Keep it civil.
My distrust is in Google, not technology.
You trust Google to use quantum tech for purely scientific pursuits?
This device should be seized and destroyed. Google have constructed a weapon.
https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy-ansible
I’m unaware of hardware requirements, but specs will entirely depend on how many users and communities (local and federated) an instance has. I’m running on a very small VPS with no current desire to add users.
Server owners have discretion over community creation and federation. If you create your own instance, you’re totally free to have whatever communities you like.
I use US Mobile, who resell T-Mobile and Verizon services. My family use very little data, so we only prepay for 1GB/mo. Four lines are $40 a month total.
A leaf node is a vector to spam/attack the rest of the network. The network is only as strong as its weakest node.
Edit: i.e. an instance owner with a weak shell password