fishcharlie

@fishcharlie@eventfrontier.com

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨When building a home server, could a used/cheap PC do the job?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  It really depends on what you’re trying to do. At the end of the day, the foundational components are pretty standard across the board. All machines have a CPU, motherboard, storage mechanism, etc. Oftentimes those actual servers have a form factor better suited for rack mounting. They often have more powerful components.

  But at the end of the day, the difference isn’t as striking as most people not aware of this stuff think.

  I’d say considering this is your first experience, you should start with converting an old PC due to the lower price point, and then expand as needed. You’ll learn a lot and get a lot of experience from starting there.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How to convince my uni / dept. to switch to Mastodon?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s not really any different than hosting any other service.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Do people actually use Mastodon for something else than posting cats and hiking photos?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I was lucky to get in in the early days when posting Mastodon handles on Twitter was common so was able to easily migrate. But this is a problem with ActivityPub right now I feel like. Discovery algorithms can be awful in the timeline, but so useful for finding people/communities to follow.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I think the best use of GenAI is to summarise webpages⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I wish it worked on more webpages. But totally agree.