PaulDec 4, 2022
Joe Dean
A riff on #XKCD 1269, relevant to the #selfhosted #Mastodon #fediverse.
Dec 4, 2022 at 2:08pmWeb
Show threadAthena L.M.Dec 4, 2022
@joe like how the primary purpose of OpenPGP is test messages announcing that you've gotten OpenPGP working
Show threadChema Hernández GilDec 4, 2022
@joe I feel personally attacked.
Show threadProkofyDec 4, 2022
@joe You don't say!
Show threadBKSTRMDec 4, 2022
@joe I feel called out by this
Show threadtechnical debt jubileeDec 4, 2022
@joe perfection
Show threadcalc.exeDec 4, 2022
@joe it took all weekend to run docker pull? ​​
Show threadJoe DeanDec 4, 2022
@thatonecalculator 5 minutes to change my Docker Compose config, and then a day and a half tweaking configs and making the corresponding Grafana dashboard. If it's worth doing, it's worth overdoing.
Show threadcalc.exeDec 4, 2022
@joe imagine not running Calckey that works out of the box with Grafana and pm2 ​​
Show threadCautionWIP 🎃+🇨🇦+🏳️‍🌈= Dec 4, 2022
@joe I feel like @chad should see this.
Show threadBig GeorgeDec 4, 2022
@joe yup.... could be speaking about me. But it is changing....
Show threadShannon Quinn Dec 4, 2022
@joe As someone who spent an entire week setting up a self-hosted Mastodon instance, I can say that I don’t understand the punchline here.
#itme 😞
Show threadAdam MachinDec 4, 2022
@joe when your input matches your output, YouTubers buy tech stuff to review to make YouTube videos to make money to buy tech stuff to review to make YouTube videos to make money to buy tech stuff…😅
Show threadJueDec 4, 2022
@joe Well, very accurate 😂
Show threadKenneth FinneganDec 4, 2022
@joe Oh hey, it's the modern version of #HamRadio
Show threadMark CrockerDec 5, 2022

@kwf @joe and what it was like to own a computer in the early 80's, when we mostly wrote code to make it easier to use our computers, or connect to a BBS in the late 80's, when we mostly posted about how to better be able to post to the BBS... or CompuServe, where the folks who wrote TapCIS called themselves The Stone Soup Group to poke fun at themselves for this very reason.

What's old is new again 😉

Show threadJoe DeanDec 5, 2022
@mcrocker What I wouldn't give for just a day on the early net
Show threadMark CrockerDec 5, 2022
@joe as cool as the GNN (Global Network Navigator https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_Network_Navigator ) was, google.stanford.edu was a breath of fresh air. Now...
Global Network Navigator - Wikipedia

Show threadschneider_EFDec 5, 2022
@kwf @joe Hmmmm, improving antennas may be more effective than tweaking configs ;-)
(but of course "make your city beautiful, grow aluminium" may a tiny bit more expensive...)
Show threadJohn LuskDec 5, 2022
@kwf @joe
Came here for this.
Not that I know anything about ham radio apart from the interests of my childhood.
Show threadFuturist Jim CarrollDec 4, 2022

@joe

This is me.

Show threadmc.flyDec 4, 2022

@joe That's not XKCD 1269.

https://xkcd.com/1269/

It is missing in XKCD 1269 though.

Privacy Opinions

xkcd
Show threadJoe DeanDec 4, 2022
@mcfly I meant only that the upper-middle panel expressed the same idea. You'll notice that the two panels are the same, and have effectively the same punchline, albeit with the text changed to make it relevant to Mastodon.
Show threadmc.flyDec 4, 2022

@joe Sorry for not being explicit.

I am a german.

I heard german's are supposed to raise signs when they make jokes, otherwise that's hard to see for others.

Show threadAlisonW ♿🏳️‍🌈♾️Dec 4, 2022
@joe
Seen. SO SEEN!
Show threadDragon 🐉Dec 5, 2022
@AlisonW @joe oof that’s scarily close to home.
Show threadAlisonW ♿🏳️‍🌈♾️Dec 5, 2022
@dragon @joe
Isn't it just!
Show threadherchenroderDec 4, 2022
@joe I feel this. I set up my own server just to see if I could, now I have to pay $10 a month and manually delete log files so the server doesn't fill up. It's so much fun though. @joshthetechie
Show threadMike English 💾Dec 4, 2022
@joe why let amateur radio operators have all the fun? hi hi
Show threadJeff ♨️ DarcyDec 4, 2022
@joe A vegan, a crossfitter, and a Mastodon self-hoster walk into a bar.
Show threadmiketcopeDec 5, 2022
@Obdurodon @joe the bartender says, “Drinking alone again Sid? You should get some hobbies”
Show threadUlrich KiermayrDec 4, 2022
@joe @gudroot 👆
Show threadIvan Sagalaev Dec 4, 2022
@joe it's always funny how people who only got here in the last month make sweeping generalization about what life here is like :-)
Show threadJohn LuskDec 5, 2022
@isagalaev @joe
Well... based on my feed....
Show threadIvan Sagalaev Dec 5, 2022
@tarheel @joe it does take time to populate your feed with interesting people, true!
Show threadJohn LuskDec 5, 2022

@isagalaev @joe
I've seen a tremendous amount of meta-discussion, about the masto migration and performance issues, and CWs and ActivityPub and various rewrites and improvements, and performance tuning.

And politics and racism.

With a sprinkling of cat pics, programming-language and math and sci-fi tidbits and nature photos. Etc.

(Looking forward to the Great Rewrite, honestly.)

Show threadIvan Sagalaev Dec 5, 2022
@tarheel @joe I agree, those topics dominated for some time. But looks like it's subsiding. BTW, what's "the Great Rewrite"? :-)
Show threadJohn LuskDec 5, 2022

@isagalaev @joe
The inevitable (I hope) move away from Ruby on Rails, along with the inevitable (I hope) improvements to ActivityPub, so that, for instance, pushing the same status update to 1,000 users on a remote instance doesn't require 1,000 network requests (as I understand it).

But, who knows, maybe a Twitter clone isn't what I (we?) want, so maybe it won't be a *rewrite*.

Show thread𝘀𝘁𝘂𝘅☀️Dec 4, 2022
@joe haha and cats!
Show threadPeter SullivanDec 4, 2022
@joe Not a #selfhosted user per se, but still feel seen.
Show thread XaetaCore Dec 4, 2022
@joe I run waaaay to much stuff on my two socket xeon hypervisor 😅
Show threadSolar BearDec 4, 2022
@joe
Don't threaten me with a good time
Show threadLucomoDec 4, 2022

@joe

It's worse. Instead of watching role playing GTA V streams I now watch only live streams on Twitch which show how to manage Mastodon instances.

Show threadmirabilosDec 4, 2022
@joe GtS is much easier to operate, thankfully ;) no stinking Docker for me.
Show threadStephenEShermanDec 4, 2022
@joe Back in the day of HAM radio operators, they mostly talked about their equipment, techniques, experiences, etc..
Show threadMattDec 4, 2022
@joe as a self hoster... I feel this LOL granted I didn't do it over a weekend, but still.... #mastoadmin #mastodon #SelfHosted
Show threadOmer Preminger Dec 5, 2022
@joe I'm in this picture and I don't like it ​
Show threadJen Hamon 📎Dec 5, 2022
@joe Is XKCD on mastodon somewhere?
Show threadJoe DeanDec 5, 2022
@jen Perhaps someday: https://xkcd.com/2045/
Social Media Announcement

xkcd
Show threadriverDec 5, 2022
@joe This is the same as amateur radio.
Show threadBen Lee-CohenDec 5, 2022
@joe This is relevant to my interests.
Show threadJuanito 🇲🇽Dec 5, 2022
@joe we don't discuss anything, that can compromise our privacy
Show threadJoe DeanDec 5, 2022
@juacq97 Exactly why I prefer to write software with Nothing (http://www.turtle.dds.nl/nothing/)
The Nothing Programming Language

Show threadJuanito 🇲🇽Dec 5, 2022
@joe I'll try to learn this language. Source code files with zero lines looks very interesting
Show thread杂食型蓑白（赛里斯地区的形态）Dec 5, 2022

@joe
this is a parody of xkcd's cartoon

the original source:
https://www.reddit.com/r/Mastodon/comments/zcam81

With apologies to XKCD

Posted in r/Mastodon by u/joedeandev • 796 points and 40 comments

reddit
Show threadJoe DeanDec 5, 2022
@hiromst Compare the username on that original post with mine (:
Show thread杂食型蓑白（赛里斯地区的形态）Dec 5, 2022

@joe
I don't quite understand
so you made this as a parody to xkcd?

maybe the text is a litttle bit vague
i saw several replies also think this is repost from xkcd № 1269

Show threadJoe DeanDec 5, 2022
@hiromst I suppose I could have made that clearer. Edited, hopefully better now.
Show thread@pineywoozle ‘s #3WordNoteDec 5, 2022
@hiromst @joe It plainly states that it’s a riff.
Show threadAlceaDec 6, 2022

@Pineywoozle @hiromst @joe

An excellent one at that
If "#selfhosted" had a #pinned, it'd be this.
@Gargron needs to see ths :P

Show threadMarcel GuldemondDec 5, 2022
@joe 😂