matt 🏴 @matt@cybre.space

Rat Race from Rhythm Heaven is the world's only rhythm stealth game https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kLUTJRwGdG

I just saw a screenshot of text on Facebook which was split in half and posted as a video and an image. The top half of the screenshot is a 40 second video of a static image with no animation or sound.

WHY. FUCKING WHY

PHP stands for "pretty hot programming"

Just dreamt an extremely fun adventure story in which I was going around town solving puzzles and finding secret treasures in real life. I had a magic rubber hammer which I could turn gigantic by thinking about it, and it felt light enough swing around effortlessly but it would send my attackers flying with a satisfying "boi-oing" sound. I also had a helpful but nervous and sarcastic fairy companion. Very good dream, would play the video game version.

All of my stuff is backed up of course, but re-downloading it all will be a huge pain in the ass.

It'll be worth it in the end though. "Upgrading" to Windows 10 was a huge mistake. I should have known that them giving me a chance to upgrade for "free" wasn't going to work out in my favor. It's been nothing but a headache.

Finally embarked on the "reinstall Windows 7" project and having a hybrid drive completely boned me. I wanted to wipe the C drive (SSD) and keep the D drive (HDD) and I spent about 2 hours following directions precisely and it just wouldn't work. It wouldn't even TRY to install Windows onto an MBR drive while a GPT drive was present. Out of frustration I just wiped the data drive and it seems to be working. Crossing my fingers.

@codl That was the first of the true yoshis, and where the wheezy bedspring noise originated.

@codl None of the 3D yoshis are canon. If it doesn't make the wheezy bedspring noise it's not a true Yoshi. It's some sort of vile doppleganger.

I mostly use uber to get rides home from work when I don't feel like waiting an hour for the bus, so I can just "call" one before I leave. If I'm out and about, I just need to find wi-fi, which shouldn't be that hard.

I'm also spending too much money using Uber anyway. Maybe this will encourage me to try to make the hell walk up the death hill I live on more often.

But yeah just cutting out the other stuff should make a huge difference. Can't believe how much money I was wasting.

Still pending:
SmartVPN (no way to cancel through the website, sent them a message saying I want to cancel. I hope they don't make it difficult.)
Local newspaper (see above)
Cell phone (Have to actually call Verizon M-F between 8:00-17:00 EST, those assholes)

I'm really hesitant to cancel the cell phone thing but it's costing me almost $100 a month which is bonkers. I can get by without mobile data. The thing that I'm really worried about is Uber, but I can use them through their website.

I am pretty deep in the hole right now so I purged almost all of my recurring subscriptions for things I never or rarely use

Downgraded to a free protonmail account
Cancelled all Patreon pledges except for cybrespace
Cancelled curiositystream, crunchyroll, humble monthly, spotify,
Set all of my domains but two not to auto-renew
Cancelled Amazon Prime (bad timing, it just renewed a couple months ago, but now it won't auto-renew next year)
Cancelled a fax service I inexplicably signed up for

@ratbaby @tomatohentai I wish I had taken that option. I struggled through three unnecessary years of HS and ended up not having the credits to graduate and getting my GED anyway. I say go for it. It won't affect anything unless you wanna go to one of the BS elite rich people schools anyway.

@xyzzy God same

@lostnbronx Oh, interesting. I find that pleasantly surprising. I'd have thought it would be part of the Star Wars design bible that every movie has to start that way so the fact that they're willing to go different for some of the movies gives me hope.

I haven't seen any of the post-Disney Star Wars movies besides episode 7. Do any of the other three NOT start with an opening text crawl? Because if they don't, I'll watch them.

@jszym Yeah I pick up a pint of freshly brewed high fructose corn syrup every time I go to the farmer's market