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Cake day: June 13th, 2023

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  • This isn’t just about losing your Facebook account. It’s about what else you can’t do because much of our society relies on Facebook. This is the real problem. From TFA:

    This article is not a complaint about Meta; it’s a wider discussion on how we as a society have allowed platforms like Facebook to become borderline necessary to participate in society. It’s about how a company is allowed to be the sole decision maker in whether you can participate in those areas of society.

    Through network effects, Facebook, Google, and friends have created a centralized version of the Internet, only accessible through them.

    We’re in a situation where companies have managed to embed themselves so far into society, that they’re acting like providers of social services.






  • Synology has the best systems of their kind. I’d go with them for pre-made solutions. Their UI is simple enough for most folks to understand.

    Backups. Backups. Backups. Focus on what you can reliably do. If you can’t make a service bulletproof, then maybe it’s not ready for everyday use.

    Keep good notes. Notes tell both what you did and why you did it. Keep track of what problem you’re solving or what goal you’re working toward. All of this will help when you do look for a new IT provider. Use your notes to help the business define requirements for them.





  • I like them both. Mastodon is great when I follow hashtags and the occasional person. I also like that I can follow Lemmy posters there. It means I can pay attention to individuals when I want.

    Lemmy is great for threaded conversation. Mastodon can do this to a point, but it’s not a clean and navigable as Lemmy.

    Imagine if I could subscribe to Mastodon hashtags within Lemmy!