OP is the world’s foremost shower deliberator.

I have a reel mower, and my leaf blower is pretty quiet, but thanks.

Yes.

I’m setting up something similar using Unraid and VMs. This route would probably be more of a challenge for you technically… But if you’re willing to learn, and pay, Unraid sounds like it would be a good fit for what you’re trying to accomplish.

Yeah but the whole solar system is moving at 720,000 km/h, so all those bikes on other planets are moving just as fast.

Because you need network effect. Which means you need big money for marketing, content moderation and development costs. That includes algorithms, which maybe you don’t want, but most people do.

It’s not that I want a for profit company, I just don’t think Mastodon will every achieve critical mass without one.

It’s not the users, it’s the developers / investors. I’ve tried so many times to get into Mastodon, but it sucks compared to Bluesky. It lacks content and polish, so it’s no wonder everyday people choose Bluesky over it.

The real conundrum is why isn’t there a for profit company with big money behind it, investing in ActivityPub. I guess you could point to Threads? But insert your “not like that” meme of choice.

Fwiw, apparently Bluesky did initially look at activity pub, but found the protocol lacking, which is why they invented ATProto. I don’t know the details though.

No thanks, our conservatives are further to the left than your Democrats, and California has the population of the rest of Canada combined. You can make your own country

Not taking money from Google means Firefox dies. Straight up. There’s absolutely no amount of “focusing on the basics” or cutting executive salaries that would make up the deficit, not even close.

We all wish that wasn’t the case, me especially. But that’s the reality.

I can quit anytime. Right after I see what’s after the next blind.

Balatro

Love this game! This is the same studio that did FTL. Two of my all time favourite roguelites.

Honestly, after reading some reviews I haven’t even watched it.

Fair enough! I haven’t seen any of those nor am I familiar with the source material. Maybe there’s hope yet

Fallout

Amazon is 1 for 4 on doing justice to adaptations I was very excited for. I’m not holding my breath on this one.

Any of the Joe Richardson games are obvious picks.

• Four Last Things
• A Procession of Cavalry
• Death of the Reprobate

I use AI to extract recipes and import them into my recipe manager rather than generate them. Both from hyper SEO’d websites, and physical books (take picture with phone).

Ooh, this one looks promising thanks!

Because like it or not, actually paying for stuff is the only way to save journalism and by extension our democracies.

The alternative is to link shitty clickbait / AI spam. At least this way:

1. People might be encouraged to pay for journalism.
2. There are many ways to bypass the paywall for those who won’t or can’t pay.

Please don’t ban paywalls.