I'm glad to announce the release of version 2.64 of #snac, the simple, minimalistic #ActivityPub instance server written in C. It includes the following changes (mostly bugfixes):
Some tweaks for better integration with https://bsky.brid.gy (the BlueSky bridge by brid.gy).
A corner case bug in the media proxying code has been fixed.
Hashtags can now include underscores.
The server now creates a pidfile inside the data directory.
Mastodon API: fixed a crash in the notification code, fixed autocapitalization in the OAuth login field (contributed by fkooman).
I'm glad to announce the release of version 2.64 of #snac, the simple, minimalistic #ActivityPub instance server written in C. It includes the following changes (mostly bugfixes):
Michael is someone who is always present, both physically and morally, at every BSD and ZFS event. He raises funds, organizes, handles technical details, and does all of this tirelessly and relentlessly for many years.
His talks are always engaging and full of valuable content.
It was a pleasure to meet him at EuroBSDCon, and it will be a pleasure to see him again at the first available opportunity.
Michael is someone who is always present, both physically and morally, at every BSD and ZFS event. He raises funds, organizes, handles technical details, and does all of this tirelessly and relentlessly for many years.
His talks are always engaging and full of valuable content.
It was a pleasure to meet him at EuroBSDCon, and it will be a pleasure to see him again at the first available opportunity.
The only fiber cable between Finland and Germany has suffered a cut last night. The cable mostly follows the Nord Stream routing in the bottom of the baltic sea.
The remaining links are mostly via Sweden.
I would expect this to hurt Hetzner the worst, since a lot of the workloads they host in Finland are here just for the cheap electricity but are actually connecting with clients elsewhere.
Must be weeks rather than days before this is fixed
The only fiber cable between Finland and Germany has suffered a cut last night. The cable mostly follows the Nord Stream routing in the bottom of the baltic sea.
The remaining links are mostly via Sweden.
I would expect this to hurt Hetzner the worst, since a lot of the workloads they host in Finland are here just for the cheap electricity but are actually connecting with clients elsewhere.
This afternoon, an acquaintance joined a Mastodon instance and asked me which "celebrities" are present in the Fediverse, as if it were important to determine the value of a social network based on that.
I told him that the most important user in the Fediverse is him. Just as it’s you, reading this. Someone who has decided to interact with others freely. Who has chosen to trust their administrator (or create their own instance) more than they trust those who run traditional, monolithic, centralized social networks.
So, I want to thank all the friends of BSD Cafe, whether local or not, for being here and making this place what it is. And I thank all my friends in the Fediverse, who make my timeline lively, interesting, intelligent, fun, and thought-provoking - every day, at any time.
This afternoon, an acquaintance joined a Mastodon instance and asked me which "celebrities" are present in the Fediverse, as if it were important to determine the value of a social network based on that.
I told him that the most important user in the Fediverse is him. Just as it’s you, reading this. Someone who has decided to interact with others freely. Who has chosen to trust their administrator (or create their own instance) more than they trust those who run traditional, monolithic, centralized social networks.
I'm making exceptional progress and am wrapping up a few things before I prepare to launch this exciting new service!
ICYMI: I'm building an open source/self-hostable Starter Kit service that will allow fediverse users to safely build kits and share/use them with ease.
On this Saturday one decade prior, I was not alive.
Firefighters broke down the door. Hypoxic body moved to the floor.
EMT slit my throat. Primed the airway for life support.
Defibrillators fired off. Electric reset, buffers gone.
Brain remained offline, machines keeping in-time.
While the medical pathways may describe, too many emotions remain intertwined. The neural surgeons, the ER team, and everyone else in between, they simply said that I was gone. We had both died, one twin following the other, yet against all odds till on this day — today — I am somehow still alive.
Today I am 3,655 days old 🩷
🏥 Today is an Anniversary 🏥
On this Saturday one decade prior, I was not alive.
Firefighters broke down the door. Hypoxic body moved to the floor.
EMT slit my throat. Primed the airway for life support.
Defibrillators fired off. Electric reset, buffers gone.
Brain remained offline, machines keeping in-time.
ME: Hello computer! Please show me what I was doing recently
COMPUTER IN THE 1980's: l cease to exist when I am powered off. Please start whatever you were doing from scratch
COMPUTER IN THE 2000's: Yep here you go champ
COMPUTER IN THE 2020's: I stored 10,000 identical copies of what you were doing in 500 different global datacentres at a carbon footprint equivalent to leaving a semi-trailer idling 24/7 and also sent a copy to the FBI just to be safe. Let me know which one you want and I'll do my best to figure it out. By the way here are 10 things which are similar to what you were doing and 9 of them are ads. Do you like this? Please select "I love this very much" or "I'll be in love with this later" to continue
ME: Hello computer! Please show me what I was doing recently
COMPUTER IN THE 1980's: l cease to exist when I am powered off. Please start whatever you were doing from scratch
COMPUTER IN THE 2000's: Yep here you go champ
COMPUTER IN THE 2020's: I stored 10,000 identical copies of what you were doing in 500 different global datacentres at a carbon footprint equivalent to leaving a semi-trailer idling 24/7 and also sent a copy to the FBI just to be safe. Let me know which one you want and I'll do my...
And so, it’s Saturday night. Again. Sometimes, it feels like, after turning 40, the weeks fly by as quickly as days did when I was 20.
Time flows, and we pass along with it.
That’s why I love living each day with enthusiasm, positivity, and an open heart. And even though it’s still Saturday night here, this image from just a few hours ago is perfect to wish everyone a wonderful #SilentSunday
(look at the alt text for a deeper idea I had when taking this photo)
And so, it’s Saturday night. Again. Sometimes, it feels like, after turning 40, the weeks fly by as quickly as days did when I was 20.
Time flows, and we pass along with it.
That’s why I love living each day with enthusiasm, positivity, and an open heart. And even though it’s still Saturday night here, this image from just a few hours ago is perfect to wish everyone a wonderful #SilentSunday
This week in a nutshell: a series of Windows VPS migrated from Proxmox to FreeBSD, a new OpenBSD installation, and a NetBSD-based tutorial in the works. A series of FreeBSD jail migrations between various servers (some optimizations, others upgrades). A long-awaited reply that still hasn't arrived. The video of my interview, however, has arrived. A surprise article (which won't appear on my blog but in a much more important place for our BSD community) has almost been finished. Some new and old friends have joined the BSD Cafe.
A Pixel 9 Pro XL with GrapheneOS has become (to my great satisfaction) my daily driver – and I must thank the post https://exquisite.social/@h3artbl33d/113437597486377905 by @h3artbl33d for reigniting my interest in making it my daily driver. Yesterday, I also got a smartwatch fully supported by Gadgetbridge (thanks for this great piece of software, @gadgetbridge )so I no longer have to send my personal data around. And once again, thanks to the friends on the Fediverse (I won’t list them all) for the interesting list of suggestions that came from this post: https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/@stefano/113474709502407272.
Some photos, lots of bureaucracy, almost enough sleep. Now it's Friday night, and the next step is to head to bed. I’ll configure Gadgetbridge more thoroughly while my wife starts dozing off before deciding what to watch, so I’ll probably end up watching something on my own.
Meanwhile, as often happens whenever she sees me a little tired or a bit demoralized, she quietly pulled out and hung up what’s in the photo, next to my bed station, to remind me of the positivity and joy of those days.
Happy Friday, friends of the BSD Cafe and the entire Fediverse. Have a great weekend!
This week in a nutshell: a series of Windows VPS migrated from Proxmox to FreeBSD, a new OpenBSD installation, and a NetBSD-based tutorial in the works. A series of FreeBSD jail migrations between various servers (some optimizations, others upgrades). A long-awaited reply that still hasn't arrived. The video of my interview, however, has arrived. A surprise article (which won't appear on my blog but in a much more important place for our BSD community) has almost been finished. Some new and old friends...
Gregory's Server
