Posts by abbenm@mastodon.social
(DIR) Post #9oQphfw3lUcopu45h2 by abbenm@mastodon.social
2019-10-29T22:39:01Z
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@kemonine awesome!I wish I was deeper into the rooting phones world, but I've hesitated to root things just because basically every tutorial I've ever seen, even the "root from linux!" ones seem to eventually require firing up a windows PC for some part of the process.
(DIR) Post #9oQqVRCMpZirbqQAuu by abbenm@mastodon.social
2019-10-29T22:46:53Z
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@kemonine I think my use cases for potential rooting are (1) just knowing how to do it and turning any past-its-life android phone of mine into my version of a raspberry pi, (2) instinctive distrust of hardware from chinese manufacturers, (3) I've had issues remotely connecting to an internet-connected android phone, opening ports on them and whatnot that *seem* like they would be easier to resolve on a rooted device.I DO take your point though about life being short and not bothering
(DIR) Post #9oQquytgg1xvMbrciO by abbenm@mastodon.social
2019-10-29T22:52:38Z
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@kemonine Cool! I currently have a cheap walmart phone that goes by the brand of "BLU" but I have great respect for old Nexus phones.I've got a version of the Servers Ultimate app plus all the extensions that I got from the Amazon App Store, back when they did their "Actually Free(TM)" program. But my issue is being able to successfully remotely connect to the server that's running on the BLU phone. And I'm fuzzy on next steps but it SEEMS like rooting would make it easier.
(DIR) Post #9oQr2nZafD4IYjBvE0 by abbenm@mastodon.social
2019-10-29T22:53:37Z
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@kemonine Anyway, I haven't thought about my hobbies/interests/chores in terms of the time/value of money framework and I really should be emphasizing that a bit more in how I spend my energies, and in a strange way THAT may be the helpful lesson I get from fiddling with my silly BLU phone
(DIR) Post #9oQrPCMVBCuzoMkaAK by abbenm@mastodon.social
2019-10-29T22:57:54Z
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@kemonine good to know with BLUs. Right now I'm using one effectively as my wifi router.This whole train of thought started for me because I just paid for a month of a vultr VPS and saw that I connected to it remotely via an IP, without a registered domain name, and was like, "wait, I could just do this from an internet-connected phone"So a cheap alternative to a VPS is my end-game, I guess, but I'd like to go about it in a way that passes a sanity check in terms of time/effort invested haha
(DIR) Post #9oQrmv0jLIXswosSxM by abbenm@mastodon.social
2019-10-29T23:02:22Z
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@kemonine Thanks. I guess the only missing piece to the puzzle is if (if!!!) there exists a convenient way to be an internet-connected IP that isn't through a major cell network from one of the major evil carriers.
(DIR) Post #9oke5W3fsfOkcOXkw4 by abbenm@mastodon.social
2019-11-08T12:02:51Z
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I'm trying to keep track of the mass migrations to Mastodon that have happened.I think it started with:- early adopters, programmers, FOSS people- tons of peeps in Japan- furry community moving off Twitter- LGBTQ+ folks leaving twitter- people who saw that polygon article (me) or heard about it when it started getting mentioned on hackernews- comics/artists leaving twitter- NSFW blogs leaving Tumblr- sex workers- and now, Indian politics Twitter usersAm I missing any big moments?
(DIR) Post #9opYispxrFDypkMWHJ by abbenm@mastodon.social
2019-11-10T16:26:44Z
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@angristan forgive my beginner-level question, but do you have a general gist of what the brasil migration was? Like roughly when, and why (if there was a why)?
(DIR) Post #9opnEw8KpxMOsD52bQ by abbenm@mastodon.social
2019-11-10T16:50:15Z
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@angristan hope you don't mind me boosting your post. I'm doing that with helpful comments that contribute info on who has been coming to mastodon. Thank you for that one.And based on what you are saying, about your two instances suddenly getting tons of people that definitely qualifies in my mind.
(DIR) Post #9opnp2Swlpd0wDw6RU by abbenm@mastodon.social
2019-11-10T19:23:46Z
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@pootz I was linked to this very good wiki, which is a summary of significant servers and historical moments and other such explainers.https://wiki.freedombone.net/view/welcome-visitors/view/a-peoples-history-of-the-fediverse
(DIR) Post #9oprdKp95c9uDSzgyO by abbenm@mastodon.social
2019-11-08T12:13:10Z
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@ajayagarwalWow, that's awesome! I had no idea. So it became mentioned in the mainstream press in India?
(DIR) Post #9opy7lBUFKsoNrKpiy by abbenm@mastodon.social
2019-11-10T18:22:35Z
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@m4sk1nI prefer to pretend like gab never happened
(DIR) Post #9p2mg23t7k1l85gr3o by abbenm@mastodon.social
2019-11-10T15:37:13Z
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@lertsenem from the feedback I'm getting it's clear the french migration was a notable one that I've omitted.Also I'm glad that now (finally), some people more informed than me are chiming in on this timeline. I was somewhat surprised that my top-of-the-head formulation was new/helpful info and that that history, such as I know of it, was *already* lost to such a wide swath of people here.
(DIR) Post #9p2mqjZ0EvrKwaLZ6e by abbenm@mastodon.social
2019-11-10T16:29:25Z
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@thegibson gotcha. I kinda lumped them in with what I called FOSS/early adopters/programmers, but I do recall encountering distinctly infosec folks early on. Now it's such a blur that it's hard to separate them out.
(DIR) Post #9p2mqjvKttiw3qnOuu by abbenm@mastodon.social
2019-11-10T16:30:26Z
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@thegibson hard in the sense that it's hard for me to look at my masto timeline and by very admittedly idiosyncratic slice of mastodon experience and see anything in the firehose of toots as a recognizeable infosec community. Which is of course more a function of my limited info and experience than anything else
(DIR) Post #9p2mxbVAbzuny3pWHA by abbenm@mastodon.social
2019-11-08T14:27:38Z
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@Stoori gotcha. I'm a bit fuzzy on that detail so that's helpful to know.
(DIR) Post #9p2ntU8a9NMrvJreqW by abbenm@mastodon.social
2019-11-10T15:50:14Z
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@lertsenem yeah. My intent was to kinda lump in GNU Social, Diaspora, etc as FOSS early adopters, although I'm fuzzy on exactly when they showed up and how large a population that was.
(DIR) Post #9p2oedR5OdxsNA0D0C by abbenm@mastodon.social
2019-11-11T15:29:11Z
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Still pretty cool. Still not a fan of being associated with the fandom. But I did like it a lot.
(DIR) Post #9p2oxPOVpJXCKFkaau by abbenm@mastodon.social
2019-10-13T00:19:40Z
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#askmastodon are there any free/open/at east non-evil places to do spreadsheets online, that aren't google or microsoft?
(DIR) Post #9p2oxY3vbDPtD1BmG8 by abbenm@mastodon.social
2019-11-10T16:44:05Z
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One thing this discussion of masto mass-migrations that I'm really enjoying is the extent to which the history of migrations can be ascribed to galvanizing moments within particular communities. As opposed to masses of people being courted, pushed and pulled based on marketing, A/B testing and unconscious behavioral trends, which is normally my mental model for explaining why people go where they where people go.