@luna
Glad you got it working, in the end! It's nice to read the journey and dead ends too
@ObsidianUrbex @gme
I very recently just setup Iceshrimp.net, but the main reason I chose it is unlikely to be important to your use. I wanted to be able to react to posts with custom emojis :3
gotosocial seems like a solid choice, but you need to bring your own front end that is compatible with the mastodon api. I set it up before I realised this was not suitable for me because it lacks custom reactions. If you only use the app that shouldn't be a problem, and rrees.me/2024/03/24/alternative-mastodon-frontends/ has a few web front ends.
I imagine most servers have a setting for how long remote media should be cached, for example gotosocial the default is 7 days. This won't affect the photos you upload.
docs.gotosocial.org/en/latest/configuration/media/#__codelineno-0-105
As for federation I think that servers discover you when you follow someone on that server, or someone on that server follows you. I don't think a relay would help people find you but it could help you find others. But I don't really know for certain.
I'm starting to recognize when a mutual has already reacted to a post on my timeline by the reaction used 
@mildsunrise @xerz @raito
I don't even care for the term sideload. It's my device. I'm installing something on it.
I feel like windows at least has already normalized getting signed my a microsoft cert or whatever, it shows you a big scary warning if you run something that isn't. But bypassing it is two clicks; more info and run anyway. Or something like that.
@mildsunrise
may you get many of each, maybe even at the same time
selfie, ec, soft nude: tummy, panties, boobs
@alina
woah, there's a cutie on my timeline
@lethalbit
Yeah, seeing ads in general make me question anything. Like I've seen physical ads for mullvad and I don't like that. Definitely still a step above to youtube sponsors though
@lethalbit
Analog, Digital, Mixed SIgnal? High Speed?
I guess first I'll need to learn when those are used :3
@lethalbit
where does one start to learn to design pcbs?
@lunareclipse
I kind of just skimmed what you said but funny enough I got ipv6 network-host and container-network with docker, but I can only get network-host working with containerd/nerdctl. Could by my fault, but I'm moving things to vms anyway. Container networking is weird
