Trinsec @Qoto @trinsec@qoto.org

I finished reading 'De Rat van Amsterdam' last night by Pieter Waterdrinker, it was quite an interesting read. In a way, the author mocked the current day society.. but also mocked the people who complained about this.

So the people who complain the most about their country and then try to find a new life in another country, are also the people who fuck up the most and then want to go back to their own country... the very country they complained and whined about to begin with. Grass isn't always greener on the other side I guess.

The charity lotteries were portrayed as giant scams (which they probably are, the ones hosting those lotteries sure manage to buy expensive stuff). This particular one in the story has huge similarities to our 'Postcodeloterij', a style of lottery where your zip code is the lottery number. I absolutely hate this one. Even if you didn't join in this scam, you know that "you lost the lottery" when the number falls on your zip code. It's a huge emotional blackmail for a lot of people so they join in anyway out of fear of missing the prize. It's just despicable, really. This lottery in the book manages to capture that sentiment extremely well, yigh! The author did a good job here.

There were a lot of subtle things in the book that I'm still trying to digest, but it was a pretty good read. I think I need to read something more happy next, less dystopian!
#Books

I don't even know why Humble still bothers to have a 'beat the average' tier. Just make that shit top tier already because it's always just cents away from the top tier price.
#Humble #Games #Rant

If you haven't yet, you can get Ultima Underworld 1 and 2, Syndicate Plus, and Syndicate Wars for free over at GOG. Offer available until 3 September.

https://www.gog.com/promo/rerelease_ultima_underworld_and_syndicate

Good classics!
#Games

Idly eyeing the newer Lenovo Legion laptops. Those specs on the 5 Pro and 7 are very sexy.

Whelp... I guess I'll buy new garden equipment tomorrow. :P

Might actually go for a click system gardening tools this time.
#Gardening

There's one big disadvantage to a relatively cool and wet summer...

Snails. :P
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And just got around to 100% the achievements. Once I figured out what path the little kitty should take in the Tesla Tower timed puzzle, it isn't too tough to stay under 120 seconds to complete that one achievement as well.
I can uninstall this game in peace now. ;)

I let https://www.whatshouldiplayonsteam.com decide for me, and it suggested that I go play EvilMorph, a hardcore platformer.

So I did.

Ye gods, the controls suck! Ye gods, movements are inconsistent! Ye gods, I die so often! Ye gods, the fucking game's cheating! Ye gods! YE GODS!

I stopped when I managed to get 50% of its Steam achievements (which was mostly dying X times), that's probably the best I can do because I refuse to 'git gud' for that stupid first boss. ;)
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There we go, solved all 50 puzzles of the game Leashed Soul. Not a difficult one, though I did wish they had an undo move feature. It was fairly relaxing.
Just wish there was an ending story, since they bothered to have some sort of intro story. Also wish there were achievements to show off with.
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*Cuddles cat something fierce*

*Sees cat washing himself in spots where I faceplanted him*

.. I just showered! :P

Right now it's like a blizzard but without the cold. So, lots of rain and wind! Hope it'll be over before I gotta bike to my free dinner!

Whew, I finally finished it, I've completed Tales of the Neon Sea. I'll 100% achievement-mop it up another time, but the story's pretty great, a neat cyberpunk adventure game. Just dislike the time trials a bit but thankfully it's unlimited tries and easily back into the action.

I found it pretty unique. Nice blend of stories there, nice view from the cat as well. WASD controls (well, in reality just AD controls), so not a typical point and click adventure game. Though it'd probably still be categorized as one.

You know it's a good game if the story draws you in and you just want to continue playing so you can unravel the plot. Also partly why I dislike time trials, they're just distractions from the story, just lemme continue the game already without having to quickly finish some random puzzle first! Though I have to admit that the puzzles in the side quests were pretty good! Especially the ones in the wine cellar was nifty.

The game ended with a cliffhanger, and I pretty much do want to play the next game if they plan to have a sequel. Damn yeah, let's unravel more plots!
#Games #Adventure

This is what your cats are secretly doing when you're not home. So if you still think that cats won't take over the world someday, think again!
#Games #Cats

What cats think what humans do in the bathroom...
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Tried to play a basic deck of Ascension via Tabletop Simulator. That was a terrible experience because of the godawful GUI of TTS. It's also 1000 times slower than playing via the official game, heh. I think it'd be more fun to do this IRL than to do this via TTS, but kinda hard to do when your buddies live overseas.
#Games #Ascension

You know a game is pretty good if you go to bed late because of it.

*Yawn*

Kitty party, jeuj!
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I definitely won't need to water the garden the coming time. In some provinces there's been some floods again (but nowhere as bad as before in Limburg). Here it is just wet.

Those 2 transplanted butterfly bushes look like they'll survive splendidly, they're growing new leaves. Yesterday I removed some dead leaves and they look a lot better already. Can't wait until they grow huge as well and draw in a lot of butterflies.

I also had to remove a lot of Haagwinde (Convolvulus sepium), it keeps growing everywhere and is a real pest. Beautiful flowers, though... but that'll be the only flowers you'd ever see if you don't put in effort to remove this plant. :P

Been having regular migraines the past few weeks which is annoying. The ever-changing weather probably doesn't help matters much. I'll just have to relax today (I'm glad I shopped yesterday), pet my cat regularly, and probably do some chores. At least it's not that hot and sunny now.

Hell yes. If Covid doesn't do it, my Zombies will! :P
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