Notices by Eric the Cerise (nattiegoogie@mstdn.io)

@aral

PS: For those destined to repeat history, that's an actual quote from the man about the users of his software, from way back in the day, and to date, I've seen no indication his view has mellowed.

@Erik

I'm honestly not sure, and I spent some time checking that on #Wikipedia before I posted.

But tentatively, I believe ICANN is the only "landowner" so-to-speak, which rents out in bulk to the various wholesale/resalers, who in turn handle retail rentals.

... I think.

In the process, I did discover the existence of OpenNIC ... https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenNIC

Now trying to figure out how useful they are.

Tech Pet Peeve # 792

No you didn't just buy a new domain.

No one ever buys a domain.

We rent them. ICANN is our landlord.

Reminder!

Be patient with the #Fediverse, especially the next few days.

Half of #Reddit is about to go dark (tomorrow).

We have Fediverse-friendly alternatives here, #Kbin and #Lemmy, maybe others ...

And they're about to experience a weird version of the Reddit #HugOfDeath ... perhaps Mastodon and the whole Fediverse, too.

Servers, moderators and admins may all be overwhelmed.

@thomasfuchs

Exactly this logic is why it has taken me 2+ years to decide that, yes, it looks like #Rust is actually worth the time and effort to learn.

At this point, I'm pretty sure it is one of those languages that'll still be around 50 years from now.

PS: Still waiting patiently-ish for JavaScript to please just die already.

@aral

I prefer "shared delusion".

@aral

Ditto. This is a Hard Thing.

Hungary tried (all opposition parties united), and failed.

Israel succeeded ... but then failed (how is Netanyahu not literally in prison over there? ... sigh)

New guy sounds good, not just "better than Erdogan" but legitimately good.

He'd be good for EU, too.

Fingers crossed.