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If meshtastic is what you were referring to, check out meshcore. Same hardware, different firmware. Meshtastic has a problem the more nodes you add, so the more people using it, the worse it becomes.

Meshcore is newer, and doesn’t have as many features per se, but it’s much more reliable. Right now, the entire Seattle metro area into Vancouver, BC is on it and it’s running extremely well.

e: discord

Same! I was one of the early migrants just before the mass migration, having seen the writing on the wall and having already joined Mastodon. It was a great time initially, a bit of “you’re new? okay, I’ve figured a few things out, try this”. We caught Ernest by surprise because he was only making a proof of concept to offer an alternative to Lemmy. And then we showed up in droves. But he did his best, and while it was bumpy, it was still an overall great experience, much like the early days of Reddit, pre-Digg.

I still like the kbin-style instances over Lemmy, but yeah, it’s not quite the same any more. That said, still preferable to Reddit these days.

Thank you, Ernest. Hope you’re recovering wherever you are.

Same story but a little further along. Maxed out atomoxitine, and now on 30mg of Vyvanse. Starting my morning with an amphetamine and a cup of tea and I could take a nap. But focusing has been so much easier. I still hyperfocus, but at least now I realize I’m doing it. Also, I can listen to audiobooks now, which has been great. YMMV obviously.

Yeah, Mastodon is like Twitter, Pixelfed is like IG, Owncast is like Twitch, Friendica is like Facebook etc. They all connect and talk to each other to some extent, but you’re not going to get a great experience using Pixelfed (and app for photos) to stay up to date on someone’s Mastodon post.

No. Technically you only need one account for the entire Fediverse, but in reality you need one per service you use in depth. So one for Lemmy, one for Mastodon, one for Pixelfed, etc.

I mostly use it to keep track of what I read as opposed to a social media platform. I do follow some people that are on the same instance but mostly on the off chance anything looks interesting.

I’m more or less happy with weather here in the PNW. Not that cold and wet in winter, not that hot and dry in summer. Of course with climate change, ACs are now needed and it actually snows in winter, but traditional weather patterns agreed with me.

Same with the Misskey clones. There have been some very dramatic opinions on both sides.

It’s probably too basic, but Spirited Away and Princess Mononoke have always been my favorites, the latter of which was where I started.

Bluefin-dx is the more dev oriented version, and I think Bazzite has a -dx version as well. But I agree, I’m using Bluefin and love it for the containerization.

That was what I’m using. With Protonmail they bought SimpleLogin and it was more or less the same.

My email comes with masked email options, so if I need an email I just hit create and it generates one that forwards to/from my account. Just as easy to block or delete them.

Did you actually? Or are you carrying that over from reddit? 'Cause I actually have a similar one to that 😅

There are dozens of us! Dozens!

😭

That’s a shame but totally understandable. I hope we return to something sane before they destroy the parks for drilling or logging or whatever. The national park service really has some amazing natural resources.

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Tangentially related, The Office fans jokingly asking if I’d ever been to “Scranton” and then being surprised to learn it was a real place.

nuking the water in the microwave

throws scandalized face and clutches pearls

Same thing happens to me where I’ll start emulating local accents. The result is no one can accurately guess where I’m from, even people from my own country. The general answer is “northern Europe” but not from the country of whomever is guessing. But it’s the same reason… something is up with my accent, but no one is able to place it.

Grew up NEPA, went to school on the main line. Moved away almost 20 years ago, but this brings me back.