It can feel like a lot of money up front, but it really is just up front. If you consider the subscription services and compare that to the life of your hardware, you’re in good shape. With the amount of media we consume, my family has paid it off months ago.

Good luck with the Fediverse.

Sounds like someone has Luigiphobia.

Why did I hear this in an Encanto character’s voice?

“Luisa, the donkeys are out again!”

“Why do you think AI was born? Porn, porn, porn.”

Aphex Twin - “Come to Daddy”

From the moment you see “the drink,” you know it’s going to be a special moment.

“Remain calm. I’m coming to your house to kiiiiilllll yyyyoooouuuu.”

One of the best damn soundtracks of the 90s.

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Too bad most of them have to wear swim shirts at the beach.

Bravo! CosmOS does look pretty nice. If I had better hardware, I might try something like that. Right now I’m using Fedora Server because of the SELinux, copilot, and podman support out of the box.

I’ve noticed that, too, about the community. I think part of the reason for the friendliness is a desire to see the community grow. Self-hosting feels very grassroots.

I never, ever, get a reply back.

Is it bad that whenever I see these types of alarmist posts, I respond with “Happy Great Replacement!”?

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Exceptionalism absolutely kills progress.

I get what you’re saying, and I know you’re asking in good faith, but I feel that it’s going in the wrong direction. Voter fraud is not a common issue in the US; voter suppression is: voter roll purges, voter intimidation (like ICE at voting precincts), voting restrictions based on demographics, lack of a federal voting holiday(s), etc. Basically, voting is more secure than it is available.

Ooh, that is very cool! Do you think an rPi Zero could run Traccar? Mine is just collecting dust after I pulled it off my network because it couldn’t handle pihole traffic.

I guess that allure of rugged individualism attracts a lot of MAGA types to trades and small businesses. It’s been the opposite in education on the teachers’ side, but definitely adversarial with MAGA on the students’ and parents’ side. I used to teach current events, but I haven’t been able to do that for the last 10 years. Kids would find their way into your personal accounts, too, so I switched to federated platforms instead.

…get back ownership of my materials…

Yes, that was a red flag for me. Ever have your materials “removed?” I once lost a few Kindle books because Amazon pulled them off the shelves. After that, I learned how to strip DRM off the books and save them offline.

Ditto about the notes. Are you using any specific apps to edit them? I’m just using nvim with markdown plugins.