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july 19, 2021
i originally wrote this exactly one month ago, but i didn't like the way i formulated things the first time so i wanted to try again!
this has been a turbulent month for me in both cyberspace and meatspace! we're getting ready to move in september except we won't know whether we will be able to fly until the very last minute so while we are selling everything and making plans where we're supposed to go, we also have to consider going somewhere else for three-ish months in case we can't fly. tbh though, anything is better than staying here lol. anyways we're quite busy!!
since joining the tildeverse it's felt like i rediscovered energy and excitement i once had when i was first learning about computers and hacking. i'm feeling super accomplished at how much i was able to do during the past month compared to the previous.
i learned to use irc and set up my own xmpp server, installed openbsd on an rpi4, rericed my linux setup (still dwm), and read read read and read more articles on everything from gemini to mail to catgirl/pounce/calico stacks to bchs!
gemini is such a cute protocol and i'm loving it already! i'm not adept at using it yet so there are many capsules and just ways-of-using-it for me to discover and it's really exciting! i'm not committing to posting regularly on here, so maybe i can learn how newsfeeds work and set one up (and let it sit there because nobody will subscribe ahaha :')
i'm trying to decide on what i want to learn now and make a better plan (or at least a guideline of sorts). i have to be careful to not take on too many topics at once because otherwise i will start learning about many many things and drain myself to exhaustion.
i want to continue learning rust, but also spend more time exploring the software and methods people use here (mail/nntp, irc, bchs...). i have another project of hot-patching pokemon crystal save-states that i want to advance too because i can't play the game rn due to a glitch :c
i have to write something about web 2.0 because that's the reason i'm here. to be blunt: it's so draining! i'm annoyed that it's mostly driven by money and not content, that every site expects me to make an account and has cookies i need to accept, and that just using the net like i want feels like i'm fighting against the current (i can't even google without solving capcha).
even then, i'm still not ready to let go of everything and delete my twitter or github, and i still use discord because it's the only platform i have to talk to certain people and also for language learning servers (which is draining too because i'm always conscious of what gets logged i.e. everything). i just wish i could move out of web 2.0 without losing anything ;-;
if the web 2.0 is where most internet denizens live then i like to think of the tildeverse (and other places) as smaller islands where life is slower paced, less polluted, and less crazy, literally. i'm tired of "the mainland" and need a vacation. maybe a permanent one even!