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The internet sure is a thing, huh...
2 years ago
I have been feeling under the weather - in both physical and mental ways.
I mean, let's see:
- Twitter was bought, Elon changed it, and nowadays he is acting like a child throwing one tandrum after another.
- Reddit restricts it's API access, CEO calls the protesters "noise".
- Meta literally is in a state of "it exists". Can't be long before something happens there. Hell, rumor has it the EU isn't all to happy with them at all, chances are more lawsuits are coming sooner rather than later. xD
- Apple releases a VR headset for 3500 USD. For reference, my Valve Index cost me about 1000. My whole PC was about 3200 € (Euro, not USD!) and INCLUDED the Index. What the heck.
- OpenAI and Microsoft are about to turn Windows 11 into the biggest, bloated spyware we have ever whitnessed. At this point, Facebook's data leaks are looking smaller and smaller in comparison as to what these two corps are about to pull from unsuspecting win11 users (because not everyone cairs and/or knows - and this is a whole rabbit hole in on itself).
- The Fediverse (namely Lemmy) experienced the Mastodon effect and is existing in a shock-stasis. It was NOT ready.
- Tiktok is destroying more and more attentionspans in it's wake. I wonder what this is gonna lead to? One thing is for sure, CCP won't let it die so soon.
And those are, in no particular order either, some of the things that have been floating around on my mind. Honestly, it makes me feel a little like "going insane", in a way. Or, like a digital-only midlife crisis...of sorts.
Dude, I grew up with LimeWire, MSN, ICQ, AIM and YIM. Meebo Messenger was THE SHIT! Pidgin and friends were amazing. BBS' were old, but not outdated. The telnet command was still a standard tool and didn't have to be enabled manually first in some hardly descript "Windows Features" window. E-Mails didn't need 20+ DNS records for Security, spam-filtering and authority signage (is it REALLY this server that email is coming from?!) and what not.
I hate to think that "everything was better back then"; but holy shit, it might actually be partially true now.
Look at me. I have gone so far into the rabbit hole, I came out to Nostr, a "decentralized, censorship-resilient social media protocol". The network is full of cryptobros, but the protocol is actually amazing. Just like IPFS, it's a great piece of kit, but their uselesscoins are ruining everything; now called Zaps and Sats and whatnot. Still; due to the way Nostr works, you have a chance to be found, like, actually. And you dont need an email or a phone to sign up - so I just threw an account together and am lurking there.
At this point; I might as well watch what the cryptobros are doing, chances are their conspiracy theories just happen to accidentially link to something plausible that could be interesting.
What the hell is with this world. All the wars and geopolitical conflicts completely put aside.
What. The. Heck.
My Nostr key: npub1tcekjparmkju6k83r5tzmzjvjwy0nnajlrwyk35us9g7x7wx80ys9hjmky
Alternatively: https://snort.social/npub1tcekjparm.....x7wx80ys9hjmky
Clients include, but are not limited to: iris.to, snort.social and Damus for iOS and Amethyst for Android. Same key, same network. Whatever.
Honestly, my mind is just a mess - and it's probably not being helped by the 32°C temperatures here in germany whatsoever. Im f'kn toasting over here bruh XvX
I wish you a wonderful day. If there is anything I can tell you after crawling all these hellholes; spend time with your friends, play the games you enjoy, and live your life to the fullest. Most fun, best thing to do. All this stuff just drags you down and I can't wait to start work soon; meaning I have some actual, real distractions. Wooho! :D
Oh yeah, I have a jerb starting September. o.o Tech stuff! Code! Servers! Yeeeeeeah =D
I mean, let's see:
- Twitter was bought, Elon changed it, and nowadays he is acting like a child throwing one tandrum after another.
- Reddit restricts it's API access, CEO calls the protesters "noise".
- Meta literally is in a state of "it exists". Can't be long before something happens there. Hell, rumor has it the EU isn't all to happy with them at all, chances are more lawsuits are coming sooner rather than later. xD
- Apple releases a VR headset for 3500 USD. For reference, my Valve Index cost me about 1000. My whole PC was about 3200 € (Euro, not USD!) and INCLUDED the Index. What the heck.
- OpenAI and Microsoft are about to turn Windows 11 into the biggest, bloated spyware we have ever whitnessed. At this point, Facebook's data leaks are looking smaller and smaller in comparison as to what these two corps are about to pull from unsuspecting win11 users (because not everyone cairs and/or knows - and this is a whole rabbit hole in on itself).
- The Fediverse (namely Lemmy) experienced the Mastodon effect and is existing in a shock-stasis. It was NOT ready.
- Tiktok is destroying more and more attentionspans in it's wake. I wonder what this is gonna lead to? One thing is for sure, CCP won't let it die so soon.
And those are, in no particular order either, some of the things that have been floating around on my mind. Honestly, it makes me feel a little like "going insane", in a way. Or, like a digital-only midlife crisis...of sorts.
Dude, I grew up with LimeWire, MSN, ICQ, AIM and YIM. Meebo Messenger was THE SHIT! Pidgin and friends were amazing. BBS' were old, but not outdated. The telnet command was still a standard tool and didn't have to be enabled manually first in some hardly descript "Windows Features" window. E-Mails didn't need 20+ DNS records for Security, spam-filtering and authority signage (is it REALLY this server that email is coming from?!) and what not.
I hate to think that "everything was better back then"; but holy shit, it might actually be partially true now.
Look at me. I have gone so far into the rabbit hole, I came out to Nostr, a "decentralized, censorship-resilient social media protocol". The network is full of cryptobros, but the protocol is actually amazing. Just like IPFS, it's a great piece of kit, but their uselesscoins are ruining everything; now called Zaps and Sats and whatnot. Still; due to the way Nostr works, you have a chance to be found, like, actually. And you dont need an email or a phone to sign up - so I just threw an account together and am lurking there.
At this point; I might as well watch what the cryptobros are doing, chances are their conspiracy theories just happen to accidentially link to something plausible that could be interesting.
What the hell is with this world. All the wars and geopolitical conflicts completely put aside.
What. The. Heck.
My Nostr key: npub1tcekjparmkju6k83r5tzmzjvjwy0nnajlrwyk35us9g7x7wx80ys9hjmky
Alternatively: https://snort.social/npub1tcekjparm.....x7wx80ys9hjmky
Clients include, but are not limited to: iris.to, snort.social and Damus for iOS and Amethyst for Android. Same key, same network. Whatever.
Honestly, my mind is just a mess - and it's probably not being helped by the 32°C temperatures here in germany whatsoever. Im f'kn toasting over here bruh XvX
I wish you a wonderful day. If there is anything I can tell you after crawling all these hellholes; spend time with your friends, play the games you enjoy, and live your life to the fullest. Most fun, best thing to do. All this stuff just drags you down and I can't wait to start work soon; meaning I have some actual, real distractions. Wooho! :D
Oh yeah, I have a jerb starting September. o.o Tech stuff! Code! Servers! Yeeeeeeah =D
