Cyberdevil 2020-10-02 14:36:56

Hah. XD I'm gonna have to start reading up on this too, getting curious now...

I'll take a shot to that! each and buckthorn! Cheers!

Cyberdevil 2020-10-02 15:22:28

Good to hear it's like that even for the pros! But do you normally like writing more than producing stuff? Does it come and go? Sometimes one sometimes the other? Was thinking maybe when you get good enough it's just way more fun with any aspect of it all. But either way this is perfect timing. Got a beat selected, seeing if I can write up something for tomorrow maybe...

Yeah the world's been on edge too long now. Starts digging into your feet a bit. Either we'll grow thicker soles or lose control and off we go... fortunately, personally, the more stress manifests the more I just want to write it out. :) Would be a nightmare to get writer's block at a time like this.

Cyberdevil 2020-10-03 01:02:34

Ah nice, I'll save it for later, thanks. Hmm the numbers/patterns on the second and third page... can they be deciphered? Or just random?

Thought about running a server via home a long time, but actually having the computer on the whole time's a problem. Other peeps won't allow it, and even if they did I wonder about overheating... what kind of computer are you using for this? How long have you been running it?

Cyberdevil 2020-10-03 07:04:52

Hmm but if something breaks? The PSUl CPU, something else? I know you can definitely use any regular computer as a server, but it seems legit servers are built a bit differently. SAS drives, smaller fans, no GPU or similar, seems they're made specifically for long runtime. But as long as it works!

If you're running a gaming computer as a server I imagine the electricity bill might jump a bit though, might be the one downside. :) Apart from noise, and that inevitable wear and tear....

Cyberdevil 2020-10-03 08:31:06

Nice. :)

Cyberdevil 2020-10-03 10:41:50

Alright, hope it goes well! If you're ever looking for something external there's a lot of cheap VPS offers out there too, if I knew my way around commandline I'd probably be using one of these: https://lowendbox.com/

So much cheaper than shared hosting, but home computer... maybe the cheapest option after all.

Cyberdevil 2020-10-03 10:48:22

*thumbs*

Cyberdevil 2020-10-03 12:07:12

I think I have... fourteen? Currently use one for gaming and this one for everything else, though it's over ten years old and getting a bit slow. Thing is it has a firewire post, which I need for my audio stuff, but the plan is to swap it for one of the others soon...

The others: two old Mac computers, an old Compaq with XP, three smaller laptops, a couple potential replacements I bought recently and four smaller mini PC types. I've been occasionally bidding on them via Tradera and right now I have a bit too many really... finna sell a few soon too.

The mini ones could potentially make for pretty good servers, was thinking about that when you posted about yours. Though I'd need some different living conditions.

Cyberdevil 2020-10-04 00:06:20

Thing is I just can't get myself to throw any of the old ones away. :) When they're still working too... haven't had one break down on me yet, just had to switch out the PSU a couple times; upgrade RAM when they start getting slower.

Cyberdevil 2020-10-04 06:24:41

Hmm, well, the last year or so I've only used my main one and my gaming one, no time, but I do still occasionally boot up my old Mac Performa 720 just for some old gaming nostalgia. :) Lots of small and fun multiplayer hotseat games too, where you get half a keyboard each and battle each other. It's impressive how well some of that old stuff still holds up! It wasn't as graphical, but so well-built. Creative. Fun. Feels like the joy of making games died down a bit since.

As for the others: one's a Power Mac, just slightly newer than my Performa, which I bought planning to play games that I had for the Performa that it couldn't really handle. It was used in a TV studio and the RAM/GPU is really impressive for its time, a few hundred MB. :P But I haven't gotten around to doing anything with that one either. Then there's our old family computer, A Compaq Presario with Windows XP, that was a real beast at the time we bought it around 2003. Not so impressive specs now but I'm keeping it for anything XP related. Potential gaming nostalgia that's not supported on the newer computers. Plus any 32-bit stuff, as everything I have past that is 65-bit.

The three laptops are mainly for travel, and as for the rest: potential replacement computers and ones I bought since I really liked the model. Running out of space though so I do need to sell a few of those...

Cyberdevil 2020-10-04 07:09:25

Do you keep anything for nostalgia yourself?

Cyberdevil 2020-10-04 07:11:55

Mmm, I like the feeling when you upgrade after you haven't in a long time, everything suddenly lightning fast. :) But I'm a really habitual person otherwise. Don't like letting go of what I'm used to.

Cyberdevil 2020-10-04 12:19:42

Hmm? Something we were speaking about earlier?

Cyberdevil 2020-10-05 02:57:04

Ah how did I miss this notification! Hope I didn't skip any other parallel convos that same day... good to know. Still not sure how we got into the topic of art though. :)

Cyberdevil 2020-10-18 11:36:37

Feeling like I should be more on top of my game on certain days, but still going at least. :) Might make it all the way...

Cyberdevil 2020-10-18 13:07:52

Ah man, hope you get better. Sometimes you just need to force things to distract yourself too. Whatever works for you though! Maybe not! Maybe rest is the real requirement.

Cyberdevil 2020-10-20 06:30:40

I probably would but I'm pescatarian, just eat fish. :) Been that way since I was 2 y/o. as far as I know I've only accidentally tasted chicken and beef jerky so far (thought it was dried banana)...