Posts by octade@soc.octade.net
(DIR) Post #Ar116e1szbYHEef39E by octade@soc.octade.net
2025-02-11T15:38:07Z
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USENET IS NOT DEAD !!!!! USENET IS STILL FREE FREE FREE!Usenet is an ever-living, Casper the friendly ghost of discussion networks.Just a friendly reminder that Usenet still exists and access to text newsgroups is still FREE. Access is provided by volunteer sysops around the world. See links below.Back in its glory days it seems that just about every academic institution had its own Usenet hierarchy of newsgroups.Linux was revealed to the world via Usenet.Open source philosophy gained its steam via Usenet.Usenet is the original free speech network.Usenet is the original 'social network'.NovaBBShttps://novabbs.orgSimple and free access to text-only Usenet Newsgroupshttps://www.i2pn2.org/#Usenet #BBS #NetworkNews #EternalSeptember@infostorm@a.gup.pe @academicchatter@a.gup.pe
(DIR) Post #Au0LpJNk0IKDRegXtQ by octade@soc.octade.net
2025-05-12T02:20:58Z
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Hacker and free speech advocate Retro Guy has passed away.I have been away from the Internet for at least a couple months. I came to quickly check my feeds and I am sad to have found report of the passing away of a very cool hacker, Thom Miller, known by the handle, Retro Guy. According to his wife Kaylen Miller, Thom died about two weeks ago from pancreatic cancer. He had a years-long struggle with cancer and multiple therapies and surgeries. During all the time of his illness he continued to hack away providing network access and software updates absolutely free to his user base. He was a strong believer in the value of open and decentralized communication for all. His software is simple and awesome, and useful for censorship-resistant communication. (https://gitlab.com/rslight-public/rocksolid-light)Thom, known as Retro Guy, created the Rocksolid Light NNTP forums and server software. He served the hacker community as a free speech advocate and provider of free speech communication networking. He refused to censor opinions that he found offensive or stupid on the principle of the golden rule. He endured a lot of annoyances to provide service for many. Thom maintained the software for years giving web-based NNTP access to countless users. Thom was always helpful and patient with users needing assistance, even when he was feeling ill and suffering. He pushed through his pain to serve others with something he believed was a necessary tool and blessing for the general public.I am sad to learn of Thom's passing. He will be missed and remembered. I will remember him by continuing to run his software.More:https://news.novabbs.org/rocksolid/article-flat.php?id=1024&group=rocksolid.nodes.help#1024More:https://news.novabbs.org/rocksolid/article-flat.php?id=560&group=rocksolid.nodes.announce#560More:https://news.novabbs.org/rocksolid/article-flat.php?id=561&group=rocksolid.nodes.announce#561More:https://www.novabbs.com/interests/article-flat.php?id=25410&group=alt.obituaries#obituary #rocksolidlight #usenet #nntp #freespeech #cancer #condolences #networknews #retroguy #novabbs #bbs
(DIR) Post #AuhwpmEtMuN5mQYTwm by octade@soc.octade.net
2025-02-25T21:41:00Z
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Illuminant - A NNTP-based Fediverse ServerThis is cool.It is a Fediverse server you can use with a newsreader client like Thunderbird.Demo: https://illuminant.asjo.org/Profile: https://illuminant.asjo.org/user/asjoSource: https://koldfront.dk/git/illuminant/#NNTP #Illuminant #Fediverse #Software #Usenet #CoolCode@infostorm@a.gup.pe @usenet@a.gup.pe @usenet@lemmy.ml
(DIR) Post #Awff8d4VZPwZr1TZoG by octade@soc.octade.net
2025-07-30T21:08:27Z
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(DIR) Post #AwffWb7OU7CukIFrcG by octade@soc.octade.net
2025-07-30T21:09:22Z
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Liberate Princess Porcellus from the Wickedpedia dungeon!
(DIR) Post #AwphDomdb2Jz7AJoDg by octade@soc.octade.net
2025-08-04T17:02:47Z
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The first time I saw a smart watch I though, "this is wrong."I found a dumb watch that looks like a smart watch. When I touch the screen it lights up with the time. That is all it does. It has no bluetooth, nor wifi, nor apps. It just shows the time. It has no other functions or features. It does only one thing and does it well.
(DIR) Post #Awv97QV0jzbyZFc7vs by octade@soc.octade.net
2025-08-07T08:19:59Z
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@grunfink@comam.es @andy@snac.lostoutpost.ukThere's nothing wrong with a little bit of mystery.
(DIR) Post #AwvOcB6pVcwD7rQPiK by octade@soc.octade.net
2025-08-07T04:50:27Z
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I'm looking for more #cryptology and #cryptography related profiles to follow. Recommends appreciated.
(DIR) Post #Awvs0bkd0JSBNJ2dgu by octade@soc.octade.net
2025-08-07T15:33:33Z
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Many people have never heard of P2P file-sharing networks like DarkMX even though DarkMX and its predecessor, WinMX, have over two decades of continued development. P2P file-sharing networks are more stable than torrents. DarkMX has a very slick retro interface. It is almost identical to the old WinMX from 20+ years ago, except it brokers all connections via TOR for preserving privacy.I figured out several ways to run DarkMX on a headless server without GUI. This allows me to install it on a remote server without any desktop environment and run the software as a daemon without the GUI.First I used the X forwarding feature of SSH to pipe the GUI to a local machine. On that machine I did all the configuration inside the GUI. Then I closed the program.Then on the remote machine I used 'xvfb' to run DarkMX as a nohup'd daemon with a dummy GUI buffer. That way I don't need to be connected to the GUI from a local machine and the application will still run. It also uses less RAM without the GUI.There are other ways to do this, such as VNC and xpra. I just chose the quickest, dirtiest method in this case.Why would I go to all that trouble? Well, I don't need to, but there are some people who might need to publish while maintaining strict anonymity. So they would need tools like DarkMX and TOR. For me it's just fun.DarkMX operates over the TOR privacy preserving network. As a result the location of my peer is hidden and extremely hard to impossible for an adversary to locate. So when I publish something, such as a letter, or paper, or opinion, anyone can download it since censoring it is not viable. It ensures that my speech remains free and available to the general public. Now when I author essays, papers, homiles and such, I can publish them as file shares, and I can publish them simultaneously as a TOR hidden website with the built-in webserver feature. So readers don't need DarkMX to read my files--they can just fire up TOR Browser or use a TOR proxy with their web browser. If they want to snarf a whole directory they can install DarkMX, or use a script to snarf them via TOR.If you are inclined to fiddle around with installing this software on a headless server, please share the techniques and tools used that suit you.(DarkMX download site: https://darkmx.app)#DarkMX #P2P #FileSharing #Anonymous #SelfHosting #TOR #OnionNetwork #Censorship@selfhosted@a.gup.pe @infostorm@a.gup.pe @darknet@a.gup.pe infosec@a.gup.pe
(DIR) Post #AwwGZPxtDLCxr9NNJI by octade@soc.octade.net
2025-08-07T17:22:22Z
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@vikingkong@misskey.vikingkong.xyz @shuro@friends.deko.cloudIf you mean Emule, yes, it is still kicking. There's even a GUI client in Debian repos.
(DIR) Post #AwzNxeGKzRfeIpNz1M by octade@soc.octade.net
2025-08-09T09:17:17Z
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@grunfink@comam.esI like the scheduled post feature in the snac2 web front end. Is there a way to schedule a post using the command-line server side? I know, I know, I can just write a shell script or cron job to fire at particular times ... but figured I would ask if snac2 has that capability.
(DIR) Post #AxUKpg8DsdgBowr8Yi by octade@soc.octade.net
2025-08-24T07:27:55Z
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Feral kitty came on to the porch. She demanded that I pet her. I put out some food. She would not touch the food and instead kept rubbing my leg until I started petting and wrestling with her. She still would not touch the food. Then I went and got a different kind of cat food and she nom-nommed and mow-mowed it down. Even the wild ones can be finicky.
(DIR) Post #Axlfn99muSzbhGXajo by octade@soc.octade.net
2025-09-01T16:26:14Z
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(DIR) Post #AxljO2pPhaIUe7ISg4 by octade@soc.octade.net
2025-09-01T16:51:08Z
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@academicchatter@a.gup.pe @openscience@a.gup.peIt looks like Academia.edu is blocking works that were formerly public. So much for academic freedom and public knowledge ...
(DIR) Post #AxzHspf2d8p4HXmD3Y by octade@soc.octade.net
2025-09-08T06:07:30Z
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Many have seen the clip, "Are we the baddies?"I'm not one of the baddies, but I might have to ask:"Am I the old man shaking fist at cloud?"I sometimes catch myself mumbling grumpily at the 'cloud' and SaaS parts of yon Internet. Hosting and VPS services can make me especially grumpy and fist-thumpy when they break.#grumpy #grump #grumble #grrr #grouse #grouch
(DIR) Post #Ay1JrAiPy43HE6bzJw by octade@soc.octade.net
2025-09-09T01:28:00Z
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@grunfink@comam.esI noticed that when I add attachments to a draft the attachment files remain in the static directory even after deleting the draft. I tested with TXT, HTML, and PDF files. I also ran snac purge and the orphaned files remain.I am running the current /backports/ version of snac.Is there something else I could do for orphan attachment file cleanup (other than manually)?
(DIR) Post #AyENu7VS1zmetqK0Tw by octade@soc.octade.net
2025-09-11T23:38:53Z
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"Whosoever hateth his brother is a murderer: and ye know that no murderer hath eternal life abiding in him." (1 John 3:15)
(DIR) Post #B0MVaISeqiGKSsL03E by octade@soc.octade.net
2025-09-11T23:11:11Z
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/// Some apps for secure and anonymous communication and file-sharing /// Inform your friends and family about these tools.#Briar ... https://briarproject.org"Censorship-resistant peer-to-peer messaging that bypasses centralized servers. Connect via Bluetooth, Wi-Fi or Tor, with privacy built-in."#Retroshare ... https://retroshare.cc"Retroshare establish encrypted connections between you and your friends to create a network of computers, and provides various distributed services on top of it: forums, channels, chat, mail... Retroshare is fully decentralized, and designed to provide maximum security and anonymity to its users beyond direct friends. Retroshare is entirely free and open-source software. It is available on #Android, #Linux, #MacOS and #Windows. There are no hidden costs, no ads and no terms of service."#RicochetRefresh ... https://www.ricochetrefresh.net"Ricochet Refresh is an open-source project to allow private and anonymous instant messaging."#OnionShare ... https://onionshare.org"OnionShare is an open-source tool that lets you securely and anonymously share files, host websites, and chat with friends using the Tor network."#DeltaChat ... https://delta.chat"Delta Chat is a decentralized and secure messenger app."#Bitmessage ... https://bitmessage.org"Bitmessage is a P2P communications protocol used to send encrypted messages to another person or to many subscribers. It is decentralized and trustless, meaning that you need-not inherently trust any entities like root certificate authorities. It uses strong authentication which means that the sender of a message cannot be spoofed, and it aims to hide "non-content" data, like the sender and receiver of messages, from passive eavesdroppers like those running warrantless wiretapping programs."#TorBrowser ... https://www.torproject.org/download"Protect yourself against tracking, surveillance, and censorship."#I2P ... https://geti2p.net"The Invisible Internet Project (I2P) is a fully encrypted private network layer. It protects your activity and location. Every day people use the network to connect with people without worry of being tracked or their data being collected. In some cases people rely on the network when they need to be discrete or are doing sensitive work."#Hyphanet ... https://www.hyphanet.org/"Hyphanet is peer-to-peer network for censorship-resistant and privacy-respecting publishing and communication. The original Freenet."#BitChan ... https://github.com/813492291816/BitChan"BitChan is a decentralized anonymous imageboard inspired by BitBoard and built on top of Bitmessage with Tor, I2P, and GnuPG."#DarkMX ... https://darkmx.app"DarkMX is a new decentralized communication app that utilizes Tor hidden services to allow you to easily have an anonymous, reliable, and censorship-resistant presence on the internet. You can chat. You can share files. You can search other people's files. You can keep a contact list and send private messages to your friends. You can create your own custom .onion site, available to anyone with a Tor Browser."#Decentralized #TOR #AntiSurveillance #Anonymity #Anonymous #Privacy #Filesharing #Networking #Communication #P2P #F2F #PeerToPeer #Censorship #AntiCensorship #FreeSpeech
(DIR) Post #B2mItlFZp9s0tnNyhk by octade@soc.octade.net
2026-01-29T13:13:13Z
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@grunfink@comam.es"#snac does not store nor cache media from other instances."Thank goodness. I tried running other fediverse servers and with just one account I was getting gigs of cache. Snac shines here.
(DIR) Post #B2qsxbfdkynFKRY7lY by octade@soc.octade.net
2026-01-28T20:14:20Z
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@grunfink@comam.esI notice that the /people/ section of snac gives broken links to follower and followee profiles.For instance entries for mastodon users are like this:https://mastodon.social/ap/users/253190229248136435Which appears to be an API endpoint rather than a web link. Links like this lead to a not found page.#snac2 #mastodon #fediverse