Another first interview out of the way (I do think I knocked that one out of the park, I'll be shocked if they don't call me back for round two) and another one scheduled on Thursday.

What non-systemd distros are the kids using now? Void? Gentoo? Slackware? On second thought, please don't say Slackware. I'll do a lot to avoid age verification, but becoming a forest hermit and eschewing technology might actually be preferable to running Slackware.

One month update, levocetirizine is magic actually? Huge improvement, way fewer random episodes of hives and swelling.

Even if a $18,000 BYD car is sending data back to Shenzhen I don’t really care because by that point I’ll be in the Chinese Car Hackers Discord channel sharing PCBs that prevent it from doing that along with 3D printing STLs of cup holders in the shape of Luffy from One Piece.

I see your Skyrim jokes, but counterpoint: given that the only Scions we see in the teaser are Estinien and Alpninaud, this is 2 Heavens 2 Ward.

Hey its me Yoshida Howard please enjoy Final Fantasy XIV: Skyrim

Trying to figure out how I can do a tech 'garage sale' without risking eBay scammers making fake claims and running with my item for free. As much as I'd hate to re-enter Zuck's ecosystem, it might have to be Facebook Marketplace. (Minus cameras, probably KEH for them.)

update, their replacement caffeinated flavor is fucking MANGO. to the overpriced Liquid IV it is, ugh.

Seriously though, is ANYONE in Seattle hiring? I have been applying in both my actual field and minimum wage jobs (so everything from systems administrator to janitor) and am averaging something like a .05% callback rate. (I don't currently own a vehicle, so I can't do rideshare/delivery.)

Drop your fighting Catholics

I have not been a practicing Catholic in almost 25 years, but I never feel more Catholic than when JD Vance opens his mouth with a new most evangelical adult convert take of all time.

incredible that the lifelong Catholic in this specific situation is The Pope

Current stage of unemployment: today, I wish I could leave money and polite society behind, and live in a ridiculous little kei van.

RT if $3000 would literally change your life

Current stage of unemployment: "Can I make a cyberdeck out of parts I already have in my house?"

The heavens have smiled upon me: I was going through a box and found a prescription bottle with one single leftover prednisone tablet. My body is going to be a MACHINE that WORKS for the next few hours. Which is convenient, because I have a third-round interview for a job this morning.

Unsettling discovery of the day: cherry lime La Croix tastes dead-on like wax lips. I'm still undecided about how I feel about this.

i deleted all the games and apps off my phone, put my phone in a trash can, and now just carry my game boy around in my pocket instead. so if you want to reach me you will have to release a new game boy game.

“Unfortunately, in each of those cases, I did not have any open mana,” said Schumer, laying his elbow on the table to cover up his two untapped Islands, which had been gathering dust.

Trying out switching my Zyrtec for Xyzal this month to see if it works any better. Wheee.

Did one last Hail Mary with Framework support about this lemon. The support rep acknowledged that I raised this issue during the warranty period (which expired three weeks ago) and that it wasn't resolved, and... linked me to the purchase page for mainboards. Womp womp.

i don't care about any arguments against this. right now the sum total of my political advocacy is: crush the Republicans and make them pay. i don't care what comes after because until we do that nothing better is possible.

Skratch Labs appears to have discontinued my flavor, so now I gotta find a new electrolyte drink. (Not as much of a first world problem as it sounds; I use it as part of my "kill a migraine early" routine.)

Non-Warcraft MMO updates: - GW2: somewhere in LW3. My carnivorous plant mesmer is plotting to marry Canach and make him worse. - ESO: just digging up weird furniture. - FFXIV: (dialup modem noise) - SWTOR: not currently playing (sorry to my Inquisitor, the manic pixie freak devilman).

Pretty sure Bluesky's the only place I haven't mentioned picking World of Warcraft back up again (last played during MoP). Yes, I play too many MMOs. Super impressed with how they've modernized the game without homogenizing everything into bland mush (yes this is a subskeet at Naoki Yoshida).

Bought a bottle of Coke's new Cherry Float flavor (I am weak when I see random new flavors of Coke Zero on the endcap at H-Mart, I am only human) and this would be better named "Cherry Coke x Pinnacle Whipped Cream Vodka." This tastes like every bad decision I made in the summer of 2008.

And of course the Framework starts up again with the massive overheating and freezing up while doing basic tasks like two weeks out of warranty. (Support wasn't helpful when it did this in warranty, either!) I hate this fucking lemon of a laptop.

So, Copilot's slurping your e-mails without consent even if you're in a hardened environment that blocks Copilot via DLP. techcrunch.com/2026/02/18/m...

Are we still doing Yuri on Ice comparisons for figure skating? Because Ilia Malinin has almost literally become JJ Leroy.

So, are we making IRC happen again in 2026?

this is genuinely one of the most offensive things anyone has ever said about me

"Tell me you know nothing about the Muppets without telling me you know nothing about the Muppets."

Learning that the last few Vampire Chronicles books introduce aliens into the plot has either opened my third eye or driven me mad, not sure which yet.

So, what are the chances I can compile the NetBSD version of WordTsar for hpcmips?

Ughhh I have automatic updates completely disabled and iOS 26 is STILL trying to push itself onto my phone.

Emotional rollercoaster: learning that I now qualify to claim Canadian citizenship... but would need my mother's birth certificate for it.

Oh nice, apparently Rawtherapee can open and convert .x3f files natively. Maybe I'll take the DP1 out for a spin today, I need to go to the library (always a very good place to photograph) to return some books anyway.

New: We built an interactive map of every ICE contractor working with the Trump administration. readsludge.com/2026/01/16/t...

How are people even surviving these days, asking for a friend (the friend is my currently unemployed ass).

Okay, I will preface this with the GIGANTIC disclaimer that I promise I know how this looks, and I *swear* this is not personally motivated: If you have an old #LiveJournal account, and it has things you still care about in it, download it or import it to Dreamwidth SOON. Details:

Some advice for #ShittyCameraChallenge contestants from Mothra vs Godzilla

I have had like the worst day of all time, but my camera from the Shitty Camera Challenge Fundraiser has apparently arrived. Time to see what eldritch abomination waits in the mail room!

I absolutely need this cat to be a villain in whatever is going on with Hardboiled Hildibrand.

Stealworkers

FFXIV: Look, a hard-boiled detective on a motorcycle! My brain, immediately: MATE DARE KA GA--

Picking a Framework over a Macbook is looking like an increasingly foolish decision. Upgradeable RAM and storage means nothing when the third party manufacturers stop selling parts to consumers.

Terrible (great) realization: my Sigma DP1 qualifies as a shitty camera (point and shoot under 15mpx). Also is a slow, temperamental shooting experience that feels in line with the spirit of a shitty camera. This means there is a shitty digital camera that can do true monochrome.

Nothing like that tingle in my upper lip that means random edema is coming to signal that today is going to be fucking great.