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My Favorite Startup Resources

Posted by bitstacker on Monday June 29, 2020 @10:15AM
from the lightco.in dept.

https://lightco.in/2020/06/29/startup/

Re:Mastodon Is Like Twitter Without Nazis, So Why Are We Not Using It? on Wednesday April 05, 2017 @03:14AM (#14040356)

What do you think the purpose of federation is? I like federation because I can choose a server I like or run my own and still talk to people on other servers.

Technology in Hostile States: Ten Principles for User Protection

Posted by bitstacker on Friday December 16, 2016 @06:56PM
from the blog.torproject.org dept.

https://blog.torproject.org/blog/technology-hostile-states-ten-principles-user-protection

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Re:The Fathers of the Internet Urge Today’s Software Engineers to Rein... 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.

Re:Five Open-Source Slack Alternatives on Monday November 02, 2015 @07:18PM (#10496455)

That's not listed as an advantage - just highlighting the technology.

Re:Five Open-Source Slack Alternatives on Monday November 02, 2015 @03:20PM (#10494885)

I'm a member of community Slack rooms with hundreds of people. It would cost thousands of dollars a month to switch to paid accounts. That's way too high for volunteer open source projects to pay.

Re:Five Open-Source Slack Alternatives on Monday November 02, 2015 @02:25PM (#10494413)

The ones that support XMPP can probably have an OTR plugin built for them. Might be able to develop an Axolotl plugin too.