QuentinCallaghan

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[–] QuentinCallaghan@sopuli.xyz 6 points 7 hours ago

If I were to buy a Steam Deck or similar console, I'd buy a SNES-themed button set for it.

[–] QuentinCallaghan@sopuli.xyz 2 points 23 hours ago

Thank you, beautifully said! When federation between Lemmy instances was finally implemented and people started forming their own instances, I decided to take part in that despite not having extensive system administration experience. I also wanted to experiment. Now I have thought that my intention for Sopuli is to be an alternative to the shitty corporate social media platforms you described – and looks like this has taken off very well in the last few years. Good to hear that I am doing something inspiring and beneficial.

[–] QuentinCallaghan@sopuli.xyz 11 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

That's our defence minister Antti Häkkänen, who is here participating remotely in a Nato-Ukraine council meeting with other defence ministers.

[–] QuentinCallaghan@sopuli.xyz 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Not a minor bug, I just decided to put random things as taglines for the instance, such as that one quote from some Lemmygrad user. Just for fun.

Got the server migration done and Sopuli is as good as new! Hopefully I can rest for a while.

[–] QuentinCallaghan@sopuli.xyz 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I can't pin my own replies, but I can mark them with "speaking as an admin".

[–] QuentinCallaghan@sopuli.xyz 7 points 1 day ago (3 children)

This makes a good feature request to make at Lemmy's GitHub: add a feature for pinning messages in a thread.

[–] QuentinCallaghan@sopuli.xyz 10 points 1 day ago (4 children)

There's a Patreon page?

 

Hello there! Because of performance problems and latency I arrived at a conclusion that moving to a dedicated server would be the better option for Sopuli in the long run. I looked at Hetzner's server auction page and got one from Germany with beefy specs: Intel's Core i9 processor, 64 GB of RAM and two 512 GB SSD's in a RAID configuration. The price isn't too much, around 38 € per month plus VAT.

I already told about the migration coming on Matrix and Mastodon but it's time to make it official here.

The migration starts tomorrow at 12:00 (Finnish time) and it will likely take several hours. Be prepared!

EDIT 27.06.24 19:48 I underestimated how long this all will take, and there were problems with restoring backups and networking. Regardless, the migration is done and we're up again!


Terve! Suorituskykyongelmien ja latenssin takia tulin johtopäätökseen, että dedikoituun palvelimeen siirtyminen on parempi vaihtoehto Sopulille pitkällä aikavälillä. Katsoin Hetznerin palvelinhuutokauppaa ja hommasin palvelimen Saksasta mehukkailla ominaisuuksilla: Intelin Core i9 -suoritin, 64 Gt keskusmuistia ja kaksi 512 Gt SSD:tä RAID-asetuksella. Hinta ei ole liikaa, se on noin 38 € kuussa ja lisänä arvonlisävero.

Kerroin jo palvelimen siirrosta aiemmin Matrixissa ja Mastodonissa, mutta nyt on aika tehdä asiasta täällä virallista.

Siirto alkaa huomenna klo 12:00 ja se vie todennäköisesti useamman tunnin. Varautukaa!

EDIT 27.06.24 19:48 Aliarvioin kuinka pitkään tässä kaikessa kestää, ja ongelmia oli varmuuskopioiden palautuksessa ja verkkoyhteydessä. Joka tapauksessa siirto on valmis ja taas ollaan ylhäällä!

[–] QuentinCallaghan@sopuli.xyz 6 points 1 week ago

Why wouldn't I? We are living in interesting times.

 

Didn't know his kid also plays guitar!

[–] QuentinCallaghan@sopuli.xyz 1 points 1 week ago

"It's not a bad game, it's a AAAAA title!" "Oh great, yet another AAAA game from Ubisoft". That high number of A's is becoming a synonym for a bad rushed game with a big budget.

[–] QuentinCallaghan@sopuli.xyz 9 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Sopuli's registrar is Hostinger, I don't think there is a threat of a similar problem.

[–] QuentinCallaghan@sopuli.xyz 7 points 2 weeks ago

I rebooted the instance once around 20:30, only for it to go down somewhere in 21:30. Then I went to sleep and around 7:00 the instance was up again. Weird, don't know what caused it.

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