@floor9

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Coffee, rail trails, cycling, and Linux -- in that order

Getting a new NAS and thinking about upgrading my #homenetwork to 2.5G ... or maybe even 10G.

Anyone have any thoughts on #Mikrotik for inexpensive switches?

What I love about #railtrails is how close you get to history. I'm standing on a bridge (1) built for the West Penn Railroad in 1907 and abandoned in 1950, looking at remnants of old bridges from the original 1854 (2, 3; the footers and abutment) and 1882 (4; the pier) alignments.

#WestPennTrail

Since I'm strictly indoor riding this winter, I'm going to post scenes from some of my favorite rides to date on Pennsylvania's #railtrail network.

Has anyone started a railtrail / #cycling / #biketouring Mastodon instance yet?

This isn't hyperbole, it's real: https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/social-platforms-policy

Their new policy bans competing platforms. GET OFF TWITTER NOW.

Promotion of Alternative Social Platforms Policy | Twitter Help

There's an Elon tweet for every shitty move he does.

So about banning a bunch of other social networks now in place on Twitter.

Well...

An old #railroad #bridge along the #WestPennTrail. This bridge was originally much higher. When they built a nearby dam, this valley was flooded. These days you have to check the water level before you go out, because it sometimes gets submerged.

#rail #trail #bike #bicycling #cycling #exploring #outdoor #abandoned #Pennsylvania #PA

Not gonna lie: there was a time in my 20s when this actually would've been attractive. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/sleeping-pods-startup-800-a-month-brownstone-shared-housing/
Bay Area housing startup offers sleeping pods for $800 a month

Company founder launched the concept after living in a "hacker house" that charged $1,000 per month for a bunk.

CBS News
@Gargron Does Mastodon strip locations from photos?
Fellow Mastodon admins: did you hire someone to draw a custom mascot for you? And if so, who?

I'm tinkering around with spinning up a new instance, and saw a steal on a 4x2TB server.

I knew that RAID10 wouldn't be nearly as fast as an SSD, but I thought it would at least be tolerable.

In the time it took that RAID10 server to compile Ruby, I was able to create a VM, install Debian 11, and compile all of Mastodon and its dependencies on my older SSD-based server.