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As a Texan, it just seems like Austin combines the worst parts of Cali and the worst parts of Texas.

Then again, I've only driven through Austin, and if I stopped it was just to pee or grab fast food or something.

I've been on a decade long hiatus from multiplayer aspect of games - aside from games I was with people I knew in RL.

I only occasionally get a twinge for the comraderie of some epic raid in an MMO, or tight unspoken squad tactics where everyone just does their job as expected (not necessarily well lol) and came out on top.

But really, I don't have the time to commit to either of those.

Then I hear about my friend in GW2 (RL friend) who is going through some toxic guild BS and I don't miss it.

Everquest did this to me.

I mained a bard, and back then you had to stop a song and start a new one every so often...

Mathematically it translates to a button press ever 1.5 seconds, ignoring movement, other combat abilities, etc.

I also refused to compromise on spelling and grammar at the time.

I got real good at typing accurately and quickly.

I have lost a lot of that speed, but at comfortable pace I'm probably 80-90 words a minute, and the last time it was measured was a keyboarding class requisite. 121 GWAM for an eighth grader isn't too shabby. As long as I fixed the printer I got to play games in that class.

I was way more competitive as a kid. Physically too, if needed. Hockey and all.

I was a goal tender and if I let one past, I considered it a loss personally.

That drive left me with a record that hasn't been beaten in the league, over half my "career" was shutouts, and the only time we lost was when I couldn't play.

I've thought about getting back into it, but between the cost of gear, the time, and the fact that my knee would give out before a period is over really deters me.

Life protip: don't be the pedestrian in a car on pedestrian accident.

I mean everyone poops.

They even wrote a book about it.

I'd be happy to take one, should you still have any to give out.

Fallout 1 and 2 are 2D isometric turn based games, while 3 and later move to a first person perspective so you might enjoy the classics... Unless you just don't enjoy the setting - in which case fair enough.

One of my favorite maxims.

Its been a dark joke in my area for 30+ years, and I'm unaware of it actually happening here.

Basically the punchline is that pigs make the best witnesses, they can't speak and they eat all the evidence.

If a Nazi sits down at a table with three people what do you have?

Four Nazis.

As a Texan, I do.

Also as a Texan, I'm looking at more socialist countries to move to.

We're not all bad, some of us are just stuck.

When I was in college there was a culture of blasting out music from the windows of the dorms.

Mostly hip hop and pop, not really my genres at the time (though I got into some niche hip hop years later)

At the time, a metal guitarist had recently died violently. They were a local band with a global reach, well local to me, about 2 hours from campus.

That day everyone knew their music, lol. Had my "metal" friends come up with speakers and any other audio gear they could muster.

In my defense, unlike other noise polluters, I observed quiet hours.

Time enjoyed is not time wasted.

Not driving isn't an option in my area. Not if you want to be employed.

Its a 30 minute drive to the bus stop to get to work. Plus travel time along bus stops.

Its a 35 minute drive to the front door.

If its still half an hour to just get to the bus stop, what's the point even, at a personal level?

Captain Planet told me in the 90s what was gonna happen. Corporations just took it as a play book to accelerate shit.

Maybe they mean they will dual boot between windows and a hypervisor? I've never considered if that's a possibility.

As someone who went through highschool when Slipknot was blowing up, hell I'm listening to them right this second, I deplore the term Magat.

For those unaware, the Slipknot fans are referred to as maggots, hence songs like "Pulse of the Maggots" having a less grotesque meaning.

Much appreciated. Just needed some phrases to throw in a search engine to get started.

I'm looking to rise up from the hell desk, I have an enterprise grade server sitting collecting dust at the moment (heat issue, not on the server, just the average ambient temperature is uncomfortable without it running is too much) but its running unraid at the moment and not much else.

Any suggestions on where to start with infrastructure as code?