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That is usually how males and females of a species are differentiated in general: males have the small gamete and females have the large one. (As you said, some individuals may not produce gametes so it only applies in general).

Of course humans are a lot more complicated. We have a concept of gender which doesn’t necessarily align with biological sex, and many people modify their sex characteristics to match their gender, so applying generalizations blindly gets you nowhere.

AFAIK yes, users from instance B can downvote the post, but the downvotes won’t federate to instance A, so only users on B and C will be able to see them.

Huh that’s really interesting, you’re right, and I learned a lot of new stuff about networking that I didn’t know before.

If you’re not on the same local network as the server and it’s not configured to be accessible from the general internet, you need some sort of proxy to access it.

Yeah this seems fine; if they’re proxying the stream through their server it’s using their bandwidth which costs them money. It doesn’t make sense for them to not charge for it.

Teenager ≠ underage, 18 and 19 year olds exist. But thanks for your concern. :)

As a teenager who is relatively tech-savvy and on the fediverse, can confirm. I think it’s gotten to the point where even less technically inclined people can join fairly easily, but the more savvy are usually the first to flee from enshittifying platforms so we see a lot more of them here.

I can back that up; the drives I ordered were packaged in an antistatic bag, surrounded by an air filled cushion thing, in a hard cardboard box. (Assuming what I got was the “air pockets” it’s a plastic sleeve made of many pressurized sections that completely encloses the drive; definitely adequate IMO. I can dig up a pic if you want).

I think it’s useful to quickly check if a user is trolling, but you can always just look at their recent activity.

Still, hosting costs were the reason for discussing legal liability. Such a server also increases centralization which isn’t ideal.

That doesn’t solve the cost problem. Now all the traffic is going through that intermediate server, and someone has to pay for that.

Yeah, I just left my SSH port as 22 since I only use key-based authentication so there’s really no security risk. Plus, it’s funny going through the logs and looking at all the login attempts.

If you’re looking for a new registrar, I’ve had only good experiences with NameSilo. They’re not the cheapest, but they’re generally cheaper than GoDaddy, don’t paywall arbitrary things like APIs or WHOIS privacy, and have good support.

That’s true. Though there are reviews saying their support is terrible, which I assume applies to B2 as well.

I would not use them, they have bad ratings on Trustpilot.

Where are you located? I’m in need of some new backup drives and would be happy to pay a reasonable price + shipping if you’re interested.