My 16.5 year old account doesn't even have 22k, but I freaking rarely posted.

Absolutely this. I look forward to having something like big/little with RISC-V.

I'll turn down settings until I don't get stuttering. I don't wasn't a smeary mess hiding stutters, I'll take the higher framerate and lower antialiasing or turn off SSAO or whatever. Im just glad I can tune those dials for what I prioritize.

I've finally gotten off my ass and set up matrix and jabber to pilot with my friend and family. I've threatened everyone with IRC, but I really wouldn't mind going back to hosting IRC servers...

I'll absolutely pick one up unless I get backlogged hard like I did with the machine.

The universe will be ok. But what about me?! I'd at least like to be a cautionary tale!

That was the death knell for me as well. I think it was around when I had my last iPod, the... Nano?

A Kind of Magic! I mean it's not really the soundtrack to Highlander, but it kinda is and it rocks

Same boat, I've honestly considered just buying a secondhand unlocked 6XL and installing graphene on it. I've not been happy with my 9.

Spiritual successor to Eco the Dolphin?

there is something seriously wrong with the web.

Yep. There certainly is.

Personally? Months. Regularly weeks. About the same as my servers. Uptime on a single machine isn't a metric of anything meaningful.

That said, GitHub ain't a single machine and the reliability issues are definitely not a good look.