sirdavidxvi

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[–] sirdavidxvi 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Just a quick add: even for my self hosted services, I configure Postfix with Mailgun for SMTP relay for alerts and whatnot just to ensure delivery to my external mail provider.

Edit: a few words for clarity

[–] sirdavidxvi 14 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Just passing along what I've read many times: that self hosting email can be difficult. Particularly sending, because the large providers tend to treat email from less known sources with more skepticism (such as by marking as spam), even with properly configured SPF and DKIM.

And if your server is down, you may miss any incoming mail for the duration. I don't know if other providers would try resending after a period of time if the receiver is unreachable, but I doubt it (just an educated guess).

I love self hosting services but email is something I've decided not to touch with a ten foot pole.

[–] sirdavidxvi 10 points 1 year ago

I dunno, they're eyeing you like YOU might be on the menu before long.

[–] sirdavidxvi 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

This hits close for me in a slightly different way.

I kept up with very few high school friends past college, but one was my best friend who, to my knowledge, is straight. We regularly exchanged messages, and even though we were geographically challenged (he moves around the country/world a lot), I fell harder for him year after year.

About 18 months ago (14 years we graduated from HS) I finally expressed my feelings, shortly after we got together in our hometown for the first time in a while. I received no response and haven't heard from him since. He's not homophobic and the worst I expected was some temporary awkwardness, so I was totally unprepared for that.

While the crush has mostly worn off because of this, I'm still devastated that I seem to have lost my longest and best friend. So mine isn't so much a story about one who got away as it is being spurned by one I trusted. I'm a bit bitter right now but I do hope to reconnect with him some day.

[–] sirdavidxvi 3 points 1 year ago

+1 for Fastmail.

I've been using it for about 3 years. I'm on the Standard plan (middle tier). It's $4.20/mo. per user when prepaying for 3 years and ranges up to $5.40/mo. for monthly billing.

Not sure if there's a (practical) limit on domains or aliases, but I have 7 domains and a few aliases plus a wildcard. Includes 30GB of storage per user.

[–] sirdavidxvi 1 points 1 year ago

I read "server" as computer server and was really confused...

[–] sirdavidxvi 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

For pizza, I love Pizza Wizard for Detroit style (which was new for me in the last year) or Mr. Shoes for a more traditional style. Joe's Brooklyn has good NY style thin crust.

Calabresella's has great sub, salads (pasta, potato, etc.) and desserts. Also DiBellas's for subs.

Naan-tastic is a local Chipotle-style Indian place that I love. And for some spice, The King and I is a Thai place that can make some dishes that knock your socks off (if you convince them you can handle more than typical white guy spice).

[–] sirdavidxvi 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That's crazy. I'm interested to hear the story of the guy at the front desk. It seems like he picked up the phone, but he wasn't in a rush to either help the woman or call the police. He was more concerned with that monitor.

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Guide To 2023 Pride in Rochester NY (www.visitrochester.com)
submitted 1 year ago by sirdavidxvi to c/gaybros
 

We're getting ready to celebrate our 51st annual Pride festival in Rochester, NY next weekend. There are local competing theories as to why our Pride festival takes place in July, the most prominent seeming to be:

  • Rochester's Pride celebrations predate the post-Stonewall era formal Pride events
  • Celebrating in July prevents conflicts with all the big city events that take place in June, allowing for more people to celebrate

As a Rochester transplant, I tend to subscribe to the latter theory. The first sounds too much like a "we did it first" reaction, but I love the enthusiasm.

Local NPR station WXXI had an hour-long show today previewing the event, available online: Previewing the 2023 Rochester Pride Parade and Festival

[–] sirdavidxvi 1 points 1 year ago

I really like the lighting in the second photo.

[–] sirdavidxvi 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

While I love the first two for their almost psychedelic quality, I don't know that they fit here for a banner. But I'd love to see them...somewhere. They have almost a gamer quality to them.

[–] sirdavidxvi 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I like this , but I see what you're saying about the backgrounds. I think it would look great with transparent backgrounds so they'd blend in with the theme.

[–] sirdavidxvi 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I haven't read it, but thank you for sharing. I've placed a hold for the e-book with my library.

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