Always love to see those But also: "Ah shit, here we go again." XD

wtf are you doing??? O_o

About twenty-five years ago, I met a new person. They were excited, full of energy, ideas and dreams alike. The goals were lofty but you'd believe him because he got that "I can do this" attitude. Skull thick as a rock and a mentality to boost. As the years go by and I met him day in and day out, He was always there, had an open ear, and an open mind too. Discussing things were easy-going with him - even terrible jokes were totally fine because they were jokes...they were fkn funny. But, as the years went by, I started to notice that he became weaker. His goals a little less lofty, his energy a little less present too. And before I knew it, what was once a bright soul, was now a dull lightbulb. And in the next moment, he was put into hospital. But even then, he would smile, wave, dream. He did not yield, and did not want to give up just yet! ...however, his illness did not let him prosper any further. Soon, he was on life-support. Allmost out of nowhere. And, now, when I visited him, he still smiles at me, meekly even, giving me a wave and trying to show me the warmth I got to know him for and with. He wants to listen, to dream and even to fight his illness - but his strength is going away day by day. Recently, I checked in on him, and he is looking terrible - in fact, he is looking terrified. Because he himself is realizing just how much he has lost over just about twenty years. He might not make the thirty as it is - at least, he now thinks so. He is dying - and completely aware. Now, this is a metaphor, not a real friend I have. However, this is exactly how I feel...about the internet. The open, free internet, that I got deeply into in 2004/2005 when we had our first DSL line and WiFi AP, when I discovered LimeWire and DDL sites - when I stumbled and fumbled into the furry community and as that one got destroyed by a druggie, learned programming and server administration, all the while talking freely, exploring, learning. StackOverflow always has been toxic - but a damn good resource, still. Now, in 2026, I look at the internet, and it really does feel like a dear friend of me is dying. Eaten alive by (corporate) greed, bound down and chained by laws and bans, (ab)used by people that were destined to help him but now instead take full advantage of him for their own gain. And... I can do nothing about it. I hate it. Deeply. Twitter becoming X brought me here, Reddit API desaster and subsequent blackout showed me the importance of the whole platform and Discord kicking off the ID verification bullshit feels like just another nail in the coffin. Well that...and the age verification legislative ravine. Fuck Theil. Fuck Altman. Fuck Nadella. Fuck Trump. Fuck Merz. Just fuck all those million-/billion-/trillionaires. Your foundation was the freedom of speech and communication and now you weaponize it? Shame on you. I hope that when you die, my "friend" gets to punch you in the dick. A lot. Daily. Constantly. Go to hell.

One of my most favorite animes, ever...and a really good english cover of its OP ^^ #tunestr

Spotify

When They Cry (From "Higurashi no Naku Koro ni")

AmaLee · Nostalgia II · Song · 2017

I wish I could screenshotify this xD https://www.reddit.com/r/pcmasterrace/comments/1rsfhbv/comment/oaai7m0/ Pure gold.

I need a browser extension for Github. ...so that I can hide any repo whose description contains the word "agent". So, so, so tired of the flood of sloppy shit in trending and alike. Holy crap. x.x Actually discovering neat and novel things is like, hard now. Bah. Anyway - off to the bar, so I can go offline, disconnect and have a beer...or two.

Oh, while restarting and fixing my btcd/cln configs... ...this seems to work again too now. Noice. ^^

Some of dem lyrics aged like fine wine lmao #tunestr

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Symphony Of Destruction - The Gristle Mix

Megadeth · Breadline EP · Song · 2000

Dude. JavaScript can go to hell. xD Will debug this when I get back from the bar - don't have the mindspace for that xD Maybe a few beer will help.

Our braincells in power are pushing IT expoerts' advice aside and ignoring them and strive to implement a social media ban for <18yo here in germany. Because, hahaha, why sould you, like, haaaah, WHY should you eeeever listen to """expoerts""" 'm I right?!?! ... im gonna get fucking drunk tomorrow. x.x

Ich will ja nicht behaupten, dass eine Reichensteuer oder gar eine Gewinndeckelung in Kriesensituationen alle Probleme im Land lösen würde. Aber verdammt viele. View quoted note →

Today, 8 out of 10 posts, within 5 refreshes, on my Reddit home page, were AI generated. And that was across things like r/pcmasterrace, r/technology and others. I get it why it's all over kinky subreddits of course but... those are by far not the only ones. The internet really is going to shit. :/

baaaahhhhhh looks like Namecheap is cockblocking this domain even harder than anticipated D:

Cleaning unit is out there sweeping. From wall, to door, to wall, to door, with every BIT of ferocity that they can muster. BAM TONK BAM TONK BAM TONK... my ears .-.

So it took me a minute but I accidentially did something epic. SimpleX Chat allows you to connect to a desktop client - by opening a lil TCP server and scanning a QRCode on the desktop. You can chose where you open it. Well I opened mine on my Tailscale...and did not realize it. So when my phone lost connection to the rehap's wifi, and went mobile, my laptop could still reach it just fine. Because that VPN exists on both ends - in fact, it's selfhosted using Headscale. Totally did not intend to do that, but damn good to know this works. :D That should allow me to almost always reach my SimpleX if I want to hop on desktop. Selfhosting ftw!

Easily on the same level for me as fiatjaf's NAK. Epic tool. If you haven't, check it out. Nerdy, different and suuuuuper useful. View quoted note →

I'm feeling a little "different" today. Using my Primal NIP-05 for a while, cuz why not. :3 Yes, I have one. Primal and Nostree are the two vanity URLs I have :3 When I want to point people at my Nostr, I use my Primal URL. Muuuuch easier and more "marketable". So, here goes!

#coffeestr #coffeechain

#Primal to the rescue. Was able to read my DMs here. Goddamn this is /bothering/ me. Oh also, changed to fiatjaf's nos2x. Ugliest extension (it's UI seems to literally have no CSS lmao), but gets the job done... xD

btw, prior to keys.band, I used this:

GitHub

GitHub - neilck/aka-extension: Nostr Signing Extension for Chrome supporting multiple key pairs.

Nostr Signing Extension for Chrome supporting multiple key pairs. - neilck/aka-extension