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Unbelievably, github.com and reddit.com _still_ don't have ipv6 addresses.
What's the advantage of decentralisation? Is it really a problem to have centralised servers if they're just storing dumb encrypted blobs?
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questionasked on Sunday August 11, 2019 @11:22PM
from the ask-hn dept.
I'm very interested in this idea of decentralising the web, but there seems to be so many separate projects to do this - IPFS [1], Dat [2] and Solid [3] to name a few. Which of the existing projects (if any) to do you think has the potential to gain mainsteam usage?[1]: https://ipfs.io/[2]: https://dat.foundation/[3]: https://solid.inrupt.com/
not every truck driver can be retrained as private security
This. 100 companies are responsible for 70% of the worlds emissions. Yes, carbon capture tech is needed, but you're missing the point if you think its the _only_ thing thats needed.
>I cannot expect a 20% increase in salary every couple of years for myself and at the same time blame society's demise on Zuckerberg, politicians, or the greedy, immoral bankers.
yes you can
lmao how is paying the companies responsible for this possibly a good idea?
I very much agree with this. One of the reasons I have so far stayed away from linux kernel development is because I really dont like the idea of having to deal with mailing lists.
That doesn't mean that it translates to an easy git interface.
Don't you think that a blockchain that works for anything other than a rather useless currency should be created before suggesting one for such a use? I see comments all the time about how we should use blockchain for this and that, and yet far simpler uses for blockchain haven't yet worked out.
Out of interest, how does one go about selling user contact info like that?