@bun @GossiTheDog Bring Your Own Device. An acknowledgement by businesses that many people have, for example a personal mobile phone which is more recent than the one they issue, and that it is very inconvenient to operate with two devices. They benefit from the intermingling of work and personal life, with people taking work home, for example, but this introduces complex security issues.
@liv Mythic-Beasts do DNS registration, are technical and customer focussed, and, unlike many companies, understand the fediverse by being here @beasts
Almost as alarming to find the number of Universities - who should know better - running their email on MS Exchange.
@Nickiquote @alwirtes @sk76 @futurebird at University (a long time ago!) some of the halls of residence were fitted with 2 amp sockets an students bought 13A extension socket blocks and fitted them with 2A plugs. You could trace the wiring in the room by the warmer patch in the wall when a kettle was in use!
@mansr @lampsofgold @futurebird I worked on an oil rig which had both 110V and 240v sockets available, and plugged a US VT220 computer terminal into a 240V socket. The device ends of the cables were IEC 60320 C13/C14 connectors, with different mains plugs, and there were plenty of both types available. It ran for several days π
re: Olimex order arrived, safely and quickly π
Olimex order arrived, safely and quickly π
My order of two Pioneer Freedombox systems, one for home, and one to lend to friends so they can try it, arrived. The order was put in yesterday, and I am in the UK, and we are in the Christmas period. Excellent service from @olimex and DHL (who donβt have a Fediverse presence.)
@mike @rwg @jdp23 I see Flipboard and similar as being able to add value as content aggregators, similar to the way the BBC has βThe Papersβ articles on its website. Flipboard, by working with publishers, hence filtering out unreliable sources, could give access to a spectrum of views on, say Electric cars.
@cwebber I have been an XMPP fan for ages, and find it really frustrating that due to networking effects (of the social kind) everyone non technical is hooked on WhatsApp and how good and useful it is (and it is, I use it, but reluctantly), when the concept of Instant Messaging is good and useful. I am very concerned about Who pays for WhatsApp . People assume the WhatsApp fairy.
re: The problem of proving 'real' identity
I have written more on The Proof of Identity Problem on my blog