Website plan update
Posted 28-05-2025 00:00:00
Just a quick post here about the future plans for tgua.dev, they are currently as follows:
- Create new CF page instance and upload static version of Dustinbrett.com, link to db.tgua.dev(Incomplete) - Create new CF page instance and upload static version of derg.rest/tomxcd.me, link to td.tgua.dev - Try to create/switch tgua.dev Primary to Dynamic server, maybe see if I can keep a Rpi or similar at someone else’s house, since they don’t have starlink? - Add backup/proxy/different urls - Allow for easy complete offline download of tgua.dev with all features fully functional(External resources like embedded youtube videos excluded)
Schools and school IT is shit
Posted 28-05-2025 00:00:00
Timeline of events7/4/25 - Student downloads SSH clients and uses it to access a Raspberry PI 3B+ in a portable enclosure with a personally owned Acer nitro 5 8/4/25 - Student is called to office during class and is told to not bring personal electronics to school 9/4/25 - Student uses Chromebook for PSAT, then continues using personal device 3rd hour Student is pulled from 3rd hour and brought to office Student refuses to turn over personal devices School officer is called and devices confiscated Student is sent home for the remainder of the day Student is suspended due to continuing to bring personal devices to school 10/4/25 - Suspended 11/4/25 - Student returns to school Uses Chromebook for day 14/4/25 - Student is prohibited from using Chromebook all day, required to turn it in after 3rd hour 15/4/25 - Student skips school in protest 16/4/25 - Student goes to school and negotiates, agreement reached on chromebook issue and previous rule overturned 9:16 PM: First email essay sent 14/5/25 7:59 AM: Second Email sent 28/5/25 No response to any emails, School in breach of Chromebook agreement reached 16/4/25 Student discovers personal Website TGUA.DEV is blocked without reason
Current - The personal devices issue has not been resolved
As of recent I’ve been facing challenges with shitty (Untrainted)IT personnel and unknowledgeable admin staff at the school I go to(Leslie Public Schools, Leslie, MI, USA). These incidents range from just pure stupidity and not fact checking, to pure ignorance when it comes to reasonable courses of action. Outline below is a modified version of an Email I have recently sent in(It is modified to address anyone/internet as opposed to my specific school's administration staff:
Recent events are deeply concerning school overreach and even breaking promises. First of all I'd like to make all recipients to this email privy to the timeline:
[same timeline at top of post]
Not only are these series of events concerning, they're downright stupid. The initial decisions and policies were given without justification or research, following actions were immature, irresponsible, and likely taken only for a personal feeling of power--a well known issue with authorities who take actions "Just 'cause they can".
I'm making these issues privy to all administrative authorities, along with requesting a read receipt with this email, so I will know if someone reads this message and fails to respond. These issues need to be addressed with promptness, scrutiny, and the utmost care to detail.
These actions are some of the most overreaching ones I've ever seen and need to be taken seriously, School IT staff like Chad Kaufman Making calls about technology like SSH being "Dangerous" Without any prior knowledge of how it works, or what it's actually used for is unnerving; school staff need to thoroughly research technologies and issues before coming to an arbitrary decision.
Along with this Andrea Roach, the principal of leslie High school is not without blame, the 16/4/25 in which she agreed for unconditional access to A personal School Chromebook during school hours was recently breached when I was not allowed my Personal Chromebook at the beginning of the 28/5/25 school day.
Not only does this overreach need to be fixed in the future, the past issues still stand; my personal devices are a privilege not restricted by any district or school policy, and the devices were being used for inherently Educational purposes.
See what I mean by pure stupidity? I write a series of nicely written emails explaining the situation(Which can be found here) And have to resort to this type of email.
This level of incompetence and failure to answer basic formal emails is unacceptable and unnerving, if anyone has some connection they can use to get the admin staff looked into, feel free to, or even better get the stupid IT staff some actual training on normal everyday use technologies.
Philosophy V4(/∞)
Posted 27-05-2025 00:00:00
Can people deserve to die? A complex question posed by several over the years, can a crime be so terrible and vulgar that it warrants death? Homicide, Murder, death. Can a person truly be downright bad? Downright evil? Maybe even more pressing is the issue of good Vs. evil, is there truly a bad and good? A good or evil? Is there truly a difference beyond the labels we assign each other? Is evil more than a construct we create to discriminate against those we see unfit, those we dislike, those we hate. If some are evil and some are good, who decides that distinction? If one side says the other is evil, yet the other says the same is true for them, who decides? Who truly justifies what is good and evil? Who decides who has taken an action so bad to be labeled a devil and murdered, and who is labeled a saint and showered with glory. Should Luigi Mangione be put to the block for (allegedly) killing someone commonly known as evil, and seen as a downright devil by some? Should those seeking justice for “evil” actions be held liable, even when some might see it as morally right? Is someone who kills an evil a greater evil? Does death truly discourage those who are already desperate enough to kill for what they see as the greater good? Is it wrong to seek justice, To take matters into thy own hands? Or should vigilantism be praised with honor and hope? Such questions have plagued the human mind for centuries, yet to be definitively answered, though the questions posed are important to the continued existence of humanity and its constructs. Is order, good and evil, a mere facade, a scaffold we used to try to justify our continued existence? Is there such a thing as “justice” and not just a supposed system to maintain control and order? Is social hierarchy and discrimination any better than anarchy? The order of hierarchy is subjective. Is it really better to have a society where some are born into wealth, and live a long prosperous life, while others, to no fault of their own, are born poor and live a short terrible life? I think not, but at the same time is the idea of pure anarchy, death, destruction, yet equal opportunity any better?
Philosophy V3(/∞)
Posted 27-05-2025 00:00:00
The ramblings of a madman some shall call, an insane rant from a retarded mind; But Philosophy is more, philosophy is questioning the very existence we live, our perception, our morals, our ethics, our humanity. Philosophy is everything. For thou may live a life of grandeur, yet philosophy still reaches thee, for Philosophy is universal, a constant, a reminder, of mortality, of death, of life, of murder, of suicide. While I may not be a philosopher, the current state of the world is frightening; while thy assets may be in order, chaos nonetheless unfolds, the world in chaos, in madness. Yet we don’t question it–others anguish, pain, tears, we don’t spare a second though at the idea of homicide, suicide, genocide, we accept it, accept it as normal, as natural. While nonetheless we’ll all die, death early is ultimately unneeded, a short life serves no purpose but to harm the minds of others. While thou mind may not be preoccupied with such ponderings, nonetheless it’s an unyielding fact, a fact as set in stone as Athena Parthenos, unyielding, final, unchanged. The human mind, a misunderstood, unknown, and unhelpful existence; it serves no purpose to the world cut short, yet harms the world further in life. A paradox, that’s what it is, an unknown, impossible scenario, yet at the same time present, possible, likely. Will the human existence continue? Should it continue? The continual existence harms the environment and world as a whole, yet the human mind is set on self preservation, on life, on prosperity. So should the human race, the human mind, the human malice, anger, and harm continue? Should the world be subject to its unyielding horrors, or should it be cut short, with death, premature death, bittersweet death. While death would be positive for the world overall, is it against the human condition to die, to be cut short? Or should we ignore the human condition, of hunger and malice, of greed and self preservation, and cut our lives short? Should we follow the thinking of Albert Camus or Arthur Schopenhauer? Of continued life, or death? Should suicide be a choice? Penalized for wanting life to end? Or should it be accepted as normal, natural, wanted? Should we even consider it as an option when it harms the fragile minds of others, their illusion of life and death as discussed in Philosophy V2(/∞)? Or should we consider it taboo, unwanted, unneeded? While death would benefit, it would also harm, suicide would harm the minds of others. So the dilemma still stands, should it be accepted or criminalized? Criminalizing it would decrease the likelihood of it, sure, but it would also take away the free will of life and death, suffering or blissful ignorance. Penalizing people for committing suicide or attempting to commit suicide is generally seen a good thing, sure banning it would make several people continue living, however is it truly worth living if that life is full of pain, sorrow, and depression? On the other hand, allowing it openly would drastically decrease the population. Without the threat of punishment suicide would become much more common and accepted; but would allow for the freewill of life and death, it would allow those who feel like life isn’t worth living escape a terrible reality. Would it benefit or harm? That question is a question yet to be definitively decided by the human race, yet to be pondered if life is truly worth living, if we’ll actually impact the world, the galaxy, the universe in a meaningful, lasting way, if our lives actually serve a purpose. Purpose, yet another paradox, while some try to explain the purpose of the human race by ceding a plan given by deities, but these art yet false promises, false hope, not a true solution to the question posed; does the human race serve a purpose other than to exist?
Questioning society, existential dread, hope, and heartbreak all at the same time – 86: a fools test for moral and mental fortitude
Posted 26-05-2025 00:00:00
"86" is an emotionally challenging, morally ambiguous, make-you-question-society anime that tackles complex ideas of love in the midst of war and societal racism. It delves into societal issue and pressure, heartbreak and sorrow, death and war. It recons with unimagine grief and heartbreak, indescribably bittersweet, an emotional journey you'll never forget, even on the way to your deathbed. It's a show you'll both regret–and enjoy watching, a paradox… a heartbreak.
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