The Fathers of the Internet Urge Today’s Software Engineers to Reinvent the Web

Re:The Fathers of the Internet Urge Today’s Software Enginee... by hanniabu on Sunday June 19, 2016 @04:18PM (#11934490)

Very interesting idea about simple home servers used to eliminate the middle men. I have to admit, this actually seems like a viable option if it could be done right. Good idea that I think deserves more thought and should be looked into. I'm curious what the opinions of others are on this idea.

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Re:The Fathers of the Internet Urge Today’s Software Enginee... by doublerebel on Sunday June 19, 2016 @04:25PM (#11934512)

This is what I'm working on at Optik -- but forget the idea of a server. All we need is a device, a writing program, and a sync program. Everyone already has these tools in their pocket, they just have a bad interface and therefore nobody knows how to use it in this manner.

Identity is solved by real-world trust. Facebook has proven most of us are separated by less than 5 degrees.

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Re:The Fathers of the Internet Urge Today’s Software Enginee... by hanniabu on Sunday June 19, 2016 @04:52PM (#11934620)

The only thing I don't like about it being in a phone is what happens when you change phones? How's that transfer made easily? How can v you guarantee everything will be removed when they get rid of their old phone?

Also, I have only about 15 apps, 300 pictures, and 10 sorry videos and I'm constantly running out of space even with half the stearate being on an SD card. I can't imagine puerile having enough storage to run something like this on their phone.

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Re:The Fathers of the Internet Urge Today’s Software Enginee... by doublerebel on Sunday June 19, 2016 @04:59PM (#11934653)

We could easily fit more storage (and more battery) on phones, there just isn't the market demand for it. With such a decentralized system, demand may increase.

Most knowledge as we use it now is ephemeral and can be somewhat centralized safely. The permanent knowledge or at least the trusted hashes of that knowledge can travel with us.

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Re:The Fathers of the Internet Urge Today’s Software Enginee... by bitstacker on Tuesday June 21, 2016 @05:01PM (#11949374)

Trouble with doing it all through phones:

- Data plans. Everyone connecting to your blog through your phone would use up a hell of a lot of data.

- iPhones are notoriously hostile to P2P apps, so that rules out about half of all smartphone users.

There are other issues but those are the most significant imo.

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