How has he not been forced out of Tesla yet? Does he spend any time with them at all?
How has he not been forced out of Tesla yet? Does he spend any time with them at all?
Yes, you are right. And I proofread it and still missed it.
Companies have been gorging themselves at the free buffet of open source software for a long time. But now the party is ending and many things that used to be free are no longer free for enterprise use.
And that’s why corporate media will always suck.
Does this feature help our users? Yes, but does it make us more money? No. So we’re not doing it.
I have not looked into it or anything, but I think a tumblr alternative would do very well on the fediverse. I think it could even be better for self-hosting than Lemmy.
Me neither!
Fantastic!
Agreed. It sounds to me like lemm.ee is in good hands.
I think it’s natural that there should be a small collection of large, production-class instances that host the vast majority of users. The important point is that there are more than a few, and certainly more than one.
I also think it is important for instance admins to lay out their plan for how they intend to host and fund an instance if they intend to be production-class.
We also need some kind of account backup and migration tool so that if an instance goes down, those users can easily recover on another instance.
I think it’s only older people who remember what the internet was like before everything became corporate controlled or SEO optimized.
I always found it hilarious and sad when people interacted with brands. “Someone you know liked Walmart”. Why?
In an SSO scenario, your home instance would still need to be around to act as the IDP. I don’t think that adds much in terms of functionality over what we have now.
The ability to backup and migrate your account is critical to prevent losing your data if an instance goes down. SSO wouldn’t help you in that scenario.
I’m liking Memmy a lot so far.
That’s a very good point.
I think a lot of people don’t care, and a lot more people just have no idea what’s going on. You have to be hyper-aware of how your data could get farmed in order to prevent each new service from collecting it.
I think that universities are perfect for hosting instances (of Mastodon too). It would be a great teaching opportunity, and the cost seems like it would be negligible.
When I was a kid, our internet connection was actually hosted through the local university. It makes sense for them to participate in distributed platforms like this.
Absolutely not. I’ve set it so that all sites are denied automatically, so I never even get asked anymore. I can’t imagine why I would ever want that, but I’m very selective with notifications altogether.
While I certainly like having the choice of so many servers, and I think it’s smart to spread the load, I also understand why people would want to make sure they are in a stable server that has a reasonable chance to stay around. You have to put a certain amount of faith in the instance owner.
In 2005 I bought an inexpensive black-and-white HP laser jet for $99. To this day it still prints flawlessly after sitting idle for months or years. The toner never “dries out” or goes bad. Nor have I ever once needed to print in color. If I ever do, I’ll go to a print shop.
I think I’m on my 3rd toner cartridge since 2005. Highly recommend.