Stopped to hide
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Its been some time since my last post, so its time to correct that.
My stay in Vietnam and the contacts i had over there gave me really
a new perspective, after my return i began to question the ways i
do things and the way i /view/ things.

For a long time i longed for the times gone by. For the endless
evenings spend sitting at a computer running DOS and playing games
or the early days of Linux or the time i discovered the Internet
and everything was new and exciting. Since about 10 - 15 years or
so i somehow began to dislike the changes in the net and the digital
world and started to live somewhat in the past. I used long obsolete
computers for daily work, began to "rage against the machine" and
isolated myself more and more from the real world. In a way i ran
away and was hiding behind dusty CPU fans and rattling disks.

Having the opportunity to talk with people who never lived through
the time of emerging computer technology and who where brought up
in a culturally completely different nerd bubble saw seeds of doubt
in me.

After my return i began to slowly emerse myself into the "real
world" of current tech, created some accounts on bigger social
media platforms and began to really look into the world i was hiding
from. And honestly: I began to like it. And i stopped hiding.

In the end this kinda, sorta, in some sense a form of a "good bye"
post to the gopherverse, maybe not forever, but for now i am done
with living in the past and worshipping the ash of a era gone bye.
If you open your eyes you may also notice: The future is bright
and exciting.

In this spirit: So long, and thanks for all the fish!