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Huh. It's a lot cheaper than I expected it to be. Only $300. Might be kinda useful if the pendulum swings back towards actually storing all your data on your o

Huh. It's a lot cheaper than I expected it to be. Only $300. Might be kinda useful if the pendulum swings back towards actually storing all your data on your own devices instead of in the clown. And if anyone starts writing actual tools for Desktop Android.

a1o 2y ago
> clown That's the best typo ever, I had an extension for chrome many years ago that allowed to replace "cloud" with a different word for funsies because it was used everywhere, might ressurect it using clown.
- DaoVeles 2y ago
  I'm not sure it is a typo. I have been calling it 'the clown' or 'the clod' for years. So I suspect others have been too.
  - adamomada 2y ago
    https://github.com/apage43/cloud-to-clown https://github.com/apage43/cloud-to-clown
    - arcanemachiner 2y ago
      This is like the nerd version of rule 34.
- egypturnash 2y ago
  Deliberate. I’m working on a comic set in a dystopia run by AIs that have decided that “cartoon clowns” are the best way to tell humans what to do.
  - Bluestein 2y ago
    Do post links, previews, etc. :)
    - egypturnash 2y ago
      http://egypt.urnash.com/npol/ http://egypt.urnash.com/npol/
- Bluestein 2y ago
  Gosh. "Clown Devices" :) PS. Actually, it might be a good word for "self hosted cloud" setups, where you "[c]loud [own] (as in, 'ownership')" your data and infra is under user control ...
zoom6628 2y ago
I have 7" touch screen waiting me to attach a pi4 to make a proper portable Linux device I can travel with. Laptops too big and the GPD tiny ones too expensive for me. I can't use anything smaller than 7" and don't want bigger than 10" for convenience. Less than $200 can have "ideal" setup.
- Bluestein 2y ago
  7''/8'' is indeed some sort of sweet spot.- (I was doing "portable" using a then-huge 8'' 'generic android phablet' with a foldable Bluetooth keyboard a few years back ...)
theshrike79 2y ago
You can swing your own pendulum any time you want, there are very few services (email being one IMO) that aren't worth self-hosting. You can easily sync your media to a server you own (Immich or NextCloud), Notes can live in Obsidian, which syncs to a place you control etc.

a1o 2y ago

> clown That's the best typo ever, I had an extension for chrome many years ago that allowed to replace "cloud" with a different word for funsies because it was used everywhere, might ressurect it using clown.

DaoVeles 2y ago
I'm not sure it is a typo. I have been calling it 'the clown' or 'the clod' for years. So I suspect others have been too.
- adamomada 2y ago
  https://github.com/apage43/cloud-to-clown https://github.com/apage43/cloud-to-clown
  - arcanemachiner 2y ago
    This is like the nerd version of rule 34.
egypturnash 2y ago
Deliberate. I’m working on a comic set in a dystopia run by AIs that have decided that “cartoon clowns” are the best way to tell humans what to do.
- Bluestein 2y ago
  Do post links, previews, etc. :)
  - egypturnash 2y ago
    http://egypt.urnash.com/npol/ http://egypt.urnash.com/npol/
Bluestein 2y ago
Gosh. "Clown Devices" :) PS. Actually, it might be a good word for "self hosted cloud" setups, where you "[c]loud [own] (as in, 'ownership')" your data and infra is under user control ...

zoom6628 2y ago

I have 7" touch screen waiting me to attach a pi4 to make a proper portable Linux device I can travel with. Laptops too big and the GPD tiny ones too expensive for me. I can't use anything smaller than 7" and don't want bigger than 10" for convenience. Less than $200 can have "ideal" setup.

Bluestein 2y ago
7''/8'' is indeed some sort of sweet spot.- (I was doing "portable" using a then-huge 8'' 'generic android phablet' with a foldable Bluetooth keyboard a few years back ...)

theshrike79 2y ago

You can swing your own pendulum any time you want, there are very few services (email being one IMO) that aren't worth self-hosting. You can easily sync your media to a server you own (Immich or NextCloud), Notes can live in Obsidian, which syncs to a place you control etc.