valleyforge @valleyforge@qoto.org
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The DNS seems to be the central source of trust that many decentralized projects are based on.
Would it be possible to build a decentralized alternative to the DNS?
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It will take a number of years, but #microsoft will 'kill' #github like it killed Nokia, Skype, LinkedIn, Mixer and countless other things. "Anything they touch..."
Don't plan for contingencies. #deletegithub now.
Don't plan for contingencies. #deletegithub now.
Lemmy, an open source federated link aggregator (similar to reddit), is receiving funding from the nlnet foundation.
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all software is junk
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*chuckle* Just checking through a Rust crate for preliminary file accessibility checks that I want to do as a CLI argument validation step.
The UNIX/POSIX version is just an API wrapper around faccessat().
WinAPI makes doing the same thing so verbose and complicated that the author felt a code comment was necessary that says "Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn".
The Lordstown electric pickup looks like it has potential but, they're marketing it as a commercial pickup while pricing it as a luxury pickup. It could work as a luxury pickup but they haven't released anything about it's interior!
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Some of the better #science related bad stock photos
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James Paulos at the University of Pennsylvania is working on a new type of control system for helicopters
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aEPf0QHVuMM
Tom Stanton has a great video building a 3d printed working prototype of this system
People should be in charge of their online presence instead of being at the mercy of silicon valley
QT: https://s.ovalerio.net/@dethos/104371178156651052
"The Return of the 90s Web" https://mxb.dev/blog/the-return-of-the-90s-web/ #web #webdev
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Facebook moderator whistleblower raises the alarm on biased algorithms
This is part of why we need decentralization to dethrone silicon valley's monopolistic structures
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=youtu.be&v=l7o4A16QCxE
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@freemo I think we will come out of this and people will start to reflect and regret that we have removed some items that on reflection should not have been removed without wider rational debate.
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Lamp Phone, now even your light bulbs make it easy to ease drop on you!
https://techxplore.com/news/2020-06-bulb-vibrations-yield-eavesdropping.html
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Amateur Boolit Farmer,
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Joined Jun 2020
