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by gego 5y ago
..it is, alas, the way of history so far. The best example are the high seas. First we were in a state where Spain and Portugal ruled and claimed it all (US on the net), then a lot of contenders came in the form of other seafaring countries
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by gego 5y ago
If countries try to nationalise cyberspace as their "territory" that they will censor and spy on, it's clear that this collides head on with what users want... the way forward would be an international space like the high sea
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by gego 5y ago
I did buy the little ( boox poke 3) and the big boox note air, mainly to do some reading and drawing on the go. What I also used it for during the lockdown was to switch it for the tablets my kids use to control their screen time (not so mu
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by gego 5y ago
Fork it on the internet archive :)
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by gego 5y ago
Stanislaw Lem ftw ;)
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by gego 5y ago
I feel like that, too. What always gets me as so strange is how national authorities always want to fence it in, not understanding that - in my opinion - it can only really exist as such. That view is also the fundamental problem with publi
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Ask HN: What Is the Net to You?
3 points by gego 5y ago|2 comments
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by gego 5y ago
...the archiveteam wiki might have some approaches that might fit your use case. Then there is always HTTrack.
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by gego 5y ago
I do not have to help a third party possibly incriminate myself in all legislations signal is used. I might also be charged with protecting information by constitution, law or international statute (e.g. as a health or legal professional),
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by gego 5y ago
Yeah he comments on it in the small print ;)
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by gego 5y ago
I got 4 links for you (satire but still true): https://motherfuckingwebsite.com/ http://bettermotherfuckingwebsite.com/ https://thebestmotherfucking.website/ https://perfectmothe
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by gego 6y ago
Luhmanns also used this in his famous Zettelkasten concept
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by gego 6y ago
Why are the incentives for established nonprofits located in the US stacked such, that they fokus less on their core mission (Wikimedia, but also Mozilla come to mind) but seem to (ab)use the trust of the volunteers they should be serving a
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by gego 6y ago
I am always amazed how well the "market" regulates resilience... when, for example, regulators used the Wienerberger winter-proof brick with much better isolation as standard for building regulations in some regions of Europe with
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by gego 6y ago
Well, the EU should just fork or support existing open source Mozilla projects and pay developers... but looking at the budget there seem to be a lot of... unnecessary... money sinks. 80 Mil for management... 200 for dev... but the security
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by gego 6y ago
Tabbed browsing... doesn't this invalidate some patents on ideas of how to use multiple tabs? :P
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by gego 9y ago
Don't attack, just verify. The system is in place (hint: high seas), the states, especially those not in a state of denial of the applicability of international law, have to offer definitions for their regulations, especially those in
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by gego 9y ago
The problem with all these approaches is that they sidestep what the internet is and isn't and change the rules as they see fit when they want a certain outcome. If the internet is a digital territory made up of computer ETS, then we f