I am but a cog in a machine. A lazy one though.

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Cake day: July 31st, 2023

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  • I’m not forced to, but occasionally my job kinda requires it so I dualboot (most of my coworkers who are on linux run a windows virtual machine when they need it).

    But my previous job required windows due to all the industry specific software only working on windows. No chance of getting that to work on linux sadly. Then I just used windows at work. It’s always my employer’s hardware anyway and I like to keep work and free-time separate so it was ok.







  • I hope someone else can pitch in with a more indepth instructions, but two things I wanted to mention:

    First, forget about hosting your own email from home. Seriously. Even those who do it professionally don’t want to deal with that at home. You’ll find people on fediverse who do it but I’m sure plenty will give you this same recommendation/warning. It’s a huge hassle and it’s so easy to get your domain blocked/ending up on a blacklist and way harder to get out of it.

    Second, I can personally recommend https://linuxupskillchallenge.org/ if you are really starting from scratch ( there’s a community here: !linuxupskillchallenge@programming.dev ). This is how I started and set up my own linux server and started self hosting stuff on it. It’s really basic and won’t teach you everything you need but it’s a great start for setting up your own server. You can do everything with a local server at home that you have set up.




  • With how federation works it does really help investigating vote manipulation cases.

    There is a user who is super active on a community and was consistently getting downvoted with 10-15 downvotes, making sure certain post filters would never show this content on all feed. All the downvoters were the same on every post, they were from a new instance that has/had no web frontend and none had comment history.


  • Guess this depends a lot on your location, field of work, and your years of experience.

    Last two jobs I got because of linkedin connections contacting me through it. They never had my email/number but they did have my linkedin.

    The job search functionality (and applying through linkedin) is shit and I just use it to see what’s out there and was applying on through company websites directly or via email.

    Stopped giving random recruiters my CV and details via linkedin chat years ago because I started suspecting that they are just bots with linkedin premium.

    I’m planning to ditch linkedin soon. Already removed most of my details except for last and current job. It used to be helpful when I was at the beginning of my career but now I feel like I could possibly find a job the old fashion way via direct contacting (this isn’t always available for every job but I honestly don’t care where I work).