m0xEE @m0xee@librem.one

@vertka @lss @romin
You mean c@t.net terminal, so you? 😺

@lss @romin @vertka
…and has access to top-secret zero-day vulnerability acquired from the KGB! 😱

@vertka
Good idea, I think it would be greatly appreciated 😏
@romin

@vertka @romin
No, you should try it at the office, preferably updating all servers and client workstations at the same time: systems crashing, fires breaking out, numerous human casualties — fun! 😈

@gemlog
Nah! I'm currently unemployed and living in the city I don't have to go out much — unless I do it on my own volition. It's only raining here — it did snow a couple of times, but it fails to stick yet. This type of weather: neither raining, nor snowing, nor clear — botches my sleep schedule and I'm in this permanent state of half-asleep half-awake — not great, but I'll be fine.
Good luck with your routine!

@gemlog
Sounds nice! I'll check it out too — thanks again!

@gemlog
I mean sure, it adds an extra layer of security — as they (supposedly) do not store your messages in the clear, this makes using SMTP and IMAP impossible, but if you do need them, it's an extra hassle.

@gemlog
It's one of the motivations behind switching to self-hosting for me — to be able to use it with DeltaChat, as with Proton I'm unable to — they aren't providing direct SMTP access, only via their own proton-bridge, which is intended to be run locally — and running it on a phone doesn't sound like a good idea 😅

@gemlog
Did you ever try DeltaChat — the thing that adds an IM-like interface to e-mail?
They have developed a set of scripts to help people self-host e-mail serviced compatible with it: https://github.com/deltachat/chatmail
They expect the distro of your VPS to be systemd-based so I probably won't be able to use it as is, but essentially, they are just deploying dovecot and postfix and I intend to do something similar.

@gemlog
Yep, sure, I'm keeping my addresses on Proton domains — protonmail.ch and others, but I'm thinking of switching to self-hosting for my own ones: m0xEE.Net .Org and .Com
I'll look into Contabo, thank you!

@gemlog
Does it come with a dedicated IPv4 address?🤔
Maybe it's time to ditch Proton and self-host my e-mail?

@Mek101
Yeah, true in many cases — could probably be mitigated with proper design. I mean at least something like exception within exception handler leading to runtime abort won't happen, which, again, depending on design, might be okay or a total disaster 😂

@Mek101
In C that would probably be okay though: no exceptions (on programming language level) and no destructors 🤔

@pmwisse
I've switched away from Macs to sway and dwm to not have any fancy effects at all 😂
Starting with OS X 10.10 when Apple doubled down on transparency it became too heavy on the eyes for me to use comfortably — what maybe looked nice on a 15" laptop screen was absolutely unbearable on two 30" displays, it was giving me headaches. They have since backed down on it a bit — but I'm not looking back.

@j @Turkleton
He sure enjoys being near the water — not the first time I see you taking him for walkies and he always enjoys exploring this small pond/canal 😸
Does he always stay nearby when you take him outside like that?

@notsoloud
There's no need to go for any higher-level concepts — for Russia it's middle ages all over again.
Even USSR wasn't much different — I have a long post in which I elaborate on that, but it's on my instance, which is currently under heavy load, I don't think you would be able to access it, I can send you a link later.

@kravietz

@notsoloud
Neither colonial, nor anti-colonial fits Russia, but feudal — these describes the nature of processes perfectly.
This also explains why Russia can maintain ties to other autocratic states, but can't tolerate democracies — because that is unacceptable in feudal system: serfs weren't allowed to choose their lords. Russia itself is becoming a vassal state of China — this also works in feudal system.

@kravietz

@notsoloud
A good example of this is the news from two weeks ago: Pooteen have written off 20 billions (!) of debts of African states. To a left-leaning western person it might even seem that Russia is anti-colonial, but let's look at this closely: would most people in these African countries get any of that? I seriously doubt that, this money was taken from Russians by Pooteen and given to the groups in power in these African countries — he's buying himself vassals in Africa.

@kravietz

@notsoloud
I can only recall one period from Russian history when just being Russian granted you any privileges — right after the fall of Kazan, over Tatars.
Otherwise political and social system in Russia predates that of nation states (I think using the word "nationalism" to describe anything happening in Russia is misusing the term) and even empires. So what is it then? I think it's something from earlier ages — feudalism!

@kravietz

@notsoloud
Well, I think it makes sense to discuss every particular case separately, but I do think that Russian Empire was empire in name only — Peter the Great liked the idea being an emperor, that is why he slapped the word over without any underlying meaning. Were citizens of "metropole" ever benefitting from "colonies" — no, most of them weren't even citizens legally.

@kravietz