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msh, 4 days ago to random

Now Watching #Smolzilla on #Monsterdon :blobaww:

msh, 11 days ago to random

So this year marks the 25th anniversary of my first email server going online, and I have been running it continuously ever since (seriously I still have "Happy new year the world didn't implode" emails from 2000 in my email folders)

Nonetheless I still get this mildly dreadful feeling I have been doing it wrong this whole time. As such I have decided to go to https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/mwlucas/run-your-own-mail-server and make a modest pledge in exchange for Sage Advice and instruction from @mwl on running your own email server in the form of a DRM free e-book.

I have always been bemused by the irrational fear many Very Smart People have regarding self hosted email. By no means is it easy to set up but maintaining it isn't THAT hard. I have also hosted a Mastodon/Hometown instance for 7 years and I out more work into that, and that same crowd hasn't developed a phobia towards elephants. The propaganda against self hosted email is very strong!

I encourage all efforts to wrest control of email back from Google and Microsoft!

msh, 11 days ago to random

So far the biggest takeaway from this #Monsterdon is that good housekeeping services were hard to find

msh, 20 days ago to random

The world has a pretty purple aura tonight

msh, 25 days ago to random

Spiders!

SHATNER!!

It's #Monsterdon in THREE MINUTES! Follow the hashtag to follow along with the commentary from the peanut gallery as we watch "Kingdom of the Spiders"

Or, mute if you are terrified of William Shatner

Or spiders maybe

msh, 1 month ago to random

All hail the HOLY JELLO MOLD it's #Monsterdon :blobrainbow:

msh, 1 month ago to random

The shitmongers running Google and Big Tech in general are the actors directly responsible for the decline of the internet in the name of growth and profit, as well as the side effects this has had on society in general, but the root cause is that these psychopaths are rewarded handsomely by investors for their toxic behaviour.

This is why I would never work for a publicly traded company again. I did once and realised that even if I wanted to that I would eventually be laid off in a round of job cuts (again) or fired due to being unmanageable or some such thing.

https://www.wheresyoured.at/the-men-who-killed-google/

#enshittification

msh, 1 month ago to random

The shape of me to come in a few minutes is flat and kind of rounded...on my couch watching #Monsterdon

Follow the hashtag to have some fun or filter it to avoid my snarky commentary

msh, 1 month ago to random

That jackass with the loud vehicle blasting past you on the right?

Turns out he isn't seeking attention at all. He merely finds joy in the suffering of others!

https://www.cbc.ca/lite/story/1.7177688

msh, 1 month ago to random

Today I was reminded that If Chrome browser is a garbage fire then Safari is a big stinky flaming turd.

Apple should be ashamed. Safari is completely irredeemable. I now hold more contempt for it than I even ever did for iTunes on Windows.

That is all I have to say about that.

msh, 1 month ago to random

Tonight's #Monsterdon is incoming from Outer Space in THREE MINUTES! :ameowbongo:

Follow or filter now!

msh, 1 month ago to random

I's #Monsterdon Eclipse Edition NOW! Lunar Shenanigans! Follow or filter the tag!

msh, 2 months ago to random

BzzzzzzT!
BzzzzzzT!
BzzzzzzT!

https://youtu.be/fEAo8dEPtnE

#DotMatrix #Sphere #VintageComputer

msh, 2 months ago to random

So after more than 3 years of beingy primary "daily driver" computerthing my #PinebookPro has sadly decided it's PCIe bus is un-trainable and its USB innumerable. Besides that it has been dropped on its corners one too many times (ok maybe a few more than one too many times) and it's aluminium has bent and it's plastic transmogrified into potato crisps.

As such I have fully discombobulated the unit to see if I can make it boot again and perhaps repurpose it's innards as a True #CybreDeck or some such thing.

Sure I could order replacements for the broken bits from @PINE64 but that is like over 50% of the thing and TBH I think this plan is more fun and I want something more robust and janky looking

msh, 2 months ago to random

Tonight on #Monsterdon we explore the consequences of having a werewolf as POTUS.

Things could be worse I suppose...

Things HAVE been worse actually

Anyways we find out in about 10 minutes...Follow or filter the hashtag as you would!

msh, 2 months ago to random

Fruitposting or something I dunno

msh, 2 months ago to random

so today's #Monsterdon starts with sheep and a choir singing and Reno, Nevada in the grooovy '70s

Gonna be a good one :blobrainbow:

msh, 2 months ago to random

Hey #Monsterdon starts in just a few minutes!

Watch along with us the adventures of an accidental time traveler who finds himself stuck in the distant, dystopian, post-pandemic future of....2024(!)

Or filter the hashtag if you're not into reality TV I dunno

But seriously it sounds like fun!

msh, 2 months ago to random

look I know coales.co doesn't have a ton of nines to brag about but the fibre to my garage is still lit and blinking right now and on the occasions when it stops I feel like I can at least do more about it than I can about .... all that other stuff on Big Internet

Like, I'm not in the wheel group on Meta's servers y'know?

msh, 2 months ago to random

Tonight's #Monsterdon is the O.G. Nuclear Dino Lizard starting RIGHT NOW! :blobrainbow:

Follow along with the hashtag (or filter if you can't handle The Kaiju)

msh, 2 months ago to random

So I guess this is a thing now? Because like everyone would prefer rejection being a personal experience?

Honestly I can't believe HR manager types have such a complete lack of awareness of...humanity!

https://slate.com/human-interest/2024/02/job-interview-questions-rejection-follow-up-weaknesses.html

#ThisCouldHaveBeenAnEmail

msh, 3 months ago to random

#Monsterdon starts NOW! :ablobwobble:

Bug vs. Lizard...no contest?

You might be surprised!

Follow the hashtag to find out!

or filter it if you couldn't care less I dunno

msh, 3 months ago to eggs

Sign my petition to change the name of #eggs to #AlabamaChickens

msh, 3 months ago to random

I am generally of the opinion that economists lack a LOT of awareness (of self and the state of society in general) but sometimes they get the slightest sliver of a clue.

https://www.cbc.ca/lite/story/1.7118020

Towards the end of the article they suggest wealthier Canadians are not spending their excess money because they are getting more investment income by sequestering it and they are living comfortably enough anyways.

It isn't often economists realize really wealthy people actually cause economic stagnation not growth. Even "business conservatives" who are against tax-the-rich have to acknowledge that giving high income earners too much incentive to "save" (generate investment income, capital gains etc) can cause them to hoard wealth and eventually cause stagnation at a structural level.

msh, 3 months ago to random

Tonight on #Monsterdon our planet is battling UFOs in GLORIOUS PSEUDOCOLOUR thanks to @jonny (since us Canadian folk aren't worthy of the Tubi edition)!

Follow along, or filter the hashtag and duck and cover as you would!