A Note on PoE 2 Crashes
If you have issues with Path of Exile 2 crashing and hard locking your PC (especially on the latest Windows 11 version, 24H2) you might want to tweak the affinity of the PoE process.
A Note on Finishing PoE 2
After almost exactly 4 days playtime in the game, and 208 deaths, I have just finished the Early Access portion of Path of Exile 2.
Why I Am Leaving YouTube
I explain why I am leaving YouTube for the time being.
Donald Trump's Second Term
When it comes to anything related to Donald Trump, you simply can’t trust a word the corporate media says. You must judge him by his actions yourself.
More About the Jeju 2216 Crash
It’s starting to look like Jeju 2216 went down because of a double bird strike.
Reply to Evgeny Kuznetsov
There are things in the universe billions of years older than either of our races. They’re vast, timeless, and if they’re aware of us at all, it is as little more than ants, and we have as much chance of communicating with them as an ant has with us.
Reply to Fadi Mansour
This is a really peculiar crash. They actually do not have data on the cockpit voice recorder for the final four minutes of the flight, because it seems that both engines were out and the plane had no power.
Information on the Jeju 2216 Crash
This is a really good video analysis of the Jeju Air flight 7C-2216 disaster.
Links to Interesting News Stories
Fact checkers, some Exodus gameplay, new ARPG from old-school Diablo devs
A Tidbit about the AARO Logo
The original director of AARO used Reddit to come up with the organisation’s motto.
Switching Text Editors Yet Again
It’s time for a change-up: switching from Sublime Text to neovim.
Matt Taibbi on the Drone Situation
I still have no idea what is going on with the drones — or whatever they are — in New Jersey, but I do agree with Matt Taibbi in that, whatever is happening, the public is being lied to.
Reply to Evgeny Kuznetsov
Brian Cox pointed out in the aforementioned podcast that their space probes could be as small as iPhones with a similar energy output. They could be in orbit around earth and we wouldn’t be able to detect them.
New Year Reset
Trying to establish some new habits in the new year.
Groß Borstel
Thoughts on the Fermi Paradox
Joe Rogan, Brian Cox and why I think we haven’t found signs of intelligent life out there. And probably never will.
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
Wishing all readers of this blog a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year 2025!
Play Path of Exile Instead of Dragon Age
But let’s stop talking about bad games — and I think The Veilguard has definitely been established as such by now — and start looking at good ones.
A Note on the Dragon Age Discount
Bioware discounting The Veilguard after about 2 1/2 months is a clear admission that the launch of this game was a disaster. Especially since 35% is a very significant discount.









