Posts by baguette@videos.lukesmith.xyz
(DIR) Post #A0mlm9qXOWUK6tRIK8 by baguette@videos.lukesmith.xyz
2020-11-02T11:03:44.137Z
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In the countryside where friends'parents used to live without regular internet, they installed a similar setup: directional long-distance antennae pointing at a basestation transceiver.Here's an idea: hooking up your local community if not too far (Church maybe ?) to install such device at their place. So whoever goes there can access better internet. Or maybe you wanna keep it individual. In this case, satellite internet exists also, good bandwidth but higher latency.
(DIR) Post #A0yF01hqtImeVsLlQW by baguette@videos.lukesmith.xyz
2020-11-07T23:53:20.549Z
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For one moment let's have a thought for the normies watching this content on Youtube/Google cloud. Or even watching it on a Cloudflare/AWS infrastructure hosted website 🙏🏿Your rant can be expanded to companies/State's level. For instance, french social security data are hosted, analyzed by US private third parties. If anything goes whoopdidoo, we're screwed. It's like the 6th world power cannot afford server infrastructures for their central data. Same goes for a lot of rich countries actually. They offshore what could be done more securely locally. Apparently, a week ago Finland started also letting a private third party UK based company analyze and resell their citizens data. Not only does it hinder basic citizens' freedom by compromising their privacy, but it also makes the States in question way less resilient in case of some geopolitics blackmail storm or "unexpected shark attacks holocausts on intercontinental submarine communication cables".All of this not for lack of local technical expertise, but simply cost reduction. Those short-time driven mentalities are infectiously spreading across all connected computing, all generations, all social classes.Somewhat, i agree on those reactionary rants you make on tech, the Lords stole our lands and we have to reacquire what's rightfully ours =]
(DIR) Post #A1OtzZIsri585sV4Vc by baguette@videos.lukesmith.xyz
2020-11-20T20:35:02.737Z
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> Mutt-wiz-shill rants in the woods about State-paid-Skynet proto-consoomers.
(DIR) Post #A3CsqOLxAKRS9Gsidk by baguette@videos.lukesmith.xyz
2021-01-13T21:03:18.933Z
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good summary of federated alternatives Luke. I'll like many in the free software world : decentralization goes through federation (or confederation) but this federation only works because of interoperability. It's what makes a latin guy like a french, understand a spanish guy, they have both of their language specialities but comprehend each others on a set of common properties.side question : Peertube devs put up this tool to search through Peertube instances (https://sepiasearch.org/) , you're not in there (maybe because of their good-morale PC bullcrap), it'd be great for you to get exposed there, so your tube gets more impact. Because, you might not know but you're a big promoter of this tool and federation in general. Orderly Dissolution of the United States into Its Component Parts as one once said.Now for the commie trigger @40s. LOL. Pls. An akchtual commie would never be complacent with capitalistic centralized platforms. Ahcktual communism (early 19th century, pre-centralized ideologies) is about decentralization of any power + empowerment of the people, federation (or betterly, confederation), removal of lucrativity from activities : thus to avoid anyone screwing over anyone. Replacing merchandising and domestication of the work force to fit their efforts to real needs and none set by the surplus of the capitalism cucking productions. Total opposite of any giants or centralized power (protip : Stalin/Lenin/Mao/etc were not commies despite what they branded themselves as, but regular bureaucratic authoritarian dictators rebranding themselves at what seemed to please the mass in their spacetime bubble).Anyway, you know this already, you read books and you've got astounding analysis qualities so you won't fall for the "communism bad" rethoric. Keep up the good work
(DIR) Post #A3CtGPlaX6Mc3sHT2O by baguette@videos.lukesmith.xyz
2021-01-13T21:07:36.492Z
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good summary of federated alternatives Luke. Like many in the free software world, i'll add this important word to your abstract : decentralization of tools goes through federation (or confederation) organization, ***-federation works because of interoperability. It's what makes a latin guy like a french, understand a spanish guy, they have both of their language specifics but comprehend each others on a set of common properties.Side question : Peertube devs put up this tool to search through Peertube instances (https://sepiasearch.org/) , you're not in there (perhaps because of their clean-and-good-morality politically corrrect bullcrap lol, feel you), it'd be great for you to get exposed there, so your videos gets more attention. Because, you might not know, but you're a big promoter of this tool and federation in general. Orderly Dissolution of the Web into Its Component Parts right ?Now for the commie trigger @40s. LOL. Pls. An akchtual commie would never be complacent with capitalistic centralized platforms. Ahcktual communism (early 19th century, pre-centralized ideologies) is about decentralization of any power + empowerment of the people, federation (or betterly, confederation), removal of lucrativity from activities : thus to avoid anyone screwing over anyone. Replacing merchandising and domestication of the work force to fit their efforts to real needs and none set by the surplus of the capitalism cucking productions. Total opposite of any giants or centralized power (protip : Stalin/Lenin/Mao/etc were not commies despite what they branded themselves as, but regular bureaucratic authoritarian dictators rebranding themselves at what seemed to please the mass in their spacetime bubble).Anyway, you know this already, you read books and you've got astounding analysis qualities so you won't fall for the "communism bad" rethoric. Keep up the good work
(DIR) Post #A3Ctyzk48dSyNYpHP6 by baguette@videos.lukesmith.xyz
2021-01-13T21:14:44.915Z
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@adamcolvin@mastodon.online the Matrix protocol is what you search for. It's libre, decentralized, federated, and compared to IRC, it's end-to-end encrypted and interoperable with a lot of protocols (cluding signal).
(DIR) Post #A3Ep717uDN8HYdHZpo by baguette@videos.lukesmith.xyz
2021-01-14T19:37:32.206Z
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@jodorowsky for the healthcare being sold for analytics https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=auto&tl=en&u=https://yle.fi/uutiset/3-11133001also another on public Finns data being sold to markets (2013) https://www.helsinkitimes.fi/finland/finland-news/domestic/7385-authorities-sell-personal-data-for-millions-of-euros-2.html
(DIR) Post #A3EpNgG73MUJlE4DXk by baguette@videos.lukesmith.xyz
2021-01-14T19:40:35.479Z
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@jodorowsky https://www.sitra.fi/en/blogs/new-legislation-will-speed-use-finnish-health-data/ it contains links to official sitessince jan 1st this year findata is allowed access to all national health records and they can now legally collect information about prescriptions and medicationhttps://www.kanta.fi/web/guest/ammattilaiset/tiedote/-/asset_publisher/HFU2lnkQbmnX/content/findata-alkaa-vastaanottaa-hakemuksia-kanta-palvelujen-tietoihin-vuodenvaihteessa
(DIR) Post #A3XJQ2aTm6nrZqYjui by baguette@videos.lukesmith.xyz
2021-01-23T17:42:09.023Z
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you lack to mention the fact Bitcoin is based on energy/power proof. Thus, the consensus is not very decentralized nowadays as China and other places get to own the network almost entirely. Cut Iceland pipes and Bitcoin falls into China's hands. As for the privacy, we'll pass on that, it's a public transaction/funds currency. So you're not free of your usage of the currency. Just like a real bank. Which is why it's not badly talked about in the media. As for Ethereum, it's a very interesting prototype but the apps are bloated of javascript and badly distributed computer time (maybe improvable in the future). And finally, for BAT, you don't run the network, ethereum users do. And the ones owning the contract is the Brave company (nice idea of a decentralized tool son). Which resells your private browsing data (called attention tokens) to third-parties, and reward you with their ERC-20 token called BAT. Personally, i'm not very fond of commodificating batteries of humans, and reducing their will and soul to their attention. It implies you're following, passively, influencing powers by your means of browsing internet. It gridlocks your usage to a simple consumer. It transforms you into a... well... like in the Matrix: a battery.
(DIR) Post #A3XJYXmlfGlceZMUjY by baguette@videos.lukesmith.xyz
2021-01-23T17:43:34.689Z
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you lack to mention the fact Bitcoin is based on energy/power proof. Thus, the consensus is not very decentralized nowadays as China and other places get to own the network almost entirely. Cut Iceland pipes and Bitcoin falls into China's hands. As for the privacy, we'll pass on that, it's a public transaction/funds currency. So you're not free of your usage of the currency. Just like a real bank. Which is why it's not badly talked about in the media. As for Ethereum, it's a very interesting prototype but the apps are bloated of javascript and badly distributed computer time (maybe improvable in the future). And finally, for BAT, you don't run the network, ethereum users do. And the ones owning the contract is the Brave company (nice idea of a decentralized tool son). Which resells your private browsing data (called attention tokens) to third-parties, and reward you with their ERC-20 token called BAT. Personally, i'm not very fond of commodificating batteries of humans, and reducing their will and soul to their attention. It implies you're following, passively, influencing powers by your means of browsing internet. It gridlocks your usage to a simple consumer. It transforms you into a... well... like in the Matrix: a BATtery.
(DIR) Post #A4GZgtzKhmwcQbkKu0 by baguette@videos.lukesmith.xyz
2021-02-14T13:46:43.081Z
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Why privacy ? I have nothing to hide from the system ! I want the system to know my every move and spendings, my habits and political opinions, my sexual preferences and friends list. I want it to know me better than i know myself. The system is caring for you Luke, it's a big daddy and it'll take care of you, just give him your trust and you'll be fine and fined. No chains no gain. You think privacy is an inherent condition to your freedom ? But what about the system's freedom ? How can it care for you if you don't let it :O
(DIR) Post #A4GZiJ4evDtmWJuJma by baguette@videos.lukesmith.xyz
2021-02-14T13:46:45.492Z
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Anyway, jokes aside, the speculative aspect of currencies in general is not due to its nature but its rate evolution. Most cryptocoins are deflational, thus, the incentive produces superficial confidence trends on the rise of its deflation, then plateau, then trust breaks loose and the value inflates. It's highly volatile since it's not regulated by real economy (i mean work-material based economy). Volatility is the nest of speculations. Tis why there are central banks to prevent volatility through inflation limitations.
(DIR) Post #A4GZuzFpvFroobBLKS by baguette@videos.lukesmith.xyz
2021-02-14T13:49:15.109Z
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Anyway, jokes aside, the speculative aspect of currencies in general is not due to its nature but its rate evolution. Most cryptocoins are deflational, thus, the incentive produces superficial confidence trends on the acceleration of its deflation, then plateau, then trust breaks loose and it inflates degressively. It's highly volatile since it's not regulated by real economy (i mean work-material based economy). Volatility is the nest of speculations. Tis why there are central banks to prevent volatility through inflation limitations.
(DIR) Post #A4Ga4gelvJuu1yTF8S by baguette@videos.lukesmith.xyz
2021-02-14T13:51:00.599Z
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@bigdicksal +1 for smokes =]
(DIR) Post #A4GaAPGFVqEfoijAhM by baguette@videos.lukesmith.xyz
2021-02-14T13:52:02.130Z
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@justjosh @luke @mind_aint_right@video.ploud.jp @nosat@liberdon.com +1 for audio only, less bandwidth and Luke doesn't have to shave and look good for his consumers
(DIR) Post #A4GaPJmSAh1LAAtwB6 by baguette@videos.lukesmith.xyz
2021-02-14T13:54:42.955Z
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@chuck dogecoin hype was started by ultra-billionaire Musk, whatever he points at, his crowd starts a trend. Tomorrow he'll say go jump a cliff, you'll have dummies doing so and the cliff stock price will rocket (excuse the pun). On crypto, if you want to invest, only do so with computer power. Buying with real world value is uber risky
(DIR) Post #A7HBtQq9IttBVvflAm by baguette@videos.lukesmith.xyz
2021-05-15T11:28:31.673Z
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@marc@based.directory their work was meant to fortify free speech, by dodging one point of failure through true decentralization by federation and interoperability. It's now financed by Framasoft. You bet they'll not fall into the PC trap with their actual code (maybe their PR but that's another topic).As for leading Open-source to Libre, it's like instillating politics to an apolitical NPC. It takes some hits for the NPC to wake up. If you see a small OSS project and would like the team behind to liberate you can have that discussion on libre vs private licence with them.Usually, they're sticking to permissive instead of libre licences because of their economic beliefs/biases."i'm ok to allow a private interest to build upon and make profit of my code without having to publicly share the free benefits that came off of it".Perhaps the libre movement should promote the political ideas behind under a different light than a simple technical one.Instead of saying "you can change/use/abuse/distribute it", perhaps go with "you fully own this tool and its emerging consequences, you agree to keep this true to anyone."Maybe it's a bit too simplistic but it does step the baseline.
(DIR) Post #A7HBtRc0QyAbuM3ylc by baguette@videos.lukesmith.xyz
2021-05-15T13:52:21.544Z
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@marc@based.directory Gotcha. From what i understand, they won't code those rules as it'd demand too much micro-management and would just pollute the code base. But you're right as in their public search engine they clearly block some instances to be PC. Either for adult content, or ideology reasons https://sepiasearch.org/
(DIR) Post #ADIy0V3Fw4zNkxBdpo by baguette@videos.lukesmith.xyz
2021-07-22T11:22:38.794Z
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This is the first properly constructed critic of Matrix on internet i come by, thanks. A good non-ideological one moreover. On the bloat aspect of Synapse, it seems there are other servers written in more efficient resources language like C++. Are any of those operational to plug in the federation ?
(DIR) Post #ADlXW3a9LltqGVjqk4 by baguette@videos.lukesmith.xyz
2021-07-22T11:52:30.528Z
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> some people like Hell> no transition bridge to a shallow talk about individual wealth coming out of "the void"> anyone formulating critics is jealous/bitter/resentful and cannot develop rational argument of why they think it's not the most optimal idea, and thus is not bad nor good, but a thing in between.I beg to differ and could argue for a long time on why any crypto atm is a failed attempt at solving centralized banking system, and wealth exploitation by a minority over a majority (ponzi scheming).I beg to differ on the fact that people disliking and criticizing something are culprit of jealousy and pain-compleasant. There sure are some people who really behave as you describe, transfering their pain. Some also might do it by a lack of knowledge. But you cannot throw the rest of people criticizing what you like by such a reduction. Tax/Crypto opinions should not be black and white. Unless you're trying to make a spectacle approach of what it would seem as a dichotomy. In my view, it's healthy to think the complexity of a tax system. True that, your NA system is corrupted by its debt emission, but that's a short-term aspect. Imagine tomorrow your country is not the first world economic power anymore. Some eastern country replaces your hegemony, takes over your debt control, and make you submit by foreign debts ? Then perhaps you'll consider redistribution of wealth and even see that profit can sometimes be exploitation of the weak at the core, the weak that is not your neighbor, perhaps 2 blocks away, perhaps 2 countries away.It's also healthy to keep thinking that, even if something is somewhat better or tending to become better, it is never "good enough" and thus needs to be criticized, polished, perfected, to better fit a majority of people and not content a minority of glutonic profiters. On an individual level ? Sure, lots of things should be contented as "good enough" to avoid suffering. But when you live with more than 1 person, "good enough" for you alone is not good enough in my view. That's not even Society as a whole i'm pointing at. A family, friends, neighbors. What's the minimal common denominator of your surroundings that's good enough. Now that's some complex question we should strive to ask, and perhaps attempt to respond to.Thanks for having read me so far.