milicent_bystandr

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 days ago

I suppose, in fairness, climbing the top part is a bit harder than climbing the bottom part.

Though, if you think about it, quite a lot quicker.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I have heard the (Nepali-speaking) Nepalis didn't even have a name for it at that point, and I have a feeling Qomolungma wasn't known to the Brits, because the mountain was surveyed from far away at that point.

Incidentally, "Tibetans and Nepalis on either side of the mountain"- it's Tibetans on both sides. On the Nepali side are the Tibetan group known as Sherpa, whence we get the term Sherpa for a Nepali/Tibetan mountain guide. Further south than the Sherpa people are 'Nepali' people by ethnicity. (And of course properly there's a lot more than two ethnic groups in a cross section of Nepal!)

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 days ago

But what is the base?

Thing is, that's a more complicated question than it sounds.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

Feeling depressed? Lost? Lacking identity? Go back to your roots. Be an asshole.

Is your friend an asshole? Give them time. They'll grow into a baby.

We were all assholes once. But with diligence, and nurture, you too can grow into living, breathing, people. Thank you class of '41, and I look forward to seeing you after you're all born.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

The hobby of living? Look, if you haven't figured it out since the earth formed, it's going to take you more than a few months to dominate in the universe.

(Also, (as an aside), as an Emacs user I feel it should be written Alt/Meta.)

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Is it really? That's interesting.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

They pass TCP over UDP.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

Mystery solved!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

Presumably that means you are in fact a Nazi born in 1889

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

Ah, a fellow 13 year-old.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

One of them has a more powerful, focused beam.

 

I've been playing around with self hosting for file sharing, backups, and a handful of other ideas I might one day get round to. I like the idea of a mesh VPN and being able to, for example, connect a travelling laptop to a 'host' laptop nearby, though my only public ip is a VPS in another country.

Of all the options I found, I liked the look of Nebula most. Fiddly in some places, but it's working nicely for me, and I appreciate some of the simplicity of design.

I'm wondering if people here have much experience of it, though? My biggest concern is over its future. With,

  1. The Defined Networking site focusing on making money off it, and
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makes me worry they might be essentially trying to deprecate viable FOSS Nebula in favour of a paid or controlled service.

Any thoughts? Insight?

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