Having federation between different platforms is a double edged sword because on one hand, I want to explore and experience the different platforms the Fediverse has to offer like Calckey/Firefish. On the other hand though, I feel like it wouldn't be worth it because everything—or at least most things—are federated, so how much new content would I be seeing? On top of that, if I wanted to post something I'd have to choose which account I would post it to because crossposting would effectively be double posting which isn't fun for anyone.
Nyla_Smokeyface
joined 1 year ago
What terrible choices, out of curiosity?
I joined Raddle because I wanted to keep up with r/traa, r/egg_irl, and r/ennnnbbbyyyy 😭😭😭😭
Raddle and Tildes are open source
That's fair. I feel like bloat would be the wrong term to use in regards to a search engine though 😅
Data that absolutely must be backed up.
Data that would be nice to have backed up, but you can live without if the worst happens.
I’d then recommend setting up a solution that you can then immediately start using to store data that fits into the first category I’ve listed above. Once you have that in place, you can then, over time (because these things do take time), start shifting existing data that fits into Category 1, over to this new setup.
That is a really good way to break things down. My folders of modded games take quite a bit to backup. I can probably skip the files of the mods themselves for a while because while they'd be nice to have because it's a pain to redownload them, I can live with having to redownload them.
A more ideal setup, if you’re willing to get your hands dirty and deep-dive into the world of self-hosting, would be to save up for something like a Dell optiplex PC. Set this up at home with something like Nextcloud so that you can have your data sync between you Windows, Mac and Nextcloud server. And then, depending on the configurability of your home router, set up a Wireguard or OpenVPN server on the optiplex so you can VPN to your Nextcloud server from your laptop when you are away from home.
I'd like to explore self-hosting someday and I've heard good things about NextCloud, but doesn't this kind of defeat the purpose of having a cloud backup since I'd want it to be offsite?
Backblaze needs to see your computer once every 6 months, and any external hard drives you’re backing up every 30 days.
I have ADHD so this is the part that concerns me the most.
I'm also a bit worried about the time it'll take. Especially since I have quite a bit of stuff to back up and I don't want to have my computer and drives running for days, and I don't want to feel like I can't use my computer in that time period.
That's...really bad 😭 Even Mastodon allows you to search by hashtags (I know it supports full-text search but most instances turn that off because it's pricey)
His apology "for the pain his donation in support of prop 8 caused" was also kind of undercut by following up by calling criticism of his views as a "political litmus test".
He's shocked that his support of a political organization makes people think that he agrees with their movement and he gets criticized for holding those views?
Wait why would the search engine be the bloat part?
Threads had no discovery features?! Jesus Christ...
Fwiw this is about Brave Search, not the Brave Browser
I haven't read a lot in my RSS feed in a bit but here are my favorites:
This is a newsletter, but I also enjoy Garbage Day. I use Feedbin which allows me to have emails in my RSS feed.