https://lemmy.world/post/14060592
This is still very much early-days, but I’m thinking about building a distributed link aggregator. Some notes: - no servers (all P2P) except to connect peers - no “instances” so everything is in one namespace (so like reddit /r/community, not lemmy instance/c/community) - everyone is a moderator - moderation based on a web of trust type system - desktop first, mobile/web later - web would require servers, mobile may have platform-specific issues - no plans to integrate with fediverse, but could be possible - initial intent is to be text-only - file storage could be supported later in an opt-in basis (for now, just link to an external img host), but I’m worried about disk storage since there’s no central data lake and everyone needs to chip in some storage space Some technical details: - written in Rust and ReactJS - Tauri-based - uses Iroh [https://iroh.computer/] for data synchronization - looking into Appleseed [https://github.com/cblgh/appleseed-metric] and maybe TrustNet [https://github.com/cblgh/trustnet] for moderation Current status: - rewrote Appleseed and part of TrustNet to Rust for perf testing last weekend (Rust is waaay faster) - will probably rewrite again once I finish reading the paper (current code is a direct port) - have basic Tauri+Iroh app, but it’s a glorified chat app w/ no syncing between peers (a peer can join a chat, but will lose access if the host goes down) - reading source code for SimpleX [https://simplex.chat/] (re-learning Haskell too) - could be interesting for DMs or something I’m not sure how long I’ll work on this, but I’ll probably release some libraries under a relatively liberal license, so something like LGPL at the most stringent, but probably Apache/MIT (depends on if I need to clean-room the appleseed implementation). So, if there’s interest here, I’m happy to post updates for discussion periodically.
This is still very much early-days, but I'm thinking about building a distributed link aggregator. Some notes:
Some technical details:
Current status:
I'm not sure how long I'll work on this, but I'll probably release some libraries under a relatively liberal license, so something like LGPL at the most stringent, but probably Apache/MIT (depends on if I need to clean-room the appleseed implementation).
So, if there's interest here, I'm happy to post updates for discussion periodically.
I'm thinking something along the lines of the GDPR where companies must get consent to track you, and must delete your data upon request.
I see a few arguments here:
So, some questions to spark discussion:
This isn't strictly a privacy question as a security one, so I'm asking this in the context of individuals, not organizations.
I currently use OTP 2FA everywhere I can, though some services I use support hardware security keys like the Yubikey. Getting a hardware key may be slightly more convenient since I wouldn't need to type anything in but could just press a button, but there's added risk with losing the key (I can easily backup OTP configs).
Do any of you use hardware security keys? If so, do you have a good argument in favor or against specific keys? (e.g. Yubikey, Nitrokey, etc)
I'm going to be overhauling my network over the next few months as I get ready for my new municipal fiber installation. I have a general idea of how to set things up, but I'm not an expert and would appreciate a few extra pairs of eyes in case I'm missing something obvious.
Hardware available:
Devices (by logical category; VLANs?):
Goals:
Special devices:
Router ports:
WiFi SSIDs (currently have a 2.4Ghz and 5Ghz SSIDs):
If the VPN causes issues, I would like the ability to move individual MACs to another VLAN (say, to media, or a separate, usually unused backup VLAN). Not required, just a backup plan in case the VPN causes issues.
This is my first time configuring VLANs, so I'm not really sure what my options are. Also, I'm not super familiar with Mikrotik routers (I'm not a sysadmin or anything, just a hobbyist), I just got fed up with crappy consumer hardware and wanted something a bit more reliable.
Does that sound like a reasonable plan? Is there something I could improve or suggestions you have?
Edit: DMZ is the wrong term, so I replaced it with "untrusted". By that I meant a local-only network, so no Internet access. Ideally I could access these devices from my main network, but they can't initiate connections outside their VLAN. However, that's not necessary, since I can tunnel through my NAS if needed.
https://linuxiac.com/plasma-6-landed-in-opensuse-tumbleweed/
Tumbleweed's snapshot 20240311 delivers the sleek Plasma 6 desktop, delighting all openSUSE users betting on the rolling release model.
https://reason.com/video/2024/01/29/should-government-fund-science-a-soho-forum-debate/
AEI's Tony Mills and British biochemist Terence Kealey debate whether science needs government funding.
I'm generally in favor of "hands off" moderation, as in allowing the community to decide which content to promote and which to discourage. I prefer to only step in if someone is violating the rules, either of the instance or of this community.
That said, this community has seen a lot of recent activity, and I'm worried that people who want to discuss libertarian concepts are being overrun. For example, this recent post has more downvotes than the most popular post has upvotes (by a large margin), yet I think this type of post is quite relevant to libertarians.
So I think we're getting a lot of non-libertarian (by pretty much any definition of the word) users in this community, and I'm worried they're not here in good faith.
So, I'd like to know what kind of moderation we'd like to see. I'll be reviewing voting records for posts to try to sus out who I subjectively think are here in bad faith (not planning on any bans though, just getting an idea) since I don't think votes will be particularly relevant for this post. Some questions:
So far I've done no moderating because everyone seems to at least be civil, but I don't want this to become a "bash on libertarians" community or I'll just close it.
I created the community to discuss libertarian concepts because the rest of Lemmy seemed very leftist. I basically want something like a mix of /r/libertarian and /r/neutral_news, where citations are encouraged (if not required) and content generally focuses on how to solve problems with less government rather than more. That doesn't seem to be happening, so either we need strict rules or to just close the community down.
https://earlyretirementnow.com/2023/12/03/we-are-all-millionaires/
The average households net worth has been rallying. We are now all millionaires, on average. I take a deep-dive into the data.
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/meet-the-unluckiest-stock-market-investor-of-modern-times-11655830851
Her timing was terrible but you'll never believe what saved her.
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