TODO – replace my copy
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Entertainment > Movies >
(on Wikipedia)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0242653/
With killer-machines digging down to bypass the defences of the last refuge of mankind, a man with sudden magic powers magics with his powers.
Oh god, make it end. The writing is so fucking sloppy that the second movie and this third movie should not be watched by anyone, most especially fans of the first movie.
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Projects > Games >
Disgaea – Hour of Darkness – (2003 game) >
Yes, it’s a very old game, but I decided to make a little project out of it so I don’t miss out on unlocking anything and I otherwise have an efficient path for my characters. This began as a PS/2 guide, but it got released on Steam so it’s been updated with that in mind.
For grinding on the PS/2 port, consider AutoHotkey.
Also:
Software >
https://github.com/DeaDBeeF-Player/deadbeef
https://deadbeef.sourceforge.io/
An audio player.
Straightforward, with few dependencies and a lot of audio format support.
See also:
Entertainment > Reading >
Collections of science fiction short stories, curated by.. people I don’t know and who have no authority in my mind. They came into being pre-internet and still cling to relevancy.
I was excited to find these, but their stories are hit-and-miss.
TODO – re-read and especially the other essays.
 Not the cover of my edition.
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Entertainment > Reading >
I’m either stupid or arrogant to say that this isn’t particularly good. I’ll have to re-read it yet again before I can either give a description or a proper opinion.
1942 – The Myth of Sisyphus
(other essays noted below) TODO
This may take me quite some time to read through.
 Not the cover of my edition
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Entertainment > Reading >
A classic work combining classic works.
I bought this because it’s considered one of the great works of literature and has survived into common culture. Though I can see why this would have been popular at the time, especially thanks to the forward saying that the brief writing style was rare, I don’t yet see why this would appeal to today’s person. Perhaps it’s just me, but so far I find the writing style rather insulting.
Unabridged:
ISBN 0-517-43614-2 (lib. ed.)
TODO – import more of its archived text
This is on my list of books to re-read.
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Entertainment > Reading >
www.freax.hu [ 1 ] on archive.org
http://www.maz-sound.com/FREAX/en/Intro/
A book on the history of the demoscene.
This is on history and itself has become a collectable piece of it. I bought and read this years ago.. probably in 2007 or thereabouts.
Footnotes
TODO – tested and working, though my most recent Lubuntu experimentation has problems I’m still troubleshooting.
At best, my computer hangs when prompting for a password. I think this is related to the 4.4.14 kernel but have not confirmed this.
Projects >
dm-crypt
https://gitlab.com/cryptsetup/cryptsetup
https://www.fsl.cs.sunysb.edu/docs/cryptfs/cryptfs.html
These instructions are a lot easier than they seem, and a smart and patient beginner will be able to follow them!
These notes were made on an everyday system with one hard drive which I completely formatted for this purpose.
This concept and these notes build a full-disk Slackware installation which also uses LVM. You can safely ignore the entire LVM post and just follow this one.
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Entertainment > Movies >
(on Wikipedia)
(trailer)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2309961/
was cbsfilms.com/afflicted/
Two friends go on vacation, with one of them seriously ill and possibly dying, but a new illness progresses.
How do I describe this without spoiling it? I know a lot of people don’t like found-footage movies, but this one is quite good as it actually shows everything.
