The Freebooters Podcast

Chris's new website https://chrs.wales We share our thoughts on Freebooters.uk getting hacked, as well as the usual banter.

We chat a little about what the recent US election results and Democrat landslide means.

Another rambly Freebooters where we talk about everything from self hosting to capital punishment to Drew's book reviews.

Today we're joined by the lovable Hamish as we cover everything from Debian embracing LLMs to what the best aspect ratio for videos is.

In today's episode we chat about getting our podcast out there, revisiting the 1:1 aspect ration, a bit of politics, and the easy way to self-host a fedi instance. Snac on Codeberg https://codeberg.org/grunfink/snac2 Snac author https://comam.es/snac/grunfink Little Fedi https://littleone.littlefedi.social/@stefano

As me and Drew set up for a divinity 2 stream on Owncast, we chat about a few different topics.

Why are US sitcoms better than UK ones? Why did Drew give The Elders Scrolls IV: Oblivion only a 6 out of 10?

In today's Freebooters episode we are join by Hamish on our voyage of nonsense. We chat about Drew's peculiar food adventures, the new Freebooters Luanti server, and Drew's decision to make his website and terminal monochrome.

I take a look at what all the hype is around Aldi's Bramwells brown sauce.

Drew's full ratings list: https://friendo.monster/ratgame.html Chris's list: https://chriswere.wales/movies

We chat a about our movie review systems, Star Wars, Mel Brookes, UK politics, and BASH scripting.

Chris proposed a 'banded' tier system for rating films, before chatting about Esoteric Ebb and how ours games played out.

As we set up for a game that never happened, Chris, Drew, and later Nado, talk a little about tech, but then descend into Chris taking a look at Drew's ...interesting... movie and TV opinions. Drew's terrible movie takes https://friendo.monster/rat.html John Hinckley's music https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U4Lr5zMgE08

Chris and Drew are joined by friend of the show Wing for a chat about food, drink, and computers.

Chris and Drew chat about the possibility of leaving this channel behind.

We recorded this whilst we wait for Drew to download Divinity: Original Sin. Artists Who Paint With Their Feet Have Unique Brain Patterns https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/artists-who-paint-with-their-feet-have-unique-brain-patterns-180974064/ Autumn Rhythm, Jackson Pollock, 1950 https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/488978

Chris and Drew catch up on all the things that have happened since the last Freebooters.

Chris shares the bash projects he's been working on, we talk about MP3 vs other FOSS audio formats, and we talk about why YouTube isn't the best place for smaller creators any more.

In this episode, Chris and Drew share their latest exploits with bash scripting, talk about KeePassXC allowing AI assisted contributions, and the chaps show off the new self-hosted website.

Clip from a recent livestream.

Chris and Drew get side-tracked by chat, with a discussion of veganism and morality.

Chris shares his journey playing around with the i3 window manager, and the Freebooters share their disdain for the authoritarian Online Safety Act.

Chris and Drew talk a little nonsense before going live on Twitch.