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@StarkRG @jay @vildis personally I'd rather still compress stuff for speed reasons, as bandwith is the limiting factor, not computational power or storage.

  • That being said that too can be done by setting compression factor to 0.

infosec.space/@kkarhan/1147896

I don't host, seed, download or distribute anything copyrighted, but like with @vxunderground and @VXShare do for #Antivirus I've seen enough groups also do some basic #encryption as to avoid any #ContentID-style matching and thus automated #DMCA takedowns...

Infosec.SpaceKevin Karhan :verified: (@kkarhan@infosec.space)@adorfer@chaos.social @jay@social.zerojay.com @vildis@infosec.exchange *I KNOW THAT!* - I literally did that myself 30+ years ago when I had a handed-down #Windows95 *T H I C C "pizzabox"* which didn't have a CD-Burner, only a CD-ROM and even if I had CD-RWs back in 1999, they would've been more expensive than a 10-pack of 3,5" 1440kB FDDs and it would've been wasteful for stuff in the 2-10 MB region. Granted #RAR is outdated and even if we assume we've to split files still to *systematically abuse free tiers of file hosters* (which I disapprove of because it's not only a bit antisocial but also susceptible to #LinkRot), there are now better options like #7zip that are even easier to use than `tar` & `bzip2` & `xz`…

Dear #fediverse Community, some questions about @ipfs ,
- is it considered part of #fediverse ?
- are there any public institutions that host #ipfs instances?

I am asking because I am curious of public institutions should be encouraged to host ipfs nodes next to Mastodon et al. Seems like a good idea to make censorship of important data more difficult

Telegram is dieing

Telegram partnering with Elon’s #AI to distribute #Grok inside chats is a clear line crossed. This matters because private data ≠ training fodder, bringing Grok (or any #LLM) into messaging apps opens the door to pervasive data harvesting and normalization of surveillance.This is an example of platform drift: Telegram was always sketchy (proprietary, central control, opaque funding), but this is active betrayal of its user base, especially those in repressive regions who relied on […]

hamishcampbell.com/telegram-is

hamishcampbell.comTelegram messaging app is dieing – Hamish Campbell
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#AI#dat#dna

Wenn jemand aus meiner Timeline einen #IPFS-Pinning-Service mit lokalem HTTPS-Gateway gebrauchen kann, sagt gerne bescheid. Es können ruhig noch andere meinen Code testen, den ich dafür geschrieben habe ;).

I've built a thing.

Sometimes my follower count seemingly fluctuates at random. To understand why, I dug into the #MastodonAPI and eventually created "fedi-followers":

A privacy-friendly #fediverse #followers explorer as local-only static web app, decentrally hosted on the #ipfs. See who's actually following (and unfollowing) you over time and much more.

fedi--followers-data0-one.ipns

fedi--followers-data0-one.ipns.dweb.linka privacy-friendly fediverse followers explorer as local-only static web app.

Initializing a new project - Interplanetary Markdown. Might explore a #Web3 (off-chain) approach later for a better experience, but for now, keeping it simple with good old #OpenPGP.

A censorship-resistant #Markdown publishing platform, enabling seamless content distribution. Powered by the Interplanetary File System (#IPFS), ensuring #blogs, #articles, and other written content remain accessible and verifiable across the distributed web.

github.com/rvnrstnsyh/cupoftea

GitHubGitHub - rvnrstnsyh/cupoftea: Interplanetary MarkdownInterplanetary Markdown. Contribute to rvnrstnsyh/cupoftea development by creating an account on GitHub.

How is one supposed to find files on #IPFS?

I love that it's based on #DHT of old docs.ipfs.tech/concepts/dht/#k though in practice mediated by a central indexer (IPNI) docs.ipfs.tech/concepts/ipni/ .

But what made DHT useful in #eMule was the search by filename or other human-readable metadata, so of course they removed all of that!?
discuss.ipfs.tech/t/cid-concep

So you can't search a file by its checksum, let alone its filename. You need to know someone who already has the file, and ask them where to look.

docs.ipfs.techDistributed Hash Tables (DHT) | IPFS DocsLearn what distributed hash tables (DHTs) are, how they store who has what data, and how they play a part in the overall lifecycle of IPFS.
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@msbellows @cslinuxboy While it would help with bandwidth issues, it's no isp.

Unfortunately, most apps and websites are currently built with the client-server model. Local first applications go a long way but are a lost art.

Content addressed p2p like #ipfs goes further, can help alleviate power imbalances and users can retrieve from and rehost for anyone. It's needed but hasn't taken off enough yet.

Hasn't stopped me from building and helping others build, but we can only build so fast.

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Might also be time to get caught up on #IPFS ? In 2020, I built this fun/janky #RaspberryPi console to access it & print files onto thermal receipt paper.

I used Tinkercad to design some custom LEGO bits for #3DPrinting , to mount the guitar strap, arcade buttons, and 3mm acrylic~

hackster.io/glowascii/pipfs-po