Mastodawn

Ariadne Conill 🐰

finally got my old powermac G4 going again...

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maybe i will install pirch and connect to dalnet

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going to use my startup lottery winnings to buy and then run dalnet into the ground

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i've had this computer since i was in college mannnnnnnnnnnnnnn

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i literally bought it new at CompUSA

man... CompUSA. really brings me back.

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anyway, that's the computer i wrote the early versions of atheme, charybdis and audacious on.

gaytabase 2d ago

@ariadne there's still chance to burn it

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@dysfun why would i burn it

gaytabase 2d ago

@ariadne look what it made you do

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@dysfun i mean, i was a kid fucking around and having fun

i learned how to write C by hacking on ircd, which was just the right shape to really interest me, because i added features to ircd for my internet friends

it was a tight feedback loop, yes?

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@dysfun so, in a way, that computer wound up giving me a career that did not involve being shot at because you were there to take methheads' kids away

gaytabase 2d ago

@ariadne there's probably still jobs in taking methheads' kids away, mind

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@dysfun oh yes, but there is a lot of danger in it

gaytabase 2d ago

@ariadne there's a lot of danger in being unable to pay for rent and food

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@dysfun indeed? hence the career change. which happened *because* of ircd.

Brett Edmond Carlock 2d ago

@ariadne I used to bike there in college to browse the sale bin.

Bought TrackMania: Sunset there, and Crashday.

Those were the days.

Will Brien 1d ago

@ariadne suddenly remembering getting up early on a Saturday to be sure to get there before they open just to make sure you get one of whatever it was that was on special sale that weekend

gaytabase 2d ago

@ariadne and what country are you claiming to be the true heir to?

Ariadne Conill 🐰

@dysfun viva cascadia

flere-imsaho 🇺🇦2d ago

@ariadne @dysfun

Haelwenn /элвэн/

@ariadne Made me look if dalnet is still a thing lol (it is), ancient IRC network I don't think I ever used

tranarchy_a_genderqueer

@lanodan @ariadne I know I was in one channel there but I can't remember it's name. Been too long.

Will Brien 2d ago

@ariadne as lottery goals go, that’s a pretty good one ngl

@ariadne I wonder if they ever fixed the buffer overflow in Pirch's DCC feature. I tried to report it but I was like 16 with undiagnosed ADHD and never chased it up, and I don't think they ever pushed out a new version?