now that invidious is being targeted by youtube again, maybe i'll dig out my rss-aggregator again... as long as ytdl is still working anyways

Just started using #miniflux as #rss aggregator. Feels incredibly snappy and works well on desktop and as a PWA on the phone!

I've been looking for interesting blogs of random people yesterday and had a blast reading through some ppl's thoughts. Great way to spend your time, I had much more fun than on common social media platforms (including fedi)

There are only few blog posts that resonate with me as much as the past few posts from Drew DeVault about the state of Free Software, its institutions and the Community.

Little rant about my ISP:

Can they PLEASE make their default router hardware work to some  degree? I already got the third device in two years, because they keep breaking down completely. You can not really configure or fix the devices at all, so the only way is to let them replace it with the same type of hardware again.

The forums are full of people complaining about their default router, while their answer always seems to be "well, you can always buy yourself a Fritzbox or rent one from us for a small premium". Not that i wouldn't like to own my own device and use it with whatever isp, but that cannot be the solution to the underlying issue, can it? If they offer a service and send you hardware that is required to use this service, it better be functional at least on a minimal level. I am not asking for any niche feature here, I want a working LAN and WiFi connection, that's all.

To top it off, their default WiFi router is so unstable, it randomly cuts out, prompting the router to reboot, meaning several minutes downtime. Particularly when transferring large amounts of data via wifi for a longer period of time (watching live streams, doing backups to remote location, etc). It sometimes starts hanging during boot and does not receive an IP. In that case you have to manually reboot it again until it works. As a remedy I had to buy a 30€ WAP, connected to the router via LAN, replacing the router's internal WiFi capabilities. This "fix" is (in my limited testing) very stable and surprisingly delivers substantially higher transfer rates. How is that OK?

It is not like I'd have a better choice ISP-wise. From what I hear, the default hardware from others is equally bad. The only real way appears to be, to get your own hardware and let the ISPs get through with their customer hostile practices...

Actually made a switch from Debian to #Alpine now. Feels quite snappy and easy to use. Let's see how this goes :)

On the way to #Hamburg for #Metallica, #Architects, #IceNineKills, #Mammoth & #Epica 🤘

The new album by #InventAnimate has a brutal power. What a release! #music #metal #metalcore