Dr. Wesker

SlimBlade Pro gang. It really is superior.

(my files are in one big folder, so albums are jumbled)

This doesn’t give you anxiety?

I’m a US citizen and I wish I could avoid it.

I’m Spartacus.

DigitalOcean has droplets that only cost $4/mo. I use one for a small, static site and a gopher server.

I’m not your buddy, guy!

You’re right. I see no more intrinsic value in having 1mil users, versus 15k. And nothing you can say is likely to convince me that quantity determines or makes for a valuable platform. We’ve seen the growth mentality and resulting corporate greed destroy numerous platforms already.

You’re arguing quantity over quality. I do not care the least for bootstrapped growth at the detriment of the platform. I also do not care about people who idolize and platform hop in order to follow celebrities. I suspect very few will bring with them value beyond increased traffic.

If you want this, Reddit is still an option available to you.

Fuck the celebrities. They aren’t your people, peers, or friends. They adopt platforms only when they determine they can make a buck from it. They’re the kids that break your new toys, and you’re suggesting we keep inviting them over to play.

They will only bring enshittification. Having a platform that isn’t celebrity friendly is a boon.

I honestly hope they never adopt the fediverse. Imagine wanting that.

Fair points.

The biggest motivating factor for my use case was that it was more than happy to run off a USB C cable tapped into my solar bank’s 12v line. So for boondocking, it was a great solution.

I can confirm that the one I used 3 years ago could stream Netflix and HBO from browser, no problem. It also handled local files in VLC like a champ.

I even installed Steam and played a handful of non-resource-intensive games on it.

I’d buy another in a heartbeat for use as media rig. This time I’d install barebones Debian on it, instead of med-weight MX like I did prior. It’d probably perform even better.

There are some really wicked PC “sticks” (for lack of better word) available these days. I used one from MeLE flashed with Debian as a mobile entertainment center in my travel trailer.

i need free ones

On the contrary, I like gentlemangirls.

I support this.

In my case root partition is encrypted, and the keyring has to be unlocked every time you reboot.

I use a luks encrypted USB drive for automated backups. My backup script mounts and decrypts the drive automatically, using secret-tool to grab the encryption pass from my keyring. It then creates the snapshots, and automatically unmounts the drive after.

There might be better methods, but this one works well for me.

If you bring a book, I’ll sign it.

Like, any book?

That’s fair.