4 january 2021
I was inspired by the poem at the end of this short story, which won some awards a while back. I'm not too much into reading anymore, not for any lack of trying to get back into it. Anyway, as I was saying. �� I was inspired by this poem, and decided to go back to writing some of my own. Here goes... something.
For all my tries to get the prize �� Of a healthy, painless life �� All I got was a tangled knot �� In my stomach, lined with strife. �� Time to reboot.
xen: Booting virtualized kernel under dom0...
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Virtual. Not real. Not exposed.
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So that it doesn't hurt.
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You virtualize to mitigate vulnerabilities.
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In a way... So do I.
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I am a virtual void().
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No interface, no vulnerabilities.
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No interface, no point...
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Time to reboot.
xen: Booting virtualized kernel under dom0...
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systemd[1]: Starting Load Kernel Module social-firewall...
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The answer is in limitation.
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Social distancing at its literal.
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Allow-list: Three people. Drop all other traffic.
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...
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Eight months later, someone on the allow-list undermines my kernel's integrity.
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Panic.
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CPU: 2 PID: 2 at drivers/emotion/love/uncond_love.c:483 - assert "significant_other.emotional_support != null" failed [emotion_engine]
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Time to reboot.
xen: Booting virtualized kernel under dom0...
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systemd[1]: Starting Load Kernel Module social-firewall...
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systemd[1]: Starting Load Kernel Module iface-fake-emotion...
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socialtables -t nat -A POSTROUTING --out-interface fake-emotion -j MASQUERADE
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socialtables -A FORWARD --in-interface emotion0 -j ACCEPT
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No one comes in anymore.
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...
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No one comes in anymore.
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It's getting lonelier by the minute.
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Why do I have to make these stupid fucking hacks anyway?
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Time to reboot.
Booting paravirtualized kernel on bare hardware...
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Broadcast message from person-f1a830b3df@outside-world (pts/1):
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Go find help, please. You need it.
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Broadcast message from person-1cedb817eb@outside-world (pts/1):
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You're acting really weird and you're creeping me the fuck out.
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Broadcast message from person-84dcfb24df@outside-world (pts/1):
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Dude, what the fuck is wrong with you?
Oh. Right. Now I remember. Time to power off.