Tag: Prepared

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Plan C preemptive – Incomplete

So with very limited opportunities for gameplay, my thoughts turn to finishing the stories I’ve started.

Open world adventures like FarCry 6 can be easily eaten in short bursts but linear titles like Alien Isolation demand a decent amount of continuous focus 1-2 hours per sitting.

This is time I simply do not have right now. Yet my games Library continues to grow with juicy titles like SnowRunner which is basically a throwback to being a boy playing with trucks in a sandbox albeit very virtual now. Meanwhile, I hope the borders remain open for the holidays.

Stuck in the mad…..err, I need to re-think my approach (SnowRunner)
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Budget 2022 – Infections rising

Horizon Forbidden West is probably the most anticipated on my wishlist for 2022. I lost all my saved games for Horizon Dawn (Platinum trophy gained) and can’t be bothered to replay the titles, never did get a real chance to complete the DLC but hey ho.

Having finally got a PS5 I spend more time on actual gameplay which is good considering I have less than 5 hours a week available.

It’s time again to adjust my budget.  2022 sees my annual budget at well under $1000.

Software / Hardware Release date Cost
Horizon Forbidden West 18 February 2022 $60.00+
A Plague Tale: Requiemunknown 2022 $60.00+
Tom Clancy’s The Division: Heartlandunknown 2022Free-to play?
Star Wars: Eclipseunknown 2022$80.00+
Forspoken May 2022 $60.00
Senua’s Saga: Hellblade 2unknown$60.00
The Lord of the Rings: Gollumunknown$60.00
VR Hardwareno target$500.00
Total  $880.00
UK heading towards Alert Level 3 for real (The Last of Us™ Part II)

The alert levels are:

• level 1: COVID-19 is not known to be present in the UK
• level 2: COVID-19 is present in UK, but the number of cases and transmission is low
• level 3: a COVID-19 epidemic is in general circulation
• level 4: a COVID-19 epidemic is in general circulation; transmission is high and pressure on
healthcare services is widespread and substantial or rising
• level 5: as level 4 and there is a material risk of healthcare services being overwhelmed

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Lifestyles of the Bored and Restless

The Lock-down lifestyle is a thing that just creeps up on you…the negatives can be overwhelming, but scraps of good stuff can emerge from your captivity.

Here’s my Top-10 Lockdown issue list

  1. Lack of real exercise or movement
    • Unless you are the healthy type or just have a nice home with a great garden or field then it’s natural to just meander from room to room with no real purpose.
  2. Lack of routine
    • This lack of purpose is just a headshrinker…. Why I am here? What is my purpose?
  3. Lack of real face-to-face social connection
    • So, what if you have 500+ LinkedIn. Body language makes up over 50% of our comms.
  4. Perpetual Snacking
    • I’m a grazer and can’t help but wonder in the kitchen every hour or so for a snack. Even when I’m not hungry
  5. Zoomed Out – Screen time Obesity
    • If our effort to become productive we use ever screen possible and this obsession pushes up to 10 hours a day on various devices.
  6. Trapped on a wheel
    • So, you walk from your home office to the dining room then to the kitchen then back to your home office…been here before.  Yes, you have.
  7. Losing your talent
    • I’m a creature of habit and routine and this is where my craft blossoms.  Without that routine, my talents are at risk…
  8. Filing Time with gibberish
    • Fooling yourself you are actually being productive is pretty common. Let’s have pointless Zoom meetings and phone calls whilst goofing off.
  9. The plague of interruptions
    • The perception that you are “available” at home is annoying and probably my number problem….Yes, I am busy and Yes you are interrupting me.
  10. Lost of Risk
    • From the time you step out of your house you are risking something to gain something. Without that Risk, there is nothing to gain and without that gain, you are just a cardboard cutout of your true self.

Creating my own certainty out of nothing, grind some labs and re-inventing my your own purpose.

Lifestyle of a job-hunter

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Clearing out my stash – next 11 days [prepared]

The new season looks like an excellent opportunity for team achievement. Basically, farm a 100-floor Skyscraper to reach the Summit. I picked up a few notes from the Game broadcast but the patch notes will no doubt reveal a lot more details.

  1. Exotics Sub Machine Gun – BackFire Self Bleed effect – better get some hazard protection
  2. Memento BackPack – kills drop a trophy that buffs weapon damage, Bonus Armour or Skill Efficiency
  3. Kard-45 Pistol – named version gives +1 skill tier
  4. Six12 ShotGun – named version gives Armour on Kills
  5. GearSet – Hunter’s Fury – Apex Predator for 4 piece kills disorients other enemies within 5m
  6. Sharpnel Traps
  7. Chest Piece close quarters bleed effect (useful with Adrenaline Rush) – RidgeWays Pride – earn by completing 100th floor then craft – FaceTankers Dream
  8. New Brand Set – Belstone Armoury – 3-piece (Incoming Repairs, Armour Regen and Armour on Kill)
  9. Named gear pieces  – Perfect Efficiency, Perfect BloodSuck
9-11 Never Forget
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Untested backup is worst than no backup

Another nasty little blighter is throwing basic attacks at me…again?

111.125.95.62 (Philippines) Blocked for SQL Injection in query string: tag=zombies” or (1,2)=(select*from(select name_const(CHAR(111,108,111,108,111,115,104,101,114),1),name_c…

Small businesses are perfect nests of unmonitored logs and normally have no idea about their security posture and threat climate. Together with limited in-house talent and interest in analysing these logs. Loose standards and poor digital hygiene leaves the door wide open for cookie-cutter attacks like the one from our predators on 111.125.95.62