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On Bubble, centralization and federation
> At any rate, Bubble is off to such a roaring start > that it's blaringly obvious this is something that > people want. Don't get me wrong, I'm not giving up my > own capsule any time soon, and I'll still be pushing my > feed to Antenna for each and every post. But Bubble is > off to a roaring start. Having tried it I have to say > it really is pretty slick. From a technical standpoint, > bravo to Skyjake for pulling this off so quickly.
Definitely slick. But I'm not understanding how to join an instance per this help:
> Navigate to the capsule front page and activate a client > certificate to create a new account.
Thought I was at a capsule front page, but saw no "activate a client certificate" option/path.
(That's what I get for generally being in favor of barriers to entry, right? ;-) )
I still like the process of writing a post, uploading it and a new index.gmi, and pointing Antenna to that. Way more than activating a client certificate, for example. :-)
# The Pile 20230208 (20230302 edit)
> that humanity, especially that in the "Western" world, > is one giant pile of People, most of who are in the > center of the mass (centrists) and who are literally > unable to see the outside of said pile.
My investigations suggest faith is the mechanism of *seeming* reality, i.e. believing something to be real literally makes it real to/for said believing observer.
> Things don't grow well here, but they still grow. The > season's long enough for potatoes, tomatoes, with > cucumbers ready in August. I find May Long kind of > zen-like. A lot of the same routines every year. And > there's a satisfaction in planting something, watching > it grow, then harvesting it. The excess tomatoes made > into sauce and frozen; the potatoes lasting us September > through the winter.
Bad dad joke, but I really admire your get up and grow.... ;-)
> There is a vast Wiki that is not Wikipedia; and it > describes the greatest achievements of humanity. > The greatest achievements being, of course, contained > in works of fiction; where they are not bound by the > constraints normally placed upon us. > It’s called TV Tropes, it bills itself as “the all > devouring pop-culture wiki”, and I recommend a read > if you have too much spare time:
Huh, wow... never heard of it before.
And yet I'm quickly reminded I'm not sure what we usually consider "real life" is any less fictional - thoughts repeated in a faith context until they're Obviously Real (hehehe), i.e. their "reality bit"s are set.