Notices by Michael W Lucas (mwlucas@mastodon.social)

Idea:

Set up a Masto instance as faecebook.com. Claim it's for elves, pixies, and other fae.

Problem:

Facebook registered that domain.

Once again, my genius is crushed by commercial greed.

"'StrictHostKeyChecking accept-new' is the equivalent of running around without your pants on—it might feel airy and free, but sooner or later someone’s going to take uncivil liberties with your person." #ssh2e #nonotryagain

@phessler I'd love to see a BSD community Mastodon instance.

I'm considering setting up a #Mastodon instance, just for me, so I can control my data.

But people read my tech books, and get the idea that I know what I'm doing. (They're mistaken.)

So: if I set up a personal Mastodon instance: am I setting a bad example? Will the protocols break? Will terrible things happen? Will I destroy a nice platform?

And if I write "Mastodon Mastery" and encourage people to set up their own platform, will I be declared Tooter Of The Apocalypse?

My next tech book. https://blather.michaelwlucas.com/archives/3047

I've wanted #FreeBSD to move the default Postgresql data directory under /var/db for decades. Literally, since about 1996.

They finally did it.

It's timed *perfectly* to maximize my inconvenience.

If they'd done it earlier, I would have caught it in the first draft of #af3e. If they'd done it after it hit print, I'd shrug and move on. But no, I have to rewrite this section.

I am forced to bow to their amazing skill.

It's in print! Buy print from Amazon, get the kindle version for free.

http://amzn.to/2ePTRYE

#savagedbysystemd