BaronBurdock

Y2K Amish. Civilization peaked in 1999

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2026-05-09 00:21:21 CEST

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My son keeps asking when we're going to get one, I keep telling him they're going to have to drop a must have game for me to pull the trigger. The original Switch had such a long lifespan, where are the games, they've had plenty of time to cook. How did they not have something in the pipeline?

2026-05-09 00:18:36 CEST

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Oh yeah, I got my PS5 for like $450, it has the disc drive. They're going for $650 now, and I'll be honest, I use it as a glorified PS4 Pro.
I see people talking about launching a PS6 in 2027...these people are on crack.

2026-05-09 00:08:28 CEST

Super Mario Odyssey was released in 2017. The fact that Nintendo wasn't able to release a new mario game in the first year of the Switch 2's life is actually insane to me.
Good luck with a Switch 2 price increase with no Mario, Zelda, or Smash game to warrant a purchase.

2026-05-08 18:04:40 CEST

Twitter keeps showing me videos of Mixtape in an effort to feed their rage machine, and you know what, I'll give in: The animation style looks like fucking ass and tongue bit is straight out of reddit.
That's okay though, I'm not its target audience, games journalists are.

2026-05-07 04:09:51 CEST

How many times are we going to remake Star Fox? For Christ's sake it's a rail shooter in space, shouldn't be that hard.

2026-05-06 18:46:08 CEST

Pizza Hut brought back it's summer reading program. My kids don't realize how so fucking back we are right now.

2026-05-06 15:52:58 CEST

I wish we would go back to proprietary docks. Thunderbolt docking stations are just fucking shit.

2026-04-28 02:35:01 CEST

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We'll see...
https://blossom.primal.net/0561045254ca5f87c0f8d5d1eaa5a4d1ab593de02466a36c7bd924e9f24a41d9.gif

2026-04-28 02:31:30 CEST

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I didn't like 8, but it had interesting parts, even if it set them up for failure. 9 was somehow so bad that it made all 3 movies worse though.
I saw 9 in a midnight showing, one of the few times where I wanted to walk out. Haven't watched it since.

2026-04-28 00:25:37 CEST

I hate myself, and I hate my wife...
...which is why I will attempt to rewatch the Sequel Trilogy starting tonight, to see if it really is as soul crushing as I remember.

2026-04-26 00:19:07 CEST

Update: this book is pretty cool. I like the world Gibson creates...in those moments when I understand what the hell he's talking about.
#nevent1q…4auf

2026-04-25 18:51:58 CEST

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I'm about 100 pages in now and I noticed the same thing. I like that. Feels more real.

2026-04-25 18:50:47 CEST

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I had the same thing happen with Starship Troopers. Couldn't keep my interest and my backlog was building up, so I moved onto this.

2026-04-25 17:56:36 CEST

New book, haven't touched anything by William Gibson yet, but I hear good things.
https://blossom.primal.net/a069ac5ce07902328e08e0c79325a4bb35c02ec74e5ca131aa268911f83812c4.jpg

2026-04-25 13:16:43 CEST

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Yup, I think the hard truth is that if you want freedom, you're going to have to pass through something like that to get it.

2026-04-25 01:07:03 CEST

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Vinyl has almost nothing to do with sound for me. I think the ideal option is buy a dirt cheap CD, rip to flac and have the best of both worlds.
I like the vinyl ritual though - no skipping, no walking away and ignoring it, you are forced to actively listen. I like that.

2026-04-16 15:12:10 CEST

Look, I know many of us have strong feelings about the Chimpanzee Civil War that's brewing, but we have to stay neutral and not get involved. No more forever wars!

2026-04-10 21:17:39 CEST

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I didn't know that was a thing until I watched some Guy Ritchie movies.

2026-04-10 17:28:59 CEST

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Pays $75B for Activision Blizzard just to torch it, but also has to put Windows 3.1 games in an app store with ads haha

2026-04-10 16:53:50 CEST

The funny thing about Microsoft is how deaf they can be on basically every issue. Everyone screeched about bloat and unnecessary apps, so their answer to this was to take away solitaire and minesweeper.
I don't have much faith in their latest "we heard your concerns" schtick.

2026-04-10 12:20:08 CEST

In hindsight, zap polls were a colossal failure. Why were we forced to endure them for that long?

2026-04-10 11:59:07 CEST

Ever since Elon pussied out of an MMA match with Zuck, I've stopped putting a lot of faith in these announcements. That said, this should happen. The children of American's ruling elite should be engaging in combat for everyone to see.
https://blossom.primal.net/79b63f25b30d9a8d08b951c5c6ea3e28df5c51e0c9e0248886e7746ac79402f8.jpg

2026-04-09 22:29:55 CEST

These people are fucking clowns and none of what they say actually intellectually consistent. Leave Twitter all you want, many people here did, and for good reason, but this is just virtue signaling.
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/04/eff-leaving-x

2026-04-03 19:44:51 CEST

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I would say, if you make something complex, does that risk decentralization somehow? If not, I'd say complexity is fine.

2026-04-02 02:07:52 CEST

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April Fools, worst day of the year

2026-04-02 02:07:04 CEST

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Worst day of the year. Hate April Fools

2026-04-02 02:06:40 CEST

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Nah, Walter Block got kicked out of the club for that, Hoppe got kicked out for what appears to be dumb libertarian squabbles, and the fact that the MI is on track to become Cato in the next 20 years

2026-04-02 01:08:07 CEST

Hoppe out of the Mises Institute...wow.

2026-04-02 00:12:39 CEST

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I saw that Ghibli was on there, I've never seen Castle in the Sky, and its on my list.

2026-04-02 00:06:10 CEST

"LET ME ENJOY MY BOOMER SLOP!!!"
I yell to my kids as they complain about my music.

2026-04-01 18:56:57 CEST

One of the most horrifying moments at work is when you ask the question, "so who is the expert on this stuff?", and then everyone in the room turns and looks at you.
Now, it does drive personal growth, good things come from this, but for that one moment, horrifying.

2026-04-01 14:14:41 CEST

Today is going to be the stupidest fucking day on social media, across all platforms...

2026-04-01 12:28:10 CEST

I've seen this pop up in a couple places, and I laugh at it every time. It really is the state of gaming these days...
https://blossom.primal.net/b1889d3903fa352dadeee73f519671bb7bbeeed2fa7ce7947a04661456edabba.jpg

2026-03-31 23:55:23 CEST

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$108K is just the hospital/government/insurance company circle jerk made up number.

2026-03-31 23:52:35 CEST

My wife wanted to add HBO to our streaming services, but now I have to watch a bunch of things other than the Sopranos.
What's the point of HBO if you aren't rewatching the Sporanos?

2026-03-31 15:11:58 CEST

I don't remember the dotcom bubble, but it would seem odd to me that people were hoping for it to pop leading up to the crash.
I'm waiting for the AI bubble to pop with excitement, 1. for the lulz, and 2. because I want AI to grow naturally and not in the fake way it has so far.

2026-03-30 21:00:02 CEST

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Yeah. Mentally I can't get on board dropping $650 for a console, when a lot of the games don't have full builds on the discs, and going digital only means no ownership. I trust Steam more than I trust Sony or Nintendo or Microsoft. Once they hit $650 and take away physical ownership, at that point I might as well bite the bullet and buy a PC (for the ungodly amount they go for now), because Ill still have a PC for that cost. Its wild though, weird times.

2026-03-30 18:19:06 CEST

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He wants compulsory service (despite never serving), he should be the first to sign up.

2026-03-30 18:15:52 CEST

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This generation has been kind of a dud all around. With the price hikes and the lack of games, I don't know how they avoid driving everyone to PC, I know I'm considering it.

2026-03-30 18:02:19 CEST

I bought my PS5 to play PS4 games (mostly). I'd probably be pissed at this gen if I bought it to play PS5 games.

2026-03-30 14:11:24 CEST

Rob Schneider in his wackiest role yet - Rob Schneider in, "Gen-X Iran War Draftee".

2026-03-30 11:31:35 CEST

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I've ripped a ps1 cd once, otherwise, nope haha

2026-03-27 23:19:26 CET

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Yeah, and then the extradite you after you land...

2026-03-27 20:39:44 CET

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I think I got my PS5 for $450...
https://blossom.primal.net/f457f21c1b4f6a11d2e1672836d03dd61c6ee5c2c319e0f099ffa364c5a51347.jpg

2026-03-27 19:52:02 CET

Entering the world of mechanical keyboards. What switches do people prefer?

2026-03-27 02:58:00 CET

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The fact that they spent the whole movie in tight spaces got me.

2026-03-27 01:06:44 CET

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The Descent.

2026-03-26 21:26:19 CET

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No ones joining in a stampede for Tim Apple these days. I kind of miss the hype, tech used to be a lot more optimistic.
I blame Windows for this post, them admitting they fucked up Windows 11, which Windows 10 users were forced to upgrade to, is a stark contrast to old days. No one was excited about Windows 11 haha

2026-03-26 20:13:09 CET

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"The Dumb TV"
https://blossom.primal.net/32279b7a21eda175d9688809f9245f2960492a4cce42b4fb7154c5d7ca10618b.jpg

2026-03-26 20:07:12 CET

This is very consoomer of me, but I actually miss when tech was unveiled at shows and then people freaked the fuck out at their release. That was fun. Everything seems lame and incremental now.

2026-03-26 12:08:04 CET

In a world where Rokus, Firesticks, and Playstations exist, why are smart TVs still being made? Who is really asking for this? Just be a fucking monitor and add an extra HDMI port or something.

2026-03-25 19:51:03 CET

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Doing better than me, I can't find the stomach to start it.

2026-03-25 19:16:34 CET

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Wine has got to be the most important project on Linux

2026-03-25 19:13:55 CET

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Oh, its not getting off the ground without that haha.
But yeah, the lengths the studios will go to just churn out content that no one wants is astounding. I shouldn't be surprised, but I always am.

2026-03-25 18:29:31 CET

The US Government when a bunch of 42 year olds go out and get another possession of marijuana charge just for the fun of it.
https://blossom.primal.net/c5a387f6437dbadae85a6409b87c9400eb932b04ade56536dbb34fd6d93d5b1a.jpg

2026-03-25 17:56:16 CET

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Elanor will be a mary sue / girl boss, and will break the 4th wall many times and will have many one liners. Sauron's back, Gollum's back with his new robot body, more machine than Hobbit, and the Rock will play a dwarf, because, Hollywood

2026-03-25 15:07:06 CET

The west has fallen, and now we're just being demoralized.
https://blossom.primal.net/75aa48b1bdda485dfda26991caa440a7517c4c1f0ed4b97946d56c786e3a4910.jpg

2026-03-25 10:32:41 CET

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Oh absolutely. Aero was peak. Its amazing how they had it and threw it away

2026-03-24 23:00:28 CET

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@nprofile…2lxp, when is Amethyst getting on the board?

2026-03-24 21:19:18 CET

Once DMs/chats get sorted out broadly, and once the AIs are doing the coding, I'd use the shit out of a vibecoded nostr client that had this same UI. Not something like this, something that is exactly this. I don't DM, but I'd find excuses to DM you all just because it would be wild.
https://blossom.primal.net/a4b05706c90077e3d210aa90bc01cd744c3c4318ae1770a787c22608fd8a4739.jpg

2026-03-24 20:53:46 CET

"Hey Claude, make this sound more legal and professional."
[Claude moves around 6 words and then adds in a "pursuant" and "applicable" for good measure]
"OH MY FUCKING GOD THIS THING IS BRILLIANT!!"

2026-03-24 03:22:04 CET

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I'll be honest, I use home and notifications, the others rarely get touched.

2026-03-24 01:09:33 CET

In the year of our Lord 2026, looking back, Dick's Picks was a very unfortunate name for a collection of live Grateful Dead recordings.

2026-03-23 21:10:48 CET

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Yeah, as soon as he was on the "Jay Powell, our bastion of hope against Europe" kick I stopped listening.

2026-03-22 20:47:16 CET

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You know, I don't actually know how that would work, but I my mind, at least on the Fediverse side of things the bridges are probably fediblocked by most instances, because it seems like you could just whip up spam on the Nostr side and blast it across the bridge. Where if there was some way on the nostr side we could opt into the bridge, and agree to play nice, the bridge might not be blocked by everything. I dunno though.

2026-03-22 19:25:47 CET

I don't think I've played any of the Ys games. Going to work on that today.

2026-03-22 18:46:29 CET

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I wonder if Bridges would have worked better if it was opt in, versus "everything must go". I do wonder if a lot gets lost in translation between the two because they are trying to avoid spam somehow.

2026-03-22 12:13:51 CET

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@nprofile…u2hf 👀
(#1 birdwatcher on Nostr, mia since 2023)

2026-03-21 23:42:03 CET

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You will own nothing, and you will plug in. Our cyberpunk future.
At least Facebooks Metaverse shutdown, that buys us more time.

2026-03-21 22:10:11 CET

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That's about how I operate. They announce a Mario, Smash or Zelda and its all over.

2026-03-21 22:04:28 CET

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That's the problem with Nintendo, they know they got you

2026-03-21 18:06:44 CET

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That is a fair point...
https://blossom.primal.net/37e5ebf640477898cc6fc7ad624e0a6e87801b653f6e5c718b9a15e506b3c359.jpg

2026-03-21 17:00:54 CET

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Projects cooked, theres not even 59 users on here!
But yeah, I'm ready for nostr stats.

2026-03-21 16:47:03 CET

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Let her rip... but when my follower count drops from 5 to 2, I'm going to want to speak to the manager

2026-03-21 15:16:19 CET

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The bridges are hit or miss I find. Momostr does better with some instances like Retro Gaiden, Mostr does better with Shitposter(.)world. Mastodon(.)social is spotty with both

2026-03-21 11:27:06 CET

Does this whole systemd age verification thing actually matter, or is it just another internet hysteria moment?
The real question for me is, will I be able to type in 1/1/1984 like every dumb, Orwellian age thing, or will it have more teeth than that?

2026-03-21 01:11:46 CET

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I should start preparing him...

2026-03-21 01:10:47 CET

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https://blossom.primal.net/dbad9a19a30ebcd0eaaf0eb0b2fc4ecc4b425f1bf6431c697204c41ee1791af6.jpg

2026-03-21 01:05:15 CET

2026, my dad, calling me, tweaking out about setting up email on his phone (I don't understand how he hasn't done this)
2046, me, calling my son, tweaking out that I have to have a brainchip installed to order a pizza (he doesn't understand why I don't have a brainchip already)

2026-03-20 22:37:32 CET

Boiling the ocean so that AI can explain to me plot details from The Brady Bunch.

2026-03-20 16:48:15 CET

I've had this nsec since 2022, and have been quite reckless with it. Getting a clean check today is a lot like someone spending their 20's playing the field, finding themselves, or straight up hooking, going to the doctors at 40, and getting clean bill of health, even negative for HPV.
#nevent1q…xx6p

2026-03-20 15:54:02 CET

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Here's where I think they are pulling from:
https://bigbrotr.com/blog/exposed-nsec-analysis/

2026-03-20 15:14:35 CET

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Devastating

2026-03-20 13:51:25 CET

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Dumb play on the third guess, used a letter that was already rejected. Aiming for 3 tomorrow

2026-03-20 13:48:31 CET

Eh 😐
WORD5 #532 4/6* (Hard Mode)
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https://word5.otherstuff.ai

2026-03-20 13:31:46 CET

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Phil Collins, champion of gated reverb

2026-03-20 13:25:20 CET

Waiting for the results...
https://blossom.primal.net/e7d89cc6ecb5bfc80b4ab1097b177b1e3cb0d8bdf7a13f3d54ae935e2393448d.jpg
#nevent1q…4rmj

2026-03-20 12:06:14 CET

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No, definitely not laughing at that, more laughing at the state of things I guess. Unreal

2026-03-20 11:44:51 CET

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I take back half of this... Spark rugged people already?? lol

2026-03-20 11:32:33 CET

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I dunno, in 2022 or whenever we all got on here, it was new, still figuring stuff out, but if you migrate here today, on your first or second post someones whining that they can't zap you. Spark is probably a rugpull waiting to happen, but what isn't with lightning. WoS bailed on US users, are they back? I tried using a mint for zaps once, only time I've been rugpulled. Small amounts, who cares. This more of an indictment on lightning than anything

2026-03-20 11:19:27 CET

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A new user comes to Nostr (just one, two tops, lets be seeious) and they need something for zaps day one, with no fiddling required, what else can you do? For 99% of the general public, trying to be self soverign with lightning is a fucking disaster. I keep getting lectured about tradeoffs with lightning, so here is one I guess

2026-03-20 11:06:32 CET

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As long as you can swap out to your own setup, who cares?

2026-03-19 22:56:32 CET

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I like it when Mark makes an appearance, it was rare for a bit, hopefully he'll do more shows.

2026-03-19 21:23:46 CET

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Some of us are double or triple compromised. This nsec has been in some unsavory places, I'm at least quintuple compromised

2026-03-19 21:14:19 CET

The 4,000 DAU number is disappointing because it does seem to be a decline, but moreso, it's disappointing in that it really shows that most "freedom tech" people out there are LARPing. At the end of the day, they want their blue check and they want their reach above all else.
I'm not saying anyone should give up Twitter entirely (I'm not), but I would expect the folks screeching about freedom all the time to at least start building a presence somewhere free, even out of precaution. I remember all the Twitter purges in 2018, and then during covid. It'll happen again. Plus, crossposting isn't exactly rocket science.

2026-03-19 20:56:04 CET

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Silver linging - better to have a 5G receiver in there than what they did with the beepers

2026-03-19 19:16:27 CET

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This is dumb as hell, but honestly, I'll take it versus the alternative I was planning on

2026-03-19 18:50:17 CET

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Clients should just come preconfigured to do that for new users:
https://blossom.primal.net/1fb25da81d1d6da491690a0d11e3970e1999921510c51ec0aa0579f65e2ad1c9.jpg

2026-03-19 18:47:56 CET

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Oh no, you've done it now... 100% true though

2026-03-19 17:06:38 CET

I am fining the UK's Office of Communications (Ofcom) a sum of $50,000 for the crime of being really fucking uppity, payable in cash, check, bitcoin, or bullion.
Unfortunately, just as their silly laws have NO EFFECT on me as a US citizen, my laws have no effect on them sadly.