2026-10-19T02:00:33Z https://nostr.now Greg Vernon https://nostr.now/npub12q4c8r0pvtpt2murd5g99ecq2dy5fk7ceaqe5tz2t5pnzcydrymsnrhktz https://files.mastodon.green/accounts/avatars/109/253/643/563/302/756/original/c10f64b4ebd8ca5e.jpg https://files.mastodon.green/accounts/avatars/109/253/643/563/302/756/original/c10f64b4ebd8ca5e.jpg https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs96yqs6c33nuj6umqe7dv85qhpx5s039a33j06cqvv2n5k8ewrh8czypgzhqudu93v9dt0sdk3q5h8qpf5j3xmmr85rx3vffwsxvtq35vnwel50rk In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs0rs76t0wraj8kn93wnndp7yddgff63j4ks5ya6v870sph85zczyc2wth0h'>nevent1q…th0h</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>My last two Swiss employers ran on-premises cloud infrastructures. It takes a bit of work, but it&#39;s not impossible. One employer was the Swiss NREN, and other NRENs were also running their own &#39;clouds&#39; to my knowledge, mostly because of European privacy regulations. 2025-03-17T20:01:29Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsfxnkvw4nvldf4mlenqxty8zczgq04dk84535zk94ymn77egt605gzypgzhqudu93v9dt0sdk3q5h8qpf5j3xmmr85rx3vffwsxvtq35vnwsxyr4y Being one of the last of the manual cartographers, I recently acquired a K&amp;E LeRoy lettering set off of an auction site. I already have some nice jewel tipped Rapidographs I bought some 40 years ago. Now I have to find some decent drafting film here in Switzerland #geography #gis #fountainpen #drafting 2025-03-07T20:16:28Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsgeqe4lz7p83p93my43lj4k2s0tutqpapj24n20z2x88dxf08njygzypgzhqudu93v9dt0sdk3q5h8qpf5j3xmmr85rx3vffwsxvtq35vnwlauc6e I had been trying to remember what #fountainpen I started out with. A bit of searching, and it turned out it was a Shaeffer No Nonsense pen. The nib was both quite flexible and quite scratchy. But it was cheap, and it was a fountain pen. I eventually picked up a Shaeffer Targa slim and didn&#39;t use it for over 20 years. Now that I&#39;m retired, I&#39;m back to using my Targa, and have acquired a few more.<br/><br/>Great info on my old university pen: <br/><a href="https://rupertarzeian.com/2020/04/29/a-look-back-at-the-sheaffer-no-nonsense-fountain-pen/">https://rupertarzeian.com/2020/04/29/a-look-back-at-the-sheaffer-no-nonsense-fountain-pen/</a> 2025-03-05T17:16:22Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsq68z6k4p8a4jrqypghtv6pngqvnhx3vh4qsajcr8k820xa9lmlaszypgzhqudu93v9dt0sdk3q5h8qpf5j3xmmr85rx3vffwsxvtq35vnw77x0ew In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsfdzw98z72mdmu933dev3xcamqqxhy7kzt6ptagk7pgrftc7hwj3qh55vcr'>nevent1q…5vcr</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>So, I think a successful FB successor needs to be something independent and federated. Mastodon does Twitter reasonably well. <br/><br/>I guess #FreeBook, as I would call it should run on federated servers. Users could publish their own feeds, kind of like ATOM (should have said RSS) worked for with blogs. You put your feed on your server and people that know you subscribe. You should be able to unsubscribe people as well. Should handle various media well. 2025-01-20T19:36:19Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqswk334dwne2f2sy7lm9alkan29jus5vemamn3pxztny3um762nsdgzypgzhqudu93v9dt0sdk3q5h8qpf5j3xmmr85rx3vffwsxvtq35vnwkxm8yh In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsze6syf93juvc8z402r0c9vnzhyxw8fdjfeylya6r4zamwc2klq4qpmxrcv'>nevent1q…xrcv</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>We need our own alternative to #facebook. Kind of like #owncloud or #nextcloud, if you will, but for our social media. 2025-01-20T14:32:03Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs269exjzys8am7luvm32g8zls7a5lkspv03pv3k5hevlgmr97uhaqzypgzhqudu93v9dt0sdk3q5h8qpf5j3xmmr85rx3vffwsxvtq35vnw3h486j Some great thoughts by <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1fdrpydz4n2dpgpy5xhsa6rjg8ytggn82mt0addw6sf93272nhhnqsjlvhs" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Cory Doctorow</span> (<span class="italic">npub1fdr…lvhs</span>)</a></span> <br/><br/>A number of us are stuck on #facebook due to lockin by friends and family. Especially those of us that have migrated to other corners of the globe from those friends and family.<br/><br/><a href="https://pluralistic.net/2025/01/14/contesting-popularity/#everybody-samba">https://pluralistic.net/2025/01/14/contesting-popularity/#everybody-samba</a> 2025-01-20T07:01:03Z