HERMETICVM

Not a Virtual Machine. Hermetic Heretic Hermit. Raw Dark Pure.

Teuto-Gnostic Rebel Extravaganza on a supersonic journey.

CTO of a boring tech consulting company. Founder at not-so boring circumspace.

Cabin life, gardening, road bikes, rabbit holes, schizoccult.

Free public services:

Relay: wss://nostrelay.circum.space

Blossom: https://blossom.circum.space

Wallhalle: https://walhalle.circum.space

Android privacy apps:

Linkahest:
https://github.com/circumspace/linkahest

Hessible:
https://github.com/circumspace/hessible

Public Key

npub1rfw075gc6pc693w5v568xw4mnu7umlzpkfxmqye0cgxm7qw8tauqfck3t8

NIP-05 Address

hermeticvm@circum.space

Profile Code

nprofile1qqsp5h8l2yvdqudzch2x2drn82ae70wdl3qmyndszvhuyrdlq8r477qpz3mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuerpd46hxtnfduqs6amnwvaz7tmwdaejumr0dslnph5g

Publishing to

offchain.pub

relay.damus.io

Author Public Key

npub1rfw075gc6pc693w5v568xw4mnu7umlzpkfxmqye0cgxm7qw8tauqfck3t8

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2026-10-10 11:13:44 UTC

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What is UFOs even supposed to mean? Aliens? Duh.
I assumed to be some reverse engineer tech. I've seen at least one orb in real life so I think they exist.

2026-10-04 09:59:17 UTC

GM
I'm not the GOAT.
https://blossom.circum.space/18ea76f12adb7ecea646c916f23628ea405ac71a53b0216c51a684854317060f.jpg

2026-10-03 23:56:00 UTC

Today’s progress on my boomer shooter that was started out of a curious lingering thought: What Quake 3/Unreal Tournament style arena shooter can be built with current open source gaming engines that’s actually fun to play, without having to use any texture/audio sample/model libraries?
Well, here’s today’s checklist:
Decided on a name for the game: Torque Free Arena (sounds nice, descriptive and rhymes with Quake 3 Arena)
Lots of bug fixes
Netcode(!)
Multiplayer 1v1 Duel as game mode focus for now
Standalone server support, full shift to client/server model
Tested inter-Linux/macOS gameplay via LAN
Better weapon designs
Added a shotgun/short range spread weapon
Full game menu: Training/bot play, Multiplayer, Game Settings
Weapon bob based on movement and inertia
Improved weapon positioning for center/right, including angles and location of projectiles
Improved multi-core handling for different parts of the game for better performance
Dockerized server for public server hosting (tested only with podman locally)
Turns out: Procedural asset/design/model generation works quite harmaniously with an engine using ECS as Bevy does. Loading times are incredibly fast. This is a great and versatile engine.
If I reduced FPS targets on mid-tier systems I could probably bump the visuals even more to make it look more modern. Want to try it on my new Linux laptop with a 2024 Intel iGPU + Vulkan first to get some real world impressions of how it actually performs on constrained systems. I quite like the vintage flair though and including more players seems like a good compromise to bumping looks everywhere.
Played lots of rounds myself and I enjoy it. Feels even more Quake-like now. Can’t wait to play this against a human opponent. Definitely lots of kinks to iron out, shuffle weapon positioning around, see which spawn points really work and how it all impacts map balance. Some weapons feel overpowered but that could be the semi-aimbot’s impression. (Don’t let it get a rail!) Ammo is still partially undecided, but some weapons will need ammo pickups. Armor pickup is planned, so are health pickups.
Quite proud of the idea of combining the shotgun and rocket launcher into one weapon with different modes without introducing a secondary fire: It’s the same weapon with a variation on the overall design. One weapon, two slots to select it: One RL, one SG. With a nice transition even! Reminds me of UT’s Flak a bit in terms of functionality. Only downside is that only the RL is hovering around on the map, not the SG. (And having it transition to different states would be annoying, distracting and resource-waste for some eyecandy.) Maybe modern FPS already offer this but since I only played Quake, Doom and PUBG, I wouldn’t know.
Hit me up if you’re into this and would like to join me for a Duel or just test it locally against a bot. I’ll zap 5k sats if you’re serious about Windows testing on mid-tier to high-end systems. I’d need game logs, a few builds, 20 minutes of test gameplay against a bot, tops. Some technical experience is required; like building rust or alternatively letting your assistant deal with branch-checkouts, builds and log pulls.
Will be open sourced of course.
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2026-10-03 13:24:29 UTC

Anyone interested in attempting the first internet netcode multiplayer test later today?

2026-10-01 10:16:53 UTC

I really don’t get why anyone would choose to use or even pay for Gitlab.
It’s slow as fuck and the UI requires detective skills for almost everything. I guess I’ll never understand why it’s hiding certain parts of pipelines steps/jobs from the per-repo pipeline overview. Don’t get me started on the cryptic responses of their stupid cli.

2026-09-28 08:15:15 UTC

Dude in a dress speaking in a big meeting with many attendees and everyone’s like “don’t change your facial expression at any point out, better to just freeze”.

2026-09-27 20:20:33 UTC

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🌚

2026-09-27 20:01:29 UTC

https://modernmotherfuckingwebsite.dreamstation.systems/

2026-09-25 19:16:58 UTC

Any other relay runners seeing lots of spam like this?
https://blossom.primal.net/21393d2fb8e382f4949b2e8aab3b4980645109ec5a48e38aac7fc9c93301842c.jpg

2026-09-23 09:21:45 UTC

GM
Drinking water and coffee on the day after the (bi)weekly (deep)clean of all components (espresso maker, grinder, water filter) involved has me feeling like a king.

2026-09-22 11:49:09 UTC

I don’t think I ever got one message via WN. If you want to change that, please do. :)
#nevent1q…9f4p

2026-09-01 15:32:22 UTC

5 days without tobacco and weed today. Feeling quite good if I'm honest.

2026-08-15 11:40:41 UTC

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The amount of normie rats in Germany is terrible.

2026-06-25 09:55:56 UTC

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I love Nostur as well. Especially since it's the only client allowing me to open individual notes within the client for later reading.
(Have only used the desktop version though.)

2026-06-19 10:47:47 UTC

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I know, it's still the only browser I can tolerate. Should’ve phrased it differently to make it more obvious I wasn’t shilling Brave as a non-Chromium browser which of course isn’t the case.

2026-06-04 17:24:20 UTC

I quite like Primal's big, nicely shaped navigation icons that present a larger tap target, but that's about it.

2025-12-22 00:04:56 UTC

I'm in the market for a new TV show. I've seen and enjoyed most of the big successes like Breaking Bad (though there was a Jessie movie right?), Succession, West World, Handmaid's Tale (at least 3 seasons or so, got too repetitive), The Witcher (Cavill), Dexter, House, Severance, The Boys, Silo, etc.
Any suggestions? Open to anything that's available in 1080p.
#nevent1q…snj7

2025-12-21 23:41:45 UTC

Watched the first episode of Spartacus House of Ashur. Not terrible over the first half. The midgets slaying his promising champion were already raising the difficulty of suspending my disbelief though. But interesting characters got brutally killed before, so that wasn't the end of it.
Right after, Ashur went to the slave market and didn't find a suitable warrior as a replacement while babbling about needing something fresh that people haven't seen in the arena yet.
Jokingly, I thought: Let me guess, you're gonna stumble upon a black woman who is also fighting material to become your next champion and she'll be the next Spartacus archetype plotting a rebellion?
Didn't take 10s and that's exactly what happened. There she was. Gimme a fucking break.
I've loved seeing beefed up black woman who can handle themselves since 80s James Bond and Aliens but if episode 1 is already this predictable, I don't need to see more.
Enjoyed seeing this world again though. Completely forgot how immersive the dialogue was. Like a faux-Latinized English, including heavy use of "fuck(ing)". If you haven't seen the original Spartacus shows and don't mind lots of libertine sex and gore, better watch that.
What a shame to title this Spartacus.
Steven S. DeKnight, fall from fucking sight!

2025-07-31 12:41:53 UTC

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Written by yourself or AI?

2025-05-26 11:35:04 UTC

This is among the best Death Metal albums I've encountered in the last few years. Insane speed meets technical and playful melodies with a good dose of Thrash elements thrown in. The production is fat and heavy as well. Vocals switch between gutural grunts and blackenend screams.
If you’re as bored with Behemoth and similar acts, give this a go.
https://carnosus.bandcamp.com/track/calamity-crawl
FFO: Vital Remains, Deicide, Morbid Angel
#deathmetal

2025-03-01 14:12:23 UTC

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You saying I'm not like Olaf Scholz just because I'm German? 🥺