jrollans.com is a Fediverse instance that uses the ActivityPub protocol. In other words, users at this host can communicate with people that use software like Mastodon, Pleroma, Friendica, etc. all around the world.

This server runs the snac software and there is no automatic sign-up process.

Site description
These are the voyag... uh, things I post about.
Admin email
jrollans@gmail.com
Admin account
@jrollans@jrollans.com

Recent posts by users in this instance

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Jonathan Rollans »
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@stigatle@activitypub.stigatle.no Oh! I haven’t experienced any server crashes during my use of Mona. I’d love to build an iOS snac centric app, but time is far too short for me these days.

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Jonathan Rollans »
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I’ve been using Mona and it’s quick and most things work, that I use at least. Would love to use Ivory, but there seems to be some incompatibility that I can’t track down.

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Jonathan Rollans »
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The frequency that I’m getting for the past two weeks is horrible. I’m really
Hoping to Botox injections start making an appreciable difference.

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Jonathan Rollans »
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@pvanb@mastodon.social @chockenberry@mastodon.social I was just wondering about that as well!

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Jonathan Rollans »
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Yup, wrong input, but the remote control for the TV is missing… so it involved lots of cussing and fumbling about with hard-to-reach buttons hidden on the back-side of the TV that had no clear labeling. In the end we got it working again.

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Jonathan Rollans »
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Oh boy, about to have to help my dad “fix his TV” via FaceTime. Sounds like maybe he’s just got it set to the wrong input, which I hope is the case, because I am already burnt out and I don’t think I got any troubleshooting left in my body.

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Jonathan Rollans »
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Even if I were inclined to vote conservative, I don’t believe I could vote for any of these politicians amidst the overwhelming amount of spam I’ve been receiving for the past week. On principle alone, I find it reprehensible that they would resort to SMS bombing like this.

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Jonathan Rollans »
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I’ve gotten 46 text messages since 7:30 AM this morning (it’s 11:10 AM now) and every single one of them has been “vote republican” bullshit, but they’re all for North Carolina. I live in Colorado.

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Jonathan Rollans »
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I’ve let my programming skills languish for so many years now that I practically don’t remember anything of use anymore, but lately I’ve really been wanting to get back into it. I know I want to do something with , but I’m not sure what.

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Jonathan Rollans »
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@chema@ctrvx.net @grunfink@comam.es I agree completely! I’ve been very satisfied with myself. Server software has gotten so incredibly bloated these days needing ridiculous amounts of resources, snac uses practically no resources and its development has been wonderful to watch take shape.

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Jonathan Rollans »
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@BeAware@social.beaware.live We really do. ☹️

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Jonathan Rollans »
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My medication that I take for migraines would cost $11,579.64 a year if it weren’t for the state funded health insurance that I have. That’s just bonkers…

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Jonathan Rollans »
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This weather is bonkers, yesterday it was 60° F and today it’s 90° F.

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Jonathan Rollans »
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@BeAware@social.beaware.live @jrollans Ah, that’s it. Thanks for the reminder!

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Jonathan Rollans »
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@loganer@mastodon.social It can be pretty fun to run servers like that, I’ve had a few different ActivityPub services over the past few years. There are a LOT of different servers these days.

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Jonathan Rollans »
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@Turnimunt@mastodon.social I know I’ve seen a site that basically lists statistics for all the different ActivityPub servers, just can’t remember where it was. Maybe it would be possible to get a rough calculation based on info there?

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Jonathan Rollans »
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I would be curious to see the amount of monthly active users federating via that are _not_ using as their server instance. Basically I want to know the number of folks that actively use the sans Mastodon statistics.

Anyone got an idea?

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Jonathan Rollans »
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I feel like subscriptions of any kind should be partially opt-in after the fact. It should not be possible for a company to debit your account in perpetuity. There should be some law or regulation that requires companies that offer subscriptions to contact you for authorization every so often (like every three months or something).

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Jonathan Rollans »
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For the first time since I moved here back in 2016 it has rained the _entire_ day. I miss days like this.

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Jonathan Rollans »
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@BeAware@social.beaware.live @samsethi I’ve been using the 18.1 beta on my 15 Pro and while I see some potential with the Apple Intelligence stuff, it’s very rough around the edges, hell it’s rough around the middle! The beta itself it’s quite buggy, lots of heat issues and random crashes still. I’m hoping beta 4 helps in that regard.

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Jonathan Rollans »
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Kinda feel like I’m gonna pop when it gets up there.

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Jonathan Rollans »
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Lately I’ve been dealing with some elevated blood pressure and I gotta say, it’s really not pleasant. Apparently some folks can’t tell if their BP is high, I definitely can.

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Jonathan Rollans »
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It’s such a massive relief that the heat wave finally broke, I was starting to think that it would never cool down. I actually put on a hoodie today!

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Jonathan Rollans »
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I run deliveries for extra cash on occasion and I’m fairly certain something has gone wrong with the app as far as assigning deliveries. I live in a small town, but usually I’ll catch a few orders in an hour, but about a week ago the app will claim it’s “Very Busy” so I’ll log in and nothing. Sometimes for well over an hour! I’d love to know how their algorithm determines what driver to send orders to.

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Jonathan Rollans »
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I’m hearing some fantastic thunder right now! I wish there was a straightforward way to share audio recordings via . There probably is, but I am unaware of it…

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Jonathan Rollans »
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I thought of a useful idea for an open source project today and I’m wondering if I have the skills to make it so… it’s like Pi-hole, but for phone call blocking. A crowdsourced database of spam, scam, and otherwise phone numbers that an app can pull from to block said numbers. Not sure about Android, but iOS has an API for call blocking.

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Jonathan Rollans »
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I’m so very much over this heatwave… I moved to Colorado to escape the blistering heat of Texas and I had 7 years of relief from the scorch, but this summer feels just like “home”.

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Jonathan Rollans »
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There’s this fish & chips food truck that comes through town every month or so and damn it’s good stuff. Pretty sure my cholesterol would be through the roof if I had regular access to it.

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Jonathan Rollans »
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has struck again! I’m very sick… woke up this morning with a fever and having bizarre hallucinations about try dig out some kind of gemstones from the dirt. Kinda sounds cool, but it was absolutely not. This has been my third experience with having Covid.