PleasantAura

Huh. I've been getting old posts too unless I sort by new but I assumed it was related to that. I also can't look at subscribed communities or all communities on Jerboa anymore.

It's probably related to the fact that this instance didn't update to the latest software yet (unless I missed it) but I'm not certain of that so don't take my word as gospel.

Thank you! I'll probably repurpose an old PC to reduce costs when I do because I have a little bit of hand me down stuff, but it's not enough to really run a server that hosts anything important on so I'll probably have to supplement (and yeah, the storage thing).

Thanks! The awesome communities around a lot of this stuff really helped me get into these things too. I got lucky enough to get a decent soldering station recently too (gift from family) so hopefully I also start to make a bit of progress. Honestly, having things break that I know logically have to be simple to fix was what got me most interested; why should we throw a set of speakers or a kitchen appliance into a landfill just because there's damage to a single wire? And it really hasn't been too intimidating so far.

And this whole shift to the fediverse has made me super interested in running my own server locally, both for storage purposes (I need too much storage space >.>) and for the sake of having the ability to host whatever I want locally - but I haven't really played around with that yet since it costs a decent bit of money even buying used server stuff from China.

I've been getting really into DIY stuff lately, mostly electronics. As someone with a lot of sensory issues, mechanical keyboards are fantastic since you can tune them so much to your own preferences, and as a retro tech freak (and staunch believer in repair rather than replace), learning the basics of soldering and general electronics modding has been great (and custom Gameboy stuff is right up my alley). I'm even thinking about learning PCB design stuff and some general low level computing stuff I didn't learn before. Unfortunately, I haven't really been able to afford much in this regard lately since I'm disabled and I have been having nerve/joint issues lately, but friends did help me get parts for a slightly more ergonomic keyboard (Alice layout instead of standard) so I can use the computer more comfortably (and I guess I'll have to make getting a nice split keyboard a long term goal), and I'm planning on doing some visual stuff to make it look nice and distinctly mine (it's layered acrylic, so adding pressed flowers and stuff below the top layer).

I just wanted to say thanks for putting this into words better than I could. I'd been thinking about this recently and this really helped make a few things click. I've been pretty frustrated with the idea of strict canon especially in anime communities, as well as what a bunch of different copyright holders of stuff like Star Wars have done to their media lately in the pursuit of profit. I'm pretty anti-copyright in general and I think this is a good way of explaining part of why I have that stance.

Really freaking complicated :P

Multiplicity (I think that's the right word but I always get a bit confused) + gender gets confusing, which is why I usually have to describe my gender rather than using a simple term, unfortunately.