Why not give a crash course for OP? As I understand it, Federation is just one standard of protocol that can communicate across servers. I think OP is referring to Federated here as both the protocol and the movement away from platforms. I think this is a valid part of growing both Federated protocols, and protocols in general as an alternative to big-tech platforms. The major platforms DO offer hosting in a way. People host their photos libraries on Facebook and Instagram. So a non-platform alternative may interest some.

For hosting - get a private VPS and run your own cloud services. Explore RSS for news feeds, a super OG protocol that podcast feeds still use I think.

Web browsers shouldn’t be federated because the idea there is privacy, security, and ad blocking.

Kindness > assholes usually works for me if I can’t take the time to learn all the nuances but feel like I want to form an opinion.

How the fuck do yall afford houses?

Or as my stubborn ass thinks about it when I am staying up late: “As soon as I go to bed I’m on the clock…”

Dk Country: Aquatic Ambience

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-5rAjOjTGtc

This is what lofi youtube wishes it could be.

Luther

Whoever thought a touchscreen is the optimal way to interact with a wearable fitness device while running and drenched in sweat is really dumb. Just give a couple buttons, I can’t fucking swipe while moving like that.

You can make it to order with just lime juice and sugar. Never had a complaint.

You Aint Going Nowhere

Spot on. I used to work in a fancy spot. People waving their arms around would sometimes just get a super friendly wave back from me.

Depends on the restaurant. While not rude, a wave is often unnecessary in finer dining. Busy sports bar, sure. But most good servers will be scanning fairly constantly. Simple eye-contact is usually enough.

I do this the manual way. Set alarm half-an-hour early for coffee, drink it and go back to sleep. Wake up moderately more awake 45 minutes later. Doesnt always work. 4/10

No Mans Sky. Off and on for like 4 years now. But I keep coming back with each new update and I get completely hooked again.

I understand “pile” more as an orientation than an amount. You could have a million grains of sand all in a row and I’d call it something like a “line” of sand rather than a “pile”. To that end I’d say the minimum would maybe be 4 grains arranged in a triangular pyramid?

I’m shifting my old 2012 Mac Pro to Linux and, while mostly a smooth transition, firmware and drivers are the only real headache.

Dreamcast was so cool and unique.

Stevie is the perfect way to deflect but still be direct. “We love Stevie and would like to contribute to his recovery.”

Wish we all had neighbors like you.

Can we roll back to “big data”? That felt promising because the implication was a human would be guiding it and interpreting it.

Been using a Sysem76 (Gazelle, not ultraportable) laptop for a year now and love it. Running Pop_OS and performance is on-par with my partner’s M2 MacBook Air.

I’m kinda in this boat too. I’m glad Banks’ estate didn’t let the Amazon series go through. Something about a guy like Bezos hailing the books while being a billionaire capitalist egomaniac just makes me uneasy with the whole idea.