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mutefall
twtxt.net
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@adi the last two decades have been a centralised mess, imo. you find a place to call "home", pay rent with your data and dollars, then magically one day you are evicted. now we have high-bandwidth for lower-costs, endless amounts of older machines (e-waste) to build our own datacentre. there's really no excuse not to do this unless it's a limitation of knowledge.

that's something to be addressed as well. how do you put an easy to manage datacentre in the hands of someone non-technical to the point they become interested in the hobby vs frustrated?
david
netbros.com
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@mutefall you wrote "endless amounts of older machines (e-waste) to build our own datacentre", which is quite true, not to mention affordable board computers. I am anxiously waiting for my four Raspberry Pi 4Bs to play with them at home, including running my Yarn pod, which currently spins on a Vultr VPS.

Ongoing learning fulfils one of the seven big investment decisions for happiness at old age (which, incidentally, I am rapidly approaching):

> Keep learning. More education leads to a more active mind in old age, and that means a longer, happier life. That doesn’t mean that you need to go to Harvard; you simply need to engage in lifelong, purposive learning.
mutefall
twtxt.net
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@david

>Ongoing learning fulfils one of the seven big investment decisions for happiness at old age (which, incidentally, I am rapidly approaching):

i'm in the same boat as far as age. it's a mindset to me, but i also believe in setting yourself up for a good life. it's so finite that i think less about longevity and more about quality. i hadn't read that article before but i'm doing most of those things at the moment.

as for the pi4s. i stumbled upon so much e-waste that it's hard to justify buying pis at this time. i hope to post pics soon.