finally got my old powermac G4 going again...

maybe i will install pirch and connect to dalnet

going to use my startup lottery winnings to buy and then run dalnet into the ground

@dysfun viva cascadia

i've had this computer since i was in college mannnnnnnnnnnnnnn

@ariadne was the g4 BE or LE ?

@fiore it is big-endian

@ariadne damn

i literally bought it new at CompUSA

man... CompUSA. really brings me back.

anyway, that's the computer i wrote the early versions of atheme, charybdis and audacious on.

@ariadne I used to bike there in college to browse the sale bin.

Bought TrackMania: Sunset there, and Crashday.

Those were the days.

@dysfun why would i burn it

@ariadne Made me look if dalnet is still a thing lol (it is), ancient IRC network I don't think I ever used

@dysfun i mean, i was a kid fucking around and having fun

i learned how to write C by hacking on ircd, which was just the right shape to really interest me, because i added features to ircd for my internet friends

it was a tight feedback loop, yes?

@dysfun so, in a way, that computer wound up giving me a career that did not involve being shot at because you were there to take methheads' kids away

@ariadne @dysfun

@dysfun oh yes, but there is a lot of danger in it

@dysfun indeed? hence the career change. which happened *because* of ircd.

@ariadne beautiful 😍

@ariadne looks great!

@lanodan @ariadne I know I was in one channel there but I can't remember it's name. Been too long.

@ariadne as lottery goals go, that’s a pretty good one ngl

@ariadne suddenly remembering getting up early on a Saturday to be sure to get there before they open just to make sure you get one of whatever it was that was on special sale that weekend

@ariadne replace the pram battery

@danct12 i have one coming from amazon

@ariadne I wonder if they ever fixed the buffer overflow in Pirch's DCC feature. I tried to report it but I was like 16 with undiagnosed ADHD and never chased it up, and I don't think they ever pushed out a new version?