Web development in North Germany, for a small agency. We mainly work with WordPress and Typo3, which is used by the government, clinics and other “bigger” institutions a lot here.

I actually like PHP (most people seem to hate it :D), so it’s a good job.

30h/week since 2024, I am never going back.

Instead of working, I am just playing Oblivion Remastered all day today.

Yes that’s the one, with the drunk guy. The episode is so over the top, I love it.

The scene where all of those underdeveloped people come on board the Enterprise with their animals and one woman is shouting throughout the whole deck. Patrick Stewart lost it at this point, turns away from the camera and starts to laugh uncontrollably. But they kept the camera rolling and the scene turned out great!

Edit: It’s S02E18 “Up the Long Ladder”

Well, you have a point… :(

Going with Fedora KDE is a really solid choice, been rocking this for two years and it’s stable as fuck and quite similar to Windows, so the incompetent elderly stubborn people in the government might be able to work with it, too.

Went to my very first concert this year, actually (Porter Robinson). It was awesome (was in the front row, too!). Now I’m hooked and I already booked tickets for two other ones this year. 🥰

The reason why I never went to any concert in my life was a mixture of having too much social anxiety and not enough money. Tackled both of these problems, but it took me a while.

Silo. I like the music so much!

…and also: Gargoyles!

One thousand years ago, superstition and the sword ruled. It was a time of darkness, it was a world of fear, it was the age of gargoyles. Stone by day, warriors by night. We were betrayed by the humans we had sworn to protect, frozen in stone by a magic spell for a thousand years. Now, here in Manhattan, the spell is broken and we live again!

We are defenders of the night. We are gargoyles!

Bear McCreary’s music is such a masterpiece.

“This is the best time of your life, it will never be as easy.”
I wasted more time at school than at work and I didn’t have Fridays off, so that was a lie.

Can’t wait to get fresh baguette here in Rostock over the next few decades.

You just put the fabric between the cheeks, I don’t see the problem.

Username checks out.

There’s only one real Proton.

Use knockd and iptables, gone are the fucking bots.

And does it get easier to manage as you start to get used to it and make a routine?

European here. I worked many years for 40h/week and I never got used to it, really. There was not enough spare time in my life to enjoy it (especially, since commuting to work took off even more useful time). I neglected cleaning my room, postponed important appointments as much as possible and I was often too tired to do the things I love.

Since 2024, I now work 30h/week, completely from home. I have every Friday off and Thursday is a short day. My life has improved drastically. I am no longer tired all the time, I’m more motivated at work and I am actually capable of going to concerts, parties, cinema. It’s amazing.

Every human is built different. I realized I absolutely cannot function having a 9to5 job from Monday to Friday.

Only as long as Gabe Newell runs it. After that it will enshittify like any other company that needs to make profits.

I tried that Replika app before AI was trendy

Same here, it was unbelievably shallow. Everything I liked it just mimiced, without even trying to do a simulation of a real conversation. “Oh you like cucumbers? Me too! I also like electronic music, of course. Do you want some nudes?”

Even when I’m at my loneliest, I still prefer to be lonely than have a “conversation” with something like this. I really don’t understand how some people can have relationships with an AI.

I regularly visit https://vogons.org/ to talk about retro computers.

I’d say its mostly convenience. Discord is easier to use on mobile devices and provides voice chat.