Kyle Rankin @kyle@librem.one

@Wildbill As someone who administers his own email (which is pretty low effort at this point), I suspect if you don't want to do that you definitely wouldn't want to set up your own instance. From what I've heard from @shawnp0wers it seems like a fair amount of effort.

@Wildbill
I recently saw this tip in my feed for a way to make it work:
https://infosec.exchange/@tychotithonus/109288715727881237

@hehemrin That approach makes sense to me. Up to this post essentially all of my posts went to both platforms (and writing for Purism generally serves my blogging needs). I could definitely see myself start tailoring more posts on a per-platform basis in the future.

@lwriemen Good question! Likely closer to a town since this instance has somewhat unusual rules (no federated/local timelines, no DMs) which, while we think has a lot of benefits, isn't for everyone.

@lcamtuf I've also always wondered just how many of my posts were actually seen by my followers there and how many were buried by The Algorithm since the default was sorting by relevance. On here I know folks who follow me will likely see everything I post if they check in frequently enough.

Given how easy it is to move to a different Mastodon instance, it will be interesting to see in the coming months to see how many new folks will live in the "big cities", how many will move to small towns, and how many will start their own homesteads. #fediverse

@fssofdeath Ya I always preferred Mastodon, I just had to straddle both worlds because many of the folks I follow were there. I imagine I will still be there for awhile while I wait for remaining folks I follow to make the move, but in the mean time my personal priorities and use has definitely shifted.

Now that most of the conversation (and friends) are here, I wonder at what point I will stop cross posting. I always started posts there because of the lower character limit, but I think starting today new posts will start here and get trimmed if neccessary to cross-post there, second. #TwitterMigration

My weekend project of installing a mantel over my brick fireplace was stalled by the brick wall being *far* from flat (center sinks in a half inch). After several attempts at shimming the French cleat, still not able to seat the mantel firmly enough to suit me. #homeimprovement

@kop316 Hah! wow that takes me back!

@golemwire Imagine a stiff, flexible sheet of paper with holes punched out in the shape of the pattern of hooks you want to engage in each row of knitting. Similar in principle to (and inspired by) a classic Jacquard loom.

You can even clip the bottom of a card to the top to program an infinite loop or chain different cards together. I'll definitely share pics when I level up enough to try it, but a search for "knitting machine punch card" should turn up some videos.