Notices by Jan Wildeboer 😷:krulorange: (jwildeboer@social.wildeboer.net)

All my domains (20+) are at a EU based registrar (Hosting Concepts B.V. via cloudz.be).

Both my public servers are at EU based hosting companies (netcup and OVH).

My Nextcloud based sharespace (think: dropbox) is at a EU based hosting company (Hetzner).

This is nothing new.. Has been like that since 20+ years. I always wanted to have my digital life close to me, meaning under EU jurisdiction.

(I am not telling you to do as I do, I'm sharing my setup as a FYI)

#ThanksEU

I am too old school so I never used AWS, S3 or similar stuff. All I need is a virtual private server, put Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) on it and configure as needed. Nowadays with containers and podman. I also backup everything to my server at home (a HP Microserver with 12TB RAID, running, you guessed it, RHEL). For code I have a container running #Forgejo. My websites are static pages I create and update with Jekyll. Sure, I am a nerd. But I am really happy that I can do this all this way.

In the Netherlands #Signal is at the top of app stores. Seems a critical mass has been reached and groups (families, communities of practice) are now willing to make the switch. Good! (Source: https://signalapp.nl/signal-app-nieuws/nederland-neemt-voortouw-in-overstap-naar-signal-wereldwijd-in-top-10/ AKA @AboutSignalNL )

A #SmartHome should be able to operate completely independent of any internet connection. Everything that needs some sort of cloud connection to function *WILL* end up being switched to a subscription model. And that means you have effectively been un-owned of those devices. So I made sure that (almost) all of my "smart" devices work without an internet connection by putting them on a VLAN with no default gateway. Devices that don't work without an internet connection are a risk, IMHO. #LifeHack

In the olden days, a FOSS (Free/Open Source Software) project typically had:

- A source code repository
- A web page with the documentation and links to downloads
- At least one mailing list called announce, typically also one for users and one for contributors, all with public archives
- An IRC channel to chat with other users and maybe also the developers

Maybe it’s time to try that simple approach again? Everything open, everything accessible? 1/4

What happens when every time your browser sends data to a tracker it makes a beep sound? Well, @bert_hubert did just that. And it sounds like you are listening to an old school modem. Creepy stuff! https://berthub.eu/articles/posts/tracker-beeper/

Niklaus Wirth, the creator of PASCAL and many more things, has left us at age 89. Thank you for all you have done to make programming computers and understanding the importance of algorithms accessible. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niklaus_Wirth

“In 1995, he popularized the adage now named Wirth's law, which states that software is getting slower more rapidly than hardware becomes faster.” Hello Blockchain and “AI” ;)

It's only an #OpenStandard if you can choose between at least two #OpenSource implementations of which one is not produced by a member of the SSO (Standard Setting Organisation). And yes, it is OK if more implementations exist that can even be proprietary, as long as interoperability is a given.

(centralised) Social networks have made us less social in real life.

Thank you for posting a positive toot to Mastodon. In the next 2 minutes a German person will post a sarcastic and/or negative comment to destroy the good mood you tried to create. We apologise, but is The Law.

Looking forward to #Musk trying to trademark a Unicode symbol, in this case 𝕏 :) Maybe we should start using #x1D54F as the new Hashtag for everything #Twitter and #X #𝕏 :) http://www.unicode-symbol.com/u/1D54F.html

#UnpopularOpinion Running your own #Mastodon instance really isn’t that big a thing. If you can work with WordPress — you’re set, IMHO. Book your instance as a service, so you don’t have to care about the complicated parts. I am a happy and proud customer of @mastohost. Do it for yourself and, say, max 5 friends or family members. I guess I or @aral should write a blog entry on how we work with our small instances to show you it’s really not magic.

When #META invites you to secretive talks about the #fediverse and you are told to not share anything about those talks, be it by spoken agreement or an NDA — remember admiral Ackbar. It's a trap.

Almost Ten! Million! Subscriptions for the #Deutschlandticket, a ticket that allows you to use all regional public transport in the whole of #Germany for a flatrate of 49€/month, have been sold in the first month. What a success! (article in German) https://www.tagesschau.de/inland/gesellschaft/deutschlandticket-zehn-millionen-100.html

New blog post: Client-side comments with #Mastodon on a static #Jekyll website at https://jan.wildeboer.net/2023/02/Jekyll-Mastodon-Comments/

Replies to this toot will show up as comments on my blog! It's magic! And this post explains how that works.

From one Red Hat wearing person to another: Congratulations, #Lula! Congratulations #Brasil!

@Gargron Why can't I even search my own toots?

@Gargron On my own instance, nevertheless :(

Elon Musk to #Twitter: "Stop the court case and I'll pay up as agreed in April". https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1418091/000110465922105787/tm2227435d1_sc13da.htm

And again - #bitcoin goes under $20K. Groundhog Day #5 in the last 12 months, if I am correct?