#pest | 2023-08-31

bitbot[asciilifeform]: Logged on 2023-08-30 23:44:01 signpost: blog, deedbot, wot site all lived on that box

PeterL[asciilifeform]: what happened, did the box die? or was stolen?

signpost[asciilifeform]: drive died, and backup process rotted.

mod6[asciilifeform]: at least there is an old backup

mod6[asciilifeform]: need / want new parts / server?

signpost[asciilifeform]: I don't think there's much use in standing it back up as it was.

mod6[asciilifeform]: fair enough, no time like the present to re-think it

signpost[asciilifeform]: whatever suceeds the centralized wot oughtn't have the pitfall of guy's machine disappearing nuking the thing.

mod6[asciilifeform]: hard to argue with that, even so, what to do

signpost[asciilifeform]: was anyone in practice using the old wot for anything?

signpost[asciilifeform]: thing to do is keep building pest. I'm still hacking on occ when I have time.

mod6[asciilifeform]: i mean, i still know how to use it, but haven't had to use it for a while. i also like that it exists.

mod6[asciilifeform]: nice. if pest can grow into something that handles it, that'd be cool.

signpost[asciilifeform]: been discussed for a long time.

mod6[asciilifeform]: sweet, i gotta catch up moar.

asciilifeform: http://logs.bitdash.io/pest/2023-08-31#1030186 << asciilifeform (& other folx) had links to it, when mentioning wot folx in vtronic context.

bitbot[asciilifeform]: Logged on 2023-08-31 13:03:08 signpost: was anyone in practice using the old wot for anything?

asciilifeform: but yea, the old #t wot has been afaik effectively read-only for yrs

asciilifeform: there was the get-in-the-wot-and-gate-to-pest thing signpost made last yr tho

mod6[asciilifeform]: yeah, i saw some people make some updates in the last 2 years or so, but not super often.

asciilifeform: iirc 1 n00b used it briefly

asciilifeform: the deedbot www was also the go-to place to fetch pubkeys quickly.

asciilifeform will need to mirror the ones he linked to. prolly good practice regardless of whether signpost digs up the backup

signpost[asciilifeform]: yeah, I apologize for this. not going to be able to immediately divert attention to standing it back up atm.

asciilifeform: signpost: imho if you've spare cycles, better the pest occ than museum piece

asciilifeform: esp. given as the #t museum can still be viewed at above link

asciilifeform: afaik the only folx who are alive, still on the net, and still using the names/pubkeys displayed in that wot, are all tuned in here.