kit

kit, 23 days ago to random

so there are reasons to not use hetzner. I am aware, and I am sympathetic. switching is something I am open to, despite my very limited energy

but here's my problem: I have yet to hear any strong recommendations for alternatives that are:

• not US based
• green (enough)
• as cheap as possible
• not OVH
• good

if anyone has any good options that meet all of those equally important criteria, I'd love to hear them, then I too can spread them around. maybe put together a list and put it online. bonus points if they have arm servers available and not just x86

1984 has been recommended to me a couple of times, but it is Very Not Cheap and therefore not an option. every other recommendation I've ever gotten failed on at least two of the five criteria

I would love nothing more than to host everything myself at my home, and even host things for other people, but alas, that dream is very unreachable

kit, 1 month ago to music

in an effort to expand my music library and also share cool stuff, fedi, I beseech thee... lend me your ears (and boosts)

if you listen to, make, or have a friend who makes electronic music that fits any of these descriptions:

• sounds like the early 2000s, especially if it's some kind of dnb, jungle, or ambient
• nostalgic futurism that isn't dnb or ambient (and especially not synthwave!)
• sounds like racing game music from back when it was too good
• vaporwave but original (as in, not sample based) and not synthwave
• weird and wacky experimental electronica that can work in the background
• bass heavy but low intensity music that tickles the brain
• just really pretty and interesting ambient or drone stuff in general

please drop names and links here. by all means, plug yourself and your friends if you want to

bandcamp, mirlo, faircamp, and similar links are preferable, but any link will do if those aren't available. extra bonus points if creative commons or similar

I think these styles of music are amazing and rather underrated, especially since a lot of the people who like these styles are just playing random youtube mixes in the background, so they have no idea what they're actually listening to or who to support

I also find this kind of music annoyingly hard to discover, which isn't helped by those mixes either, because most of them are either drawing from the same small handful of artists, or just playing video game soundtracks

I want to change that, even if only a little bit. for that reason, please boost

aside from just hoping to spread this post around, I'd love to write about what I hear on my website eventually too, play it during livestreams with the titles on screen, and of course share it with all my non-fedi friends

@electronicmusic #music #MusicSharing #MusicShare #FediMusic #recommendation #ElectronicMusic #electronica #dnb #jungle #breakcore #ambient #drone #experimental #vaporwave

kit, 2 months ago to random

apparently reddit has finally realized that using old reddit bypassed the anti-vpn nonsense. now it blocks me either way. there goes my last source of occasionally helpful human communication on obscure tech problems

n3wjack, 3 months ago (edited 3 months ago) to random

This has probably been done before, but I'm still curious how the OS spread is on the fedi.

What are you running on your main* personal desktop/laptop?

Boost for reach please! 😍

• The machine you use the most. 😉