Alex Vranas @Alex@vran.as

@srdesantis I run my own single-user instance, and it's not a problem.

There are definitely benefits to joining a niche instance, but the only thing that would keep you from enjoying the rest of the fediverse is defederation from larger instances.

Folks on the birdsite are going wild after I shared this absolutely legendary response to a Nazi by @Gargron

I'll take this guy over Musk any day!

I have something terrible to admit. On my work computer, I have officially switched to Microsoft Edge...

I know, I know... I tried out the Vertical Tabs, and now I can't go back. Once Chrome does this though, I'll probably go back.

Getting a PoS cash drawer delivered monthly via Amazon subscription.

Brands can totally come to the Fediverse, they just need to understand how it works.

Think of it less like joining a Social Media network, and more like starting an IRC channel.

If you come in trying to monetize your existence here, expect to get dragged.

So I took a look at this "Tribel" social network that liberals keep talking about as an alternative to Twitter, and it is a complete hellscape. Similar baseless hysteria to Parler, just on the other side of the aisle.

And we descend further into the post-truth era.

Alternative social networks shouldn't be factioned around political parties like this. It's dumb.

Fediverse FTW.

My favorite part about using a Mac is that it refuses to understand what the scroll wheel on my mouse is for. Am I scrolling up, am I scrolling down? My computer certainly can never decide...

I keep my old phone and old headphones around in case I need to doomscroll and listen to music while my primary devices charge.

I swear, if I ever encounter a truly boring situation, I might actually die from the shock.

Telling my conservative acquaintances that I own a social media company (run a one user Mastodon server) to gain their respect.

Using shodan.io for content discovery. I found so many Icecast servers!

@halcy @zalasur@mastodon.technology I was actually a pretty avid user of Stadia, but they're refunding every single purchase I ever made, so I'm just going to end up going on a Steam shopping spree now.

Has anyone ever actually successfully burned a DVD-R DL or BD-R DL disc?

I'm not convinced it's actually possible. Never once in my life have I burned a multi-layer disc without a failure...

Fun discovery on the Internet Archive. Seattle traffic camera images from as far back as 2003!

https://web.archive.org/web/*/https://www.seattle.gov/trafficcams/images/*

Rocking my @suricrasia merch at the bar.

One day I just stopped listening to Spotify and started mostly listening to https://www.hollowearthradio.org/ and https://scenesat.com/ Internet radio.

I'd say my life has improved as a result.