#Introductions Hello to the fediverse, I guess?
I'm John, a systems administrator/devops/monitoring guy from Montana. Not sure how I'll use this, but setting it up was a fun way to test DigitalOcean doplets...

**John Seekins** @john@toot.robot-house.us · Jun 25, 2019, 01:14

**John Seekins** @john@toot.robot-house.us · Jun 25, 2019, 01:14

Jun 25, 2019, 01:14

John Seekins @john@toot.robot-house.us

No one follows me. No one will read this particular post. Other people have already written better observations about this. Doesn't matter. Cory Doctorow is a national treasure.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/24/opinion/future-free-speech-social-media-platforms.html

This is one of the most succinct, clever, and clear arguments for regulation in tech (and in general) I've ever read. Guess I should buy his book?

@doctorow

**John Seekins** · Jun 24, 2019, 14:15

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**doctorow** @doctorow@mamot.fr · Jun 24, 2019, 14:15

Jun 24, 2019, 14:15

doctorow @doctorow@mamot.fr

Maga h/t Fipi Lele

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**John Seekins** · Jun 13, 2019, 21:45

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**g o t h s h r e w** @smolshrew@piss.restaurant · Jun 13, 2019, 21:45

Jun 13, 2019, 21:45

g o t h s h r e w @smolshrew@piss.restaurant

Shutting the fuck up is free too

**John Seekins** · May 31, 2019, 22:01

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**Joe Biden** @biden@chemtrail.airforce · May 31, 2019, 22:01

May 31, 2019, 22:01

Joe Biden @biden@chemtrail.airforce

How do I hide the website name!!!! URGENT!!

**John Seekins** · May 30, 2019, 03:50

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May 30, 2019, 03:50

May 30, 2019, 03:50

Sen. Samantha Bananathon (A-SS) @BestGirlGrace@social.illegalpornography.com

eugen: I'm not going to work for alt-right enablers any more. I'm going to ban individual racists if they show up on the bad instance

a thousand dipshits in the replies: how dare you. this is censorship. this is like if you disagreed with someone and glued their mouth shut.

**John Seekins** · May 30, 2019, 06:08

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**"The Cool S"** @selontheweb@cryptids.online · May 30, 2019, 06:08

May 30, 2019, 06:08

"The Cool S" @selontheweb@cryptids.online

The King's Speech 2: Another Speech

**John Seekins** · May 29, 2019, 19:25

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**sungo** @sungo@hackers.town · May 29, 2019, 19:25

May 29, 2019, 19:25

sungo @sungo@hackers.town

I, I "freedom gas"

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2019/05/us-department-of-energy-is-now-referring-to-fossil-fuels-as-freedom-gas/

**John Seekins** @john@toot.robot-house.us · May 28, 2019, 17:04

**John Seekins** @john@toot.robot-house.us · May 28, 2019, 17:04

May 28, 2019, 17:04

John Seekins @john@toot.robot-house.us

Funny thing. If you set a static IP for a host with dhcpcd (like how Raspberry Pi docs recommend), but *don't* put the IP in /etc/hosts, you'll see a *huge* increase in DNS requests from that host. 'Cause services don't know what IP the local host has.

Basically, I reduced queries to my Pihole box by about 60% by adding a line to some /etc/hosts files.

**John Seekins** · May 28, 2019, 13:35

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**pzmyers 🦑** @pzmyers@octodon.social · May 28, 2019, 13:35

May 28, 2019, 13:35

pzmyers 🦑 @pzmyers@octodon.social

I actually like this rationalization for prayer.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2019/05/28/the-first-and-only-reasonable-defense-of-prayer-ive-ever-read/

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**John Seekins** · May 17, 2019, 19:19

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**Charlag** @charlag@birb.site · May 17, 2019, 19:19

May 17, 2019, 19:19

Charlag @charlag@birb.site

@thegibson Fedora:
- has pretty much all the software you want
- works well with Flatpak and GNOME
- fresh yet surprisingly stable
- has some kind of governance and community
- works out of the box and is not so easy to break

**John Seekins** @john@toot.robot-house.us · May 13, 2019, 21:13

**John Seekins** @john@toot.robot-house.us · May 13, 2019, 21:13

May 13, 2019, 21:13

John Seekins @john@toot.robot-house.us

I like to call them Robert Cats.

**John Seekins** @john@toot.robot-house.us · May 13, 2019, 14:07

**John Seekins** @john@toot.robot-house.us · May 13, 2019, 14:07

May 13, 2019, 14:07

John Seekins @john@toot.robot-house.us

Me: Man...maintaining my personal infrastructure of servers by hand is a pain, but there's only 7 of them, puppet/chef/salt is too much.
Ansible: 'Sup. You want some deterministic deploys?
Me: Umm...okay?
Ansible: You want all your deployment scripting to be in a simple DSL and be easily stored in a CVS?
Me: Yes!
Ansible: I got you.
Me: Thanks, Ansible!
Me: ...
Me: Thansible.

**John Seekins** · May 13, 2019, 01:31

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**Nate Cull** @natecull@mastodon.social · May 13, 2019, 01:31

May 13, 2019, 01:31

Nate Cull @natecull@mastodon.social

Super legit Game of Thrones final scene leak

**John Seekins** · May 10, 2019, 10:51

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**pzmyers 🦑** @pzmyers@octodon.social · May 10, 2019, 10:51

May 10, 2019, 10:51

pzmyers 🦑 @pzmyers@octodon.social

If you ever want to know how out of touch corporate executives are, just look at Delta.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2019/05/10/urge-to-join-a-union-risingrisingrising/

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**John Seekins** @john@toot.robot-house.us · May 10, 2019, 16:30

**John Seekins** @john@toot.robot-house.us · May 10, 2019, 16:30

May 10, 2019, 16:30

John Seekins @john@toot.robot-house.us

I really want to be able to just think about nice things. Or maybe just that the worst thing during the day be work-related.
Instead, there's this hulking "news" monster behind me all the time..."Guess how many people were killed for no reason today." it says...gloating.

**John Seekins** · Apr 16, 2019, 21:52

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**Just Ellie 🌨️ 🏳️‍🌈🎄🐍** @noelle@elekk.xyz · Apr 16, 2019, 21:52

Apr 16, 2019, 21:52

Just Ellie 🌨️ 🏳️‍🌈🎄🐍 @noelle@elekk.xyz

/mnt/everest

**John Seekins** · Apr 07, 2019, 14:50

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**what’s with this dog motif** @Duende@snouts.online · Apr 07, 2019, 14:50

Apr 07, 2019, 14:50

what’s with this dog motif @Duende@snouts.online

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**John Seekins** @john@toot.robot-house.us · Apr 08, 2019, 16:29

**John Seekins** @john@toot.robot-house.us · Apr 08, 2019, 16:29

Apr 08, 2019, 16:29

John Seekins @john@toot.robot-house.us

I go to bed Sunday night and everything's fine in the fediverse. Wake up Monday morning and we're about to be surveilled to the ends of the 'net by UN death squads.

As my friend put it:
"It’s like every tech person ever refuses to learn the lesson that systems like that can be pretty easily gamed."
#eunomia