@badambassador @tnhh @thebeeks I've just tried to find where I got that and I can't, so I might be spreading misinformation, sorry!
@neil @thebeeks I hate CD ripping, mostly because it’s very hard to PROVE the rip was correct (accuraterip support lacking in F/OSS rippers/software on Linux). I don’t have a CD drive permanently in any of my working machines any more. But I do have a loft full of discs to decide what to do with (all ripped, mostly a long time ago and sub optimally)
@badambassador @tnhh @thebeeks that’s true. Although I’ve seen/heard of upscaled music on qobuz, so there’s that to worry about
@hugofirth vim by long habit. But I think if I took the time to learn an IDE it would probably be worth it
https://www.derbytelegraph.co.uk/news/derby-news/derby-teens-lost-computer-art-7826297 a heartwarming story with an Amiga 500 in it
@foosel @maartenballiauw Handling that in nginx is an interesting idea. I'd thought I'd have to write a CGI script or something. Nice!
Said bureaucracy included a chain of no less than five university “one site to rule them all” intranets
I got unreasonably frustrated with some university bureaucracy this afternoon (it was truly spectacular as such things go, but…) which served as a reminder that my usual limits and tolerances don’t apply at the moment
@Edent gitlab.com is an instance of the Gitlab software, which is not the same kind of “centralized” as GitHub. Imho, host there is fine so long as you back up your data.
Fediverse meta
@zhenech thanks. that’s good then imho. They’re moderation was stretched
Fediverse meta
I can’t help but think the public perception that Mastodon (rather than the Fediverse) is the Hot New Thing is ultimately bad, and also that the biggest instance (dot social) should really close its doors to new sign ups so the influx gets better distributed