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I think it's getting harder to "be your own person" digitally. For example, host your own mail. Do people host their own webservers anymore? (is a VPS is goo
by m463 3y ago
I think it's getting harder to "be your own person" digitally.
For example, host your own mail.
Do people host their own webservers anymore? (is a VPS is good enough?)
IRC? muds?
The rise of smartphones made "computing" accessible to everyone, but people can't actually compute.
Computers used to come with a language. You could write your own programs and run them from the getgo. You didn't have to ask permission to digitally sign your own program and run it.
- Repulsion9513 3y ago> For example, host your own mail. Ugh, yeah, good luck on this one. You can get by quite well using one of the major providers as an (outbound-only, if desired) gateway though. > Do people host their own webservers anymore? (is a VPS is good enough?) Yes and yes but mostly it's Docker hell > IRC? muds? They're both still around, albeit a shadow of their former selves. IRC is better than ever, use a client like The Lounge and it's basically(*) a modern chat app. (* Okay, stuff like multi-line and message editing are still effectively missing, but you get embeds and whatnot)