I’ve been running my own email server for 15+ years. One year ago I needed to change VPS providers and thus get a totally different IP. I worried about this a bit, but actually had no issues whatsoever. Of course, I wasn’t starting completely from scratch as I had the same domain, all my personal experience, and a battle-tested configuration for docker-mailserver. But yeah, the lack of IP reputation itself didn’t seem to be an issue at all. Maybe I got lucky. Or maybe it’s because I chose a relatively small Canadian VPS provider rather than one of the global cloud giants (I assume their IP address space gets pretty trashed with scammers).

Oh this is one to watch! Thanks for posting. I’m currently running docker-mailserver (which is quite mature and stable) but xmox looks very interesting.

All MTAs have retries baked in, so running a self-hosted email server that receives mail is actually one of the most forgiving services in this respect. If your server is offline, the sending server will retry several times over 24-48 hours before it gives up. Even the big cloud email providers will do this.

That said, there are other aspects of running an email server that require some extra rigour, but they’re more on the sending side (making sure emails you send to other people actually land in their inbox). Doable, but one of the more challenging things to self-host.

OpenProject is what you’re looking for.

I don’t have a big problem with CloudFlare (and use their service myself for some things). But so much of the internet infrastructure is already consolidated with them. There are so many good options for domain registrars. Let’s spread things around a bit.

I hope TransLink will send OneBC the invoice for chartering that bus that whisked them off campus.

Hover.com is my favorite. Good prices and no shenanigans.

I hope Americans visiting Las Vegas start changing their money to CAD to take advantage of this little arbitrage opportunity!

I’ve tried dozens of clients and Arpegi is my favourite. I’ve been using it for a year.

for personal use

A key part of his argument is that these laws should be repealed so that small companies could legally develop hacks and alternatives. For example a startup could develop (and support) an alternative firmware for John Deere tractors, which they sell to independent tractor repair shops around the world, creating more competition, more options, and cheaper/better services to end users. The “for personal use” version of that is fine for us hobbyists, but prevents similar freedoms from being accessible to regular people.

Borg is a solid choice, but over the last couple years I’ve transitioned to Restic which prefer slightly. It seems a lot faster, has better usability/ergonomics, and easier to configure a write-only setup (so your server can write snapshots, but is incapable of deleting and such).

Very pleased with this news. Also interesting that they focused these fairly close together in an underserved region, rather than sprinkling them evenly across the country. I feel this could be a good strategy to ensure these new reporters are well-supported to thrive rather than being isolated. Assuming the success of this initiative, I hope that can do it again in a year or two, choosing another underserved region.

Good idea. I’ll do that next time. Thx!

Have you used the Apple App Store recently? It’s a cesspool of apps using dark patterns, gaming the rankings, stuffing keywords, tricking users who meant to install something else. Everything is “free” but needs “in-app purchases” to unlock the functionality that is implied. Apple is no longer protecting the user here.

Good to know. Thanks for this info. I’ll be watching this more closely.

I’m in BC and have accounts with several credit unions. My impression is that they are less consolidated than this, however now I’m not so sure. One of them (Prospera) did a merger last year. Their CEO has a total compensation of $921k. VanCity CU’s CEO total compensation is $1.1M. Blueshore CU was the hardest to find (latest numbers are from 2023 when a CEO retired a new one joined) but it appears to be about $750k.

This is a fascinating and thrilling interview. Thanks for posting!

If you have specific examples or sources I would be very interested to read up on this. Thanks!

It’s unclear why the council — which did not respond to an interview request — thinks the other provinces have something to do with the Nova Scotia Liquor Corporation.

Love this sarcastic tone in the CBC article. 😁

I’m pleased to learn about Uber drivers in Victoria successfully unionizing. My impression is that Uber is among the most exploitive platforms in the “service economy” so this is encouraging news. Hopefully they can expand the union to cover Vancouver and then all of BC.

Use a credit union if you can. Invest in your community.