Went travelling a bit and visited some cities in neighbouring countries. Had a good time in one city and was underwhelmed by another. But all in all, not bad!

I love those descriptions! Really the funniest thing I read the last few days. Thank you!

I was blown away by it. Just install steam and maybe proton-ge and good to go. I recently installed CachyOS and that way I even skipped the driver install chore I usually had to do. Anno 117 just works out of the box. It has gotten so good and easy!

Immich! Photo management: https://immich.app/

It’s really the most annoying thing. Spotlight was so trustworthy and now I can’t find shit. Half of the time it can’t even find applications I know I have installed. I guess time to switch to Linux, but Asahi is not really finished yet, and I just hate how the trackpad feels on Linux installations.

No i really got 20 (19, one was dead on arrival). :) My local hardware store ships them like this.

Ladybugs rescued my plants this summer! I actually ordered 20 of them to get rid of aphids (and the ants which came with them). They took a week, then everything alive was eaten. They actually took up a fight with the ants. There were some casualties, but apparently the ladybugs won.

Felt a bit silly to order bugs in the mail, but collecting them took ages and one looks ridiculous hunting for ladybugs in the park.

A main board for a NAS I was planning to build “at some point” because I saw it was pretty cheap. This “cheap” main board now cost me a lot of money in things like hard drives, PSU, case, … So many regrets. :D

just want to report the same issue (but only for the last… week or so). Loading the page the first time takes ages or ends up with a gateway timeout (resty). When it is loaded the first time, it’s usually fast.

I read “spying convention” and was so confused why the would meet up voluntarily.

Librivox is pretty nice, although quality varies a lot. But I’m very grateful it exists.

Working it Austria at least, but of course more limited supply. Would love to find a good Audio Book Service which is not Audible. :(

But from my experience, “money makes the world go round”, meaning: If there is a legitimate business case it is more likely that such a website or instance will stay online, whereas a lonesome enthusiast will likely loose interest after a while. And then its all gone (at least for that instance)?

Thanks one of the biggest strengths of the Fediverse. One instance dies for one reason or another, but the whole thing is impossible to kill, because it is not hosted by one single point of failure (like reddit).

I had the same concerns, but then I realized I just… can make another account if that happens, on a different instance. I tried to pick one which is hosted by someone who has a track record of keeping stuff online for a long time, but if Milan ever decides to shut it down, it will be a very sad day but in the end… it’s not a very big deal. There will be others, and the Fediverse will still be alive.

Same goes for your concerns about visibility and banning. There are all kind of instances out there. Pick one which fits your needs. For some people this is a very restricted space, some want to see ALL.

Centralization is of course easy because everything is done and decided at the same place, but in the end, every centralized service is doomed to fail at some point. Have fun here. :) Keep an open mind for the concept of the Fediverse and you will be fine.

Perfect, thanks! I was looking for something like this a while ago.

Wollte gerad einen entsprechenden Thread erstellen. Ich würde die Option auch gut finden. Alexandrit hab ich auch noch gesehen als alternative, die viele Instanzen inzwischen zur Verfügung stellen. Btw, danke fürs hosten generell :) Die Instanz ist echt zuverlässig, bereue nicht mich hier primär niedergelassen zu haben.