One of the most frustrating aspects in the ongoing conversation around the preservation of older video games, also known as cultural output, is the collision of IP rights and some publishersββ¦
A Halifax police spokesperson says while investigators understand the public's interest in the case, "there are questions that may never have answers."
Ok, I'm sure all of my followers who care about me have realized I've moved over here from social.xcetera.biz, and I thought I'd share a few details about the why and the highlights.
The why is actually rather easy, the main reason is that xcetera.biz is going away, it was part of my business, Xcetera Enterprises LLC, essentially my email and my Mastodon borrowed the domain. Of course no domain to borrow when I shut down the company, so a new home was needed. The catalyst to do it now however, was discovering SpaceHost, who offers hosted Friendica. I've wanted to do Friendica for a while, but finding a host is hard, I had previously found another hosted instance, but it's not quite turn key, you still had to decide on a database service I think it was? Any how, SpaceHost is like using MastoHost, iKnox, or any of those others out there, pick out the size you need, pay, link your domain, and Bob's your uncle.
Somehow @#SpaceHost Help has managed to put up with me fumbling around, I'm high maintenance while setting things up, going so far as to break my instance not once, but twice. I also managed to break the admin account but not the instance once two, all in less than a week. But, it's all running, @Recalls , @The Taur Nation are both over here, along with this, my personal account which will be taking over from both @Seph :verified: VOTED and @Vex for Harris & Wallz has voted, giving me a single personal account on the Fediverse.
One of the best things to happen today was to find out that SpaceHost had quietly added the last of the relays I asked for, The Doodle Project. @Fedi.Tips can likely explain relays far better than me, but to my understanding, it's basically every member agreeing to share each others posts with the other members. For a small instance, this is crucial to getting a good Fedi feed up and running, doubly so for tiny personal instances like this. At a quick glance, it was clear this was a wonderfully diverse relay that was perfect for quickly populating my Fedi feed. Sure, not real interested in Ghana Today for instance, but I think diversity is healthy, and this is wonderfully diverse. Definitely going to be donating regularly to help keep it up and running.
So, on the Fediverse I now have everything I wanted, my very own #friendica instance, with a wonderfully diverse global timeline.
Despite wide criticism of President-elect Donald Trumpβs plans, leaders of Native American tribes across the nation say theyβre intrigued by his bold vision for deporting the massive boatloads of iβ¦
At the MetPublications digital archive, you can read a great variety of the books, guides, and periodicals itβs put out for more than a century. OMG, all those expensive books about Tiffany are downloadable as PDFs! openculture.com/2024/11/downloβ¦
Many of us in these past few generations first heard of the Metropolitan Museum of Art while reading E. L. Konigsburg's novelΒ From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler.
The FDA and CDC say public health officials are investigating an E. coli outbreak linked to several brands of recalled organic whole-bagged carrots and baby carrots.
President Joe Biden's administration has lifted restrictions that had blocked Ukraine from using U.S.-provided weapons to strike deep into Russian territory.
A U.S. judge said the consumers leading the lawsuit plausibly alleged that Kraft Mac & Cheese contained a synthetic form of citric acid that differed from the natural variety.
