Afternoon all!
Been a busy week travelling for work, followed by a busy weekend with the local Beavers group at Poultons Park (a local theme park). I am now absolutely shattered and thinking about ordering take-out for dinner.
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Gareth Harmer
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Mail: me@gazimoff.com
I'm a former videogames journalist and critic that specialised in MMOs and online games.
These days, gaming sits alongside parenting and family life. I still clock up time in WoW, FFXIV and EVE, but I'm also on mobile with Genshin Impact too.
I'm also regularly playing Magic: The Gathering and Dungeons & Dragons, and I've got into miniature painting (mostly Warhammer 40K).
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Based on current estimates, we’re probably looking at 3-4 hours of downtime to migrate the Postgres database to the new server, but there will undoubtedly be a performance improvement as a result.
- 1 hour to generate the backup
- 30 minutes to transfer 30GB of compressed (gzip) data to the new server
- 1 hour to load it into the new server
- 30 mins of config update and testing
I’m doing a dress rehearsal at the moment to do some checks on the health of the export before we schedule it
Morning all.
Today I'm feeling the after-effects of having a flu vaccination. Very lethargic with aching joints.
On the flip side, I managed to get the remaining S3 content deleted, the buckets closed, and the service cancelled. Yay for saving money!
I'm doing some Postgres migration tests at the moment in readiness of the move, but there will be some downtime, so I'm also prepping up the ugliest maintenance page known to earth. I'm going to use a simple tweak to the nginx config to enable it
I’ve been gradually collecting these #Lego Technic pocket kits. They all have a little mechanical feature based on building construction, and I love the design consistency across the range.
Oh, forgot to mention, but OVH (our planned new host) just pushed their server pricing up 70%.
This is going to require some careful replanning to make sure we don't end up crippled by pricing during the migration.
I'm going to reconfigure some of the infrastructure to use a greater number of smaller servers - more management overhead, but cheaper.
Morning all!
It's the end of the week, which means a morning of training followed by an afternoon of reports.
Yay me!
We've had about 30 minutes of downtime earlier today, after the platform monitoring tool alerted me of an outage - so at least that's working!
Unfortunately the server itself needed to be rebooted (not just the docker containers), which caused issues of its own when trying to restore service.
Clearing out the old S3 buckets with the old host so that I can delete them.
Yes, I figured that running s3cmd rm was going to be quicker than setting a lifecycle expiration and hoping I got my XML syntax right...
It’s been 12 hours since moving S3 provider, and everything looks great! I’m going to keep monitoring things for a week before deleting the old bucket and decommissioning the old service.
On Zelda: Ocarina of Time remake:
Hard Buy, but only on physical media. If I end up replacing my son’s switch with his own Switch 2, I want to be able to share this with him. It’s a keystone game, and I’d love for him to build core memories playing it.
Besides, this is going to be pure nostalgia for me :)
I really can’t justify the fancy Zelda Switch 2 though. :(
#zelda
So far, my small town (120,000 people has)
- KFC x2
- Popeyes
- Slim Chickens
- Dixy Chicken
and soon a Wing Stop.
And that's not counting the other fast food places with chicken on the menu.
How much poultry can one town eat?
Your food scientists were so preoccupied with whether they could, they didn’t stop to think if they should.
A post I hoped I'd never have to write.
An online friend I'd never met, and yet whose impact could be seen across the community, like ripples on a lake.
A soul I wish I'd known better than I did.
A silence that roars like a tempest.
Tonight, I'm going to cry, and drink, and probably curse.
Damn it all.
So, I got #FFXIV on the Switch 2.
I couldn’t use the free trial against my existing account, so I ended up getting the heavily discounted bundle.
I now realise two things:
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I have completely forgotten how to play bard after quitting Dawntrail at 95.
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I have no idea how to play with a controller
If anyone has any guides or blogs on this, I’d love to see them!
At least Gpose still works ;)
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@bearmine@gamepad.club Yeah, I think I might have to bump up my migration plans by a few phases.
How often do you upgrade you phone?
The new iPhone launches today and, as discussed before, I'm skipping it.
But that makes me wonder. Back in the 00's, I'd upgrade my phone every year. In the 10's, that drifted to 2 years. And now, in the 20's, it's moving to every three years.
I'm curios to know - is that a similar experience to others here? How often do you upgrade your phone? And let me know why in the replies!
How often do you upgrade you phone? The new iPhone launches today and, as discussed before, I'm skipping it. But that makes me wonder. Back in the 00's, I'd upgrade my phone every year. In the 10's, that drifted to 2 years. And now, in the 20's, it's moving to every three years. I'm curios to k
It’s taken probably half a day of research and testing, but I finally have a workable UI for #FFXIV on #nintendoswitch2.
Now I just need a crap ton of practice.
Huge thanks to everyone who game me amazing advice!
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@gorram@gamepad.club I’ve hosted a couple of watch parties where we cheered and clapped, if that means anything.
Stop. Slow down, and feel the Earth move.
In today’s economy? Ahahahaha…
I've been doing the Boss Rush event in #GuildWars2. Clearly, the game is dead.
#sarcasm
RE: https://indiepocalypse.social/@jenny753/117077988773568845
If I didn't already have a Switch 2, I'd be getting this version.
As it is, I might have to buy that new Pro controller.
Quoting
Box art for a Legend of Zelda anniversary edition Switch 2 and Pro Controller 2 have leaked.
In an age of AI everything, I do want to note we've seen a variation of this royal crest before, and both boxes show the rumored 40th anniversary badge for The Legend of Zelda.
Originally shared by CentroLeaks on Xitter: https://x.com/CentroLeaks/status/2087196417433485448
#NintendoSwitch2
So, Apple hiked the price of the Apple TV 4K. The 128GB model went from £169 to an eye watering £249!
(the more expensive model also has Thread for home automation and Ethernet for more reliable streaming)
That felt excessive. So I looked for retailers still using the old RRP.
Most are sold out.
So then, to EBay. A highly rated seller is selling excess stock from a TV venture. £130. And EBay give me 30% off too!
Arrived today. Brand new. Win.
So this is what I ended up buying for the StarCraft tabletop game. Super pleased with the new sprues!
I need a new TV stand/unit thing.
Our existing IKEA laminated chipboard monstrosity was built for an era of bluray players and slimline consoles, with drawers underneath for storage.
I now want to use it to hold all our living room electronics, including a chunky wifi router and an even bigger Xbox Series X.
The snag is, there are no easy options. Everything has alcoves that are too narrow, or drawer space where I need cupboards.
It’s infuriating.
Well that’s a blast from the past.
Also, the memory card I bought for my Switch 1 won’t work for the Switch 2.
(micro SD vs Micro SD EX. It’s like a Pokemon Powerup.)
So I’ve had to order a new one of those too.
FML.
Alas, Charlie wasn’t home.
I have no idea what the weather is doing today, but I don’t like it.
Well, I didn’t expect to see a coffin at the expo today…
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@stargrace@gamepad.club I am going to have to download this - if only to keep track of my own playtime :)
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@matt@writing.exchange Honestly, at this point I'd look at self-hosting. There is a learning curve associated with it and, but the outcome is probably well worth it.
It might also be worth asking mastodon.art if they have any advice about making managed hosting affordable - their instance is huge.
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@scopique@gamepad.club if you start hitting a bandwidth issue, I think you can use Backblaze and Bunny to act as a CDN. Bunny is very cost-effective.
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@stargrace@gamepad.club thanks for the heads up! I still have the gw2 tee from ages ago :)
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@vbarreirojr@gamepad.club @scopique@gamepad.club @nimgimli@gamepad.club
First, completely isolate the machine from the internet.
Secondly, does Windows still boot?
Well, that was unexpected!
Ripping packs in #pokemontcgpocket and opened up a god pack!
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@vbarreirojr@gamepad.club @scopique@gamepad.club @nimgimli@gamepad.club basically a hard format that actually erases the drive, not a quick format that just marks the locations on the disks as free.
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@gwince@gamepad.club How are you getting on with Fairphones? Does the setup actually work?
@scopique@gamepad.club I think it got hugged offline. :(
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@vbarreirojr@gamepad.club @scopique@gamepad.club @nimgimli@gamepad.club I’m really sorry I’m not able to help you further on the detail here. But I’d definitely change your most important passwords on your mobile if you can, then get some sleep.
In the morning, get your PC to a local tech friend who can either sweep it clean or scrub the drives before reinstalling windows.
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@vbarreirojr@gamepad.club @scopique@gamepad.club @nimgimli@gamepad.club I would absolutely treat it as potentially compromised. There are a couple of guides online on what to do in this situation, including this recent thread on the malwarebytes forum.
https://forums.malwarebytes.com/topic/334518-i-stupidly-ran-the-malicious-cloudflare-win-r-powershell-command/
In addition, I would change any password that has been used or saved on that machine.
Please note that I’m not a windows desktop security expert, but I wouldn’t trust a straight reinstall to have removed everything.
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@bearmine@gamepad.club Surprisingly stable, although ive not tried duties yet. I have a feeling that a full party might throw things a little.
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@vbarreirojr@gamepad.club @scopique@gamepad.club @nimgimli@gamepad.club Yes but carefully. I’d recommend getting a tech friend to help archive anything important.