@simonw do you not tether much with your mobile phone provider? I’ll regularly do this providing access for my iPad, laptop, or even the youngest kid’s iPhone (she has no SIM in it, she’s only 9).
@d3z I'm just amazed that it's still up and running. I was sure that I'd turned it off while attempting an upgrade and forgotten to turn it on again 🙂
(I don't schedule it to be annual, it's just that it seems to be that the Christmas break is the only opportunity I actually get to maintain the server.)
Hosting company got back to me and said they could migrate in all my existing devices. For about £7 per device per year. That’s not happening.
Back to using the Cloud Key locally!
@bolster didn’t seem to take. But I remembered to sign back in eventually!
@nivrig @d3z @paddy wonder if the Fediverse can support a Slack style of chat.
Channels could be based around hashtags, threads based on replies. With the right client you can marshal regular Mastodon-style messages into something more akin to Slack, and with restrictions on federation (eg no incoming follows supported) you can have the effect of a private server.
@nivrig @d3z @paddy I’m not opposed to paying for stuff myself, or taking donations. All depends on how people use it - if it’s just a dumping ground for their own private communities, then I’m not advocating that individuals or donations pay for that.
That said, I’m not sure people would move from Slack. Many companies are using Slack these days and it’s very handy to have NI Tech stuff in the same window as the work stuff. (Though for some, I guess it’s a downside).
@d3z @paddy this was posted by Claire over on the Slack this morning: https://slackhq.com/an-apology-and-an-update
Following up on my Python build woes last week, I finally got it sort of working.
In the end it was trying to use libraries that were in both `/usr/local/lib` (for `libpython`) and `/usr/local/lib64` (for `libssl` and `libcrypto`), but my existing configuration for the Python build was only looking in `/usr/local/lib`.
Next step is to figure out why Python isn't building/installing to `/usr/local/lib64`.
Have to say though - Docker really makes this kind of thing a lot easier than it used to be. Trying this in the past used to be way harder - when the environment is contaminated with leftovers from previous failed attempts, it can be hard to determine if your process will actually work in a clean system.
Today in "Shouldn't we be past this shite": trying to compile Python to use a non-system version of OpenSSL.
* Can get Python to compile and work, but it pulls in the system OpenSSL.
* Can get Python to compile, link against the non-system OpenSSL, but can't find libpython.
* Can get Python to compile, link against libpython, but is unable to find libssl/libcrypto
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