Because even if you have the skills needed to referb an old printer, there is no garentee that the drivers will function on a modern OS. Or in my case, in Linux. It's a lot easier to just buy a new printer from another brand if you need a printer.
Honestly though, most people don't print enough anymore for buying a printer to make sense. Cheaper to just go to your local Kinko's or whatever and have them print out the 3 or 4 pages per year. If that's not an option, get a laser printer.
Probably because it’s not that big a deal and would cost far more to fix than it cost us in fraud. The only problem free system is a nonexistent system. WTF should I care that some database thinks someone is as old as our nation. Who knows, it might possibly be true.
Pretty sure I heard about this when Bush Jr. was President.
So this is my third go at replying. First attempt was damn near collage level. Second attempt found me rewriting the Internet for Dummies book that originally taught me about how the internet works when I was 10. Seriously, if you can find a copy of that particular edition, give it a read. It’s the third edition from 1995. You may need help from !piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com to find it though.
Honestly, the Fediverse has the same problem that the internet itself has. That is that it is far easier to just use than it is to explain what it is but the fediverse and the internet itself work almost exactly the same way, at least at the user level.
I’m going to completely ignore everything under the hood for the sake of simplicity. Additionally I’m going to over simplify to the point of inaccuracy, because it gets really complicated really quickly once you scratch the surface.
Imagine a spider web. Each point where the web interconnects is a server. Each server on that web can communicate with every other server on that web (don’t ask how, that’s part of the bit we are ignoring).
Now each fediverse service is kinda on its own web. Lemmy is on one web, Mastodon is on another, Pixelfed another, websites, email, Matrix, NextCloud, XMPP, IRC, Gopher, Usenet, and a million more are each on their own little webs.
It doesn’t really matter which Lemmy server you pick to join the conversation on Lemmy but your account is only with that server. But because that server is a part of the Lemmy web you can talk to anyone that is also on that web.
That’s the best Eli5 explanation I can give. It’s not particularly accurate because anything, any system, involving more than about 3 people will contain more exceptions than rules. And the fediverse has a lot more than 3 people in it.
My advice for new users on the fediverse is, once you have decided what service (Lemmy, Mastodon, Pixelfed, email, or whatever) either join a server that is most in line with your interests, or look up the largest servers of that service and pick one from the lower end of the top 20.
God, this video makes me feel old. The fact that folks can be confused about how a federated service works boggles my mind. I mean, I get it. Walled gardens have been the default for 20 years now. But still.
I know Voyager does, at least on iOS. I would suspect most of them do.
Generally speaking, you're not wrong. But I'd say it also depends on the use case and your threat environment. If it's not publicly exposed, I'm generally OK with running an older version of software. In the case of chat software, for instance, it would have to be available only on local network or a private VPN like Tailscale. That can limit its usefulness though.
Revert to an older version?
Your good if:
It's a toss up if:
And you're screwed if:
Self hosted in this instance means anything that installs and runs completely locally or on your own personal servers. If someone else's servers are required I would count it as cloud. Phone apps generally count as "cloud" in this instance.
So they have. Even under President Trump that is good news.
That's certainly one of the more aggressive Marine Corps ads I've seen in a while.
From my understanding most of the military branches have been missing their recruitment targets for some time, to the point where it is likely to start impacting their operational capability at some point in the near future. If I remember correctly, the Air Force was the only branch that actually hit their targets. I first noticed an uptick in recruitment advertising about 2ish years ago. Wasn't too surprising given what we were learning (again) from the Ukraine War.
This seems more blatantly aimed at those seeking violence or views the use of violence romantically, but that does match the Marine Corps purpose and ethos. They are the hammer of the US international politics. They don't do subtle.
Growing up, my mom had a sweater she got from my dad (I think) that read "If it absolutely must be destroyed overnight, U.S. Marines", a play on the US postal service slogan from around the same time period.
Huh. Did not know that.
But also why?! If I thought that Google search would be more effective I just would have used Google to begin with.