Sat down in the garden for a bit of vitamin D and bird song. I wonder what that bird is that can do lots of different varied songs, like ten birds in one.
@hazardwarning I wonder why they’re putting fibre overhead. It’s not the British way. When I switched to Virgin, they put the fibre cable through the retaining wall at the bottom of the garden, under the lawn and through the house wall. I was going to ask if your local project is coming from the authorities or the companies, but it’s getting hard to tell the difference between authorities and companies these days; they are like co-rulers.
// @sumudu
@matigo Go for walks and try and normalise. I think you’re still in shock. It’s such a shame that you’re isolated from family in such a horrible time. Is your family back in Canada willing to do video calls so you can see their faces?
When you go out, consider talking to people instead of just powering along. Maybe go to coffee shops and do some interacting…if you can.
@larand My reseller was told by the distributors not to place any more orders for now.
On the 28th of January I ordered a custom build MacBook Pro. It arrived today. Just over four and a half months. Phew, what a performance. The reseller was great though. Lots of reassuring communication and information. We ended up quite matey. He gave me the option of cancelling the order several times….but I’d already sold the kidney.
Anyway, it’s a 16 inch Max with 24 core G.P.U.. The R.A.M. and storage is enough for me. The plan is to use it for photo editing and maybe try some of those Topaz Labs upscaling apps which need a lot of oomph.
@matigo I’m not sure I see the point of moving 10C to Mastodon. We can already go there if we want. 10C is better than Mastodon anyway.
As for moving the back end to Amazon. I’m not sure. I’m a bit out of my depth there. I don’t think I understand all the pros and cons. I’d like to hear what @phoneboy says about it…and yourself. These ideas only solve the short-term inconvenience anyway. The 'what if he’s hit by a bus?' problem is only solved by 10C being passed on. I use that term loosely. You once did a podcast where you talked about why you started 10C and the plans you had to keep it going after you’ve gone but I honestly can’t remember how those plans worked.
// @joeo10 @sumudu @hazardwarning
@hazardwarning The Western civilisation is dead. It’s kicked the bucket. It’s gone to meet its maker. The only thing I could imagine changing it is if it gets even more crazy and the non-western world totally trounces it economically and militarily so that it collapses into a sclerotic heap of dung and becomes easy to take over.