cygnus @ cygnus @lemmy.ca

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Roe v Wade "race"? Does that refer to the 49 years during which nobody did anything to enshrine that right? Slowest race I've ever seen.

In my book, it's essential. I'll never use email without a custom domain, because otherwise you're completely beholden to whatever email provider you signed up with. I've migrated providers many times (probably 6 or 7 now) and never had to change my email address. I have:

• Work domain
• Personal domains (one for myself and family, one for my band, a few others)
• Domain for aliases / signups

I'm currently with Fastmail which can generate aliases on the fly with your custom domain of choice, and they allow a ridiculous number of domains (100?) on your account.

Do you use random strings before the @ sign? Or do you use it like lemmy@example.com?

I use random strings when I sign up for an online service, but the emails I actually give to people are firstname@domain

Because I’m considering using this as a catch-all address, doesn’t this mean that anyone who wants (and knows the domain) and send spam on any random string before the @? Are you worried about this, and are there any counters to this?

The only counter I know of is to create specific aliases rather than use a wildcard. However, in practice, I only very rarely get emails at my wildcard domain (one a year, if even)

As far as I’ve understood the main benefit of using my own domain for email, is that it will make it a lot easier to change providers in the future, as I can just change the nameservers so traffic is directed elsewhere - correct?

Exactly, so there's zero downtime and you don't have to change your email everywhere. The only annoyances I've run into are migrating away from Proton because it's encrypted and a huge PITA to get out of, and having to redo my automation filters when switching providers.

You're not alone, I've thought this for decades too. Their marriage strikes me either as one of those medieval dynastic alliances, or Hillary wanting to puppeteer Bill to achieve her own ends.

They're all banned except for one, obviously.

They're using pillaged library books as a heat source.

WSL will truly be the "Windows Subsystem for Linux", as foretold in the prophecy.

"A small price to pay to own the libs!" the drones say as they make boiled leather soup.

The word "agrivoltaics" tickles the solarpunk-loving part of my brain so much.

I realized this by accident a few years ago; I was looking for a vet and after checking out several websites I noticed many of them were essentially the same, just with logos replaced. I then spoke to a vet about it and she confirmed they're all being snapped up by a conglomerate. Unfortunately our government is either incompetent or malicious when it comes to enforcing antitrust.

TBH he really was, but most self-professed Christians don't understand that.

It's somewhat of a shame that they didn't keep that Esso as a monument. That piece of land now harbours a McDonalds, which strikes me as deeply ironic.

I wonder why they feel so emboldened all of a sudden -- the media assures me that what I'm seeing is just normal politics.

FWIW Startmail doesn't have any calendar feature, which is ridiculous in this day and age.

Where do you think that wealth comes from? They don’t produce it. The workers create the value

This is such a deeply unserious argument when used in this case. "I can't wait to see the front of house guy!" say all the wine moms and 14-year-old girls waiting in line outside the stadium. "And the road manager too!"

Make Florida la Florida again

I assume you have examples?

Taylor Swift?

They sell those that appeal to Americans, and we past their northern border have to along for the ride.

Let's hope this is the first of many dominoes. If the BBC quit Twitter I think it would set off a mass exodus.

Eh, most of the prosecco sold in North America at least is far too sweet and has coarse carbonation. You can get some really good stuff in Italy, though.