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Google Domains shutting down, assets sold and being migrated to Squarespace in c/tech@kbin.social

[–] scarcer@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

You can transfer your domain if you act fast, it takes a few days. You may have to pay again on the new registrar though.

Which browser do you use on MacOS? in c/apple_enthusiast@lemmy.world

[–] scarcer@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago

Firefox on Linux machines at home. Mostly Chrome for work on the MacBook because the employer uses Google for everything.

Which browser do you use on MacOS? in c/apple_enthusiast@lemmy.world

[–] scarcer@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

The new Edge browser is a modified version of Chrome, so more Google than MS.

Was anyone else surprised to see Kbin being written in PHP? in c/programming@beehaw.org

[–] scarcer@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

While I haven't tried symphony, my annoyance with PHP in general is that parsing any kind of data is tacky. In the end you end you have just as many lines as python but less readable.

Cleaner functions or cleaner data? Both languages have their strengths and can (now) be typed.

tying to move as far away from google as possible. recommendations? in c/privacyguides@lemmy.one

[–] scarcer@kbin.social 4 points 2 years ago

I've got a couple next cloud instances running on Vultr. Highly recommended to host on a cheap service on SSD storage.