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  • eloy@hsnl.socialE This user is from outside of this forum
    eloy@hsnl.socialE This user is from outside of this forum
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    universities in the 1980s: writing the majority of internet standard RFCs and their implementations

    universities now: moving away from Microsoft cloud is really hard okay? 🥺

    helma@mastodon.socialH edbilodeau@mastodon.socialE tauon@possum.cityT stephanie@thetransagenda.gayS wavejumper3@tech.lgbtW 17 Replies Last reply
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    • eloy@hsnl.socialE eloy@hsnl.social

      universities in the 1980s: writing the majority of internet standard RFCs and their implementations

      universities now: moving away from Microsoft cloud is really hard okay? 🥺

      helma@mastodon.socialH This user is from outside of this forum
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      @eloy Yeah. Because you gotta want it.

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      • eloy@hsnl.socialE eloy@hsnl.social

        universities in the 1980s: writing the majority of internet standard RFCs and their implementations

        universities now: moving away from Microsoft cloud is really hard okay? 🥺

        edbilodeau@mastodon.socialE This user is from outside of this forum
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        @eloy Efforts like this in the 80s were individual efforts, not organizationally driven. Individual on campuses today are still working to build a better world. And individuals on campuses are moving away from the MS stack (not me, mind you). But to make that change on an organizational level is a challenge of a different kind and order.

        defuneste@fosstodon.orgD aperezdc@oldbytes.spaceA mkj@social.mkj.earthM vwbusguy@mastodon.onlineV 4 Replies Last reply
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        • eloy@hsnl.socialE eloy@hsnl.social

          universities in the 1980s: writing the majority of internet standard RFCs and their implementations

          universities now: moving away from Microsoft cloud is really hard okay? 🥺

          tauon@possum.cityT This user is from outside of this forum
          tauon@possum.cityT This user is from outside of this forum
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          @eloy@hsnl.social im saying!!!!!!! i hate my chud ass uni trying to get me to use chat gpt and shit

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          • tauon@possum.cityT tauon@possum.city

            @eloy@hsnl.social im saying!!!!!!! i hate my chud ass uni trying to get me to use chat gpt and shit

            tauon@possum.cityT This user is from outside of this forum
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            @eloy@hsnl.social they don't let you use clients with the stupid microsoft e-mail they have, you have to use outlook web app

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            • tauon@possum.cityT tauon@possum.city

              @eloy@hsnl.social they don't let you use clients with the stupid microsoft e-mail they have, you have to use outlook web app

              dkf@cyberplace.socialD This user is from outside of this forum
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              @tauon @eloy On some platforms, you can use the Outlook application instead of the web app. Not that that's meaningfully better.

              I really miss being able to use Thunderbird.

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              • tauon@possum.cityT tauon@possum.city

                @eloy@hsnl.social they don't let you use clients with the stupid microsoft e-mail they have, you have to use outlook web app

                sushimcpe@possum.cityS This user is from outside of this forum
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                @tauon @eloy@hsnl.social RELATABLE

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                • edbilodeau@mastodon.socialE edbilodeau@mastodon.social

                  @eloy Efforts like this in the 80s were individual efforts, not organizationally driven. Individual on campuses today are still working to build a better world. And individuals on campuses are moving away from the MS stack (not me, mind you). But to make that change on an organizational level is a challenge of a different kind and order.

                  defuneste@fosstodon.orgD This user is from outside of this forum
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                  @edbilodeau @eloy

                  or we could say now that the organizational level overpower the individual one. Universities are gigantic structures sometimes for good reason and most of the time bad ones.

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                  • dkf@cyberplace.socialD dkf@cyberplace.social

                    @tauon @eloy On some platforms, you can use the Outlook application instead of the web app. Not that that's meaningfully better.

                    I really miss being able to use Thunderbird.

                    tauon@possum.cityT This user is from outside of this forum
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                    @dkf@cyberplace.social @eloy@hsnl.social there is no outlook app for linux, and for android, it requests admin access to my device before i can use it, so i removed the account, but it's stuck thinking it's still added so for 2fa i have to always select "text me" otherwise it tries to send a message to my nonexistant phone

                    tldr it's a clusterfuck and postfix + roundcube + gnumail are better

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                    • eloy@hsnl.socialE eloy@hsnl.social

                      universities in the 1980s: writing the majority of internet standard RFCs and their implementations

                      universities now: moving away from Microsoft cloud is really hard okay? 🥺

                      stephanie@thetransagenda.gayS This user is from outside of this forum
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                      @eloy@hsnl.social Researchers vs administration ​​

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                      • eloy@hsnl.socialE eloy@hsnl.social

                        universities in the 1980s: writing the majority of internet standard RFCs and their implementations

                        universities now: moving away from Microsoft cloud is really hard okay? 🥺

                        wavejumper3@tech.lgbtW This user is from outside of this forum
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                        @eloy this one dropped several classes that used some kind of "test browser" that had zero Linux support. Several professors would say "it's ok, I give paper tests", some were bamboozled.

                        The bamboozlement is mostly from a handful of departments. You'd never guess which 😐

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                        • edbilodeau@mastodon.socialE edbilodeau@mastodon.social

                          @eloy Efforts like this in the 80s were individual efforts, not organizationally driven. Individual on campuses today are still working to build a better world. And individuals on campuses are moving away from the MS stack (not me, mind you). But to make that change on an organizational level is a challenge of a different kind and order.

                          aperezdc@oldbytes.spaceA This user is from outside of this forum
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                          @edbilodeau @eloy not necessarily, and there has been efforts trying to be all-encompassing. For an example, I like to cite https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Project

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                          • tauon@possum.cityT tauon@possum.city

                            @dkf@cyberplace.social @eloy@hsnl.social there is no outlook app for linux, and for android, it requests admin access to my device before i can use it, so i removed the account, but it's stuck thinking it's still added so for 2fa i have to always select "text me" otherwise it tries to send a message to my nonexistant phone

                            tldr it's a clusterfuck and postfix + roundcube + gnumail are better

                            ananas@scicomm.xyzA This user is from outside of this forum
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                            @tauon @eloy @dkf

                            To be honest, entire email system is more than a bit of a clusterfuck.

                            And Google and Microsoft didn't help with that.

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                            • ananas@scicomm.xyzA ananas@scicomm.xyz

                              @tauon @eloy @dkf

                              To be honest, entire email system is more than a bit of a clusterfuck.

                              And Google and Microsoft didn't help with that.

                              tauon@possum.cityT This user is from outside of this forum
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                              @ananas@scicomm.xyz @eloy@hsnl.social @dkf@cyberplace.social i still really like e-mail for some reason

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                              • edbilodeau@mastodon.socialE edbilodeau@mastodon.social

                                @eloy Efforts like this in the 80s were individual efforts, not organizationally driven. Individual on campuses today are still working to build a better world. And individuals on campuses are moving away from the MS stack (not me, mind you). But to make that change on an organizational level is a challenge of a different kind and order.

                                mkj@social.mkj.earthM This user is from outside of this forum
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                                @edbilodeau With you on this one. It's one thing to do something individually or as a small group; that's often quite doable. It's quite another matter to do it for thousands of people, or worse yet *convince* someone else (who doesn't really want to do it, sees it as introducing risk, etc.) to do it for potentially thousands of people.

                                @eloy

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                                • tauon@possum.cityT tauon@possum.city

                                  @ananas@scicomm.xyz @eloy@hsnl.social @dkf@cyberplace.social i still really like e-mail for some reason

                                  ananas@scicomm.xyzA This user is from outside of this forum
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                                  @tauon @eloy @dkf

                                  Well I've had plans to write my own email client software to replace roundcube, so I guess I kinda like it too.

                                  It's just love-hate relationship at this point.

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                                  • ananas@scicomm.xyzA ananas@scicomm.xyz

                                    @tauon @eloy @dkf

                                    Well I've had plans to write my own email client software to replace roundcube, so I guess I kinda like it too.

                                    It's just love-hate relationship at this point.

                                    tauon@possum.cityT This user is from outside of this forum
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                                    @ananas@scicomm.xyz @eloy@hsnl.social @dkf@cyberplace.social that's a cool idea
                                    in php? or

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                                    • tauon@possum.cityT tauon@possum.city

                                      @ananas@scicomm.xyz @eloy@hsnl.social @dkf@cyberplace.social that's a cool idea
                                      in php? or

                                      ananas@scicomm.xyzA This user is from outside of this forum
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                                      @tauon @eloy @dkf

                                      C++, PHP is not really in my repertoire. 😅

                                      And well, I want a native program for my email. Though I'd probably write it so it compiles to wasm for browser use.

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                                      • edbilodeau@mastodon.socialE edbilodeau@mastodon.social

                                        @eloy Efforts like this in the 80s were individual efforts, not organizationally driven. Individual on campuses today are still working to build a better world. And individuals on campuses are moving away from the MS stack (not me, mind you). But to make that change on an organizational level is a challenge of a different kind and order.

                                        vwbusguy@mastodon.onlineV This user is from outside of this forum
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                                        @eloy @edbilodeau As someone who has made his career in higher ed, this is very true. It's not impossible, just very hard. Change is more effective when it's organic rather than top down.

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                                        • eloy@hsnl.socialE eloy@hsnl.social

                                          universities in the 1980s: writing the majority of internet standard RFCs and their implementations

                                          universities now: moving away from Microsoft cloud is really hard okay? 🥺

                                          cks@mastodon.socialC This user is from outside of this forum
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                                          @eloy @gnomon Also universities in the 80s: one of the biggest places computer stuff was happening, especially Internet/networking stuff. Universities today: a lower-paid backwater for exciting Internet, networking, Unix etc stuff.

                                          In the 70s and 80s, a university job looked like a decently paid place you could continue interesting work after a CS degree, and better than many outside computer programming jobs (hello IBM mainframes). Today, the exciting jobs are outside of academia.

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