Comment Re:Silicone Valley (Score 2) 45
Freenet is also based on middle-out compression.
Comment Re:So i can just post 30TB and get it later? (Score 4, Informative) 45
No. Trying to push 30TB into Freenet will be interpreted as an attack on the network by other peers and they'll disconnect from your peer.
Freenet is better viewed as a communication medium than a storage medium. Data is prioritized according to demand, somewhat like an LRU cache. You can't upload 30TB and expect the network to preserve it for you.
On liability, running a Freenet peer is more like running network infrastructure that automatically routes and caches other people's traffic than intentionally publishing it. US law explicitly recognizes this distinction in the DMCA's provisions for transitory network communications and system caching. We discuss this in more detail in the FAQ.
Comment Re:Just a heads up, decentralized platforms... (Score 4, Informative) 45
You obviously haven't tried Freenet. You can join our room on River and you'll see no spam, no fraud, no hate speech, none of that.
Decentralized doesn't mean unmoderated. Systems built on Freenet can be moderated however their creators and communities want. River is moderated.
The difference is that nobody running one service gets to decide what everyone else is allowed to run.
Submission + - Freenet: Apps Without Platforms
Sanity writes: Earlier this year Slashdot covered the launch of the completely redesigned Freenet. I recently gave a talk about what we've been building since then. Unlike traditional web applications, apps on Freenet have no central server or database, with application state instead distributed across the network. These now include decentralized group chat, publishing, search, and fully decentralized Git hosting. The talk also gets into some of Freenet's internals, including how we use machine learning for network routing.
Comment Re:LOL (Score 1) 83
They'll ban you for expressing forbidden opinions. Opinions that are extremely fucking common outside of Reddit.
LK
Comment It's the crazy alphabet nonsense for me... (Score 1) 83
I was auto suspended because I quoted a 30 year old statement supporting the rights of gays and lesbians that made reference to "LGB communities". I was accused of Trans erasure or some other stupid bullshit.
I hope the stock price falls low enough for Elon Musk to buy it for a song.
LK
Comment Re: Oh goody (Score 0) 118
Free speech includes lying.
Comment Employment is voluntary and based on value (Score 0) 81
Merit should always consider strictly value.
Comment Re: Why do we care? (Score 0) 176
The $5K a year just gives you a $300 per person per visit discount. So pays itself back in 15 visits or so.
Comment Re:Why do we care? (Score 0) 176
Plenty of us nerds can afford this and want to see news about this.
Comment lol statism ai the cause of monopolies (Score 0) 39
Garbage regulations like IP create these behemoths. If you want freedom, stop regulating monopolies into existence.
Comment Re: I don't want billionaires to pay their fair sh (Score -1) 295
Statism creates billionaires.
Submission + - I see weâ(TM)ve brought back social engineering (404media.co)
TechnoLust writes: Itâ(TM)s been decades since I could just ASK to gain access to stuff I should not have. AI is truly making strides in technology. Now if only they were forward instead of backwards.
Journal Journal: After 19 years I have come to the conclusion that LinkedIn was a waste of time. 1
I had my suspicions, but I didn't want to jump to any conclusions. So for any of you out there wondering how this journal worked out, Web 2.0 is garbage.
https://slashdot.org/journal/161630/web-20-business-networking-is-it-useful-at-all
Comment Re: scares me too much ill never do that (Score 1) 75
I'll second this â" I did mushrooms once many years ago, and it ranks as one of the most intense euphoric experiences I have ever had. It was truly life-changing.
