For all the comments that say “the real problem is…”: this is crisis and working on all emission sources contributes to a solution not just the biggest emitters.
Everything we online has an impact in the real world and there’s some value in reminding people that. And yes, some sites could be causing a lot emissions than others.
Some are powered by solar, others by coal.
ARM chips are more energy efficient than x86 and so on.
This is standard practice in journalism to avoid libel lawsuits. Until there’s a conviction, you say “allegedly”. The media’s role is to report facts not to determine legal guilt.
I have a Masto.es account for practicing Spanish, but activity and engagement seems low when I check-in. That could be my own social circle there, though.
Good news. You can install a newer browser in a virtual machine on some other server you have and then use some Remote Desktop software on the iPad to access the VM which can run a browser to access your Home Assistant dashboard.
Spam filters rely on many signals besides the from address to decide if a message is spam, because one signal alone is often not reliable enough.
It’s hard to see who deals with spam with the best because when the filters are working well, you don’t notice how much is being blocked.
I can say that both Fastmail and Google work fairly well. Unless things have changed, about 90% of email is spam, with most getting blocked or diverted at different levels. So even if some gets through, it’s possible the systems to block it are still working very well.
You could buy a remote KVM device. The serial port of your target box connects to that and the KVM connects to the internet. With that, you can watch the device during boot and access the console remotely.
I used to run a web hosting business and we used those. I have not shopped for a personal one, but surely there must be old and used ones for sale.
Bonus: our hosting business ran on FreeBSD so I can confirm there was no problem there. Because it’s a serial connection no OS support is required.
I recommend first trying the Nix package manager on Arch to see how you like it. You can use it to install some things in your home directory without interfering with the Arch package manager.
There are lots folks and lots of problems. We don’t have to focus. We can work on many aspects at the same time, big and small.