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Cake day: June 28th, 2023

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  • I think of a Lemmy account on an instance the same as an email address: it doesn’t really matter which one you pick. Pick one that works best for you. Yes, you are beholden to the instance, but it’s the same with Gmail, Outlook, GMX, etc. They can close your account at any time, but they likely won’t.

    Of course it does matter a bit what instance you pick: you want one that is well-federated with other communities that will have content/users you will enjoy engaging with. I’m pretty sure you can visit a list on each instance that shows what instances it is federated with.








  • I’m back again to make another recommendation: This time, it’s for Canadian cloud storage. I’m a bit of a data hoarder, I have lots of music projects and stuff, and I am obsessed with making sure I never lose my data. I saw an ad on Instagram for sync.com so I checked it out. Fair warning: I’ve only been a subscriber for about a month, so my experience with them is limited so far.

    But the website interface is nice, maybe a little on the clunky side when moving files around, but it works. They also have a Windows app, which pretty seamlessly integrates your cloud storage on your Windows PC. It sort of works the same as Microsoft OneDrive (which I also have) but it has its own special folder. The software is a little… basic, and maybe even a little buggy, but it seems to work for my use case.

    They offer a free account tier with 5 GB of storage or something, which could be useful for sharing a work file with someone, or a photo album, you name it. They have a few different tiers of storage, all the way up to UNLIMITED, which increments automatically in blocks of 10 TB and is VERY EXPENSIVE. I got the 2 TB plan for $82.80 taxes in. I got it 25% off.

    But I like it so far, and I thought I would share with you guys to let you know sync.com is legit and is Canadian.









  • I went to the states a couple years back. Went to a tavern and was deciding on a beer. Bartender overhears I’m Canadian and tells me the size of the pints in decilitres 🙄

    For what it’s worth, I’m pretty comfortable with FL oz from reading soda cans and stuff. I just find it crazy how unintuitive metric is to some.

    I appreciated his effort, I just thought it was funny