Please, tell me how “paying for hardware costs is enough”…

  • Dasus@lemmy.world
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    10 days ago

    So youre saying if he just knew how to do it, he wouldn’t actually need to do it?

    I know how to build a medieval castle with a moat and I’d have the technical acumen to build large sustainable hydroponic gardens there as well.

    So why is it that I don’t have a castle, when I know how to build one?

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      10 days ago

      Yes. You don’t have to build a castle. You guys are acting like this is some abstract science and not a well solved problem.

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        10 days ago

        You’re saying he doesn’t need to do any work, that all thr work will just do itself, as long as he knows how it’s supposed to be done.

        You don’t think maintaining a Mastodon instance takes any active input from the person maintaining the instance? Just knowing how to do it is enough to set up all the hardware and software required?

        Sounds rather magical to me. Please explain

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          10 days ago

          No one has said he doesn’t have to do work. Lie more.

          If he doesn’t know how and doesn’t have the means to do something he shouldn’t be doing it. End of story.