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iCaspar

@iCaspar@phpc.social

Software Engineer. Tech Lead. Not a guru of anything. PHP Junkie.

I play #EveOnline when I get the chance. Find me in game as Casparius.

Also: Dad things, husband things, "Renegade Baptist" things.

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iCaspar, to random
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Got an impressively realistic phishing email this morning purporting to be from Amazon.

iCaspar, to random
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Back to work today.
... if the whole thing didn't burn down while I was away.

iCaspar, to random
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The #Spiderman2 game dropped last night. This morning, my 20 yr old is jumping around the house like a 4yr old on Christmas morning.

iCaspar, to random
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You know what I miss?
Phone books.
The ones that used to arrive annually on your front porch with actual paper where you could look up a person or a business like looking up a word in the dictionary.
1/x

iCaspar,
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To game the phone book, you actually had to name your business "AAAA Best Chinese Takeaway."

You could by ad space in the yellow pages of course. But there was always the "blue pages" where actual businesses in your actual area were listed without embellishment.
2/x

iCaspar,
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Now, when I want to find some service (say I want someone to fix my kitchen stove), I have to "Google" it, and I get a shit-ton of irrelevant stuff for "businesses" that are half way across the country.
3/x

iCaspar,
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It matters not what search engine. I get the same drivel when I "duck-duck" it or whatever. They're all gamed for showing me the Angie's Lists and TripAdvisors and secondary search engine things, with zero chance of the person 3 miles from here who knows zero about SEO showing up before page 300 of the results.
4/x

iCaspar,
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So I can't get my stove fixed, and my friendly neighborhood appliance repair shop goes out of business.
5/x

iCaspar,
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Meanwhile, if I try to use an actual online phonebook -- say whitepages-dot-com -- I get a lookup that tells me "yes, we know that business, but you have to subscribe [or pay per view or whatever] before we'll let you know how to contact them."
6/x

iCaspar,
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I get that access to actual, helpful information has actual costs.
But somewhere the line has been crossed between the cost of freely available access to the commons kinds of things that are the basis of a healthy society, and the commercial interests of information brokers.

There. I said it.
7/7

iCaspar, to eveonline
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I tried flying an Exequror Navy in a Tetrimon Base. It ended badly.
How's the #EveOnline Crimson Harvest event going for you?
https://youtu.be/aEGXtPhxMAU

iCaspar, to random
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Worst. Birthday. Ever.

iCaspar, to eveonline
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I recorded some close-up footage of 6 of the opponents you might find in Tranquil Electrical Abyssal runs.
Enjoy!
https://youtu.be/cWkxh8RcEtI

wilhelm_arcturus, to eveonline
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Nemesis in a Purple Sky
#EVEOnline, #TweetFleet
https://evepics.wordpress.com/2023/09/29/nemesis-in-a-purple-sky/

iCaspar,
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@wilhelm_arcturus One of my favorite ships :)

grmpyprogrammer, to MagicTheGathering
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Today I tried to pinch-and-zoom the art on a #MagictheGathering card I was holding on my hand 🙄

iCaspar,
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@grmpyprogrammer Might have worked if they were Harry Potter Magic cards?

iCaspar, to eveonline
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Meanwhile, in #EveOnline, I've spent nearly all the ISK I made from the Sisters Arc to start PI.
https://youtu.be/YHXLTWOBoQU

iCaspar, to random
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Want so badly to play with Cities Skylines this weekend. But don't want to buy the game with #CitiesSkylines2 ready to drop next month.

My timing seems to be off-by-1. Again.

iCaspar, to random
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I keep saying "Trunk Based Development" but nobody believes me.

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169.9

topher1kenobe, to random
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All three dream jobs said no. :(

iCaspar,
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@topher1kenobe Sorry. :(

iCaspar, to eveonline
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My "Restart from Zero" #EveOnline challenge continues with the SOE arc.
https://youtu.be/SHK_YNtXiFY

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169.9

iCaspar, to random
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170.5

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169.5

macgybo, to eveonline

Eve Pro Tip: When biomassing a character, always leave 10,000 isk in the wallet as a tip for the ferryman.

iCaspar,
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@macgybo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pwEMfLjxq8M

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