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@east.rip
Privacy advocate, data hoarder, free and open source software enthusiast.

<3 Gentoo & OpenBSD

https://www.east.rip
Remaking my Gentoo installation w/ new FS + encryption.
I'm also considering using wayland after i refactor my dwm config to dwl.
September 29, 2025 at 1:31 AM
Valve really loves ruining Counter-Strike by adding/changing things nobody asked for instead of just improving game feel and addressing cheating issues.
The game has been steadily going downhill since they added agent skins.
July 29, 2025 at 12:51 AM
Please check out and add your signature to www.stopkillinggames.com.
Financially support DRM-free platforms for games (e.g. gog.com).

I also wrote about this two years ago.
www.east.rip/blog/problem...
Stop Killing Games
www.stopkillinggames.com
June 26, 2025 at 9:09 PM
It's not a uncommon take to complain about trans women in competitive female e-sports like a competitive advantage exists. Acting like a arbiter of women's rights when it's pressing buttons, cis women should be offended. Are mice that heavy nowadays that you think biological women can't compete?
May 25, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Matrix (when i used it previously) was horrific to use.

Why sync messages server side and have this slow system if it frequently can't decrypt messages anyways?
Plus the unnecessary metadata collection.

How can a "modern" protocol be unable to do better than XMPP for personal communications.
May 23, 2025 at 10:25 AM
New article - www.east.rip/blog/xmpp_to...
Manifesto + loose guide to setting XMPP over Tor or I2P.
Private Messengers (plus XMPP over Tor & I2P)
The importance of encryption + XMPP over Tor & I2P.
www.east.rip
May 23, 2025 at 10:11 AM
New article - www.east.rip/blog/gnupg/
(w/ site updates)
As with everything i write it's never finished.
It will be modified and adjusted if anything is incorrect or i want to add to it in the future.
GnuPG
Basics to starting with GnuPG/GPG
www.east.rip
February 15, 2025 at 4:47 AM
April 24, 2024 at 11:38 PM
I find it abhorrent that Nintendo can take down these massive open-source community projects about preservation by leveraging the legal system.
Years of work erased because they lost what is effectively a drop in the bucket of profits from people who probably wouldn't have paid them regardless.
March 5, 2024 at 2:35 AM
Finally finished updating my site to my new theme 눈_눈...
Plan to self-host using NGINX once I get a server but for now I'm stuck using git pages (;﹏;).
December 31, 2023 at 10:29 AM
New Counter-Strike 2 exploit.
Lain in CS2! (°∀°)
December 11, 2023 at 6:33 PM
Most modern laptops are overpriced pieces of planned obsolescence garbage. The industry standard for warranties being around 1-3 years (citation needed) is telling.
Why would you want a laptop that is thin, fragile, and runs so hot it damages its own parts?
Get a librebooted thinkpad.
Minifree Ltd – GNU+Linux laptops with Libreboot preinstalled, based on coreboot
minifree.org
November 10, 2023 at 9:35 PM
Hey!! (>,<) just finished ricing Ubuntu!!!
Pls be nice it's my first time using a operating system.
November 10, 2023 at 8:57 PM
I'm craving $5,000 USD 😖 🥺
October 7, 2023 at 10:35 PM
Getting faded 6am on a Monday this is peak transfeminine activities. (𖦹﹏𖦹;)
I love being a contributing member of society.
September 25, 2023 at 10:33 AM
Remaking my personal website using HUGO.
I still see value in making websites from scratch, I'd just rather spend my time doing other things. (;一ω一||)
September 19, 2023 at 8:35 AM
Hello World.
July 31, 2023 at 1:58 PM