denshirenji

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

The reality here but quite a bit more complicated than I think is commonly understood. One thing to remember is that both of these groups (the Greeks and the Italics) actually shared a common religious source. They were both indo-european and already shared a common base.

There is also the fact that the Greeks established huge numbers of colonies in the Mediterranean. In fact, the entire southern bit of Italy was known as Magna Graecia. Greek culture was sort of ubiquitous in the Mediterranean. In fact, some of the Greek stories that made their way into Roman religion, iirc, came through Etruscan borrowings from Greek religion, which the Latins then borrowed from the Etruscans.

If you want to go even deeper, look into how much the Greeks took from the Egyptians and the Anatolian "Hittites". It turns out that stealing gods and stories was (and is) a common theme amongst people groups. The Greek goddess Aphrodite was probably (emphasis on probably) a loan and reinterpretation of Ishtar/Asherah/Innana. Look up Serapis as well. Fascinating examples of syncretism by the Greeks.

This was not new by any stretch of the imagination, nor was it uniquely Roman. We can talk about syncretism in the middle east and the Indian subcontinent next if you want, lol.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Do you have one? How well does it work? I'm interested in getting a Linux phone, but am worried it will be a waste of money.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

You're correct. For example, me or my wife get "pre-annoyed" at the other. We are always in the wrong when we do it and it takes a couple of grown ups to understand that. I don't agree with the childish mentality that you are in the right for being an asshole. Like, just treat people with respect and don't take your ish out on other people. When you find yourself aggressive towards someone before they say anything, you are in the wrong and should reexamine your life.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

Fixed. Even a horrible writer that rips off ancient Sumerian myth needs an editor.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (3 children)

At some point the bear would be killed and, seeing that his own end would come, the gorilla would go into an existential crisis and would go on a long quest to find out how to avoid death. This quest would, eventually, lead the gorilla to finding an old lab from the time of the humans. In this lab there would live an old chimpanzee that has survived countless ages. When asked how he long survived, the chimpanzee would explain that the humans discovered the secret to immortality.

Alas, when asked for directions on how to achieve the same, the chimp would tell the gorilla that the process was lost to the span of time. The secret, however, could be found by making a journey to the lowest depths of a sunken part of urban jungle, wherein an old lab sits. After acquiring the gear to survive, the gorilla would dive deep into the abyss, and would make it to the lab. In the lab, the secret would be discovered and he would make his way to the surface, victorious.

Alas, as the ape ascended, he would be beset upon by a large mutant fish. A monster so terrifying that even the non-descriptions of the human writer H.P. Lovecraft wouldn't be able to do it justice. The gorilla would fight the monster and emerge victorious, but at a cost. The secret that he had spent so long pursuing would be destroyed. Lost to time.

The gorilla would go back to the urban jungle and marvel at the world that he and the bear had built. Resigned to his inevitable death, this urban jungle would stand the test of time as a symbol to all that came after, of the might of the bear and the gorilla.

[–] [email protected] 24 points 3 months ago
[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago

I would recommend Bazzite, Nobara or PopOS. Arch and its derivatives are also great, but they can be a bit technical. You do get access to the AUR though. I use Nobara, though.

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

As someone who lives in the Southeast US that works for a European company with children with their amazing mother who happens to be black, it is absolutely terrifying. The ignorance of people is absolutely astounding and terrifying. I have conversations with people I work closely with and even the ones who don't support the insanity are very reticent to call a spade a spade. If we ever get out of this, the cleanup is going to take decades. How long is it going to take to repair our relationship with our former allies? Are my kids going to be safe? Do I pick up and move and hope for the best? I had someone wearing a don't tread on me flag hat stare me down with disgust the other day while sitting with my family eating. How can this be happening in the open now? /endrant

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

Forgot about that. Think there are a few. Here is an example. https://github.com/osamuaoki/incus-ui-canonical

Edit: Here's another. https://github.com/PenningLabs/lxconsole

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago (3 children)

I'm not sure about virt-manager, but there is Incus. I have a server coming soon that I am going to test it out on. https://github.com/lxc/incus.

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

The article's title isn't a title, it's hyperbole.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyperbole?wprov=sfla1

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

This is what I use. I tried other ones, but this one is simple to set up and edit. It's very clean and has a ton of widgets for services. I would like it to have a login option, but that isn't a deal breaker.

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Cloud Hosted VMs (lemmy.world)
submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
 

Not sure if cloud hosted VMs count as selfhosted for the purposes of this community, but I run a lot of services at the house and want to have a few services that require high availability run in a cloud external to my home. Specifically, I want to run Vaultwarden, an email server and a VPN. My question is one of recommendations. Which cloud service provides the best uptime/stability and is ethical enough for consideration?

The ethics of some of these larger companies are no small part of the reason I chose to self host the majority(hopefully all soon) of the services that I use. So for instance Amazon and Microsoft are out. I currently use DigitalOcean for Vaultwarden, Zoho for domain email, and Nord for my VPN.

Edit: Thank you to everyone who provided recommendations and information. I have chosen to stick with DigitalOcean for VM hosting for the time being. General consensus seems to be positive.

I am working on self-hosting email much to the chagrin of some of the posters here with experience. I want to see how it works for me and am willing to deal with some headaches along the way. Time will tell whether I move that direction for my actual email or give up and use a ready made solution like proton. Time will also tell how much hair I have left when all is said and done after pulling it all out, lol.

Again, thank you to everyone who shared their knowledge and experience.

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