finally got my old powermac G4 going again...
maybe i will install pirch and connect to dalnet
going to use my startup lottery winnings to buy and then run dalnet into the ground
i've had this computer since i was in college mannnnnnnnnnnnnnn

i literally bought it new at CompUSA

man... CompUSA. really brings me back.

anyway, that's the computer i wrote the early versions of atheme, charybdis and audacious on.
@ariadne there's still chance to burn it
@dysfun why would i burn it
@ariadne look what it made you do

@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?

@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
@ariadne there's probably still jobs in taking methheads' kids away, mind
@dysfun oh yes, but there is a lot of danger in it
@ariadne there's a lot of danger in being unable to pay for rent and food
@dysfun indeed? hence the career change. which happened *because* of ircd.