This might be my favourite thing he’s said yet

Denying it is the most fun part of having done it

Saved for when I get my home server back up and running. This sounds way better than keeping everything on an external SSD.

I’m a fucking albatross, I know… Or whatever that sailor’s curse bird is I forget. A crested wank.

My advice is to be less like me

It seems to be working for other people

Just got into using Syncthing for my home network, was thinking I should add it to my phone. Makes sense it dies the instant I consider it

They are.

I’ve always admired them for that, as one revolting people to another

It’s true. In my country even a pitch perfect normal reaction to common current events would be rioting, so overreacting is usually out of the question.

My experience, again, is American. I am used to governments spending into debt and looking strong doing it.

All I’m saying is that it’s hard to understand, not that our way is better.

I’m having difficulty adjusting, as an American living in the UK. Twenty billion dollars is what an oligarch spends to destroy a social media platform. It is not, in my experience, a sum that spells years of ruin for a national budget.

It’s an issue. All I can say is that change has to come from within, and for me that means being more willing to “march with” lefties I don’t always agree with, as long as there’s something important we do agree about. If someone’s a bit tank-ish, I’ll gladly shake their hand when it comes to voting for proportional representation, for example.

Can I ‘yes, and’ that with the point that simply giving more money to poor people is now pretty well established to be good for both them and the economy

For once I’m #1 in something 🥳

If care to argue that you’re normal, you’re not the good kind of weird.

I have no tech background, and I am just getting into creating a media server. I started with an old secondhand Synology NAS, which developed a power issue within a month and no chance of returning it or getting it covered by warranty.

My current plan is to get another Synology NAS (new with extended warranty this time), along with a spare HDD enclosure so I can have an extra layer of redundancy, finally set up Jellyfin, and then I want to build a Pihole. At that point I won’t need much more self hosting or networking tricks until further notice.

Still have no idea what I’m doing.

Thanks, that does sound more reasonable than the impression I had.

I am here to reiterate that Sir Starmer’s idea of increasing the number of police would be a fundamentally flawed reaction.

Edit: the point is kindly rescinded - I do best when I stay in my wheelhouse

The electorate has been far too tolerant of this behaviour. I don’t get why it’s been allowed to go on like this, other than the poor state of journalism these days.

An A4 sized e-ink tablet with colour and an open source OS would be my dream gadget.