This belongs in boringdystopia.

Moving to Ireland. Better than the UK in almost every way.

I thought Fairphone would solve this for me, but the thing is too damn chonky.

• A general feeling of alienation from society. Particularly younger people.
• Dislike of ‘modern’ music.
• Nostalgia over the way things used to be as you have lived long enough to witness the enshittification.

Maybe they could have spent some of that money on Simplenote maintenance & development.

TIL

I’d love to do this, but I used LinkedIn to find my current job, & I’ll probably need it to find the next one (when the time comes).

I keep it up to date, like a kind of running CV, but otherwise I don’t interact with it.

I used to, because I had a buggy TP-Link modem/router, & adding a cap was the only way that port forwarding would magically start to work. I have no idea why. The bug never got fixed.

Yup. That’s it.

Was just thinking the same. A happy trip down memory lane. We used to do quad jump + low gravity + instagib. There was some capture the flag map that was great with these mods. I can’t remember the name now though.

Amazing how versioning can give an air of legitimacy through the illusion of progress.

Pubert

Hangs down, the best email client for IMAP.

I tried the online multiplayer but it never clicked for me. I kind of enjoyed it, but everyone else was way better than me.

No, but I was considering switching back to having one. I had an iPhone + Linux laptop combination for a while, which makes getting your music on your phone impossible. Now I’ve switched to a phone with CalyxOS, getting my FLAC & mp3 files on my phone is doable again, so I might not go the route of getting a dedicated mp3 player.

I think this is kind of the problem I have with Elden Ring. There’s just so much grind. As much as I have enjoyed it I also resent it for blocking me from playing other things. I think I just want to complete it and move on. I don’t even know if I’m still enjoying it, but now it’s just a matter of honour.

I’ve got so many other games to play. Something like Deliver Us the Moon is the complete opposite of Elden Ring. Short, but thoroughly enjoyable. I’m really looking forward to playing Deliver Us Mars.

Yup. Was going to write the same.

• Horizon Zero Dawn
• Uncharted 2
• The Last of Us

I think they have a place, but personally speaking, I feel they stifle tinkering. So they’re a “no” for me.

What’s the best horror film for Halloween?