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mwest
·hace 6 meses·discuss
That doesn't work either? Looks like the .com and .net domains are sadly just up for sale rather than being used for something fun.
mwest
·hace 6 meses·discuss
Very cool, some nice nostalgia looking through that list!

Missed a trick not being able to “telnet telnet.org” though. :-)
mwest
·hace 3 años·discuss
The word "adaptation" has a few specific meanings in the field of biology.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adaptation
mwest
·hace 3 años·discuss
Insomnia Festival is the largest of these in the UK I believe. In fact, i71 is going on right now. :-)

https://www.insomniagamingfestival.com/lan

Still manages to capture some of that "old school" LAN feel if you bring your own PC.
mwest
·hace 3 años·discuss
The only one I've seen that comes close is https://keys.pub/ but it still misses a lot of what keybase gives (sigchains, etc.)

Previous HN thread: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22995792

Are there any others to consider? It's been quite sad to see Keybase so stifled after being acquired. :-(
mwest
·hace 4 años·discuss
Wow, I love the "daily tabs" concept. I'll install this and give it a go. Thanks!

"The use-case of tabs are websites that you know are going to change: subreddits, games, or tools that you want to use for a few minutes daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly, or yearly."
mwest
·hace 4 años·discuss
If you're interested in this kind of thing, you may also want to check out:

- the Distributed YouTube Archive Discord: https://discord.com/invite/PQqks7eSKc

- ArchiveTeam also do a significant amount of YT archiving: https://wiki.archiveteam.org/index.php/YouTube

- a similar, but private effort: https://reddit.com/r/Archivists/comments/5uvfpw/youtube_arch...
mwest
·hace 4 años·discuss
Some great nostalgia reading this. If you want more, check out Jason Scott's "BBS: The Documentary": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dddbe9OuJLU&list=PL7nj3G6Jpv...
mwest
·hace 4 años·discuss
In theory you can use OTR[1] but I've yet to see an easy way to use this from a phone.

I remember IRC very fondly, but I feel it has a lot of baggage that makes it difficult to bring into the modern era.

This blog post (not mine) explains it quite well: https://jlu5.com/blog/im-tired-of-irc-heres-why

[1] https://otr.cypherpunks.ca/
mwest
·hace 4 años·discuss
Comes up with a privacy error atm. Guess their server got bit hard by HN?

Cached copy here: https://web.archive.org/web/20220915015328/https://pestnet.i...

Reminds me a bit of SILC: http://www.silcnet.org/

Still going to struggle with UX on a phone though...
mwest
·hace 4 años·discuss
I had the same question some time ago. The Wikipedia page is, as always, quite interesting. Although I think the tl;dr is "the name's so old, no one really knows". But the theory is:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isle_of_Man#Name

"The name is probably cognate with the Welsh name of the island of Anglesey, Ynys Môn, usually derived from a Celtic word for 'mountain' (reflected in Welsh mynydd, Breton menez, and Scottish Gaelic monadh), from a Proto-Celtic *moniyos."
mwest
·hace 4 años·discuss
Although not the same as a LAN party at a friend's house, I've quite enjoyed Insomnia in the UK a few times. Still some great LAN party vibes with a group of friends!

https://insomniagamingfestival.com/lan/
mwest
·hace 4 años·discuss
Very chill domain name... ;-)
mwest
·hace 4 años·discuss
I too am a fan of FIRE. :-)

I think most folks will still want something to do - and a purpose - post-retirement, especially if it's early. It would be nice to live to work, rather than work to live...

Good luck with your target!
mwest
·hace 4 años·discuss
You have ~80,000 hours in your career. Make them count. :-)

https://80000hours.org/
mwest
·hace 4 años·discuss
The stand-out innocence (or naivety) of the title is what made me click on this post. :-)
mwest
·hace 4 años·discuss
Thanks for the guide!

I've always felt setting up the server is the easy part. The more complicated bit is setting up the clients, especially for friends who aren't as tech savvy, or just don't want to bother figuring out all the moving parts.

I see you mention client setup in passing at the end, but do you have a suggestions for a more complete guide for setting up things client-side? I've yet to find one.