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  • This is a good point for not choosing too small. I've made a couple of accounts, and it looks like when a servers crosses that 1,000 or 2,000 user mark you start getting much better consistency than the micro instances with only a few hundred users.

    I usually find that I have to reload a few times if I'm the first person to try to subscribe to a community. That happens uncomfortably too often if the instance is small. Even then, it can take a days or possibly never to properly federate.

    I'm sure these issues will be fixed, but for now, I'd like myself a small instance but not too small so as to avoid issues with consistency.

  • It's bizarre how despite these recommendations I've had multiple workplaces that change passwords monthly. Add stringent complexity requirements, and you get sticky notes everywhere with full logon details.

    A sign in button would be about the same level of security.

  • I don't think shortage means what they think it means. Just because you can't find people at the price and working conditions you're willing to offer doesn't mean there's a shortage. It might just mean that you're cheap.

  • I think they require that builds happen on their build servers using public source to make sneaking in something unsavory harder. A maintainer can't just say here ship this binary.

    Here you can see that they use an automated build system and a means to track what is getting built.

    What is your threat model? I would be more worried about those proprietary firmware blobs that you have to use with your hardware irrespective of what ROM you choose. If you're worried about a maintainer sneaking in a back door, I would think that unlikely because it would leave a paper trail.

  • I did not read the HN comments about this, but at a glance, the SoC appears to be the RK3568 which is really lame. It comes in the NanoPi, and you're looking at four Cortex-A55, the smallest efficiency core they still use in the last couple year's smartphones. This strikes me as massively underpowered to be called a real "Desktop" experience.

    Flagship smartphone from five years ago will run circles around it.