Dr. Unabart

I use them for pics and 2fa. The pics had a bit of a bumpy start, but it’s all been cleared up and works as expected. Their support has been prompt and helpful. Nothing but the best to them. Good luck!

We were on the same path! I started my own bbs, which eventually got me access to some of the big time bbs clearing houses that had cd towers worth of stuff. They had isdn lines, 28.8 modem banks, etc. I had to do a phone interview with one of them… I think that was “Phantom West” and another one that happened to be in my calling area called “Transfixus Sed Non Mortus”, which eventually got busted. Those Phantom guys actually produced pirated discs and manuals to sell at computer swap meets and to China.

Dogs were off the leash then. Did I need Harvard Graphics? No. Was I downloading it? Yup!

As I grow older and can afford software, apps mostly, I’m ok with throwing a little back to the dev. Can fuck right off with a subscription, however.

Back in 1983, when my neighbor copied the Monopoly game for me to play on my C64. Cassette drive. Shit took forever to load. Fun af. At that point, the idea of paying seemed ridiculous. Then came the npd bbs era. Aye, matey. 🏴‍☠️

On a side note: that dude can crush some fkn beers. That’s an impressive beer muscle he’s got.

DEVELOPERS DEVELOPERS DEVELOPERS DEVELOPERS arrrrrrrgrhhhh

I have a Pi5 8gb running a version of LineageOS that is pretty much a blank slate to roll-yer-own Android TV, at which point you can install Stremio and be off to the races. Requires a little bit of Nerd-Level setup, but wasn’t too bad. Pi4 ran a little hot, but the Pi5 crushed it. Any ole BT remote works. I started with a Firestick remote and upgraded to a 10€ remote later. Have to control my soundbar separately, but whatever. I’m freeeee to sail the seas!

Edit: me am a stupid typer

The amount of shit that PiHole blocked when I opened Gizmodo is comedy. And disgusting. Cool shit about the moon toys though!

Somewhat related: Hotline is still running on my Mac Mini. The default tracker has lots of hosts listed, focused mostly on old Mac stuff. Hotline used to ripe for plundering back in the day. Would be awesome to see that resurge in popularity again.

https://github.com/mierau/hotline - unsure if the old Win clients work. I know there’s a bunch of different options for *nix.

That is all.

I know a guy who has been using an app on his AndroidTV device called RBTV+. He goes on to say that it shows many high quality sports streams and more recently was able to enjoy the winter games.

https://blog.imtvnews.sbs/rbtvplus-link/ - all caveats apply. Careful out on the seas.

What’s crazy is that we even need to have this dicsussion about software to look at fkn web pages. Which of these fucks me over the least? Marketing ruins everything it encounters. Marketing to me on the web sites I view just isn’t enough… we’re stuck wondering which of these is going to harm my privacy the least. Feels like we’ve gone beyond the pale here.

So much brocoli head.

edit.com vibes, at that.

I gave 5€ but now the app crashes on launch. I had moved a couple friends over to it because I liked their decentralized setup. It just lacked enough of the dumb features to family to abandon WhatsApp. I guess DeltaChat is the next viable solution? Signal is still my main driver but I want a Plan B in case that goes pear shaped. Bummer for Session. Really wanted that to work out.

You have to be a special kind of dummy to even want that piece of shit in the first place. Idiot tax collected. Carry on, carrion!

My bank has a separate Push-Tan app that you use as 2fa for sending money for payments (i’m in the EU). While I’m sure there’s some workaround for the luddites and geezers (or us privacy respectin folk), I haven’t gotten that far yet. But I’ll report back when I do!

I bought a CMF1 phone and flashed /e/os on it. Mostly just to run it through the ringer and see how well it works and if it really can be a daily driver. So far, so good. Phone was on sale for 125€ during the last Black Friday. Surprisingly good phone for that price. Been using it with the various privacy focused messengers for voice calls. Haven’t stuck a SIM card into it yet. Eventually I’ll try my banking apps, which might be the sticking point as I’m not sure I can get those outside the Google App Store.

Work in progress, I guess. But no problems so far.

I’ll gladly accept a PlayStation without social features. I just want to play games. I am 100 years old. I own a mansion and a yacht.

Staying ahead of the game to avoid becoming Reese Withoutherspoon.

Meanwhile, on Epstein Island…

It’s a slippery slope. If you let the village know there’s a ship sailing the cosmos then next thing you know they’ll want the rathaus to use email instead of fax. Just best to follow the rules and keep things the way they are.