Kev Quirk 
@kev@fosstodon.org
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Admin of Fosstodon. Part time geek, full time idiot.
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Joined Aug 2017
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Just re-upping this offer: because being comfortable with git is a barrier to entry to many FS/OSS projects, and because I care deeply about lowering those barriers, I will tutor anyone who asks for help with git, and/or connect them with any mentor(s) they might prefer.
I'll do this while I put energy and work into making the tool more approachable, and into making better tools and learning paths.
Boosts gratefully appreciated.
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Saw on reddit and had to share. If your site is bad enough to not allow pasting, it's also not worth manually typing my randomly generated 50 character password into.
Playing with the my new iPad and Apple Pencil. Of course I had to draw a motorbike.
I know, I’m not very good, but I’m enjoying the learning experience.
I think I under estimated how much bigger the iPad Air is than my iPad mini! 🤣🤣
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"Richard M. Stallman resigns"
https://www.fsf.org/news/richard-m-stallman-resigns
He resigns from both FSF and MIT. Context: https://slashdot.org/story/360908.
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10 years ago I started using ad blockers because I thought ads were annoying. Now I think that's the _least_ important reason to use them.
I think we should call them "browser firewalls." That more accurately describes their purpose.
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The only two realistic ways to escape Google’s grasp is to either use Linux and Firefox (and no phone), or to use Apple. I like Linux and all, but I also like stuff that works more or less out of the box, so Apple it is for me for my computers and phone (but Linux on servers).
Cancel my last! I fixed it. Windows requires 2 reboots to fully disable Fast Boot.
Bought a new SSD for my desktop, which I normally dual boot Linux and Win10. I’ve installed Win10, but cannot for the life of me get it to hit GRUB after installing Pop.
I’m not using EFI, so I know it’s not that, and I’ve turned off Fast Boot in Win10.
No idea what’s going on here, any advice please folks?
Earlier this week, I migrated my shared hosting package to an Ionos VPS running Plesk. It's a huge performance increase for not a lot more money.
Also, their support is superb.
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Ok listen up, Mother Nature. I’m intending on taking my motorbike to work tomorrow, don’t you dare piss it down! I know this is the UK, and September, but come on, just give me one bloody day!
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If you are selling your SEO services, why do you have to resort to email?
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I've been building Flóðgátt, a replacement streaming API server for Mastodon. The goal is to cut RAM usage and make hosting an instance that much cheaper.
So far, we've cut RAM for the streaming server of an empty instance by ~94.2%
The next task is to make sure that lower RAM usage can scale without other issues (e.g., CPU).
To do that, I need a test server with enough connections to see how Flóðgátt performs under load.
That's where y'all come in: can you please follow @codesections ?
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I just used @codesections 's t5 (Tool for Tabulating Thirty Top Tooters) to see what users I've favorited the most. Not many surprises to me in my top 5 😜.
Although, @kelbot, to be fair, you were in the #3 and #6 slots with 2 different accounts! Sneaky.
Thanks for the fun, codesections!
https://t5.codesections.com/
https://www.codesections.com/
If we were to offer hosted #Nextcloud as a Patron perk, would you consider becoming a Patron?
CC @mike
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- Keybase
- kevq
- Website
- https://kevq.uk
- Support me
- https://kevq.uk/about/buy-me-a-coffee
- Patreon
- https://patreon.com/kevquirk
Admin
Admin of Fosstodon. Part time geek, full time idiot.
Opinions are my own.
Joined Aug 2017
