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James Smith 💾
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Generic humanoid carbon unit. ❤️ tech, democracy, environment, society.
Currently building @manyfold and site admin @ https://mastodon.me.uk
Alignment: Chaotic Whimsy.
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239 days ago•••
I’m hearing worrying rumours that Shapeways has gone bust and closed its doors for good, though that hasn’t been officially confirmed.
Bad news for those of us who like to create physical three-dimensional objects without getting our hands dirty.
Anyone know good alternatives (perhaps based in the UK)?
239 days ago•••
didn't you use someone in NL for your prints?
239 days ago•••
yes, shapeways 😬 was about to start two new of my guitars so watching to see where people migrate to
240 days ago•••
Investigating Matrix to replace google chat, does it really matter what server you're on? Are there any specific benefits to rolling our own? (or is it just a potential vulnerability?) We'll be using it for e2ee. #matrix
240 days ago•••
it doesn't really matter, though matrix.org have said they don't want to be a big centralised one so do encourage people elsewhere. Self-hosting one with someone like https://etke.cc/ might be a good place to start.
240 days ago•••
the main gotcha is that account migration isn't great; so if you can, head to somewhere you want to stay. Worth noting that Beeper is a matrix system, and they put a lot of work into the bridges to other networks.
240 days ago•••
good to know! other half wants something he can use in the browser, Element seems to offer that which is why I was wondering whether RYO might be an option - we already run a home server for a bunch of stuff
240 days ago•••
You do not want to run your own matrix homeserver. You want to run as little of matrix as possible.
240 days ago•••
Right, thanks, I will definitely heed that.
240 days ago•••
I would recommend just using Element with the matrix.org server, or perhaps Beeper.
That said if this is just for you/partner e2e chat I would look at something else. It's got more sharp edges than a bag of rusty razors.
240 days ago•••
it certainly seems complex to self-host. It's a LOT of little parts that all need to work together.
240 days ago•••
It is also an absolute resource hog, and by the time you've realised how not-fun running your own homeserver is you're screwed because you can't easily migrate off it.
240 days ago•••
I was going to go for a flippant reply based around your track record of doing far too many things, but I'm actually much more interested in why... Do you mean hosting it is bad, or the system itself is bad?
240 days ago•••
That is a longer conversation I would prefer to have over a beer 😬
In this specific circumstance I mean hosting your own homeserver is bad. Almost everyone I know who has done that eventually regretted it - the current stack is not fun to maintain, and I would not want to rely on it for my own personal comms.
There is promising work to fix it but it's not quite baked.
241 days ago•••
241 days ago•••
that is a nice tower. I'm a sucker for rotationally-offset structures.
241 days ago•••
nice! We drove past Adastral Park last month - I feel this kind of architecture perhaps just reminds me of the future Jerry Anderson promised me which is why I'm with you on this.
241 days ago•••
having said that, West Point (the second photo) looks like how you'd design a building to lose as much heat as possible, but it's still hella cool. When the shop in the bottom closed, I briefly entertained opening a boardgame cafe there. Fortunately I was sensible and now it's a Morrisons local.
275 days ago•••
Who'd have thought a post about wheat supply chains would be so interesting...Vittles on 'Separating the Weetabix from the Chaff: The hidden history of Britain’s favourite breakfast cereal' 👌
(also @James Smith 💾 campaign for weetabix emoji starts here)
275 days ago•••
that is a good call...
317 days ago•••
Got very very distracted by discovering that Thruster has been released. It's the missing tiny HTTP server shim that #Rails apps have been missing. HTTP/2, X-Sendfile, gzip compression, and more, all with zero config. And with minimal config, built-in HTTPS with Let's Encrypt. Definitely coming to @manyfold sometime soon.
335 days ago•••
My wife just cut some cheddar with scissors, and I really don’t know what to do.
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