Post B1DFub5pXi3outFoTw by richpuchalsky@mastodon.social
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(DIR) Post #B1DFuXxDDINtBICO8G by richpuchalsky@mastodon.social
2025-12-13T16:04:33Z
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Just boosted a post about someone losing their family pictures because Apple froze their Apple ID. I should point out that while Apple sucks there is basically no recourse in moving to anything else. All of its competitors are equally bad and doing things yourself with Linux etc. is a lot of work and is probably similarly likely to lose things through your own mistakes.My solution (for work things) was to rent a Linux server, which really meant paying for a fractional Linux sysadmin.1/2
(DIR) Post #B1DFuYszkSba4VEXCK by richpuchalsky@mastodon.social
2025-12-13T16:10:04Z
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But the coming AI boondoggle has meant an upcoming rise in server rental prices, unless the bubble pops first. It may be back to having a physical server in a closet at home, or something, unless the price of hardware goes up similarly with hosting. In which case I'll have to call on my academic connections to see whether I can get space on a university machine.The small circle of hobbyists who can do this is shrinking.
(DIR) Post #B1DFuZsg37wf9o5nLE by tg9541@mas.to
2025-12-13T16:17:44Z
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@richpuchalsky depending on how much space you need it's maybe not that bad.Google data can be accessed with rclone (including photos). Copying data onto a non-public S3 share is equally easy (and cheap). The trick is, I believe, to automatically do backups to redundant services without loosing oversight.
(DIR) Post #B1DFub5pXi3outFoTw by richpuchalsky@mastodon.social
2025-12-13T16:20:33Z
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@tg9541 I've used Linux on a server for decades and Unix before that. I've tried to use various FOSS tools for as long as FOSS has existed. Solutions that involve using rclone or whatever are just as likely to lose your stuff, except that if will be through some failure of volunteer maintenance, either yours or the person maintaining the tool.
(DIR) Post #B1DFuc59rh7Jz5wn4a by tg9541@mas.to
2025-12-13T16:23:21Z
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@richpuchalsky you're right, doing these things persistently is hard. What I mean to say is make it redundant, spread it around, automate re-build, keep the skill alive.
(DIR) Post #B1DFucwgefw2f6zXVY by richpuchalsky@mastodon.social
2025-12-13T16:26:47Z
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@tg9541 I think that what most FOSS people don't understand is that it is a skill and that the vast majority of people want no part of it. Like fixing your car. I grew up in a time/place where you were supposed to know how to fix your car. People bemoaned how this became more difficult to do, but really most people do not want to learn how to fix their car.
(DIR) Post #B1DFuds7D9s9XDrP1M by cy@fedicy.us.to
2025-12-13T17:34:14Z
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Come on, man. You seriously don't think right to repair is the biggest thing keeping our whole society from falling into shreds? Don't say people are bemoaning if it's an actual tragedy.CC: @tg9541@mas.to
(DIR) Post #B1DKARWhHLBlhDdFQ0 by tg9541@mas.to
2025-12-13T17:50:34Z
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@cy there is no biggest thing that keeps society from falling apart - it's the constant activity of many. Making sense of daily acts is the one single condition.Repairing means a bit of autonomy. No one will repair the next generation of cars, and no one will care about about the data we produce, it's just too complex.I'm curious what you think it is that people will do once everything starts falling apart more than what they're used to.@richpuchalsky
(DIR) Post #B1DKAT0VlydEHyaZWq by cy@fedicy.us.to
2025-12-13T18:21:55Z
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The constant activity of many, who can no longer act, because they can no longer repair, and so things are falling apart. It's not a matter of complexity. The car and computer manufacturers have shut their machine behind a locked door and told you, "It must be that this machine is too complex for you to fix it."CC: @richpuchalsky@mastodon.social
(DIR) Post #B1DP5OnmTq3xZM2MUq by tg9541@mas.to
2025-12-13T18:31:45Z
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@cy You're right, but that doesn't mean that one can't opt out. Use a bike, repair your stuff, spend time reading books, take care of the people around you, refuse to be the substrate of "social business", be punk.@richpuchalsky
(DIR) Post #B1DP5QCdGvXHuifis4 by cy@fedicy.us.to
2025-12-13T19:16:48Z
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If I can ride a bicycle, everything is still falling apart around me. Even if you can't repair something yourself, it's a problem if those of us who can are being stopped from maintaining it.Not actually disagreeing with you on anything, I just don't feel like this is an insurmountable problem. There's nothing you can do to make increased complexity less complicated, but people are messing shit up even worse on top of that, and if we stop them, it will be much better.CC: @richpuchalsky@mastodon.social
(DIR) Post #B1DSBmbTCRckzK0xKS by tg9541@mas.to
2025-12-13T19:35:37Z
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@cy The only thing we may disagree on is the "if we stop them" part. We can't. It's a scaled social system. Stopping them means it falls apart, and as that's your concern it might not the thing to do. I have confidence in the ability of humans to construct their world. Mine will end in a few short years, and that's not the end of the world.@richpuchalsky
(DIR) Post #B1DSBnsWSWrIwV05Y0 by cy@fedicy.us.to
2025-12-13T19:51:31Z
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Maybe we can't stop it from falling apart, because it definitely is falling apart since nobody's stopping them. I like to assume that there must be something to do about it though. Definitely an interesting time to live in.Sorry if you're out of time, but if it's any consolation I'm pretty sure ten years from now isn't going to be anything you'd want to see.CC: @richpuchalsky@mastodon.social