That’s why I specified a proof-of-stake cryptocurrency. They use so much less energy that it is practically negligible in comparison, and more on the order of traditional online transactions.

Yeah, exactly. A regular user isn’t going to notice an extra few cents on their electricity bill (boiling water costs more), but a data centre certainly will when you scale up.

Scarcity is what powers this type of challenge: you have to prove you spent a certain amount of electricity in exchange for access to the site, and because electricity isn’t free, this imposes a dollar cost on bots.

You could skip the detour through hashes/electricity and do something with a proof-of-stake cryptocurrency, and just pay for access. The site owner actually gets compensated instead of burning dead dinosaurs.

Obviously there are practical roadblocks to this today that a JavaScript proof-of-work challenge doesn’t face, but longer term…

Should also take a look at https://www.home-assistant.io/voice_control/voice_remote_local_assistant/

Framework has endorsed a Linux distribution by a developer with controversial social views.

Every online space is filled with furries, especially the most furry-hostile spaces!

It’s a rolling release, but more stable than arch. It has a lot of features for customizing your software (useflags, custom patches, etc.) and is a great way to learn a lot about Linux.

Gentoo is the way.

What video adapter is in there?

Have you tried dmesg over SSH? Sometimes you can get an extra message or two if the display freezes before the entire kernel does.

Sure, maybe you don’t need to put your sexual identity in a post asking for help configuring nginx, but in an introductory post where you’re explicitly describing yourself… Yeah, I think you should be allowed to mention your sexuality.

Applications where adding an AI chatbot is useful are significantly less common than liquid soap dispensers.

You could always try info

The fact that scams persist on blockchain is an unfortunate side effect of the whole uncensorable thing…

How does it compare to keycloak?

I wonder how this would interact with, say, Manhattan’s Eruv—a wire used by some Jews to demark a private space.

I see you have never driven behind a pickup truck on a gravel road.

Gentoo? With 4GB of RAM? That sounds like a challenge!

It’s also 36 years old. I think we can cut it some slack 🤣

Hey, IRC was federated before federation was cool.

Gentoo nerds represent!