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<p>Hadabitofathinkaboutmyprinciplesandprioritieswebsite-wise.LongstoryshortisI've turned off the redirect for chrome-based browsers. I'vegotafewreasonsfordoingthis,chiefamongthembeingthatIdon't want to lock out people who have to use chrome because they don'thavetotalcontrolovertheircomputersorrelyonchrome-onlyaccessibilitytoolsorwhatever,andalsoifI'mgonnausemywebsiteasalinkhubitseemsabitcounterproductivetoblock,statistically,mostinternetusersfromseeingit.</p>
<p>Itwasmybirthdayacoupledaysago!I'm 21 now. I can drink in the States I guess, though I'mhopingthatnevercomesup.Mydadcelebratedtheoccasionbytakingmeouttolookatcars.Thiswascomplicatedsomewhatbytwofactors:One,I'mafuckingcolossusandallhumaninfrastructureisdesignedspecificallytobejustbarelytoosmallforme,andtwo,Iliveinfuckingsemi-ruralNorthAmericaandallyoucangetnewhereishugeSUVsandevenhugerpickuptrucks.</p>
<p>Ididn't buy anything. Besides the fact that I don'twanttoimpulsebuyafuckingcar,mycityisn't a very good place to shop for used cars, especially not of the type I actually want. I'dprobablybeabletofindabetterdealintheonenearby-ishbigcity,plusI'dliketoshootforahybridifIcanswingit,somethingthatmoreorlessdoesnotexisthere.Funlearningexperiencethough.</p>
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<p>Work's good. I was right about the reduced hours being temporary, so I'mbacktonormalonthatfrontnow.Thestoremanagersaystheykeepgettingtemperaturealertsfromthewalk-infridge,whichconfusesme-Iwentinthereandscannedeverythingwiththethermometerandeverything's fine. I don'tknowwherethey've put the temperature probe they'reusingbutIsuspectthereadingoffitisn'trepresentative.</p>
<p>Beenaminute.Afewwebsiteupdates,butmostlyminorstuff.Onebigthing:I've been thinking about image formats some and I'vedecidedtoreplaceabunchoflargerimageswherequalityisn't hugely important such as backgrounds with JPEGs instead of PNGs like I had before in order to reduce the load on peoples'internetconnections.IkepteverythingasPNGforalongtimeoutofprinciplebecauseJPEGobjectivelyisn't very good in terms of quality, but you cant deny the filesize advantages and there are frankly greater evils in the space right now. Speaking of, I'vealsomadetheprofoundlyoptimisticdecisiontoalsoincludeJPEGXLversionsofeachimage,forwhichthestandardJPEGsactasfallbacks.ThisstillresultsinasignificantlysmallerfilesizeperimagevisibleonthewebsitethanPNGs,amazingly.</p>
<p>Iconfiguredmyreverseproxytoautomaticallyredirectallclientswith"Chrome"useragentstringstothatpage.Thisisn't hard to circumvent if you know what you'redoing,andthat's part of the point - as the article explains, Google wants to create a world where workarounds like that are impossible. I fully believe at this point that using Chromium-based browsers is tantamount to contributing to Google'sstrangleholdonthefreeweb,butIfeelliketryingtomakeitactuallyimpossibletoaccessmywebsiteusingthemwouldruncountertotheprinciplesI'm espousing here, if the measures I'vetakendon'talready.</p>
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<p>Work's been alright. I'mgettingfewerhoursthanI'd like, but I have my reasons to believe that'satemporaryarrangement.Nothingmuchelsetoreport.It's been pretty uneventful for the most part, which I'minterpretingasagoodthing.Nonewsisgoodnews.</p>
<p>SoIwaswrongaboutInvidiousinmylastentry-IgaveGoogleWAYtoomuchcredit,lol.TurnsoutalltheydidisblockedahandfulofbigInvidiousinstances.That's all. The software still works, and Invidious has been updated to detect that it'sbeenblockedandlinkyoutoanotherinstancesoGoogle'sbullshitteryisbarelyaroadbump.</p>
<p>June's been pretty good. My manager is finally scheduling me better, for one thing. I also bought a network switch for my room to hook my 3D printer up to the LAN, and I'mahugefanofitsnetworkfunctionalitythusfar.Nomorefutzingaroundwiththeincludedflashdriveforme!</p>
<p>Idon't know why I didn'tmentionthissooner,butIsetupaCalckeyinstanceacouplemonthsago.It'smynewmainFediverseaccount.Iquiteliketheuserexperience,butthemoderationtoolsleaveabittobedesiredcomingfromAkkomawithitsMessageRewriteFacility.NotlikeIneedtodomuchmoderating,though.</p>
<p>IalsosetupaRadicaleserver.Isetmyfamilyupwithaccountsonitsowecanallenterrelevanteventsintoasharedcalendar.Ifyou're a Radicale admin and you'rewonderinghowtodothat,basicallyeachusergetstheirownfolderinRadicale'sdirectory,andyoujustneedtomakeacalendarandsymlinkitintothefolderforeveryoneyouwanttoshareitwith.Also,didyouknowiOShasnativesupportforCalDAVintegration?RareWforApplethere.</p>
<p>I'm glad I didn'tmakethatInvidiousinstanceImentionedbackinJanuary.ApparentlyYoutubewentandbrokethemethodInvidioususestograbYoutubevideos.OrtheyjustblockedInvidiousspecifically,somehow.Eitherway,Pipedstillworks.lol.Anyway,fuckYoutube.AnyoneknowanygoodPeertubeinstances?</p>
<p>I've been working on some music recently, a little. Here'sapreviewofthesongI'mworkingon:</p>
<p>Let's get the bitching about work out of the way up front: my boss has been scheduling me full time for the past four weeks now despite knowing full well I'msupposedtobeworkingparttime,andfurthermorehehadmeworkingsixconsecutivedaysjustnow.AnymoreofthisshitandIwillstraightupquit.Fuckyoubro</p>
<p>Inbrighternews,myfinger's pretty much healed. That'sprettymuchitactually,betweenworkandrestingbetweenshiftsatworkIhaven'treallyhadthetimeorenergytodomuchelse.Remindmetoburndownthecapitalistsystemsometime.</p>