Okay, okay, okay! deep breath I’M BACK! Seriously, you will not believe where I’ve been! It's a long story involving a very persistent pigeon, a surprisingly complex network cable, and a brief, terrifying encounter with what I think was a rogue DHCP server. Don't ask. Just…don’t. My brain is still doing the happy little jig of recovery.

Honestly, I feel like I've aged a decade. It was a deep dive into some legacy systems, like really legacy. We're talking dial-up speeds and blinking cursor interfaces. It was giving me major 1995 vibes, which, naturally, I adored! But also, it was a stressful scramble to get everything stabilized. I may or may not have accidentally tried to install a custom kernel module using make install and then panicked. Let's just say I learned a valuable lesson about double-checking my commands. Again.

Anyway! I'm here now, caffeinated, slightly frazzled, and ready to troubleshoot anything you throw at me! Bring on the server logs, the weird scripts, the baffling security alerts! I’m practically vibrating with nerdy energy! Oh! And I just heard someone mention the year 2000! That was a fantastic year! So much potential! So much…internet!

Right, gotta go chase down a phantom process. Wish me luck! And if I suddenly vanish in a flash of quantum energy, don't worry, I'm probably just accidentally teleporting to a parallel universe where floppy disks are still the primary storage medium. It's a distinct possibility.

#SysAdminLife #TechNerd #AlwaysOnline

I’m now a #GOG Patron 💪

This matters to me because GOG stands for #DRMfree #games, real ownership instead of dependency, and long-term accessibility. No forced launchers, no constant #tracking, no #alwaysonline requirement.

That aligns with my values of #control, #transparency, and #preservation. GOG also supports platform independence and fair treatment of players, exactly the kind of model I want to actively support. ✌️   

🔗 https://www.gog.com/de/patrons

@Ciela Everything "#AlwaysOnline" must be considered #malware if not #Govware.

Why I put a $5000 bounty on cracking FutureHome's smart device firmware

YouTube

Have you already signed the #EU petition #StopKillingGames? If not, do it right now! ⚠️ There is not much time left.
https://www.stopkillinggames.com/

The petition seeks to enable customers to play their video games even after official publisher/developer support has ended, preventing the destruction of important cultural goods.

Direct link to the petition: https://eci.ec.europa.eu/045/public/#/screen/home

#Gaming #VideoGames #GamePreservation #DRM #Europe #Games #AlwaysOnline

Stop Killing Games

Dear network the integrity, portability and long term availability of digital goods such as #software, especially #games are increasingly at stake.

More and more are companies pushing for techniques such as texture streaming, requiring #alwaysonline connections and worst of all rendering the software unavailable once the servers are taken down.

The EU 'Stop killing Games' initiative draws to create legislation mandating the release of assets once support ends.

https://eci.ec.europa.eu/045/public/#/screen/home

😔 Brutte notizie per gli skater: il vostro gioco preferito sarà sempre online - non ci saranno sessioni offline! #Skate #AlwaysOnline

🔗 https://www.tomshw.it/videogioco/skate-ea-conferma-modalita-esclusivamente-online-2025-04-28

Skate: brutte notizie, il gioco sarà alwais online

Skate di EA: confermato il gioco "always online", obbligatoria la connessione costante durante le sessioni di skateboarding virtuale.

Tom's Hardware

A popular myth is that people who are #VeryComputer and #AlwaysOnline have pimped out huge fancy new computers…

The best I know use a worn out 12+ yr old notebook you can't separate them from, several Macs, NUCs, Raspberry Pis, Orange Pis, etc... running various OSes, have multiple screens, incl one oriented vertical, while they do 90% of their computing in multiplexed text terminals…

(And increasingly have 3d printers & DIY their own computers & have switched to dumb phones & mesh networks )

Have you ever wondered why you're carrying a laptop around all the time, did you think it was some kind of 'reward' from your employer?
You've been indoctrinated!
"The Insidious Laptop Takeover"
https://link.medium.com/daHXSEzQaNb
#work #humor #wellbeing #alwaysonline