@MichaelBishop @RxBrad I host with DigitalOcean on a VPS but you could also do dedicated. DigitalOcean has a nice "one-click" droplet that got me up and running in 20 minutes or so.
It's a bit expensive vs other options, but it was easy so I pay for convenience.
@evan Not only is President Biden *not* the only Democratic politician who could beat Mr. Trump, post-debate he's probably not the Democrat with the best odds of doing so.
It would be worth doing some polling for Whitmer, Shapiro, Newsom and Harris, though the results would be skewed as only Harris is well-known at present.
I feel very seen today. If that makes sense.😂Getting some interaction feels nice. Thank you nice Fedi people. Lots of talented devs and leaders in this space like Flipboard, Mastodon, Threads, and the ActivityPub devs are doing lots of work to start making these platforms interconnected in a way while letting people feel safe while doing so.
It's very admirable and the future of social media is VERY exciting!
#Fedi #Fediverse #Flipboard #Threads #Mastodon #ActivityPub #SocialMedia #OpenSocialWeb
I'm a little uncomfortable that more people are getting into one of my weirdest niche collecting hobbies even though I have very publicly encouraged everyone to do so.
It's probably half kvlt elitism and half FOMO because it's a collection that I have very little money for and which is only actually fun because it's cheap.
On the other hand, hopefully this spike in interest spurs greater interest in software preservation.
(Tge hobby is delisted video games, if you're curious. But specifically in digital formats - it's the comedically low-budget counterpart to physical game collecting.)
@amoroso And I think that derision of BASIC as a "toy" language by smug 6502 or z80 ASM programmers caused some smugness to rub off against REPLs as a concept for a decade or so.
It's important to remember that BASIC was used in some heavy-duty production workloads! The lighting system for A Chorus Line in the mid-70s was all managed by a PDP-8 running BASIC, and it was at the time the most complex lighting plan of any stage show in history.
https://www.computerhistory.org/collections/catalog/X1060.91
@keirFox Ten years ago we had free services popping up every day; you'd sign up for them because, why not? Free storage! Redundancy!
Today, I think it's crucial to take a look at every account you have, what data it holds, and decide if you can live without it. Close the account if so.
It is unreasonable to trust that a company will safely and responsibly handle your data by default. You must assume they will sell it, mine it, or lose it.
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