So I got hold of a domain that shows my exact full name. I thought it would be useful for showing up as "professional" when working in IT and sending resumes.

I got some mail forwarded using the domain registrar. I also made a small static website, which only has hello world for now but soon will get the contents filled up.

But then... what? I suppose I can host anything I want, but then there's the whole "real name - gotta look professional" aspect that makes me weary of hosting a Lemmy instance, for example, when the domain without my name attached wouldn't.

I suppose having personal domains were cool in the 90s where people were barely learning about "the internets". Not so anymore?

Is there a usefulness in having a domain name with your real name attached on this age?

It often happens that a given lemmy link didn't match with my own login from another instance. This causes troubles to comment and participate in the thread. This is what I have learned so far. Is there a better method of doing this? Browser extension suggestions are welcome.

Context:

• Have an account @username on instance lemmy.test and being logged in
• Given a lemmy link lemmy.example.com/post/12345
• Want to comment as @[email protected] on lemmy.example.com/post/12345

Expected behavior:

• Opening links from lemmy.example.com automatically recognizes login from lemmy.test, commenting and voting done without problems

Actual behavior:

• Instance lemmy.example.com expects logins only from its own server, not other federated servers like lemmy.test

Manual fix (for web browsers):

• Check for the "federation link" (the icon with five-colored star, is there a name for this?) from linked URL's page. (If the icon does not exist, check Observations below)
• Open "search" from own instance (lemmy.test > search)
• Enter the "federation link" at search bar.
• First result should be a URL that's compatible with the own instance: e.g. lemmy.test/post/98765

Observations:

• If the link and its OP shares the same instance domain (@[email protected] posting to [email protected]), then the federation link should be the link itself (please confirm if this is actually true).
• If not, then the "federation link" has to be obtained.
• INCLUDE HTTPS before domain, otherwise it won't appear in the search:

https://lemmy.example.com/post/12345 OK
lemmy.example.com/post/12345 NOT OK

I currently carry a dual-sim phone to have two numbers, private and work each. I am not entirely happy with this setup however:

• Dual sim phones aren't common and cost more when I have to upgrade.
• I need call recording for business, but android phones aren't very clear when it comes to call recording support. I had to try and return several new devices.
• I would love to have additional temporary phone numbers for privacy (e.g. retails).

And here's my situation:

• Google Voice is not available in my country. Plus, it's Google.
• Prepaid SIM cards are cheap and easy to acquire where I live.
• I have a bunch of old spare android phones.

I was thinking, could I leave the SIM cards for private and work at home, inserted to phones/devices that are managed by a call-forwarding server, which transparently forward the calls to a third device I am actually carrying?

Self hosted Google Voice is what I would love to have.