Notices by Kev Quirk (kev@fosstodon.org), page 86

@brian wha's the URL again? I'd like to check it out.

@joseph @Matter I was going to ask the same question. So this isn't really Load Balancing, it's actually HA (High Availability). 👍

Note, ANY user can generate an invite link. Just go to https://fosstodon.org/invites to generate a temporary link. So if you want people to sign up, you can still allow them to. Sorry guys.

Unfortunately, because we have received a fairly large number of bots signing up in the last few hours (approximately 50), we have had to disable signing up for the time being.

@mike and I will monitor to see how things go, but we need a better long-term solution really. Unfortunately, #Mastodon doesn't seem to have one yet. 😞

The signup page now looks like this. I really don't like it, but it's all we can do at this point.

@mike great read that, Mike.

@brandon oh right, I see. But yeah, TL;DR - infosec is huge in the UK.

@brandon I'm not sure I agree. In my experience, knowledge has always trumped certificates. Anyone can learn answers to questions, but that's different to truly understanding the content.

For example, I was told the other day that the CISO for the REALLY large company I work for doesn't have a degree.

@joseph could it not be an issue your side? I obviously don't know, but with numerous products being unreliable for you, could the issue be your connection/machine?

@kiri do it!!

@ivan "PornHub" 😂😂😂😂😂

@fatboy it is.

@ivan please do! The stickerage will improve over time, only had it 3 weeks. 😁

@dajbelshaw you're my hero! In my defence, I've only had the laptop a couple weeks.

@joseph all different places mate, but eBay and UnixStickers mostly.

@g I know that feeling, I'm in the same boat. I was being flippant with my previous comment.

If your laptop doesn't have stickers, is it even a laptop?

#Ubuntu #UbuntuMATE #PickleRick

@ignitionigel @joseph an alternative (if you're willing to spend a little cash) could be a Synology. You don't need a big, fancy one (I have a 4 disk, they're not cheap). You could get a single disk one, which still has all the features on the OS.

You can then use their photo app on the NAS, and android app, which auto-uploads, just like nextcloud. I used it for years, it's rock solid.

Backups - USB disk hanging out the back, or auto-backup to amazon glacier (very small cost)

@brandon I work in the cyber industry within the UK, you're right, it is booming. Not sure what you mean by "high level" though?

@g but no one uses IE, so why does that matter?😁