@JimG Yeah, that line of argument makes a number of very wrong assumptions -- starting with the obvious one that oil supplies are not infinite and will only get more scarce over time, and the less obvious but better known (by anyone who has been paying attention) one that solar and wind are in fact much cheaper now and will only continue to get cheaper as the tech improves.
@AutisticInnovator Ahh, ok. I tend to prefer to be hands-on, myself, but I can certainly see the virtue of having a service to handle that stuff! (As it is, I lean heavily on volunteer help.)
@gildilinie I'd say "results are subject to interpretation -- what are your goals, why are they your goals, and how do these metrics support them?" ...at which point they go away to find someone else easier to bother, I guess.
I can also recommend LiberaPay -- we get the majority of our donations through them.
(What size server are you using? Maybe I can help on some technical level...)
This is embarassing AF, but I think I have to ask everyone for help with this...
Our host for https://autistics.life has been very gracious about not shutting off our server because the bill has been unpaid for 2 weeks. They know I'm working relentlessly to get enough money to pay for it, but things are just really bad, and I mean really bad. It's a great thing I'm a hopeless optimist who refuses to quit and never doubts that I can pull myself out of this financial destruction. After 6 months in a row of financial ruin, it's all caught up with me at this point, and I'm doing my best.
So would people like to help me pay for the server this month? I pay $79 a month for it.
I HATE that I have to ask this, but I can't expect the hosting company to keep waiting for me to have that much money.
I made a donations link with my PayPal Business account:
https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=UZNZH65G2E5HN
@mason @benroyce @draNgNon @alice @slothrop
My preferred style is "here are all the options, but you don't have to change anything if you're fine with the defaults" -- kind of like MediaWiki's web-based setup.
...and then a UI which makes it easier to do changes later, once you know more about what you want.
It occurs to me that Muppets are the anti-AI.
AI personas look real, but have no soul. And, despite being made of complex technology, they generate uncanny valley reactions, when they’re visual and not just chatbots.
Whereas Muppets look fake, but they have all the soul. They’re made of simple materials, animated just by human hands, and are immediately attractive. They’re people you want to know, despite never forgetting they’re artifice.
Henson & Co ftw. ❤️
Relatedly, it occurred to me that a more valuable thing I could do than offering email hosting is to put together some software which makes it easier to self-host and to be an email provider.
So that's now on my list of tasks (the other end of which is still visible with a good telescope).
@Lana As I just said to someone in a completely different context: Dang kids these days, wasting all their money on healthcare and LLMs.
@benroyce @draNgNon @alice @slothrop
I've been self-hosting my email for... 15-20 years now? Maybe I should offer that as a "pay-what-you-like/can" service...
@EveHasWords Durham County Library banned library’s LGBTQ+ Pride display. Then this happened.
The Durham County Board of Commissioners has ordered the immediate reversal of a decision that forced library staff to dismantle Pride Month displays this week.
[edit] Oh, here's the probably-original story in the N&O.
@socketwench Right up there with "Hey, doll, is this guy boring you? Come and talk to me -- I'm from a different planet."
@scanlime Maybe the real key was the player-sprite-fragment friends we made along the way! :rainbow_left:
@Cass_m The Quiet Car: helps you engage with the people around you by... [checks rules]... not saying anything to anyone.
Okay.