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The other day there was a discussion on Quora’s demise and I thought about how a lot of good ideas aren’t profitable. My university gives everyone some storage
by Waterluvian 3y ago
The other day there was a discussion on Quora’s demise and I thought about how a lot of good ideas aren’t profitable.
My university gives everyone some storage and hosting for whatever. As long as it’s legal and tolerates the built in rate limiter, go nuts.
What if governments did that? Just a bit of free hosting and a bit of compute for anyone to do whatever with as long as it’s legal and tolerates the rate limiter. Heck this feels like a public library type thing. Give people the raw workshop space for their ideas.
I know there’s a lot of “yeah but…” issues, but I’m feeling optimistic about the idea.
- Avicebron 3y agoI could see this working as a community project potentially. Instead of a physical maker space, it would be cool idea to have collectives built around shared digital storage/compute resources.
- lakpan 3y agoYeah but.. who needs this? I don’t think the government would/should invest money into something that few need, has varying needs and is already a commodity? There are far better services a government could offer, like a nation-wide login system. Imagine asking for a passport by clicking a couple of buttons and taking a selfie.