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git clone cd LazyOwnhttps://github.com/grisuno/LazyOwn.git 

pip install requests beautifulsoup4 pandas fastparquet 

python3 binario_a_buscarlazysearch.py 

./lazyown.py 

cd LazyOwn rm *.csv rm *.parquet ./update_db.sh import requests from bs4 import BeautifulSoup import csv # URL del servidor que contiene el HTML url = "https://gtfobins.github.io/index.html" # Hacer una solicitud GET al servidor response = requests.get(url) # Verificar si la solicitud fue exitosa if response.status_code == 200: html_content = response.text else: print("Error al obtener el HTML del servidor") exit() # Parsear el contenido HTML con Beautiful Soup soup = BeautifulSoup(html_content, 'html.parser') # Encontrar el contenedor de la tabla table_wrapper = soup.find('div', id='bin-table-wrapper') # Inicializar una lista para almacenar la información data = [] # Recorrer todas las filas de la tabla for row in table_wrapper.find_all('tr'): bin_name = row.find('a', class_='bin-name') if bin_name: bin_name_text = bin_name.text.strip() functions = [] for func in row.find_all('li'): function_link = func.find('a') if function_link: function_href = function_link.get('href').strip() function_name = function_link.text.strip() functions.append({'name': function_name, 'href': function_href}) # Añadir la información a la lista de datos data.append({'binary': bin_name_text, 'functions': functions}) # Guardar la información en un archivo CSV csv_file = "bin_data.csv" with open(csv_file, mode='w', newline='') as file: writer = csv.writer(file) writer.writerow(['Binary', 'Function Name', 'Function URL']) for entry in data: binary = entry['binary'] for func in entry['functions']: writer.writerow([binary, func['name'], func['href']]) print(f"Datos guardados en {csv_file}") 

import requests from bs4 import BeautifulSoup import csv from urllib.parse import urljoin import time import os # URL base del servidor base_url = "https://gtfobins.github.io/" # Nombre del archivo CSV de entrada input_csv = "bin_data.csv" # Nombre del archivo de salida CSV output_csv = "bin_data_relevant.csv" # Función para obtener la información relevante de una URL def obtener_informacion(url): response = requests.get(url) if response.status_code != 200: print(f"Error al obtener la URL: {url}") return [] soup = BeautifulSoup(response.text, 'html.parser') data = [] for section in soup.find_all('h2', class_='function-name'): function_name = section.text.strip() function_id = section.get('id') function_url = f"{url}#{function_id}" description = section.find_next('p').text.strip() if section.find_next('p') else "" example = section.find_next('code').text.strip() if section.find_next('code') else "" data.append({ "function_name": function_name, "function_url": function_url, "description": description, "example": example }) return data # Leer el archivo CSV de entrada binarios_funciones = {} with open(input_csv, mode='r', encoding='utf-8') as file: reader = csv.DictReader(file) for row in reader: binary = row['Binary'] if binary not in binarios_funciones: binarios_funciones[binary] = row['Function URL'].split('#')[0] # Verificar si ya existe un archivo de salida y hasta dónde se ha procesado resume = False if os.path.exists(output_csv): with open(output_csv, mode='r', encoding='utf-8') as file: reader = csv.reader(file) rows = list(reader) if len(rows) > 1: last_processed = rows[-1][2] resume = True # Inicializar una lista para almacenar toda la información informacion_binarios = [] # Abrir el archivo CSV para escritura csv_file = open(output_csv, mode='w', newline='', encoding='utf-8') csv_writer = csv.writer(csv_file) csv_writer.writerow(['Binary', 'Function Name', 'Function URL', 'Description', 'Example']) # Recorrer la lista de binarios y sus funciones for binary, url in binarios_funciones.items(): # Si estamos retomando desde un punto anterior, saltamos hasta el último URL procesado if resume: if url != last_processed: continue else: resume = False full_url = urljoin(base_url, url) informacion = obtener_informacion(full_url) for item in informacion: informacion_binarios.append({ "binary": binary, "function_name": item["function_name"], "function_url": item["function_url"], "description": item["description"], "example": item["example"] }) # Guardar la información en el archivo CSV csv_writer.writerow([binary, item['function_name'], item['function_url'], item['description'], item['example']]) print(f"[+] Binary: {binary} {item['function_name']}") # Hacemos una pausa de 5 segundos entre cada solicitud de URL time.sleep(5) # Cerrar el archivo CSV csv_file.close() print(f"Datos guardados en {output_csv}") 

import pandas as pd import os import subprocess import platform # Lee los CSVs y crea los DataFrames df1 = pd.read_csv('bin_data.csv') df2 = pd.read_csv('bin_data_relevant.csv') # Guarda los DataFrames como Parquet df1.to_parquet('binarios.parquet') df2.to_parquet('detalles.parquet') # Función para realizar la búsqueda y generar el CSV de salida def buscar_binarios(): binarios_encontrados = set() # Detecta el sistema operativo sistema_operativo = platform.system() if sistema_operativo == 'Linux': # Ejecuta el comando find para Linux result = subprocess.run(['find', '/', '-perm', '4000', '-ls'], stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.PIPE, text=True) output = result.stdout # Extrae los binarios encontrados for line in output.split('\n'): if line: binario = os.path.basename(line.split()[-1]) binarios_encontrados.add(binario) elif sistema_operativo == 'Windows': # Script de PowerShell para Windows powershell_script = """ $directories = @("C:\\Windows\\System32", "C:\\", "C:\\Program Files", "C:\\Program Files (x86)") foreach ($dir in $directories) { Get-ChildItem -Path $dir -Recurse -Filter *.exe -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue ForEach-Object { $acl = Get-Acl $_.FullName $privileges = $acl.Access Where-Object { $_.FileSystemRights -match "FullControl" } if ($privileges) { Write-Output "$($_.FullName)" } } } """ # Ejecuta el script de PowerShell result = subprocess.run(['powershell', '-Command', powershell_script], stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.PIPE, text=True) output = result.stdout # Extrae los binarios encontrados for line in output.split('\n'): if line: binario = os.path.basename(line.strip()) binarios_encontrados.add(binario) # Filtra el DataFrame principal con los binarios encontrados df_binarios_encontrados = df1[df1['Binary'].isin(binarios_encontrados)] # Genera un CSV con los detalles de los binarios encontrados with open('resultado.csv', 'w') as f: for binario in binarios_encontrados: detalles = df2[df2['Binary'] == binario] if not detalles.empty: f.write(detalles.to_csv(index=False, header=False)) print(detalles.to_csv(index=False, header=False)) # Función para ejecutar opciones basadas en los datos encontrados def ejecutar_opciones(): df_resultado = pd.read_csv('resultado.csv', header=None, names=['Binary', 'Function Name', 'Function URL', 'Description', 'Example']) for binario in df_resultado['Binary'].unique(): print(f"Binario encontrado: {binario}") detalles = df_resultado[df_resultado['Binary'] == binario] print("Opciones:") for i, (_, row) in enumerate(detalles.iterrows(), start=1): print(f"{i}. {row['Function Name']} - {row['Description']}") print(f"{i+1}. No hacer nada y salir") while True: opcion = input("Seleccione una opción: ") if opcion.isdigit() and 1 <= int(opcion) <= len(detalles) + 1: break else: print("Opción no válida. Por favor, intente de nuevo.") opcion = int(opcion) if opcion <= len(detalles): print(f"Ejecutando opción {opcion} para {binario}") # Código para ejecutar la opción correspondiente print(f"Ejemplo de ejecución:\n{detalles.iloc[opcion-1]['Example']}") # Aquí puedes agregar el código para ejecutar el ejemplo si es necesario else: print("Saliendo") break if __name__ == '__main__': buscar_binarios() ejecutar_opciones() 

./lazyatack.sh --modo servidor --ip 192.168.1.1 --atacante 192.168.1.100 ./lazyatack.sh --modo cliente --url http://victima.com --ip 192.168.1.10 

Funciones del Script Descargar SecLists: Descarga y extrae las listas de SecLists para su uso. Escanear Puertos: Ejecuta un escaneo completo de puertos usando nmap. Escanear Puertos Específicos: Escanea puertos específicos (22, 80, 443). Enumerar Servicios HTTP: Enumera servicios HTTP en la URL víctima. Iniciar Servidor HTTP: Inicia un servidor HTTP en el puerto 80. Configurar Netcat: Configura netcat para escuchar en el puerto 443. Enviar Archivo Mediante Netcat: Envía un archivo a una escucha netcat. Verificar Conectividad: Verifica la conectividad mediante ping y tcpdump. Verificar Conectividad con Curl: Verifica la conectividad usando curl. Configurar Shell Reversa: Configura una shell reversa. Escuchar Shell con Netcat: Escucha una shell con netcat. Monitorear Procesos: Monitorea los procesos en ejecución. Ejecutar Wfuzz: Ejecuta un ataque de enumeración de directorios web con wfuzz. Comprobar Permisos Sudo: Comprueba los permisos de sudo. Explotar LFI: Explota una vulnerabilidad de inclusión de archivos locales. Configurar TTY: Configura TTY para una sesión shell más estable. Eliminar Archivos de Forma Segura: Elimina archivos de forma segura. Obtener Root Shell mediante Docker: Obtiene una root shell mediante Docker. Enumerar Archivos con SUID: Enumera archivos con permisos SUID. Listar Timers de Systemd: Lista timers de systemd. Comprobar Rutas de Comandos: Comprueba rutas de comandos. Abusar de Tar: Abusa de tar para ejecutar una shell. Enumerar Puertos Abiertos: Enumera puertos abiertos. Eliminar Contenedores Docker: Elimina todos los contenedores Docker. Escanear Red: Escanea la red con secuencia y xargs. 

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Hola gente del foro. Les comento un breve resumen de mi vida profesional para entender dónde estoy parado y hacia donde ir.
La cuestión es así: trabajo en el rubro de transformación de procesos y automatización para una Big Four. Soy Manager en una consultora importante y Contador Público. Tengo 36 pirulos.
¿Cómo terminé de ser un contador a dedicarme a Automatización de Procesos y liderar un área más asociada al rubro IT?
Bueno… a ver, arranqué hace unos años como analista de impuestos en una pequeña consultar. O sea, el típico pibe estudiante de contador. Después fui ascendiendo a senior, supervisor, etc. Trabajé en consultoras chicas y luego en una multinacional importante. En esta última empresa, por mi “habilidad natural” para analizar procesos de negocio y mi interés por el IT, desarrollo de software y automatizaciones, empecé a asumir roles de “analista funcional” para mejorar los procesos fiscales. Lo que debería ser sencillo, como descargar reportes de ventas y compras para hacer una declaración de impuestos, era extremadamente complejo. Por eso, encaré varios proyectos para implementar soluciones que nos dieran eficiencia junto al área de IT y consultores externos. Pasaba requisitos, elaboraba documentación y también testeaba las soluciones (cuando eran proyectos complejos tenía ayuda para testear y elaborar test cases).
Poco a poco, el mundo IT me interesó cada vez más y me di cuenta de que no quería seguir siendo “contador de impuestos” sino especializarme en el análisis de procesos de negocio contables, financieros y fiscales. No quiero aburrirlos, pero fui haciendo un camino que me permitió terminar trabajando en un área de implementaciones de tecnología.
A la larga terminé siendo contratado por una big four que me dio la posibilidad de ser manager del área de implementaciones de soluciones tecnológicas para las áreas de finanzas, tanto para clientes como también mejorar el área a nivel interno.
Mi rol actual es el de PM (sé que algunos desarrolladores aquí deben odiar a los PM), pero también tengo un rol comercial y de liderazgo directo sobre los equipos de trabajo. Básicamente, lidero un equipo funcional y a la vez otro equipo técnico (que tienen a su vez dos arquitectos que manejan de forma directa toda la implementación técnica) que se ocupa de implementaciones de soluciones RPA, desarrollo de software o consultoría para automatizar procesos contables, financieros, payroll e impuestos en empresas TOP.
Debido a mi curiosidad y ganas de aprender, me metí a fondo en el mundo de los desarrolladores para poder conversar con ellos a un nivel más técnico. Me capacité en RPA (robotic process automation - AA, UiPath -), SQL y VBA (esto último porque las macros ayudaban mucho en soluciones simples para clientes de bajo presupuesto). A tal punto lo aprendí que yo mismo he participado “codeando” algunos proyectos y hoy en día hasta capacito a desarrolladores juniors (y no tan juniors…) a mejorar en SQL e implementar buenas prácticas en base de datos, y también he participado activamente en el desarrollo de frameworks de RPA. Ahora, por hobby, estoy aprendiendo Python.
¿Qué me pasa? No gano lo que creo que debería (2,7 netos) para el esfuerzo y responsabilidad que conlleva mi función. Esto lo he hablado, pero lamentablemente las B4 tienen un modelo de negocio “explotador” donde buscan máxima rentabilidad y no les importa convivir con la rotación de personal que ello conlleva.
Además, me gusta programar, liderar temas más técnicos y quiero meterme de lleno en la programación, separándome completamente de la función de contador público. Pero con 36 años, familia e hijos, me resulta imposible empezar de cero y formarme profesionalmente desde cero en una carrera de IT.
En conclusión, quiero reenfocar mi carrera a desarrollador o TL porque estoy convencido de que tengo las capacidades. No es por falta de humildad, pero me considero bastante inteligente y capaz jaja. Si pudiera trabajar como contractor para afuera, mejor aún. Quiero ganar más guita, no por ambición de gastarla toda, sino para ahorrar, comprar una casa y algún día retirarme del mercado y vivir de rentas. Aunque disfruto de mi trabajo y del rubro, no concibo el trabajo como un fin sino como un medio, y quiero tener libertad financiera algún día (¿quién no?).
Bueno, mucho texto perdon!!

Hi. I'm selling some knives and tools I don't use as much. I'll be taking PP F&F. All items are priced with shipping. YOLO over PMs/Chats. Thanks for looking and let me know if you have any questions!
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• SOLD Leatherman Arc: SV$185. First owner. Took out the box and fidgeted with and carried for a day. Cut tape but that's about it. Perfect condition. Bigger than I like to carry but great set of tools for the size. Comes with original box and sheath. I gave away the bits. Will ship in original Leatherman box.
• Spyderco Para 3 s30v: SV$185. Atleast 2nd owner of the knife. First owner of the modded parts and modded by me. CF Scales. Blue anodized hardware. eBay clip. Great action. Centering perfect. Not used much. Blade has been sharpened and has subtle scratches (tried to capture in the pics). Do not have original box.
• Spyderco Silverax: SV$105. This is a catch and release. Just picked this up on the swap. Has great action especially for the flipper (previous owner did a detent mod that seems like the flipper and spyder hole are both dialed in. Definitely has better action than my Spyderco Mantra 3. Has been sharpened and is sharp. Selling since I prefer the size of my mantra 3. Comes with original box.
Thanks for looking

Hi knife swap. I’m selling some knives and tools I don’t use as much. I’ll be taking PP F&F. All items are priced with shipping. YOLO over PMs/Chats. Thanks for looking and let me know if you have any questions!
Timestamp

• SOLD Leatherman Arc: SV$185. First owner. Took out the box and fidgeted with and carried for a day. Cut tape but that’s about it. Perfect condition. Bigger than I like to carry but great set of tools for the size. Comes with original box and sheath. I gave away the bits. Will ship in original Leatherman box.
  
• Spyderco Para 3 s30v: SV$185. Atleast 2nd owner of the knife. First owner of the modded parts and modded by me. CF Scales. Blue anodized hardware. eBay clip. Great action. Centering perfect. Not used much. Blade has been sharpened and has subtle scratches(tried to capture in the pics). Do not have original box.
  
• Spyderco Silverax: SV$105. This is a catch and release. Just picked this up on the swap. Has great action especially for the flipper(previous owner did a detent mod that seems like the flipper and spyder hole are both dialed in. Definitely has better action than my Spyderco Mantra 3. Has been sharpened and is sharp. Selling since I prefer the size of my mantra 3. Comes with original box.
  

Thanks for looking

So my last post asking why Indians don't read Indian books anymore had me surprised with the number of people genuinely interested to know more about Malayalam literature. A lot of them asked me for recommendations, so I thought I'd make a post. Now this won't be just a simple list of books to read. The reading list at kerala is probably better for a complete list of Malayalam books to read than a random internet post, but I hope with my post you will understand and appreciate Malayalam literature and Kerala better.
Malayalam evolved from Tamil. It branched off from Tamil in those parts of Tamilakam (a collective name given to the ancient Tamil kingdoms) which were most influenced by Sanskrit. The earliest literature that is distinctly Malayalam are from the 1100s, but the true beginning of Modern Malayalam starts from the 15th century with Thunchathu Ramanujan Ezhuthachan, master poet and father of Malayalam. Now Ezhuthachan (whose name literally means 'teacher of writing') was a lower caste Ezhava man who dared to study the Vedas and even began to write and teach others to write in an age where literacy was gatekept by Brahmins. His seminal work is the Adhyathma Ramayana, a retelling of the Ramayana from the lens of the Advaita or nondual philosophy. Here is an excerpt from the same work, translated by me. This verse is an opening verse where Ezhuthachan asks Brahmins for permission to retell the Ramayana. Sounds very serious and solemn, yes? Now watch Ezhuthachan mock the hell out of the entire class system of medieval Kerala.
For who can speak of the greatness of that lofty creed, owners of the earth, commanders of the Vedas, whose ceaseless boons and curses, drive even Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva to their wit's end. But pray, may I, born out of the feet of Brahma, number one among the unknowledgeable dare tell Rama's tale for the unconscious ones.
By the 1800s Malayalam literature had modernized very much. It was the first Indian language to start translating the works of Shakespeare, Milton etc. and the 19th century brought with it a fascination for Russian literature in Kerala that still has not ceased. Most big Malayalam bookstores have whole sections devoted to Russian literature translated from the original to Malayalam.
We get our first Malayalam novel in 1889 with O. Chandu Menon's Indulekha. Indulekha is about a young Nair lady of the same name, well educated in English and Sanskrit, in love with Madhavan, a western educated young man torn between modern culture and the culture he grew up in. Later, modernity and the past clash again when old Brahmin men try to marry Indulekha according to the old system. A saddened Madhavan runs away to Bengal in haste, leaving Indulekha to make her decision. The novel shows Indulekha as a modern, unwavering woman, willing to challenge her patriarchs, and shows how the society of Kerala had changed by the 1880s, when the decision of a woman could no longer be overruled. Must read for fans of Victorian fiction like those of Jane Austen, or even PG Wodehouse. (Spoilers - Madhavan realizes his mistake and returns for Indulekha.)
CV Raman Pillai's Marthanda Varma is another behemoth from the 1800s. Based on the life of the 18th century king Marthanda Varma, known as the maker of modern Travancore. Marthanda Varma was born in the royal family of Venad in a Travancore where the ruling family had lost all power to a group of eight Nair families known as the Ettuveettil Pillamar or the Pillas of the Eight Houses. The treasury of the kingdom was almost zero and real power and wealth were in the hands of the Pillas who had even started charging taxes and tarrifs. What follows is a brutal and bloody game between Marthanda Varma, a young prince who just won't give in, and the Eight Houses conspiring to kill him, told from the point of view of a love story involving a chivalric knight and an upper class girl. I've always noticed how Indian books and movies like portraying historical figures like superhuman gods perfect in every way. This book is for those who want to see the real nastiness of history. I recommend Marthanda Varma to fans of books like Shogun or even Game of Thrones.
With the 20th century we have writers like Thakazhi, a towering figure in Indian literature, whose Randidangazhi tells the story of a peasant uprising against landowners during the formative years of modern Kerala. Set in the paddy fields of Kerala, it shows how the poor, after having lived in a state of blissful ignorance starts to slowly come out of their coccoon and realise the horror of their slaving lives. Randidangazhi is a glimpse to how Marxism and Socialism began to get imported to Kerala and how it influenced the culture of Kerala. The less critically acclaimed but more popular novel of Thakazhi, is Chemmeen or Prawn, later made into one of the most succesful Malayalam movies ever. Chemmeen is set in the fishing landscape of Kerala in the shores of the Arabian sea, where fishermen believe that if a woman cheats on her husband while he is at sea, the Sea-Mother would swallow her up. Presented in this socio-cultural context is the story of Parikutty, a muslim fisherman in love with Karuthamma, the daughter of a Hindu fisherman. Their story is a more realistic and tragic version of Romeo and Juliet, with Karuthamma having to marry another man. But her love for Parikutty never dies, and they end up dead in the shores of the ocean.
Vaikom Muhammad Basheer - probably my favourite Malayalam writer. Basheer was a well educated Muslim man who grew up in the rural Muslim dominated areas of Kerala. He wrote in simple colloquial Malayalam and was looked down upon by the literary giants of his day, but today he’s seen as one of the masters of Malayalam fiction. He was once called by an English writer as the Chekhov of India to which a Malayalam writer responded saying that Chekhov was the Basheer of Russia. Basheer wrote about very ordinary people from the most ordinary places. The most famous and finest book of his I have read is called (and this sounds hilarious in Malayalam cause it’s basically a sentence squished into a word in a thick Muslim accent) Ntuppuppaakkoraanendaarnnu! which means My grandpa had an elephant! or more accurately Mygrandpahadanelephent! It’s a coming of age story about a little girl named Kunjupaathumma or little Pathu, who grows up in a family that once used to be rich but is growing poorer by the day. Little pathu gets consoled by her mom on almost a daily basis telling her ‘your grandpa had an elephant!’ clinging on to old pride while doing nothing to solve their present crisis. The English translation is actually called Me Grandad 'ad an Elephant, which kinda captures the original vibe.
MT Vasudevan Nair - the greatest writer to have ever written in Malayalam. Award winning novelist, short story writer, screenwriter and director. His first foray into fiction begins with winning a prize in a short story writing contest held by the New York Herald Tribune in 1953. What proceeded is one of the most impressive literary careers in history. His novels Naalukettu and Asuravithu show the shifting economic landscape of Kerala's Nair households. In Kaalam, the protagonist living in the city begins exploring the nostalgia of his past in feudal Kerala, having to face his crippling loneliness.
MT's most celebrated work and the second (you'll hear of the first very soon) most read Malayalam novel ever is Randamoozham or The Second Turn (translation is weirdly titled Bhima: The Lone Warrior, but English readers swear its very good). Let me begin talking about this novel by simply showing you the opening lines.
The sea was black in colour. Even after having swallowed a palace and an entire city, as if it's hunger hadn't died, the wave beat her head on the shore and screamed in agony.
You just read MT describe the sinking of Dwaraka. Randamoozham is about the Mahabharata, specifically about Bhima, the second of the Pandava brothers, well... dealing with being the second. He reinterprets the events of the Mahabharata with such skill that he makes you empathize with even the cruelest characters. Modern retellings of Indian epics like Asura or Jaya basically rewrite the story and change major events and add plot twists. MT changes nothing, and I mean nothing from the Mahabharata. He simply points out things you never thought about, and explores what might have been the deeper emotional reasons behind the actions of each character. MT being the most empathetic writer I've read has this incredible talent of seeing through people and making characters feel real and tangible. In Randamoozham he explores so many emotions, Bhima's feeling of being inferior to Arjuna, his feeling of emasculation and sexual helplessness, his intense love for Draupadi never repaid as she always prefers Arjuna over him.
Khasakkinte Ithihasam or the Legends of Khasak by OV Vijayan is usually considered the best Malayalam novel ever written. If you google 'greatest Malayalam novel' either this or Randamoozham comes up (google switches them up now and then). The novel is basically magical realism, the same genre of 100 years of solitude of Gabriel Garcia Marquez. But Vijayan's magical realism is a very different beast from that of Marquez. The distinction is subtle. Unlike the novels of Marquez, whether the magical parts of the book are real or not is left ambiguous. Let me explain, the protagonist is Ravi, a stoic man separated from his girlfriend, arriving at a muslim village called Khasak in the middle of nowhere to work as a school teacher. At first its a weird disjointed series of sketches of life in this strange village filled with strange characters who attribute every event and occurence to the workings of magical beings, spirits, or even long dead Muslim warriors. But the novel slowly reveals itself to be the story of a man learning to disconnect from reality and start seeing the magic buried within life. There's a scene where the mc recollects a memory as a child of looking up at the suns and seeing the weird wiggly things that move around in your eyes. His mother explains to him that they are actually Devas or tiny gods in sky, shying away when you look at them. This scene perfectly encapsulates the genre of this novel. I'll also share the fantastic opening para:
When the bus came to its final halt in Koomankavu, the place did not seem unfamiliar to Ravi. He had never been there before, but he had seen himself coming to this forlorn outpost beneath the immense canopy of trees, with its dozen shops and shacks raised on piles; he had seen it all in recurrent premonitions—the benign age of the trees, their riven bark and roots arched above the earth. The other passengers had got off earlier and Ravi sat alone in the bus, contemplating the next part of the journey as one does an ominous transit in one’s horoscope.
Mayyazhipuzhayude Theerangalil or On the banks of the Mayyazhi river by M. Mukundan - This is a novel spanning generations of French Indians in the French colony of Mahe in Kerala. It just wonderfully rolls out history like a scroll and shows you the glacial shifts of history from the reverent attitude of the locals towards the French in the beginning of the novel to complete rebellion by the end. And all of this is interspersed with a love story and magical realism concerning an island where dead people go to and turn into dragonflies. It really opens up a new world unknown to even most Malayalis, where French words are sprinkled in between Malayalam sentences to sound cool the way we use English today and where French aristocrats have to use Malayalam to get their kids to wake up. Some of it sounds jarring and outright weird to Malayali ears.
Mon petite! Mon petite! Ezhunekkoo! Samayam vaiki! Mon petite! Translation - Mon petite! Mon petite! Wake up! It's late already! Mon petite!
Aadujeevitham or Goat Days by Benyamin - as promised, here is the most famous and most sold book in Malayalam. I really really hope at least some of you recognize this from the recent movie Aadujeevitham or Goat Life starring Prithviraj. If not, see the trailer and get an idea of what this book is like. It's fairly recent, from 2008, and is single handedly responsible for rejuvinating Malayalam literature after almost a decade of hibernation. Benyamin became an overnight sensation and a household name with this novel, and It's probably the most read Indian novel in any language. So Aadujeevitham which literally means Goat Life is based on the true story of a man named Najeeb who travelled to Saudi Arabia after he was promised a job by a friend. But at the airport he is basically tricked by an smelly fat Arab into a truck and taken to a goat farm in the middle of the desert. What follows is a tale of survival spanning 4 years of animal-like living herding goats in the middle of nowhere. Najeeb has no access to actual food, and has to dip Khuboos in water pretending it's curry, has no access to toilets and must clean himself after excretion using sand, and has no access to new clothes or shaving. The novel explores the slow devolution of a man into a barely recognizable beastlike figure, living among goats, losing his status as a human and becoming synonymous with a goat. Now how does a human go from that to running across the desert for 4 days to escape? Read the novel and find out. Every Indian must read this honestly, it's quite horrible when it really sinks into you that this shit happened. With the movie recently we got quite a lot of interviews with the original man, and it blew away so many Malayalis that some of the most horrible stuff that happens in the novel wasn't made up, that it actually happened.
The next is the last novel I'll recommend. It's from 2009 but I didn't keep it till the end because of its recency. I kept it at the end because this novel created shockwaves in the Malayalam literary community, became a very controversial book, and ended up as a sensation among the youth. This novel is credited with bringing back or introducing so many young Malayalis (including me, this is the first Malayalam novel I read) into Malayalam literature. But fair warning, this really may not be for you.
Francis Itty Cora by T.D. Ramakrishnan - Possibly the most fascinating novel I have ever read in my life. You will either love this, or hate this. I'll tell you the premise in simple words:
There are 18 secret families, whose members are some of the wealthiest people in the world, spread all over the globe who are tied to ancient rituals and satanic sex cults, protecting secret texts and scriptures, They basically control the world. All of this is interspersed with a clusterfuck of a historical mystery involving the Indian origins of calculus, Cleopatra, Florence, Fibonacci and Hypatia, and how there’s nothing in common with any of these except for the fact that all of these elements are mysteriously connected to a single 15th century pepper trader from Kerala named Francis Itty Cora. Read that again.
Still interested? The novel opens with a young American man named Xavier Itty Cora, a war veteran, who has been having erectile dysfunction ever since he sexually assaulted a girl in Iraq. He seeks help to regain his sexual health from three college girls in Kerala running a makeshift sex resort, who begin suspecting his real intentions for contacting them out of anyone else in the world. It is revealed that Xavier Itty Cora had gotten to know that his family descends from a 15th century Christian pepper trader from Kerala named Francis Itty Cora who travelled around the world and started 18 families. The three college girls set out on a hunt to find the real truth about this man all the while being chased by a secret family that still worships him as his god. Now if that does not excite you, you probably won't like it. But personally, this novel ruined Da Vinci Code for me, as every Dan Brown novel I read after this just felt stupid and dumb compared to the sheer breadth and scope of this novel. T.D. Ramakrishnan uses history to not just give you a kick, but every mystery, every detail he adds is there to support his basic thesis that violence and lust is the driving force behind human civilisation.
I hope this post was helpful in showing you the insane diversity of Malayalam literature there is. It's not a monolith, Indian languages are whole literary traditions of themselves and not just niches or small genres compared. I wrote this hoping to start a chain reaction in this subreddit, and I expect more such posts on every other Indian language from you fellow readers. Happy reading!

Firstly, I know madami nang gantong thread, pero hopefully lumusot padin to since as a techy guy, excited padin ako mag share ng ganito. Started with android, then nag switch ako to ios around Android Nougat, and mostly Sony and Samung gamit ko back then, then hated iOS for a bit then learned to love it and it's ecosystem, then now back to Android.
What I like

• I like that the gesture support is almost on par with iOS since after using it quite extensively, ayoko na bumalik sa normal 3 button setup ng Android. Mas gusto ko na pwedeng swipe from the left or right to go back compared to iOS na swipe from left lang.
• Na miss ko yung pag customize ng home screen, it's true na medyo customizable narin yung iOS pero 1 day ata ako nagspend ng pag hahanap ng perfect launcher and setup na gusto ko.
• Camera, ang ganda talaga, yung reviews doesn't do justice sa ganda niya. Since maganda na talaga camera ng IPhone, I'm still surprised na noticeable para sakin yung differences. (Ibang usapan yung video)

What I don't like

• Font, might be bias, pero preferrence ko na yung SF Pro ng iOS, dapat pwede tong palitan sa Android, mukang kaya naman pero di na provided natively (atleast nung android version na nasa pixel)
• Mas maganda parin yung video capability ng iOS, not just sa quality/stability pero yung pag capture ng audio, can't remember the term pero mas naeemphasis na audio is kung saan naka tutok yung vinivideohan mo.
• Wala nang long press sa messenger para hindi maseen hahaha, although you get the bubble chat in exchange.

Neutral comment but worth mentioning

• App's font size consistency, mostly developer issue pero di consistent yung font size per app, using the setting app as a basis, may mas malaki may mas maliit
• Face ID, may provided face ID si pixel, pero pag maliwanag lang gumagana which is dahil naman kulang sa sensor, pero medyo eto yung something na you don't think about sa iOS then balik ka sa consciously pag fingerprint, although now di naman na big deal.
• Good bye iMessage with wifey, medyo di daw siya sanay and nag wwhatsapp kami, pero no big deal din naman.
• Good bye Airdrop (although more on problem nila since sila ang manghihingi ng magaganda kong shots hahaha), I've downloaded neardrop sa mac ko so no problem with this din naman.
• Good bye Wireless carplay, yung car namin wired android auto lang supported, hays, so si wifey lang lagi nakakapag patugtog haha
• No 5G, LTE is good enough for all my usecase kaya no big deal sakin.

If you have some question for me, let me know.

I am running a Google Ad for the first time. My budget is set to get around 30-50 clicks daily which I am getting. The ad leads directly to my website's homepage which further links to my shop and sub-categories in the shop.
My website is hosted on Wix which has its own analytics. (If you already know about Wix and its analytics you can skip this para). While the daily visitor numbers are matching, what these visitors are doing on my website is making me suspicious. Wix gives you very accurate real-time analytics, showing exactly what a user did on the website and how long they were on it. It also shows the source of the traffic.
Here is the problem. My Wix analytics show that all these "visitors" simply visit my homepage, spend a couple minutes there doing absolutely nothing and then leave. I would say maybe my homepage was lacking if it was just a few visitors. But it's ALL of them. My business is quite small so I doubt these are competitor bots, I don't have competitors lol. The traffic source is shown as "Unknown (paid search)" instead of "Google" which shows up every time someone human does use Google search to browse my website. I also tested the Wix analytics by asking a friend to visit and do a bunch of stuff. And Wix was able to capture her activity accurately. So I am suspicious of Google Ads scamming me with their own bots. What do you all think?

Hold onto your gaming controllers, folks, because MediaTek just unleashed the Dimensity 9300+! This chipset is all about pushing the boundaries of what a phone can do.
Basically, it's the OG 9300 on steroids:
CPU Cranked to 11: The main core hits a crazy 3.4 GHz, making it a beast for demanding games and apps.
Wi-Fi on Warp Speed: Say goodbye to laggy downloads and choppy streaming. Wi-Fi 7 with extended range means you'll be leveling up while your friends are still buffering.
Power Efficiency on Point: Don't worry about your phone turning into a hand warmer. The new 4nm chip design keeps things cool without sacrificing performance.
Here's the real question: is it worth the hype?
If you're a mobile gamer who needs the absolute smoothest performance, or a videographer who wants to capture stunning visuals, then the 9300+ is a dream come true. However, for casual users, the standard 9300 might be enough muscle.
The verdict? The Dimensity 9300+ is a serious contender for the top spot in the phone chip world. It's all about raw power and next-gen features. Now we wait to see which smartphones will pack this powerhouse under the hood! Anyone else excited?

Hace mucho tiempo que me gusta el tema de la ciberseguridad y todo lo relacionado con él. Sin embargo, casi siempre que quería comenzar, terminaba dejándolo. Hace unas semanas, decidí realmente esforzarme y comenzar mi camino en la ciberseguridad. Busqué artículos, algunas investigaciones y consulté varios videos para crear un plan de estudios. También pedí ayuda a ChatGPT para poder organizarme mejor y quisiera saber su opinión sobre si el camino que elegí y los conceptos con los que pienso empezar son adecuados. Agradecería mucho su ayuda. Aquí está el plan que me propuse:

1.1 Teoría de la Computación e Historia de la Ciberseguridad

• Importancia: Conocer la historia y teoría detrás de la computación y la ciberseguridad proporciona un contexto esencial. Saber cómo han evolucionado las amenazas y defensas ayuda a entender mejor los principios y prácticas actuales.
• Temas Clave:
  • Historia de la Computación: Desarrollo de los primeros computadores, evolución de Internet.
  • Historia de la Ciberseguridad: Desde los primeros virus y gusanos hasta las amenazas modernas.
  • Conceptos Básicos de Seguridad de la Información: Confidencialidad, integridad, disponibilidad.
• Recursos:
  • Libros como "The Cuckoo's Egg" de Clifford Stoll y "Ghost in the Wires" de Kevin Mitnick.
  • Cursos introductorios en plataformas como Coursera y edX.

Paso 2: Desarrolla Habilidades Básicas en Informática y Programación

2.1 Aprende a Programar

• Por qué primero programación: Programar es fundamental en ciberseguridad porque muchas herramientas de seguridad se desarrollan y utilizan scripts. Además, comprender cómo se escribe el software es clave para identificar y explotar vulnerabilidades.
• Lenguajes Esenciales:
  • Python: Fácil de aprender, muy utilizado para scripting, automatización, y análisis de datos.
    • Uso en ciberseguridad: Creación de scripts para análisis de red, automatización de tareas de seguridad, desarrollo de exploits simples.
  • Bash: Scripting en sistemas Unix/Linux, administración de sistemas.
    • Uso en ciberseguridad: Automatización de tareas de administración y seguridad en servidores Linux.
  • C/C++: Comprensión de sistemas a bajo nivel y desarrollo de exploits.
    • Uso en ciberseguridad: Desarrollo de herramientas de seguridad, análisis y explotación de vulnerabilidades de software.
• Recursos:
  • Codecademy, Coursera, edX, Khan Academy: Cursos interactivos y estructurados para aprender estos lenguajes.

2.2 Conceptos Básicos de Redes

• Por qué después de programación: Entender las redes es crucial para comprender cómo se comunican los sistemas y cómo se pueden atacar y defender. Con conocimientos de programación, puedes crear y utilizar herramientas que interactúan con redes.
• Temas Clave:
  • TCP/IP: Protocolo de comunicación fundamental en Internet.
  • DNS: Sistema que traduce nombres de dominio a direcciones IP.
  • HTTP/HTTPS: Protocolo de transferencia de hipertexto, base de la web.
• Herramientas:
  • Cisco Packet Tracer: Simulador de redes para practicar configuración y análisis.
• Recursos:
  • CyberDefenders, Hack The Box, TryHackMe: Plataformas para practicar conceptos de redes con ejercicios prácticos.

Paso 3: Explora Recursos de Ciberseguridad

3.1 Libros y Tutoriales

• Por qué es importante: Leer y seguir tutoriales te da una base teórica y práctica que complementa tus estudios. Los libros escritos por expertos ofrecen perspectivas valiosas y técnicas probadas.
• Libros Recomendados:
  • "Hacking: The Art of Exploitation" de Jon Erickson.
  • "The Web Application Hacker's Handbook" de Dafydd Stuttard y Marcus Pinto.
• Tutoriales:
  • Cybrary, Hack4u, Mastermind: Amplia gama de cursos y tutoriales en diversas áreas de ciberseguridad.

Paso 4: Practica con Laboratorios y Plataformas de Entrenamiento

4.1 Laboratorios Virtuales

• Por qué es crucial: La práctica es esencial en ciberseguridad. Los laboratorios virtuales te permiten experimentar en un entorno seguro sin riesgo de causar daños.
• Plataformas:
  • Hack The Box, TryHackMe, OverTheWire: Desafíos y laboratorios prácticos que cubren una amplia gama de habilidades y técnicas.

4.2 Proyectos Personales

• Configura un laboratorio en casa:
  • Herramientas: Utiliza máquinas virtuales (VMware, VirtualBox) para crear entornos de prueba.
  • Práctica: Instala y configura diferentes sistemas operativos y herramientas de seguridad.

Paso 5: Participa en Competencias y Comunidades

5.1 Competencias

• Por qué es beneficioso: Participar en competiciones como CTF (Capture The Flag) te permite aplicar tus habilidades en escenarios reales y obtener reconocimiento en la comunidad.
• Plataformas:
  • CTFtime: Calendario y puntuaciones de competencias CTF.

5.2 Comunidades y Foros

• Por qué es útil: Interactuar con otros profesionales te ayuda a aprender, obtener consejos y estar al día con las últimas tendencias y herramientas.
• Foros y Redes Sociales:
  • Reddit (netsec, learnprogramming) y Stack Exchange: Participación en discusiones y resolución de dudas.

Paso 6: Obtén Certificaciones Básicas (Opcional)

6.1 Certificaciones Iniciales:

• Importancia: Las certificaciones pueden validar tus habilidades y conocimientos ante posibles empleadores.
• Certificaciones Recomendadas:
  • CompTIA IT Fundamentals (ITF+): Introducción a conceptos de TI.
  • CompTIA Security+: Fundamentos de ciberseguridad.

Paso 7: Seguridad Personal y Ética

7.1 Ética en Ciberseguridad

• Por qué es esencial: La ética es fundamental en ciberseguridad para asegurar que tus acciones sean legales y moralmente correctas.
• Buenas Prácticas: Sigue las leyes y directrices éticas en todas tus actividades.

7.2 Seguridad en Línea

• Importancia: Practicar una buena higiene de seguridad personal te protege y te enseña principios que puedes aplicar profesionalmente.
• Protección Personal:
  • Utiliza autenticación de dos factores, contraseñas seguras, y software antivirus.

Paso 8: Educación Formal y Extracurricular

8.1 Cursos Escolares

• Importancia: Aprovecha las oportunidades de educación formal para obtener una base sólida y certificaciones reconocidas.
• Cursos de Informática: Participa en clases de tecnología y programación.

8.2 Clubes y Actividades

• Por qué es valioso: Los clubes y actividades extracurriculares te permiten aprender de manera colaborativa y realizar proyectos en equipo.
• Participación en Clubes: Únete o inicia un club de tecnología o ciberseguridad en tu escuela o comunidad.

Paso 9: Mantente Actualizado

9.1 Noticias y Blogs

• Por qué es necesario: La ciberseguridad es un campo en constante evolución. Mantenerse actualizado te asegura que conoces las últimas amenazas y técnicas de defensa.
• Fuentes de Información:
  • Krebs on Security, Threatpost, Dark Reading: Noticias y análisis de cibersegurid

Part 1: https://www.reddit.com/OffMyChestPH/s/rZznjBrMXb
This is the second night with her.
Since maraming nag request ng update here we go. This one is a long read(you guys asked for this)
So a lil sumthing about me. I'm not really a nice guy. I wouldn't call myself a bad dude either but I'm the type of dude na I won't let my sisters to date. I'm not the ideal.
So yep, sinundo ko s'ya sa hotel n'ya. That was 5pm. She's so awkward talaga as ever. I tried opening the door for her pero naunahan n'ya ako. She didn't know kung saan kame pupunta but plinano ko na pupunta kame sa cat cafe since I know how much she loves cats dahil majority ng captured pictures n'ya sa phone ay mga pusa n'ya na observe ko nung first date namin.
Oh and before the date lininis ko talaga yung kotse ko carwash/vacuum. Even bought a new cabin air filter.
Anyways during the trip I was just asking her about her day and the previous day. Wala parin s'yang idea sa pupuntahan namin. Pero nung nag papark na kame nakita n'ya yung cat cafe and nanliwanag yung mata n'ya. Iba rin yung ligaya na naramdaman ko pag nakikita ko ren yung saya n'ya. She got excited and we stayed there for an hour hahah. Bought her a t-shirt and crocs charms na souvenir ng cafe. I also like the fact na she's willing to pay her part everytime we spend something. But I've never let her spent anything while she's with me. So tapos na kame don. And after non di n'ya parin alam kung san na kame pupunta little did she know we're going to another cat cafe na mas maganda. Buttt di kame umabot kase closing na nung dumating kame don hahah nasa mall yon and medyo crowded. So I initiated to hold hands dahil I wanna keep track of her dahil nawawala s'ya sa peripheral vision ko at medyo mabagal s'yang maglakad talaga or mabilis ako hahah. Pati pag holding hands ang awkward n'ya na di marunong. So we walked around the city again while planning kung san pupunta. And while crossing one of the roads tinangal n'ya yung Crocs dahil madudulas daw s'ya. Maulan kase so basa yung kalsada. So naka paa s'ya hahah weirdo. Kaya biglang binuhat ko na lang s'ya patawid hahah and I bought her a new set of tsinelas since pudpud na pala yung Crocs n'ya kaya pala sinabe n'yang madulas. So di n'ya rin pala magagalit yung charms na binili ko hahah 😅 and after that we went to the beach na malapit lang. I just watched her. Then we talked again while sitting on the sand honestly we struggle to communicate like normal and do deep conversation. She's very bad at talking in person. And also the fact that she's nervous. But we ended up sharing our life back in highschool.
Oh I also took photos of her through out the date dahil I know she's also bad at taking pictures but she likes taking pictures of her and stuffs. And I know how much it sucks to be by yourself all the time and only have one form of picture taking(selfie). I'll share it here(yes I'm just flexing how ethereal she is)
Well, after the beach we ended going to the arcade para mag escape room kame pagkatapos. We had fun even though she's really awkward and quiet. Sinabayan ko ren kaweirdohan n'ya by sniffing her armpit after every game namin kahit anong laroin namin 😆
Tapos somehow nakahanap ako ng rose flower na naiwan ng ibang costumer and I was smooth with it dahil inaamoy ko yung kili kili n'ya then I suddenly gave her the rose. Gosh, her reaction... She was really blushing. Apparently it's her first time receiving flowers from someone in person. Tagal den namen sa arcade kaya di na naabutang bukas yung susunod na pupuntahan namen.
Kaya deadset na kameng makahanap ng alak pero it was very late na at that point it basically just became a night ride with a lil purpose. We were just looking for places na bukas pa to look for alcohol. There's a cute interaction I had with one of the places we went pero di namin nagustohan dahil masyadong maingay and I just wanted somewhere na tahimik where I can listen to her. We were at the parking lot and naka upo lang sa kotse ko looking for the next place to go. And may matandang lalaki na pinababa bintana ko para makipag usap tungkol sa kotse ko at kinompliment n'ya at pinag usapan namen yung car and at the end of our convo in compliment rin ng s'ya nung matanda. Ang ganda n'ya daw pero tinawag n'ya s'yang asawa at girlfriend ko hahaha that felt so good even though we were together she got shookt ren dahil di ata s'ya sanay maka tangap ng compliments hahah
But yeah it was just an hour or two of me driving and her on my passenger seat while hugging my Gengar plushie. I never take anyone on my passenger seat besides my plushie so she's basically my first passenger princess.
When we gave up to look for alcohol we just went sa 711 to get siopao and water. We finished the night at the beach again to talk and smoked a cigarette cause she wanted to try it hahah
I guess she wanted to get drunk so she can come out of her shell a lil bit? Kase when we tried talking she can't come up with anything. To describe her, she's basically not normal. She admits it too.
She suggested that I can just talk and she'll listen. Which is I'm no way used to at that time I was also kinda vulnerable and was gonna get emotional with her pero I told her na she can ask me anything then we can start from there.
She asked me the most unhinged thing and caught off guard. Aling betlog ko daw yung mas mababa 😭 and I guess it's one of the things I like about her. Like who tf asks that under the moon light in the beach after a date?
So I was expecting her to have an emotional conversation with me when that's not her. So I just watched her do her thing that makes her happy. We went through her phone hahah this time sa discord and ig n'ya. She was just yapping while showing stuffs and was just mesmerized the whole because that's how she expresses herself. And the more ko na narealize kung gaano talaga kame mag kaiba. I'm also very surprised na she doesn't really talk to other guys. We did that until inaantok na s'ya and that was around 3:30am. So sinamahan ko lng s'ya hangang sa elevator ng hotel. I didn't get to hug her or smell her armpit cause she rushed in dahil sobrang antok n'ya na.
Man, when I tell you. That was the longest 35 mins drive back home I ever had. I caught myself tearing up sa mga stop signs/red lights from the overwhelming emotions I'm having.
So anyways this is just some of the thoughts and details that I have to share of that night; like I said I'm not the best dude but I surprised myself that night. I had my phone on do not disturb because I wanted to enjoy the moment. Opened every door for her even sa car. Minimal physical contact like holding hands but not all the time and I cherished every single moment of it. I ALWAYS asked how she's feeling every chance I get. I asked her what her boundaries are so I won't ever make her uncomfy. Which she didn't answer for some reason that I'll never know. I observed her and wanted to learn her. Never had her spend money the whole time she's with me. Her happiness was my happiness that night. That was my objective.
Something I've never done before despite sa mga ilang beses ko ng nakadate/hook up na babae.
Honestly I was just scared of asking her what she feels about me... Part of me thinks na it's only platonic on her side or that she's not as emotionally invested as me. Which is fine by me but it stings. Kase I never really know her intentions from the yellow app wether she's looking for a friend or something else. Also caught her stalking my profile sa bumble so baka crush nyako hehe(delulu). And there's also the underlying bittersweet fact na we both know there's an ending to it. Uuwi ren s'ya in a couple days. And as for me I know from myself na I never do LDR. But still, I wanted to do my best for her. Even though I know we are not the endgame. I want me to be her standard. I want to give her the best couple nights she can have so she'll have something to remember for a very long time in her life. She somehow made me a better person that night. So yeah guys I'll have to cut this post since I'm getting kinda teary na. There's so much more I wanted to share but words cannot describe it so yeah I did the best I can to share ;))
Oh and yes, we're going on a date again later tonight ofc ;))
Last part 3: https://www.reddit.com/OffMyChestPH/s/2mTpyhWUu2

I capture ideas throughout the day that come to my mind in a note called "Inbox"...
then at the end of day I put those ideas (from inbox) in their best note so that I can easily find them later. (By the way, I use PARA method for organization.)
Now, the problem is... It's been a week and I haven't put those "Inbox notes" into their notes and I'm here looking at the piles of little lines of notes which I have to individually put in their places.
Is there a plugin to make this easy... where I can just select the text, hit a hotkey and search the regarding note and just send it to that note?
"Send" is the keyword here. Not go into the note, find the place, hit enter, paste and then come back to the "Inbox note" and repeat that for 200 times at least.
I hope that makes sense!!!

Hello everyone,
I've been using both the Getting Things Done (GTD) and PARA systems, which I believe complement each other well by covering different key aspects of productivity and organization. However, I'm currently facing a challenge with my weekly review process.
I have a weekly task that summarizes the checklist of steps to follow, but I'm unsure about the ideal distribution of tasks and how to allocate the workload according to the authors' recommendations. I understand that the information may vary depending on the source.
My main concern lies in processing my various inboxes:

• Reading later list
  
• Emails
  
• Notes
  
• Screenshots
  
• Documents in PARA inbox or downloads
  
• Cloud storage
  
• ETC.
  

It's clear that the PARA weekly review handles notes, voice recordings, and files within the PARA distribution in documents and cloud storage. The author also mentions emptying these inboxes during the review.
I believe the best approach for reviewing email is to process it completely and assign actions as needed, which aligns with the GTD methodology. However, I have doubts about how to handle my reading list and screenshots, as I often take screenshots on my mobile device to quickly capture ideas or notes.
I'm curious to know:

• How do you distribute these tasks between your GTD and PARA weekly reviews?
  
• What strategies have you found effective for processing different types of inboxes?
  
• Are there any best practices or tips you can share for optimizing the weekly review process when using both systems?
  

I would greatly appreciate any insights or advice from those who have experience integrating GTD and PARA in their weekly review process. Thank you in advance for your help!
pd: also, do you think it is better to do PARA first or GTD during the week?

Hello everyone,
I've been using both the Getting Things Done (GTD) and PARA systems, which I believe complement each other well by covering different key aspects of productivity and organization. However, I'm currently facing a challenge with my weekly review process.
I have a weekly task that summarizes the checklist of steps to follow, but I'm unsure about the ideal distribution of tasks and how to allocate the workload according to the authors' recommendations. I understand that the information may vary depending on the source.
My main concern lies in processing my various inboxes:

• Reading later list
  
• Emails
  
• Notes
  
• Screenshots
  
• Documents in PARA inbox or downloads
  
• Cloud storage
  
• ETC.
  

It's clear that the PARA weekly review handles notes, voice recordings, and files within the PARA distribution in documents and cloud storage. The author also mentions emptying these inboxes during the review.
I believe the best approach for reviewing email is to process it completely and assign actions as needed, which aligns with the GTD methodology. However, I have doubts about how to handle my reading list and screenshots, as I often take screenshots on my mobile device to quickly capture ideas or notes.
I'm curious to know:

• How do you distribute these tasks between your GTD and PARA weekly reviews?
  
• What strategies have you found effective for processing different types of inboxes?
  
• Are there any best practices or tips you can share for optimizing the weekly review process when using both systems?
  

I would greatly appreciate any insights or advice from those who have experience integrating GTD and PARA in their weekly review process. Thank you in advance for your help!
pd: also, do you think it is better to do PARA first or GTD during the week?

Idk if this is the right sub for this type of rant but it's most definitely anti work so we'll see 🤷‍♂️
TLDR; A long-winded rant about me missing my chance to see the Auroras because I had to get up early for a job I can't take days off from.
Preemptively, I recognize my position of privilege when it comes to being able to complain about something comparatively menial to the other absolute atrocities happening in the world today, but this feels therapeutic and, if nothing else, I want to put it out there for selfish reasons (possible vindication idk).
Since the start of my senior year in highschool I've worked in my family's business as a vendor to some local grocery store chains, I get up at five am five days a week and three am on the other two days. I only get national holidays off and sick days are all but non-existent, I've been able to have my dad pick up for me if I was vomiting and couldn't stand or something. I've been doing this job for about three years now. It pays well considering I still live with my parents and they don't make me pay rent, but it's nowhere near the amount I could live on my own.
I recently picked up a second job at a greenhouse with a shitty boss, the workers (like usual) run the store and a lot of the decisions when my boss can't be fucked to leave their office, but we still get paid far less than them. I work my greenhouse job three days a week and go from my morning job straight to the greenhouse and I get home around five thirty-ish. All this context is to establish that I don't have a lot of free time and what little I do I cherish and protect as fiercely as I can.
While I don't think my conservative ultra religious city has much in the way of a night life, I have no way of knowing for sure because of my line of work I've needed to be home and asleep by nine o'clock ish so I can get up on time the next morning. My body is really weird in the way that if I don't get enough sleep I will literally wake up with what I imagine a hangover to be like (vomiting and a horrible headache) so I never got around much in highschool or anytime afterwards because the night was basically off limits to me. It's hard to meet friends who have a similar schedule where they're free during the day and occupied at night, but I'm autistic as hell so I can just put that on my tab in terms of social problems.
The whole reason I'm making this post though is because of what happened this morning. I'm a huge astronomy nerd, I love stargazing, looking through my telescopes at different shit I can barely make out through all the light pollution, and trying my hand at astrophotography when I can. That whole hobby has basically been cut out of my life since I got the vendor job.
Just last night was a huge solar storm, Auroras would've been pretty plainly visible from where I live and I haven't been able to see them because it happened on a night where I was getting up at three am. Since it's a family business, we have no other employees that could fill in for me, days off just aren't a possibility. Waking up this morning, I saw so many people's stories on Snapchat of all the gorgeous pictures they were able to capture of the auroras and/or the times they shared with their friends or partners stargazing.
I'm just utterly devastated, I've never been able to experience night life with the small handful of friends I do have and for the foreseeable future I won't be able to. The society we've been trapped in just seems so hopeless to me, I can't even afford a break from work to look at the fucking sky. I've been distracting myself all morning throughout the job with different podcasts and videos and any other para social relationships I've developed, but that's just it, in order to stop feeling so shitty about missing this huge storm and the isolation that comes from not being able to experience it with others, I've pacified myself with media and tried to claw back any sort of comfort I can get, i just hate it.

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This book is so underrated. I see lots of YouTubers trying to summarise this book and clearly do not convey the message in the full-length book. The reiterated messages in the book were written repeatedly for emphasis. The stories shared were inspiring. The stoic advice hidden between the passages of “techniques” was memorable. These understanding of little gold nuggets of advice are the differences between people who end up actually taking advantage of the second brain system and those who are simply reading and forgetting.
I hear of friends who tell me they know the PARA system well, but rarely do I find them using it at all. More than PARA, they will not understand the point of having a second brain.
Edit: I realized my comments above are too brief and should be substantiated with some practical examples of where I think the gold nuggets are. So below are some key phrases that may pique the interest of those who haven't read the book. Hopefully, readers resonate with some of these and dive deeper instead of skimming the surface of this book.

• "The process of knowing yourself can seem mystical, but I see it as eminently practical. It starts with noticing what resonates with you."
• "A report from the International Data Corporation found that 26 percent of a typical knowledge worker’s day is spent looking for and consolidating information spread across a variety of systems. 4 Incredibly, only 56 percent of the time are they able to find the information required to do their jobs. In other words, we go to work five days per week but spend more than one of those days on average just looking for the information we need to do our work."
• "It is in the power of remembering that the self’s ultimate freedom consists. I am free because I remember."
• "A Second Brain gives us a way to filter the information stream and curate only the very best ideas we encounter in a private, trusted place. Think of it as planting your own “knowledge garden” where you are free to cultivate your ideas and develop your own thinking away from the deafening noise of other people’s opinions."
• Every time you hear or read a new trick or a new result, test it against each of your twelve problems to see whether it helps. Every once in a while there will be a hit, and people will say, “How did he do it? He must be a genius!”
• "The temptation when initially capturing notes is to also try to decide where they should go and what they mean. Here’s the problem: the moment you first capture an idea is the worst time to try to decide what it relates to."
• "Don’t worry about analyzing, interpreting, or categorizing each point to decide whether to highlight it. That is way too taxing and will break the flow of your concentration. Instead, rely on your intuition to tell you when a passage is interesting, counterintuitive, or relevant to your favorite problems or a current project. Just as you listened for a feeling of internal resonance in deciding what content to save in the first place, the same rule applies for the insights within the note. Certain passages will move you, pique your attention, make your heart beat faster, or provoke you."