#Torrent is the real life solution, as of now.
The reason is simple.
EITHER you get very good privacy via #TOR, for example
OR you get high performance via centralised or otherwise speedy services.
You won't ever get the benefits of #TOR, without poor performance, except #Google throws billions at it, but then it's definitely not safe anymore.
Just recently I read, that #TOR only has like 6000 exit nodes. Like, really? This is the most important privacy network around the globe & we have only like 6000 exit nodes, of which many are probably bullshit, anyway.
So, considering that fact, we aren't even close to getting a performant #Onion network in the near future, except #Google (or whatever too big company) throws billions at it & makes it not safe anymore.
If you wanna have a taste of download speeds via #TOR, try #OnionShare.
No, I've already pointed out in other notes/replies, that this is a huge issue when your network is so censorship-resistant, eventually it will be cut into pieces, once 99% of users are actually bots trying to promote shit.
Basically, like in dead MMOs, where everyone you see is pretty much a bot.
I've been on quite a few decentralised social platforms & they all suffer from this issue. The only way to at least minimise it is to create self-governed groups, where you enact moderation powers, which some users will call "censorship", again... Sigh...
How do I purchase the full version of the group? You only ever post the Demo version of it.
My funniest #meme:
nostr:npub13wfgha67mdxall3gqp2hlln7tc4s03w4zqhe05v4t7fptpvnsgqs0z4fun Make the unfunniest joke funny by making it not funny in a funny way.
‚In the report, “Expected Macroeconomic Effects of Issuing a Retail CBDC,” the central bank stated that an “important design consideration is the possibility of setting limits on users’ holdings and/or spending of CBDC.
These limits could safeguard users from cyberattacks targeting their balances or transactions and reduce the demand for retail #CBDC as store of value in competition with bank accounts.”‘
https://www.pymnts.com/cbdc/2023/retail-cbdcs-and-the-limits-of-spending-limits/
It's all real already since many years, but with cash.
Ever tried to randomly get 10k from your bank account in cash? Try & fail in some cases, like e. g. if you don't tell them what it is for.
The worst thing is, when it is spammed everywhere, by so many different accounts & smartasses just say "duh, just block it", like yeah, I have nothing better to do, than wasting my day for blocking every single stupid account...
To block, one has to search for this account, i. e. giving it more publicity. :)
Is this #zapathon?
Drop Messenger & everyone who is solely using it.
I cannot believe, people actually use this. WhatsApp is already very cringe but using Facebook Messenger is much worse & more cringe than using an e-mail address assigned to you by your ISP.
Cringe as fuck.
I provided some easy solutions.
Am stuck trying to figure out what the hell is wrong with #SSL #TLS libraries on #Alpine #Linux.
My program is basically finished, but I still cannot deploy it via #Docker, because #Alpine #Linux does not provide an out of the box working #SSL installation.
Tried numerous workarounds, like playing with versions, statically linking, etc. None work on #Alpine. Everything works fine outside #Docker on #Debian.
My research also proves, that there have been loads of issues with #SSL libraries on #Alpine.
Rules seem pretty sexist to me.
"Don't be a dick." but where is "Don't be a pussy."?!
Literally happened to me.
Is it?
In my experience most changes are always closely related to what is considered best practice & most demanded, as of now.
At the same time, I have talked to people complaining about it & of the end of the conversation, it was most of the time the case, that they did not understand the change rather than actually not liking it.
For example, when talking about #Kubernetes with old-fashioned #Linux veterans, they always tell me "there's always something new and in 10 years there will be something even newer", while not understanding, that this is not a problem, but rather how things work.
If there will be the next best thing, that supersedes #Kubernetes in so many ways, I will gladly change to that new technology.
Same way I did with #Java.
I experienced how great #Kotlin is & that made me switch entirely to #Kotlin, even at work!
Others stayed with #Java, because "we have always done it like this", which a phrase, which I very much despise.
So, in my personal experience, when people complain, something new does not work as well or something, it's in 80% of cases an excuse for not desiring any change at all & rather have everything be the same way as the person grew up with.
This has always been a difficult topic. Moving forward versus keeping things working.
Both sides have their arguments & there should be always some kind of balance between the two, depending on the deployment situation & target audience.
Personally, I've been always a strong proponent of moving forward for the sake of breaking old stuff we don't need anymore.
So, from my perspective, a lot of the reasons explained in this article sound to me like "but muh typewriter should still be viable in 2023, though".
This is what I generally don't like about a majority of #Linux culture.
People say shit like "if it ain't broke, don't fix it", while misportraying the spectrum of the word "broken" in this context.
To me, "broken" in the IT world, doesn't only mean, it's not working.
It means it's not viable anymore, today.
For example, your horse might still live & work, but you don't take your horse to ride to work every day.
Your typewriter may still work, but do you really prefer to use it to accomplish work assignments?
Your oldtimer car still work, because it was built in a very robust way, but is it worth the tons of more gas you waste, because its system is so inefficient & wasteful of resources?
#Windows3.1 literally still works on every computer with a tiny emulator to make it run or sometimes even on bare metal, if you know what you are doing, but would you complain, that you cannot run new software on #Windows3.1 or software from that time on your modern operating system?
Move forward, even if you break things along the way.
Its better this way, rather than being stuck in the past & not accepting new, well made technology.