Wikipedia says “direct messages are offered though a central service”. If that’s was/still is correct then you’re correct, it’s centralized.

Nuance is the friend of truth - pedantic.

It’s posting your images to the world by default?

Immich was alright once I had manually set every account to be “Partners” with every other account. I plan to set it up again once I get hardware for the server so I can easily backup images/video from my phone (while at home anyway).

Never used Instagram. Could selfhosting Pixelfed be useful for sharing pictures between family members?

Learning is difficult but I have to believe it is still part of the solution.

It’s not always obvious or easy to make what non-techies will find easy. Changes could unintentionally make the experience worse for long-time users.

I know people don’t want to hear it but can we expect non-techies to meet techies half way by leveling their tech skill tree a bit?

Techy people are a lot more likely to jump through hoops because that knowledge/experience makes it easier for them, they understand it’s worthwhile or because it’s fun. If software can be made easier for non-techy people and there’s no downsides then of course that aught to be done.

Nice try, dad.

Was it more than a printer (that’s what I read about)?

Mafia boss found not guilty. Made an offfer the individual couldn’t refuse, finds judge.

What are the major advancements outlined in the wallpaper?

I’ve seen a wallpaper of linux commands before but this is ridiculous.

BLTG - bisexual language translation group

I have not seen the acronym written as GLBT in quite a long time.

Like a dedicated ’Controversy’ section on Wikipedia but for the modern consumer/end user protection. This gonna’ be good.

If you ain’t using version control for your policy, you ain’t a real one.

I’ve only heard he streams the entirety other people’s work for a living, what are the journalists saying?

That’s good to hear. I assume people saying “ZFS” are usually referring to this OpenZFS (and usually not Oracle ZFS)?

How does it work before this release?

I was unaware of that phrase/book, you’re probably right.

I remember hearing about DRM on trains from a Louis Rossmann right to repair video (turns out he was talking about them).

“Delay, deflect, derail” needs it’s own wikipedia page (like Embrace, extend, and extinguish).