diff --git a/blog/final-chapter-2021-05-20.markdown b/blog/final-chapter-2021-05-20.markdown new file mode 100644 index 0000000..9b06c89 --- /dev/null +++ b/blog/final-chapter-2021-05-20.markdown @@ -0,0 +1,149 @@ +--- +title: Final Chapter +date: 2021-05-20 +tags: + - freenode + - irc +--- + +# Final Chapter + +The last caretaker looked at the last light lit in the empty halls. They looked +out across their home. It used to be filled with thousands of people. There were +discussions about every topic imaginable from people of as many backgrounds. +Projects were born. Relationships were forged. Friends were found. Lives were +irreparably changed for the better. + +But the darkness came and soaked into the foundation. Some noticed it and became +alerted. Some ignored it as an "inevitable" change. Some ran away, abandoning +their home of choice. Some stuck around. + +Then the darkness took over and the larger discussion rooms sprung into action. +The meddlers between the halls suddenly became a network of people to assist the +other larger discussion rooms to move elsewhere. Through their careful planning +and surgical execution, they managed to move all of the major discussions away +in hours. Prior migrations on this scale have not happened. Normally there are +stragglers. Normally people try to stick it out and decry those that leave as +"reactionaries". + +--- + +``` +NickServ: User reg. : Dec 03 22:31:33 2007 (13y 24w 3d ago) +NickServ: Last addr : ~cadey@infoforcefeed/Xe +``` + +Freenode had been my home on the internet for over half of my life. All things +IRC must come to an end, but it felt like Freenode was eternal. The staff had +not always made decisions that I agreed with, but I have run IRC networks +before. I know how it is. Precedent can drown you. + +It's just sad to see it end like this. The communities that I have joined there +have been _catalytic_ in my life. I have irreparably changed the life of others +on Freenode. I met people on Freenode that I talk with daily. I'm sure that I +wouldn't have the career that I have without Freenode. + +But it's been taken over by a narcissistic Trumpian wannabe Korean royalty +bitcoin millionaire, and I just cannot support that. + +--- + +Not this time though. The darkness was so deep into things that the very rooms +themselves became at risk. The floors were not known to be safe. The caretakers +had worked together to come up with a new plan and had built an exact replica of +the meeting halls elsewhere. + +Through that network of meddlers, people were helped over. The new halls needed +adjusting to cope with the sudden load, however they took them. The caretakers +spun up their new discussion hall and built it stronger than before. + +They, the last caretaker, was unable to control the darkness anymore. The +darkness was too deep. Their access had rotten away. + +--- + +``` +NickServ: Account Xe has 5 other nick(s) grouped to it, remove those first. +``` + +I joined Freenode initially in order to get help with Ubuntu in high school. + +> [22:41] hello, i need some help configuring wine 0.9.50 to run +> microsoft digital image suite 10, i try to run the setup app, an i get two +> looping messages about MDAC, and on how the system needs to reboot before it +> can install, but the messages loop, how can i fix this? + +> [22:42] !wine | shadowh511 + +> [22:42] shadowh511: WINE is a compatibility layer for running Windows +> programs on GNU/Linux. See https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Wine for more +> information, and see !AppDB for application compatibility. + +> [22:43] they won't help me there + +I eventually figured it out. I think I just did it on Windows. + +I ended up rejoining it and really sticking around once I got into My Little +Pony: Friendship is Magic. There was a channel called `#reddit-mlp` that I +haunted for years. + +I met friends that I still talk with today. I wonder if anyone from there that I +haven't talked with in years is reading this now. + +--- + +The soul of the halls was not the halls itself. It was not the caretakers. It +was the people. Once the bigger halls moved over, the people followed. Each +person leaving took that much more of the soul with them. + +Drops became a stream became a torrent became a flood and in a day's time the +soul of the halls had left. The soul was gone and only the darkness remained. + +The last caretaker looked at the room and snuffed out their light. They packed +up their backpack and closed the front door for the last time. + +They cried as they walked to their new home. + +--- + +``` +(Xe) ungroup JohnMadden +NickServ: Nick JohnMadden has been removed from your account. +(Xe) ungroup Xena +NickServ: Nick Xena has been removed from your account. +(Xe) ungroup Cadance +NickServ: Nick Cadance has been removed from your account. +(Xe) ungroup Cadey +NickServ: Nick Cadey has been removed from your account. +(Xe) ungroup shadowh511 +NickServ: Nick shadowh511 has been removed from your account. +(Xe) drop Xe ****** +``` + +> NickServ: This is a friendly reminder that you are about to destroy the +> account Xe. To avoid accidental use of this command, this operation has to +> be confirmed. Please confirm by replying with /msg NickServ DROP Xe `******` +> `86033ae0:9e021b10` + +--- + +The halls fell, but the people that made up the soul of those halls moved on. + +Their home went away because their home wasn't a building. It was an idea. 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