:therian: Grey Wolf Therian, he/him, 30ish y.o.
Running packmates.org fediverse instance.
:vlpn_happy_heart: Interests: Tech, therianthropy, furry/feral art, animal books, shamanism & animal-influenced spirituality, SFW & NSFW petplay
I sometimes post or boost NSFW content.
@Omniraptor ah yes! Probably that’s why.
Actually the whole original post was sent via Mastodon.
I tend to write posts that I share to my Mastodon followers and then at the end I mention a Lemmy community if I believe the community would also find it interesting.
@MigratingtoLemmy use a hammer to break the screen, control via adb :vlpn_happy_blep:
@benjohn @selfhosted 6-8 GB of RAM with powerful CPU and GPU that was designed to run games and can in some cases run small AI models is nothing to scoff at imho.
@leggylav @selfhosted OMG, yes, thank you <3
I finally feel understood now :vlpn_cry:
@selfhosted Update:
It does not need to be perfect, have massive throughput or allow for massive amounts of read/write cycles.
If people can host their own media server like Jellyfin or note taking apps like Joplin instead of using commercial services by simply installing an APK on an old phone they can leave connected at home, that’s already a big win.
@RegalPotoo Maybe I should have been more specific in the wording of my title.
No one planning on hosting public multi-user service that would see some serious traffic would probably benefit from hosting on a phone.
Someone who wants to simply run a single-user instance or their personal nextcloud? I think that’s a real possibility.
@TCB13 I’m not an expert in the matter but I wonder how large the attack surface actually is for a web service that has a single port exposed via a tunnel which can even contribute to doing some security filtering.
The application / server component can actually be updated since it’s just an APK. And someone else in this thread actually linked to whole linux distros that can be installed and run without root. In theory even if the underlying OS is insecure, more secure OSes can be installed on top, or risk can be severely limited by only exposing a single port.
Basically, while flashing a new ROM would be ideal, I think there’s likely a way in which a sandboxed and possibly even updated environment with updated TLS cyphers, CA stores, etc… can be run in a secure manner on top of a stock Android ROM.
Furthermore, developers packaging their apps into APKs could run security checks and by the time it says “your OS is insecure” you’re already on your third phone and can host stuff on your second. I mean… Android phones are in their prime for two/three years at most in my experience :P
@ahoyboyhoy @selfhosted How old is the phone and what version of the OS are you using? I was under the impression that modern phones bypass the battery when connected to the charger and having full charge.
Regarding limiting the charge, I believe there’s some software calibration you can do which would allow you to set it to 50%. I’m no expert in battery or repairs at all, so someone else might have a better idea.
@AMS @selfhosted yes, hopefully we’ll see an explosion in self-hostable alternatives that can be installed as easily as syncthing.
@ahoyboyhoy @selfhosted Nice. I remember trying it out once. Actually I might use that to follow my own advice and self-host at home once I retire my current phone.
True, I haven’t had the need because I know how to run stuff on a server, but for personal files it’s probably better to host things at home.
@Omniraptor in theory Mastodon will show a “read more” button for longer comments. Top level posts sent from Lemmy often require clicking the link to view them in full and content isn’t ordered by votes because they don’t exist.
So, it’s a bit messy to read Lemmy from Mastodon, but posting something and then replying to comments on that thread is really easy.