Given all the drama that's been happening on the bird site, this is starting to feel more relevant than ever.
Source: https://xkcd.com/743/
Incredible x86 emulator written by Fabrice Bellard in Javascript runs Linux: http://bellard.org/jslinux/
In the last 10 years since I originally posted this Fabrice has added multiple distros to this, real networking ability, support for many programs including compilers, a web browser, and the ability to run X windows, all running in the browser. This is the same guy who made QEMU, ffmpeg, Tiny C compiler and a faster way of computing Pi in hexadecimal. Have fun.
Each new generation on the web needs to learn that there’s no such thing as a permanent web identity on a commercial web service.
The only long-term solution to maintain your identity is:
1. your own domain name
2. Your own website/blog
3. Several backups
Everything else is temporary. Your accounts on myspace, facebook, medium, twitter, google plus, youtube, tiktok, mastodon will one day disappear or become useless.
You don’t have a "community" on those websites. Only ephemeral discussions.
New to Mastodon? A few tricks:
1) Do not eat any food offered to you. Should a single grape or morsel pass your lips, you may find the path behind you has vanished and around your throat, a collar of servitude, to be worked off over thousands of years in the Dream Mines.
2) Do not give your true name. A name has power. Only use your true name in a DM to me, the only one who can cast the wards required to protect you in this realm. Be sure to attach a lock of your hair, electronically.