38 UTC

2026-05-18 02:26:32 UTC

same cat. same.
https://files.defcon.social/dcsocial-s3/media_attachments/files/116/593/207/089/259/270/original/3d434bd071580b1e.mp4

2026-04-19 02:22:42 UTC

Unless you want #microslop to steal your code to make more #slop :
don't forget to disable
"Allow GitHub to use my data for AI model training" @ https://github.com/settings/copilot/features
#aislop #copilot #microsoft #github

2026-04-09 12:14:38 UTC

#emacs users - how messy is your env/conf? do you know what all of your custom code/conf do? do you have shortcuts/functionality that hasnt been used for years? oh and what os+de are you using? Do you ever mix up commands like yank/paste shortcuts when in other envs?

2026-03-29 20:31:20 UTC

fresh baby #emacs user.. so gonna post a lot of stupid questions lmao. so question to emacs users - I've heard emacs jokingly(?) described as a whole os - how much of your pc time do you spend in it and what do you personally do in emacs other than file editing?
p.s. if youre a non-qwerty/z emacs user - would you send a dm?
p.p.s. what are good places to find an emacs community.. reddit? some good discord channels or bbforums?

2026-01-21 23:27:53 UTC

"Windows comes included on consumer PCs" have always been a comeback to " #Linux is free". I feel like this argument is becoming moot.
With the combination of skyrocketed hardware prices (notably #ram and #gpu), #Microsoft dropping support for Windows10 (remember that it was gonna be their updated forever last OS btw?) and #Windows11 not just being their usual bloat fest that runs poorly on old hardware but also including software to actively prevent installations on low spec machines with the recommendation to buy a new Win11 certified machine (how blatantly transparent anti consumer and anti environment can a company get?). I run Linux smoothly on over a decade old hardware that I purchased recently for $30 btw.
So to way that consumers don't pay for Windows.. I'm not buying it.

2026-01-19 01:51:14 UTC

The only thing a Linux enjoyer hates more than Windows is other flavors of Linux.
#justlinuxthings #linux

2025-08-10 14:09:13 UTC

Tge experience of using #chatgpt5 is *BAD* - atleast when used with custom instructions. Does anyone prefer it to 3, 3.5 or 4?
#chatgpt #openai #ai #llm

2025-03-28 21:23:48 UTC

rdp - ransomware deployment protocol

2025-01-14 14:54:40 UTC

"it's pretty much impossible to botch a simple note app"
the developers for notepad on win11: hold my beer..

2024-12-29 03:00:52 UTC

Just curious - would you consider yourself above or below average physical fitness and what type of distro do you use for your main system/daily driver?
definitions for this poll:
"normie distro" - Windows, MacOS, Ubuntu, Mint, Fedora, Manjaro, Kali, MX and so on.
"nerd distro" - *Unix, *BSD, LFS, Arch, NixOS, Gentoo, and so on.
#linux #bsd #unix #windows #macos #fitness #health
*note: the definitions are not meant to be shots fired, they are just there to help define what I am curious about.

2024-12-22 18:38:58 UTC

Does anyone have a clue as to why my #FlipperZero (latest #RougeMaster) won't detect devices in bad-usb? It charges and connects to the pc without issues and I have reflashed RM..

2024-10-12 22:52:05 UTC

Are there any games designed with a 3d/cad mouse in mind?
https://files.defcon.social/dcsocial-s3/media_attachments/files/113/296/901/578/415/901/original/00d1a87e466bf60f.jpg

2024-10-04 05:55:06 UTC

If you recieved a #hackgbgaycom badge as a promotional item at #defcon32 and want to do the challanges or just had too many distraction during the event to finish them then I gotcha covered at the link below! Keep in mind the base challanges are meant to be solvable by non tech people!
tl;dr: link to hack.gbgay.com 1 badge challanges below.
https://hack.gbgay.com/archive/2024/chall.htm
#queercon
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2024-08-23 10:00:11 UTC

Me as a kid: when I grow up and have a salary I'm gonna get ALL OF THE LEGO
Me as an adult with a salary:
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