we've seen so many instances come and go. and so many people who, good fucking riddance. we're still here, punks
i remember how like very early after launching the db wasn't properly configured for purging so the vps quickly ran out of space and went down, i had to hurriedly bring it back up on the go SSHing from my phone, good times
ok please don't suggest me firewire devices. i'm on a windows host where firewire/dv never quite caught on and certainly isn't available today and i need it to stream live on OBS
i have a decade+ old easycap that uses the stk1160 chip and it serves me ok when the jacked up drivers don't bsod my windows. would buying a newer one be any better or are they still using that same chip
Modern work:
you get a message in Slack with a link to the Confluence doc to prep for the meeting on Zoom, where you take notes in Notion, and track project progress on Monday and then update the Trello and you get to the end of the week and instead of doing fucking anything you've just moved bits of information around in 17 different databases and each one costs $15 a month per user...
Our insurance will not cover the flood damage in our basement since the water came from outside the house, not a broken pipe "within the dwelling."
We're on our own to do the tear-out and the restoration. We got a quote for the former, and while it's bad, we're not ruined. So there's that.
That said, if you like my Horny Werewolf Day browser plug-in and wanna throw me a buck or two on Ko-fi (http://ko-fi.com/argylewerewolf), or if you'd like to buy some of my writing (https://itch.io/c/543996/by-angela-quinton), that would help a lot!
scourge of the fediverse, retired computer fairies founder (2017-2021), drone #6502, official amiga mascot, begrudgingly making a return to the fediverse to upset those who told us to leave. i've been here longer than you.
https://pronoun.gdn/byte?or=it, robot, check system link above, meat shell is 30yo, no minors thanks
HRT: 15/11/2015
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