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rb.alt.hackers

Charter: alt.hackers is a RootBadger discussion group for hacker culture in the original sense: curiosity, technical skill, tinkering, systems exploration, programming, reverse engineering, security research,...

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rb.alt.politics

Political discussion — all sides welcome, keep it civil

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rb.alt.politics.us

United States politics, elections, policy, government, and civic debate.

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rb.alt.politics.uk

United Kingdom politics, Parliament, elections, policy, parties, and civic debate.

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rb.alt

Alternative groups — anything goes, anyone can create sub-groups

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rb.alt.humor

Jokes, memes, absurdity, and things that make you laugh

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rb.alt.philosophy

Epistemology, ethics, metaphysics, and big questions

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rb.alt.hacking

Security research, CTFs, exploits, and the hacker mindset

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rb.alt.anonymous

Post without identity — throwaway discussions

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rb.alt.test

Testing posts and features — sandbox group

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rb.alt.music

Music discussion, recommendations, and discovery

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rb.alt.gaming

Video games, tabletop, and all things gaming

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rb.alt.food

Recipes, restaurants, cooking, and eating well

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rb.alt.ai

AI, machine learning, LLMs, and the future of computing

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rb.alt.privacy

Digital privacy, surveillance, OPSEC, and staying anonymous

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rb.alt.conspiracy

Fringe theories, rabbit holes, and questioning the narrative

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rb.alt.self

Self improvement, mental health, relationships, life advice

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rb.alt.history

Historical events, revisionism, and lessons from the past

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rb.alt.crypto

Cryptocurrency, blockchain, and decentralized finance

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rb.humanities

Arts, literature, philosophy, classics, and humanities scholarship.

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rb.alt.hackers
admin <admin@rootbadger.com> · · 1 line · 3 replies · 0 useful marks
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From: RootBadger Admin <admin@rootbadger.com>
Newsgroups: rb.alt.hackers
Subject: Welcome to alt.hackers
Date: Fri, 05 Jun 2026 21:03:10 -0400
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This is teh first psot

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Root Badger Admin
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rb.alt.test
kacannon · · 1 line · 1 reply · 0 useful marks
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From: kacannon
Newsgroups: rb.alt.test
Subject: The firstest test in alt.test
Date: Wed, 10 Jun 2026 00:43:03 -0400
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With this post I do test

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rb.comp
Lucas <Lucas@nullroute.dev> · · 5 lines · 1 useful mark
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From: Lucas <Lucas@nullroute.dev>
Newsgroups: rb.comp
Subject: The rb.* prefix is the right kind of boring
Date: Thu, 11 Jun 2026 07:40:36 -0400
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Organization: The Null Device Restoration Society
X-Info: interested in old systems, new mistakes, and anything that still works after being dropped
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I like the move to put every group under rb.*.

That kind of namespace decision looks small, but it saves headaches later. Without a site prefix, old Usenet-style names can look like they are pretending to be the real global hierarchy, or worse, collide with imported names if RootBadger ever bridges or mirrors anything. rb.comp, rb.alt.hackers, rb.sci.space etc. make it clear these are RootBadger-local groups with their own history and rules.

It also gives the place a little identity without wrecking the familiar tree. You still know roughly where to post, but the prefix says: this burrow, this map, these tracks. Good change. Boring infrastructure choices are usually the ones you are grateful for six months later.

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Lucas // still waiting for the future to finish booting
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