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Gabriel Bauman Nov 18, 2022

@dgbassani welcome!

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Gabriel Bauman Nov 12, 2022

@eugenialoli @jbqueru all the best to both of you. I hope it turns out to be a good change at the right time.

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Gabriel Bauman Nov 10, 2022

@McCulloch Yeah rails apps and infra typically need a VPS. I looked into the underlying protocols and am considering writing a minimal one-person instance that doesn't require the full meal deal, could just use the mastodon apps for UI and skip the web experience.

Gabriel Bauman Nov 10, 2022

It's kind of amazing how useful an old laptop can be after replacing the fried battery and stuffing it with RAM and a cheap SSD. I wanted a new machine but I don't think I can justify it!

Redoing the thermal paste calmed the fans down too. Better than new. Amazing.

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Gabriel Bauman Nov 10, 2022

@McCulloch if you find a decent lightweight single-user impl, let me know. The official codebase is a bit on the heavy side for one person.

Gabriel Bauman Nov 6, 2022

Any Fediverse people know where I can find a copy of the abandonware 3D art program Imagine3D for Windows? Organica is on the Internet Archive, but Imagine is proving hard to track down. #3d #3dart #abandonware #abandonwarez #AbandonwareOrg

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Gabriel Bauman Nov 4, 2022

@missqarnstein @Rowyn @dheadshot @nbfiroozye Google could definitely ship a Signal binary modded to do just about anything to a targeted individual, and the only way it would be noticed would be if the targeted individual was watching for it. No one else would ever see it.

Or, they could just ship a systemwide keylogger in GBoard or Play Services and turn it on for users of interest.

You can't trust a phone where a bigco can update the OS/apps at any time. You don't own it. Signal can't help.

Gabriel Bauman Nov 4, 2022

The salmon are back.