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No description of the games they even play? It's an interesting idea. But it sounds like one big "no girls allowed" kind of treehouse with how minimally forthco
by CursedSilicon 1y ago
No description of the games they even play? It's an interesting idea. But it sounds like one big "no girls allowed" kind of treehouse with how minimally forthcoming they are about documentation
- giantg2 1y agoSeems more like a semi-private friends-of-friends network. It wouldn't be surprising if it turned out to have skewed representations as most of these do by nature of the semi-private nature.
- cptskippy 1y agoWhat gave you that impression? > The Promised LAN is a closed, membership only network...
- giantg2 1y agoI can't tell what you are trying to add to the conversation here, or of it's just sarcasm.
- cptskippy 1y agoI was teasing you and the op because you both made hedges ("seems", "sounds") when it was very clearly stated in the very first eight words of the first sentence of the first paragraph on that site.
- giantg2 1y agoI've never tried to join, so I don't know how exclusive it is. There are private clubs and groups that you just need to ask and they'll let you join. Others do a lot of vetting. If it's the former, it's not all that private.
- ruszki 1y agoYou should read the article and the linked manifesto, because they are very clear that it’s none of that.
- giantg2 1y agoI already did read the article and I did not get that impression. If it's really that small and private, why mamke a website about it for friends and prospective members? Why architecture the network in a way that favors scaling, including mulitple backbone nodes running diverse software with the option to add more? Clearly these indicate thats it's not that small or exclusive. I would bet that if you were to bump into someone at DEF CON and they were a member, all you'd have to do to join is say "that's so cool, how can I join".
- mdickers47 1y agoIt is as small as it says. BGP/IPSec might be silly at its size, but it was also the path of least resistance given the background of the people in the Bureau of Lan Management. I guess it was also for lolz to see if these things could be made stable and reliable without the big-organization clownery that we constantly run into.
- dewey 1y agoIt doesn't necessarily look like something that was built to be submitted to HN or be interesting to outsiders.
- woodrowbarlow 1y agoit's made clear from the outset this article is not attempting to recruit members, but to promote the concept
- TheFreim 1y ago> But it sounds like one big "no girls allowed" kind of treehouse There is absolutely nothing wrong with this. It's actually completely fine, and good, for people to voluntarily form social groups based on a shared interests and traits. The movement to oppose this sort of thing has been a large factor in the deterioration of social life for many people. You are not entitled to membership in a community of close-knit friends.
- CursedSilicon 1y agoWhere did I say any of that? I was just bemused at the webpage bragging about hosting a "24/7 LAN party" but then not even mentioning what games they like playing
- bongodongobob 1y agoIdk, probably this part? > it sounds like one big "no girls allowed" kind of treehouse
- CursedSilicon 1y ago"We're going to write paragraphs about how cool this project is but also it's all on the LAN and it's invite-only so don't ask"
- bongodongobob 1y agoI don't see how this is any different from someone sharing a homelab setup or something.
- jasonm23 1y agoThat'll be because essentially it's no different.
- thoroughburro 1y ago“A friend group with an idea to share”
- NewsaHackO 1y agoThis seems like way to much effort for playing video games which can be done easier with discord. With how tight lipped they are with what their actual service is, it gives off file sharing vibes.
- redn0vae 1y agoNo games are played on TPL. It's more just socializing. There's IRC and stuff, and people host weird things. When you join TPL you get a generated LaTeX document with all your connection-specific details. That document breaks down kind of _everything_ you need to know to join, and then you're paired up with one of those primary backbone people to connect.
- ndndndn 1y agoWhy would you assume they play games instead of socializing? Talking about no girls allowed...