They still federate with some instances. They’re just like everyone else, but have strict rules about not being a jerk.

It’s way more fun to pretend hexbear and .ml are super dark and scary than to admit what they mostly actually are: leftist memes and shit posting.

Notice Beehaw’s not on the “good” list anymore? Wonder why they’re not on there…

Is your upright the one with all the little compartments? That one looked to me like the most efficient upright design I’ve ever seen.

“bezos can’t die until he earns his current net worth at minimum wage. And he has to live on what he earns.”

I’d make way more money in defense. I’ve actively avoided it in my career. I spent one summer at LM as an intern. Never went back.

I bought a protectli awhile back. Mines 4 port 2.5 gbps nics, and it runs opnsense out the box.

You should take a look at their sfp+ model, if I were in your shoes that’s what I’d be looking at. It’s all in one, works nicely, is incredibly customizable, and is lower power usage than basically anything you’ll build yourself.

I use that for my router/firewall, then I use an off lease dell thin client to run my home assistant server, and a standard off the shelf buffalo nas. If you’re into immich, I’ll recommend jellyfin over Plex. I used it for years but they started collecting more data, sticking their own junk in etc. Jellyfin is open source and works great.

I lived there for years and didn’t know this! That’s insane!

Additional fun fact, Kansas has in the past attempted to annex Kansas City, Missouri.

The metro area being split between MO and KS has also caused a race to the bottom for certain kinds of regulations and taxes because for many businesses the cost of moving between the two states was essentially moving from one side of State Line Rd to the other.

Such a strange metro area.

They didn’t want to compromise their ability to spy on us easily.

My former officemate grew up in Russia in the 80s, he hated a shitload about growing up in the Soviet Union. He raved consistently about two things: the education system and gender equality.

His mother was a mathematician and computer programmer, and he didn’t have issues with school there until after he’d been here (the US) as an exchange student and had some… Cultural differences with his teachers.

“People who smile a lot in Russia are considered to be unintelligent”