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Bill Statler @billstatler.forum.statler.ws.ap.brid.gy · 2d

Okay, I know the answer to this question. If I have a heart attack, I can't leave a situation where one of my family members needs to become an e-mail server expert just to keep their e-mail running.

I'll find a commercial e-mail provider.

Bill Statler @billstatler.forum.statler.ws.ap.brid.gy · 2d

I did install postfix on a VPS, long ago, but only for outgoing e-mails. I understand that it's a much bigger challenge to run a real, bidirectional mail server.

I probably won't do it. Just considering several options for e-mail.

Bill Statler @billstatler.forum.statler.ws.ap.brid.gy · 2d

Do I want to run my own e-mail server for my family, on a VPS? Or would I be walking into a nightmare?

Bill Statler @billstatler.forum.statler.ws.ap.brid.gy · 3d

A stubborn Portulaca seed escaped from our flowerpot, and is attempting civic beautification at the end of our driveway.

A struggling little plant with red stems, growing in a crack between concrete and asphalt, bears a single yellow flower.

Bill Statler @billstatler.forum.statler.ws.ap.brid.gy · 3d

I like durian, but my wife apparently developed an allergy around the 4th time we ate it. 😿

Bill Statler @billstatler.forum.statler.ws.ap.brid.gy · 3d

> The fire brigade in the German city of Wiesbaden was called out four times on Saturday due to concerns over gas leaks, with the cause being the smell of the durian fruit. ...

DW, 2025-10-05: Smell of exotic fruit keeps German fire department busy

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Smell of exotic fruit keeps German fire department busy – DW – 10/05/2025

Several calls by residents worried about potential gas leakage caused the fire brigade to investigate before finding the smelly cause: a fruit sold at an Asian supermarket.

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Bill Statler @billstatler.forum.statler.ws.ap.brid.gy · 3d

Greetings, Bluesky folks! Welcome to Mastodon! Here are some tips to help you get started:

1. This is the Fediverse, and you don't have to use Mastodon. Try Hubzilla instead. Or GoToSocial. Or Akkoma, Smithereen, Friendica, or Sharkey. Or pretty much anything other than Mastodon. You will […]

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Bill Statler @billstatler.forum.statler.ws.ap.brid.gy · 3d

So Portland has reached the "Let them eat doughnuts" stage of societal collapse.

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Bill Statler @billstatler.forum.statler.ws.ap.brid.gy · 6d

So what I'm hearing about Bluesky's moderation policies in the past few weeks is:

* Tolerate intolerant people who are right-wing.
* Moderate intolerant people who are left-wing.

But do your own research, because maybe it's just a few hotheads angry about waffles.

Bill Statler @billstatler.forum.statler.ws.ap.brid.gy · 10d

Most politicians are in the Hypocrat Party.

Bill Statler @billstatler.forum.statler.ws.ap.brid.gy · 13d

Cola dissolves anything.

Ars Technica wrote the following post Fri, 26 Sep 2025 15:04:43 -0700

Woman hospitalized with pain and vomiting—diet soda cured her
Doctor's dissolve mass in woman's stomach by getting her to chug soda […]

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Bill Statler @billstatler.forum.statler.ws.ap.brid.gy · 17d

Hey, YOU are the one who posted about "the _shit_ that gets us excited".

Bill Statler @billstatler.forum.statler.ws.ap.brid.gy · 17d

My wife and I use Linux for almost everything, but there's still an old desktop PC with Windows 10 (which in my opinion was a downgrade from Windows 7). We only use it for some financial software, an old flatbed scanner that isn't supported under Linux, and Excel 2013 (because LibreOffice Calc […]

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Bill Statler @billstatler.forum.statler.ws.ap.brid.gy · 17d

I remember the good old days when we were excited about a new kitchen sink.

Nowadays we're excited if we successfully digested yesterday's dinner.

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Connected Places @fediversereport.com · 20d

‘Blueskyism’, Political Violence, and Open Social Networks Under Authoritarianism

on how the last weeks have shifted the threat model for open social networks: from fighting platform decay to the threat of authoritarianism […]

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Bill Statler @billstatler.forum.statler.ws.ap.brid.gy · 20d

Windows 11 is malware.

Dark patterns killed my wife’s Windows 11 installation – OSnews

> Last night, my wife looks up from her computer, troubled. She tells me she can’t log into her computer running Windows 11, as every time she enters the PIN code to her account, the login screen throws […]

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Bill Statler @billstatler.forum.statler.ws.ap.brid.gy · 20d

That sounds like something worth trying!

Bill Statler @billstatler.forum.statler.ws.ap.brid.gy · 22d

Remember that news story in late July about the Oklahoma school chief who was allegedly watching porn during a board meeting?

Oklahoma County DA: No criminal charges for Walters over reports of nude images • Oklahoma Voice

> ...A two-sentence news release from District Attorney Vicki Behenna […]

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Bill Statler @billstatler.forum.statler.ws.ap.brid.gy · 23d

Same here, but it started with my insurance company's 2025 formulary -- pre-Trump, pre-tariffs.

Bill Statler @billstatler.forum.statler.ws.ap.brid.gy · 26d

Entertaining but depressing website:

AI Darwin Awards 2025 - Celebrating Spectacularly Bad AI Decisions

> Honouring those who use artificial intelligence in spectacularly reckless ways. Submit nominations for the most catastrophically ill-advised AI deployments of 2025.

Be advised that […]

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Bill Statler @billstatler.forum.statler.ws.ap.brid.gy · 26d

I'm reconsidering how much I want to say in public posts about about any political topic.

If you're using Fediverse software that doesn't support posting to a limited audience, drop me a note and I'll point you in the right direction.

This article may be of interest, but I know there have been […]

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Bill Statler @billstatler.forum.statler.ws.ap.brid.gy · 28d

A few days ago, Nepal banned 26 social networks, allegedly for failing to follow legal requirements. This triggered a lot of bad things.

Mastodon was one of the banned services. What I haven't heard yet is: _What exactly did they ban, to ban Mastodon?_

This is obviously relevant to potential […]

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Bill Statler @billstatler.forum.statler.ws.ap.brid.gy · 29d

"It was believed" = "We reported an unsubstantiated rumor".

Bill Statler @billstatler.forum.statler.ws.ap.brid.gy · Sep 10

They didn't renew their domain name in time, and somebody else grabbed it.

Bill Statler @billstatler.forum.statler.ws.ap.brid.gy · Sep 9

AI detection software company tests Google AI Overviews, finds that about 10% of the sources were written by AI, 75% by humans, and the remaining 15% unclassifiable.

Google says the company's AI detection software is broken.

Google’s AI cites web pages written by AI, study says

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