Pallais
@pallais.bsky.social
Fortran Dragon from Usenet. Retired podcaster on Star Wars: Beyond the Stars podcast.
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· Nov 28
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Microsoft's Valentine's gift to admins: 6 exploited zero-day fixes
Microsoft's Valentine's gift to admins: 6 exploited zero-day fixes
Roses are red, violets are blue ... now get patching
What better way to say I love you than with an update? Attackers exploited a whopping six Microsoft bugs as zero-days prior to Redmond releasing software fixes on February's Patch Tuesday.…
dlvr.it
February 10, 2026 at 10:12 PM
Microsoft's Valentine's gift to admins: 6 exploited zero-day fixes
Oh #Discord, making dumb decisions when it comes trying for an IPO. You really shouldn't rile up the people keeping you afloat. You aren't Facebook-big that you can survive loosing a key part of your community. :/
February 9, 2026 at 6:07 PM
Oh #Discord, making dumb decisions when it comes trying for an IPO. You really shouldn't rile up the people keeping you afloat. You aren't Facebook-big that you can survive loosing a key part of your community. :/
My time played in #Wow broken down by class using the Account Played addon. The numbers are close, but not exact as I have deleted characters over the years, but I suspect I'm not out by more than a week or so. (A month at most and that would be very generous.)
February 6, 2026 at 10:48 PM
My time played in #Wow broken down by class using the Account Played addon. The numbers are close, but not exact as I have deleted characters over the years, but I suspect I'm not out by more than a week or so. (A month at most and that would be very generous.)
I always enjoy Hurricane-made trailers. :)
Outland calls as the Dark Portal reignites 🌀
Burning Crusade Classic Anniversary Edition awaits!
🎥 youtu.be/gKw5lbapjvI?...
Burning Crusade Classic Anniversary Edition awaits!
🎥 youtu.be/gKw5lbapjvI?...
February 5, 2026 at 9:40 PM
I always enjoy Hurricane-made trailers. :)
The current #Wow pre-patch event is the most uninspired event they've run. Given this one is worse than the sad Cataclysm pre-patch event that's saying something.
:sigh:
:sigh:
January 28, 2026 at 11:11 PM
The current #Wow pre-patch event is the most uninspired event they've run. Given this one is worse than the sad Cataclysm pre-patch event that's saying something.
:sigh:
:sigh:
To add to today's #wow craziness, I just did the Fel werebear challenge. I got the achievement, but not the items or the appearance because I died right at the end. I had to go redo the challenge and stay alive through the whole thing to get everything.
January 26, 2026 at 12:12 AM
To add to today's #wow craziness, I just did the Fel werebear challenge. I got the achievement, but not the items or the appearance because I died right at the end. I had to go redo the challenge and stay alive through the whole thing to get everything.
I find it amusing that all the Top 25/50/100 'of all time' posts about different hobbies invariably end up being the author's favorite things from the past five years. It's rare any such list actually covers things across the years or the various sub-genres.
January 25, 2026 at 6:19 PM
I find it amusing that all the Top 25/50/100 'of all time' posts about different hobbies invariably end up being the author's favorite things from the past five years. It's rare any such list actually covers things across the years or the various sub-genres.
If you're interesting in Brawler's Guild in #wow, now is the time to do it. The Midnight prepatch made the fights noticeably easier.
In my case, the Rank 6 leper gnomes fight went from being a pain to a simple kill.
In my case, the Rank 6 leper gnomes fight went from being a pain to a simple kill.
January 25, 2026 at 4:20 PM
If you're interesting in Brawler's Guild in #wow, now is the time to do it. The Midnight prepatch made the fights noticeably easier.
In my case, the Rank 6 leper gnomes fight went from being a pain to a simple kill.
In my case, the Rank 6 leper gnomes fight went from being a pain to a simple kill.
Sometimes it is the small things that disincentivize you from playing an MMO. With the #Wow Midnight pre-patch seeing all of my characters without their transmogs just stalled my interest in logging in and fixing things. I mean, you expect expansions to have systems changes, but appearances? (1/5)
January 23, 2026 at 12:53 AM
Sometimes it is the small things that disincentivize you from playing an MMO. With the #Wow Midnight pre-patch seeing all of my characters without their transmogs just stalled my interest in logging in and fixing things. I mean, you expect expansions to have systems changes, but appearances? (1/5)
My wife bought me this for Christmas. She asked me if I knew what it was. I'm like, 'oh hell yes -- this is an iconic weapon from #Wow'. I recognized it immediately.
Frostmourne hungers ... to open your letters. ^_^
Frostmourne hungers ... to open your letters. ^_^
January 13, 2026 at 1:40 PM
My wife bought me this for Christmas. She asked me if I knew what it was. I'm like, 'oh hell yes -- this is an iconic weapon from #Wow'. I recognized it immediately.
Frostmourne hungers ... to open your letters. ^_^
Frostmourne hungers ... to open your letters. ^_^
I'll be keeping one or two characters in Remix until the end for that last achievement, but the rest I'm not playing in Remix can be moved now that I have the order hall achievement done. (I was afraid to move any in case the achievement was bugged.)
December 27, 2025 at 5:43 PM
I'll be keeping one or two characters in Remix until the end for that last achievement, but the rest I'm not playing in Remix can be moved now that I have the order hall achievement done. (I was afraid to move any in case the achievement was bugged.)
Also, make sure any transmog sets you want are saved before you convert, plus transfer any bronze you want to spend before you convert characters. I forgot to do that on a few. Oops. ^_^
December 27, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Also, make sure any transmog sets you want are saved before you convert, plus transfer any bronze you want to spend before you convert characters. I forgot to do that on a few. Oops. ^_^
One suggestion before you convert a Legion Remix Timerunner character to Retail is to login to the character in Remix, logout, and immediately convert it to Retail. I didn't do that on the first character I converted (an Elemental Shaman) and my action bars were empty.
#wow #legion #remix
#wow #legion #remix
December 27, 2025 at 5:38 PM
The last, but one, achievement I wanted to finished in Legion Remix. It's nice to have all that done. I doubt I'll do quite so much in other Remix events.
(The last achievement is for logging in at the end of the event, so I just need to wait for that one to go live.)
#wow #remix
(The last achievement is for logging in at the end of the event, so I just need to wait for that one to go live.)
#wow #remix
December 26, 2025 at 10:09 PM
My Steam Replay: s.team/y25/dqcvh?l=...
None of this is surprising to me given that #wow has eaten up most of my gaming time this year. Still, it is fun to see what I played when this year.
None of this is surprising to me given that #wow has eaten up most of my gaming time this year. Still, it is fun to see what I played when this year.
Pallais/Fortran's STEAM REPLAY 2025
Check out my 2025 Steam Replay
s.team
December 16, 2025 at 7:26 PM
My Steam Replay: s.team/y25/dqcvh?l=...
None of this is surprising to me given that #wow has eaten up most of my gaming time this year. Still, it is fun to see what I played when this year.
None of this is surprising to me given that #wow has eaten up most of my gaming time this year. Still, it is fun to see what I played when this year.
Those moments when you turn around and discover your cat has sat his ass on you laptop ... opening up many File Explorer windows.
At least he didn't crash the diagnostic I was running on that older laptop.
At least he didn't crash the diagnostic I was running on that older laptop.
December 15, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Those moments when you turn around and discover your cat has sat his ass on you laptop ... opening up many File Explorer windows.
At least he didn't crash the diagnostic I was running on that older laptop.
At least he didn't crash the diagnostic I was running on that older laptop.
Oops. I couldn't upgrade my house and the house dashboard said I was stuck at level 1. Come to find out that because I also have a Horde house I need to do the upgrade on both both otherwise I get stuck at whichever is the lower one.
#wow
#wow
December 7, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Oops. I couldn't upgrade my house and the house dashboard said I was stuck at level 1. Come to find out that because I also have a Horde house I need to do the upgrade on both both otherwise I get stuck at whichever is the lower one.
#wow
#wow
Wow housing tip: If the neighbor you are put in has all of the houses taken, go back out the portal to your main city. Then go back in. That should give you a neighborhood you can claim a plot in. Repeat as needed.
Note: moving your house is free so you can wait until later to join friends. #wow
Note: moving your house is free so you can wait until later to join friends. #wow
December 3, 2025 at 1:51 AM
Wow housing tip: If the neighbor you are put in has all of the houses taken, go back out the portal to your main city. Then go back in. That should give you a neighborhood you can claim a plot in. Repeat as needed.
Note: moving your house is free so you can wait until later to join friends. #wow
Note: moving your house is free so you can wait until later to join friends. #wow
And yes, I could have hearthed back to Dalaran, but with all my traveling all four of my Remix hearths were on cooldown. :/
November 30, 2025 at 10:43 PM
And yes, I could have hearthed back to Dalaran, but with all my traveling all four of my Remix hearths were on cooldown. :/
Also, paladins should have let you use their portal back to Dalaran, but no, paladins are a bit jerkish that way. ^_^
(My main is a paladin. ;))
(My main is a paladin. ;))
November 30, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Also, paladins should have let you use their portal back to Dalaran, but no, paladins are a bit jerkish that way. ^_^
(My main is a paladin. ;))
(My main is a paladin. ;))