I honestly don’t understand how this protocol can protect anything HTTP+HTML wouldn’t. If you build a browser that supports modern web technologies using Gemini, we’ll be back at the same spot. The only thing saving the protocol is its relative obscurity. A decicated and knowledgeable Dev could abuse it any way they like, no?
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2·2 months agoI’d say the problem is education. Porn is only an issue because people do not get proper sex ed. The reaction to seeing a dick sucked in front of a child shouldn’t be shame, disgust, or terror but allowing the inquisitive mind to ask what is happening.
Sex is a completely normal occurrence that is the reason we are all here. There shouldn’t be any shame or stigma in explaining to a child (or any person for that matter) what it is, what it involves, why it is done, how to safely do it, what consent is, why it is stigmatised.
Want to protect children? Educate them.
Hail TOR and I2P!
My problem isn’t the hardware, it’s that the place I’m moving to will have a bad internet connection. My current homeserver has stuff like a CI (currently being tested), a builder for software (compiling rust, C/C++, go, and whatever else), immich, nextcloud with an extension to download from youtube and other sources (basically to circumvent geoblocking of multiple friends and family), and it could be expanded to host other services e.g a seedbox. All that stuff needs good hardware and a good connection.
My problem is that I’m moving in the not so far future and I don’t know where to put my server. Physical security is important and if someone gets into my house, takes the computer and leaves, it’ll be worthless due to encryption. But if it’s in somebody’s datacenter (co-location or whatever), they could be forced to monitor my traffic, tamper with my system, and I’d have to entrust the key to somebody in order to boot the system and decrypt the drives should it restart for an update or for any other reason.
I’m considering asking a friend to host the homeserver and reimburse them for a better internet connection (fiber) + electricity costs. But I’m not sure they’d be up for it.
How would you solve the problem?
Hey! Another nixos user 😁 What are you using for your VPS? nixos-infect? nixos-everywhere?
As for mini PCs, a friend bought one from Minis Forum and quite likes it. But if you want to support the opensource ecosystem, there are tuxedo computers and slimbook. There’s also starlabs byte.
Take your pick :)
Very likely that the people involved in the deal were corrupt. It wouldn’t surprise anybody if they got a nice sum deposited into an offshore account, a free house, expensive art, or whatever else is used to hide corruption.
Unfortunately the opensource community is heavily disorganised. We don’t have a group to represent us, market opensource, push for its use in public office, fight for compensation for maintainers and developers, and so much more. A concerted effort could possibly accelerate adoption and make it possible for more people to earn a living from opensource, not just the lucky few who can do it in their free time and transition to a paid/funded position.
Why do you believe windows is required to stay connected with the world? Are there specific applications you believe can only run on windows or for which you believe there is no alternative?
Just in case, you can have a look at https://alternativeto.net/ , input your windows application and find opensource alternatives that run on Linux. You can make a list and double check with the community here.
I ask because there might be a possibility for you to go full Linux. It depends on your requirements.
How does this compare to Notion? Can it be used as a knowledge management system? I ask because I see highlights and notes.
@jonny@neuromatch.social I want to like this, but the repo and website do not convey this fundamental information about the project
- what it is
- what is does
- why it does it
- how it does it
The repository only has deployment notes.
The webpage has:
- The name
- A quote
- What SciOp belongs to
- A call to action addressed at… somebody
- Some random stats
It doesn’t mention “tracker” anywhere and only mentions “bittorrent” once.
Please consider people who:
- know nothing about the project
- don’t care about who you are
- have under 5 minutes (most likely 1 minute) to be intrigued
- are not necessarily technically inclined
Ask yourselves who the target audience is and maybe even state it on your webpage.
Lastly, it’s probably too late to change the name and it’s a matter of taste, but making it a homonym to PsyOp make me immediately think that this has a connection to anti-vaxxers, chemtrail believers, flat-earthers, illuminati freaks, and just conspiracy theorists in general.
Maybe I’m the only one thinking this, but as it currently exists, the project feels very much like the old-school C projects that assumed you were “in the know” before even arriving at the website or project. It does not make it inviting - at least not to me. It may be a completely false impression, but it is my impression nonetheless.
Thank you for sharing Post Open. I like that idea. We need a solution to companies just leeching off of opensource projects and not contributing back. It looks like a good initiative.
As an example: a company starts a free tier offering with no promises. It can sustain that because there are enough free users that convert into paying users - enough to sustain the free tier. But times change and the cost of free tier users surpasses that of paying users. Should the company continue providing the same level of service for free tier users?
Also, what other term than entitlement would you use for somebody gets something for free, is not promised that it will stay free forever, the free offering is cancelled or limited, and the user starts complaining?
This is the text is suggested to be added
## Open Source Maintenance Fee This project requires an [Open Source Maintenance Fee](https://opensourcemaintenancefee.org/). While the source code is freely available under the terms of the LICENSE, all other aspects of the project--including opening or commenting on issues, participating in discussions and downloading releases--require [adherence to the Maintenance Fee](./OSMFEULA.txt). In short, if you use this project to generate revenue, the [Maintenance Fee is required](./OSMFEULA.txt). To pay the Maintenance Fee, [become a Sponsor](https://github.com/sponsors/<YOURORGNAME>).The EULA template can be found here. This is the part I find important
- Conflicts with OSI License
To the extent any term of this Agreement conflicts with User’s rights under the OSI License regarding the Software, the OSI License shall govern. This Agreement applies only to the Binary Release and does not limit User’s ability to access, modify, or distribute the Software’s source code or self-compiled binaries. User may independently compile binaries from the Software’s source code without this Agreement, subject to OSI License terms. User may redistribute the Binary Release received under this Agreement, provided such redistribution complies with the OSI License (e.g., including copyright and permission notices). This Agreement imposes no additional restrictions on such rights.
I think it’s a good attempt, but I’m not sure how it can be enforced. It would also need to be applicable to different jurisdictions. The project maintainer would have to know that somebody requesting a feature, commenting or participating in discussions is doing so in the name of the company 🤔
Thank you for sharing this. It’s food for thought.
Is this dude complaining that an offering he pays absolutely nothing for is reducing how much free stuff they give out? Seems quite entitled… like the people demanding opensource devs implement something and never contributing back.
What does it solve? I remember reading it was supposed to make the web easier, but it’s just another transport and one could push JS, CSS, WASM, or anything through it. One could even extend chromium to support it as an alternative to HTTP.
I’m not entirely sure of its purpose.
0·2 years agoThe Eu has forced them: Digital Markets Act --> alternative app stores.
The German ministry for data protection and information security aka BfDI (yeah, it’s a mouth full) has one https://social.bund.de/
So has the Dutch government: https://social.overheid.nl/
And the EU has an official one too https://social.network.europa.eu/
Dunno if there are more. Maybe the French, Italians and Spanish do too. Maybe a list of governmental mastodon instances would be nice.
Isn’t Gemini a transport protocol? It can transport binary data and text data. Wouldn’t it be easy to send JavaScript? If there’s a browser on the other end that supports JavaScript, it can be executed.
How so?
python3 - m http.serverand you’re done. The text can be read even by CLI browsers that don’t depend on javascript. Or do you have some other scenario in mind? Does Gemini support SSL?Anti Commercial-AI license