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   SuperDicq (superdicq@minidisc.tokyo)'s status on Thursday, 10-Oct-2024 07:57:43 JST SuperDicq

   This is what my infra runs on

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     Haelwenn /элвэн/ :triskell: (lanodan@queer.hacktivis.me)'s status on Thursday, 10-Oct-2024 08:01:09 JST Haelwenn /элвэн/ :triskell:

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     @SuperDicq tfw my desktop is silent enough (antec sonata ii case are neat) that sometimes I go sit at my desk and check the power led to see if it's still on
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     Haelwenn /элвэн/ :triskell: (lanodan@queer.hacktivis.me)'s status on Thursday, 10-Oct-2024 08:10:14 JST Haelwenn /элвэн/ :triskell:

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     @SuperDicq That said one thing I wish is for low-power machines (even if it's low-perf, even a 2×1Ghz x86_64 CPU could be enough for my kind of server) but with decent I/Os.
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     SuperDicq (superdicq@minidisc.tokyo)'s status on Thursday, 10-Oct-2024 08:11:23 JST SuperDicq

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     • Haelwenn /элвэн/ :triskell:

     @lanodan@queer.hacktivis.me Yes the big downside of using old desktops is the power bill indeed. But I don't mind paying a little extra for freedom.

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     argv minus one (argv_minus_one@mastodon.sdf.org)'s status on Friday, 11-Oct-2024 02:31:03 JST argv minus one

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     • Haelwenn /элвэн/ :triskell:

     @lanodan

     The highway outside my apartment is louder than the computers inside.

     I kinda miss all the '90s computer noises: whirring-and-clicking disk drives, screeching modems, crackling CRTs, and that cheerful beep when the computer turns on.

     @SuperDicq

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     Rob\ViewdataUK (robert@irrelevant.me.uk)'s status on Friday, 11-Oct-2024 04:44:59 JST Rob\ViewdataUK

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     @SuperDicq @lanodan
     I'm a sucker for old enterprise kit.. Mostly rack servers. Got a saved search on ebay for local collection-only listings. Picked up way too much stuff for opening bid, often £5 or less. More than I need, which is why these two are still on the landing.. They were cheaper than buying the RAM inside alone for upgrading the ones in use..

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     SuperDicq (superdicq@minidisc.tokyo)'s status on Friday, 11-Oct-2024 08:16:02 JST SuperDicq

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     • Wolf480pl

     @wolf480pl@mstdn.io It's possible but it is an unreasonable amount of work and very expensive.

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     Wolf480pl (wolf480pl@mstdn.io)'s status on Friday, 11-Oct-2024 08:16:03 JST Wolf480pl

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     @SuperDicq i wish I could eliminate my ISP from the "3rd parties you rely on" list.

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     翠星石 (suiseiseki@freesoftwareextremist.com)'s status on Friday, 11-Oct-2024 21:26:59 JST 翠星石

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     @SuperDicq @wolf480pl Time to launch GNU/Satellite?
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     SuperDicq (superdicq@minidisc.tokyo)'s status on Friday, 11-Oct-2024 21:28:09 JST SuperDicq

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     • Wolf480pl

     @Suiseiseki@freesoftwareextremist.com @wolf480pl@mstdn.io Launching your own satellite is quite a few steps above just starting your own ISP

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     Wolf480pl (wolf480pl@mstdn.io)'s status on Friday, 11-Oct-2024 21:43:07 JST Wolf480pl

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     @SuperDicq @Suiseiseki also, satellites are a relatively bad way to get internet, unless you live in the wilderness (or in a warzone).

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     翠星石 (suiseiseki@freesoftwareextremist.com)'s status on Friday, 11-Oct-2024 21:43:07 JST 翠星石

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     • Wolf480pl
     @wolf480pl @SuperDicq Starting your own ISP really just makes you rely on a larger upstream ISP - although there is one less middleman that is a point of failure.
     
     Modern signalling techniques makes the bandwidth your can get wirelessly quite acceptable when it comes to a single user.
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     Wolf480pl (wolf480pl@mstdn.io)'s status on Friday, 11-Oct-2024 21:55:07 JST Wolf480pl

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     @Suiseiseki @SuperDicq
     bandwidth isn't an issue, latency is.

     Besides, even with satellites, if you want access to the existing Internet (as opposed to a new wide-area network for you and your friends) you need to interconnect with existing ISPs anyway.

     Also, if you are your own ISP, you don't rely on a single upstream ISP.
     Being an ISP means having an ASN.
     That means you can interconnect with multiple ISPs redundantly and participate in BGP.

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     翠星石 (suiseiseki@freesoftwareextremist.com)'s status on Friday, 11-Oct-2024 21:55:07 JST 翠星石

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     @wolf480pl Sure, but it's easier to launch into low earth orbit than high earth orbit anyway and latency then isn't much of a problem.
     
     Sure you'd then link up to your friends, who would then link to the internet.
     
     You can have an ASN and do BGP without being a ISP, although that relies on upstreams and the more you have, the higher the cost.
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     Wolf480pl (wolf480pl@mstdn.io)'s status on Friday, 11-Oct-2024 22:24:27 JST Wolf480pl

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     @Suiseiseki And if I'm going to be selfish, then me becoming an ISP will easier for me, and less obnoxious for my friends.

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     翠星石 (suiseiseki@freesoftwareextremist.com)'s status on Friday, 11-Oct-2024 22:24:27 JST 翠星石

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     @wolf480pl An ISP is an internet service provider - even if you have a public ASN, if you're not providing internet service to anyone else but yourself, you're not an ISP.
     
     stallman pays in cash, although he does have a credit card for things like planes that already identify him.
     
     It's only if something insists he pay by card he cannot otherwise avoid that otherwise shouldn't identify him that he'll ask nicely for someone else to pay by card for him.
     
     He specifically instructs his friends not to purchase things online and ship them to him.
     
     
     It would not be selfish or obnoxious if you were to provide improved peering to your friends completely gratis.
     
     Satellites and a meshnet sufficiently peered could replace the status quo.
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     Wolf480pl (wolf480pl@mstdn.io)'s status on Friday, 11-Oct-2024 22:24:28 JST Wolf480pl

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     @Suiseiseki also the "you connect to your friends and they commect to the internet" is like Stallman boycotting credit cards by asking his friends to pay by card for him.

     It just adds intermediaries, and while it may make things easier for you, it just ouahes the burden onto those around you, and does not provide a solution that could scale and eventually replace the status quo.

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     Wolf480pl (wolf480pl@mstdn.io)'s status on Friday, 11-Oct-2024 22:24:29 JST Wolf480pl

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     @Suiseiseki if you have a (non-private) ASN, you are by definition an ISP

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     SuperDicq (superdicq@minidisc.tokyo)'s status on Friday, 11-Oct-2024 22:53:55 JST SuperDicq

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     • Wolf480pl

     @wolf480pl@mstdn.io @Suiseiseki@freesoftwareextremist.com That really depends on how far you want to go. Literally anything is cheaper than making your own space program tho.

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     Wolf480pl (wolf480pl@mstdn.io)'s status on Friday, 11-Oct-2024 22:53:56 JST Wolf480pl

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     @Suiseiseki btw @SuperDicq when you said it's easier to become an ISP, what definition of "ISP" did you use?
     - someone who provides internet to others
     - someone with an ASN
     - ...?