MalReynolds

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[–] MalReynolds 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

You're not wrong, but here we are, talking open source and GPL licences. If you can make a game portal work, or the web in general, it's viable, your ISP is a choke point though, agreed. Was more talking about an easy stack like the 'arrs, but for webrings, just an idea...

[–] MalReynolds 2 points 4 months ago
[–] MalReynolds 4 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Is that not within his current power ?

[–] MalReynolds 14 points 4 months ago (5 children)

So would people having webpages instead of social media accounts

And there's your problem... (in the voice of Jamie Hyneman, Mythbusters). To see a real return of webrings, people would need to have (make) their own pages and curate some links.

Thinking about it, with the rise of selfhosted, it's actually really viable, cobble together a docker stack with a WYSIWYG HTML editor somewhat oriented to the task (pretty sure something out there can be repurposed), a web server, proxy, and that's about it (probably missing a fair bit, not my bailiwick, still, once the stack is made and solid, I'm guessing many would host, I would). Set a threshold of how many people you're willing to host, say 50 or whatever so you're able to check for CSAM or other legal minefields, and Bob's your uncle, stir in some solid security to keep it isolated if you're using it at home (or VPS) and it's golden.

OK, more complicated than I initially thought, and it's way less friction to use something like faceplant, which is entirely their point. Still, I think, if given the opportunity, and functional tools, and low enough friction, many would prefer to have a hand curated presence on the web above a facebook page.

I'll stop, but thanks for the interesting thought seed.

[–] MalReynolds 6 points 4 months ago

Fascinating, and potentially a very powerful mechanism for carbon sequestration.

[–] MalReynolds 6 points 4 months ago (5 children)

So, I've heard that embedding the individual cells in resin(?) leads to far greater stability (can't get runaway fires where one cell lights the next and so forth...). Obviously crap for repairability, but good for safety. Anyone got any good info on this, preferably from the perspective of battery builders?

[–] MalReynolds 2 points 4 months ago

Fair enough. In that case, I'd just go for ones with a 5-year warranty and call it a day. At least you get a replacement if it fails.

[–] MalReynolds 19 points 4 months ago (4 children)

More than one copy > 'longevity' in the marketing. Drives fail, make allowances. Realistically, it only has to last until you get an even bigger drive in a couple of years.

[–] MalReynolds 4 points 4 months ago

If it can be read (i.e. used) it can be copied. Self-destruct is a possibility, thermite FTW ;). There are encryption technologies that will resist even this level of resources however, I'm guessing 1024-bit encryption is good until Q-day, probably more with a quantum ready algorithm, although none of those have been tested yet.

That's when they bring out the rubber hose...

[–] MalReynolds 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Certainly wouldn't hurt, tunnel out via vpn to swaziland or whatever. I'm still going to be searching locally, but if all they know is I'm looking for bikes and hopefully don't link it to my shadow profile, I can probably live with that. Still, don't they require ID and phone number and shit these days ? IDK, I really don't follow them.

[–] MalReynolds 1 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

bicycle, FWIW, but it's a more general problem...

[–] MalReynolds 14 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Depends on how bright the lights are, and the phase.

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