@alda I've been going on the theory that it's because the business world hasn't yet evolved into an understanding of how I.T. works. (This includes nonprofits, in my observation -- I could do a smol story/rant.)
@Xibanya Relatedly: hearing "property" as meaning things like clothes, pencils, tools, etc. "The communists want to own the shirt on your back!" or whatever.
So, yeah, the user-friendly-config software is part of what my current coding is leaning towards. (I'm currently focused on the core tasks involved in migration, i.e. verifiably copying file-trees and migrating data.)
Are you thinking that it would be useful to be able to generate a minimum hardware requirement from a list of what you plan to host? Or is it just the difficulty of finding sufficiently-powerful hardware in a ready-made package?
Indeed. I was both overworked (too busy to always be diligent about taking notes when important communications happened) and too trusting (assuming there were certain lines that wouldn't be crossed, even if we disagreed about stuff).
Beyond "buy a cheap used desktop and install Linux", what would be needed? (Asking sincerely; this overlaps with my interests and even a little bit with code I'm working on right now.)
[insert experience with people who agree to put things in writing but never actually do, and then later protest loudly that "verbal agreements are binding in the state of Georgia!" when our memories diverge over what was agreed]
TLDR: wish I'd made more of a point of doing the "here's how I understood our agreement" thing.
Spider-Man has a GoFundMe.
https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2026/08/24/support-your-friendly-neighborhood-spider-man/
@Curator We've had them on "limit" for at least a couple of years now, for hosting CISA accounts (I'm not sure which of the several meanings was intended, but I gathered they're basically cops or supporting cops in some way.) I guess when there's one red flag, others often turn up.
...and it's too bad, because there are some interesting (and probably okay?) people there. Maybe being fediblocked will light a fire under them to find a better instance.
For cold-water swimming purposes, fatty deposits get the Seal of Approval 🦠:plusone:
via @sus
@ai6yr I don't understand why people in general, let alone professionals, trust LLMs more than they would trust a newly-acquired intern.
@servelan The trade-school idea actually sounds reasonable to me at first glance -- but given who it's coming from, I am now highly suspicious of it. (Maybe this is one of those "could be okay if done right, but they definitely want to do it very wrong" kinds of things?)
I feel like this parody would do well having several more verses than the original does, and hopefully I will think of them.
Also, an alternate chorus that starts "It was a lie and so blatant, blatant / It was a lie, it was so tranparent..." would work if the verse set it up properly.
A woman on the TV talks about compromise
when we've compromised our future away.
Where is John Lennon to scream about all this?
Or would he even know what to say?
pre-chorus
I can't believe it's still happening, happening
I can't believe this crap still is happening...
chorus
Fuck around and find out --
watching the world not learn from history.
Fuck around and find out --
there is no palm deep enough for my face.
There was a time when we seemed to know how
to start fixing big problems -- we could go anywhere.
Now it seems like we can't even agree
on what basic reality is.
''(repeat chorus)''