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agazso commented on LocalSend: Open-source, cross-platform file sharing to nearby devices   localsend.org... · Posted by u/alexzeitler
Almondsetat · a year ago
>technologically it is one of the simplest things possible

then how come there are zero FOSS "AirDrop replacements" that seamlessly create an ad-hoc wireless network between two devices to allow for truly p2p high speed transfers?

agazso · a year ago
There is KDEConnect, which has apps for all major platforms (iOS, android, macOS, Windows and of course Linux) and some more. I even used between Apple devices when AirDrop did not work for some reason.

https://kdeconnect.kde.org/

agazso commented on OsmAPP – A Universal OpenStreetMap App   osmapp.org... · Posted by u/maelito
agazso · 2 years ago
This is excellent, I was looking for an open source replacement for Google Maps on the web for a while.

And on the top of it, it is open source! I am heading to github and see if I can contribute.

agazso commented on Open source rules engine for Magic: The Gathering   github.com/Card-Forge/for... · Posted by u/moxvallix
542458 · 2 years ago
It’s a bit unintuitive, but IIRC you need to go into the settings and tell it to download the card art. Two reasons for this: 1, copyright and 2, it’s a big download if you get them at full quality.
agazso · 2 years ago
Thanks, I found it in the 'Content Downloaders' menu!

It estimates the download time to 6 hours, and it's not because of the size but most likely their server works slowly. And in the meanwhile it does not let you play, well tomorrow then :)

agazso commented on Open source rules engine for Magic: The Gathering   github.com/Card-Forge/for... · Posted by u/moxvallix
agazso · 2 years ago
I downloaded this and it looks cool and comprehensive, but for me the card artwork is missing.

Maybe some server is hugged by HN? Or something needs to be set?

agazso commented on The new Paris métro   forbes.com/sites/jennifer... · Posted by u/TheIronYuppie
warrenmiller · 2 years ago
the Taipei Metro Brown Line runs on rubber wheels too
agazso · 2 years ago
Mexico city too has rubber wheels on some lines
agazso commented on NSA Backdoor Key from Lotus-Notes (1997)   cypherspace.org/adam/hack... · Posted by u/hosteur
agazso · 2 years ago
I wonder how difficult would it be to brute force the private key for an RSA 760 bit public key from 1998. Does anyone know?
agazso commented on 30 years of The X-Files   arstechnica.com/culture/2... · Posted by u/saltysalt
grahamlee · 2 years ago
The change in that zeitgeist is also one of the things the creators "credit" with its decline, though Duchovny getting into a lawsuit with Fox and checking out certainly didn't help. After the 9/11 attacks public interest in not trusting the government sharply declined. The pilot episode of the Lone Gunmen spin-off, released earlier in 2001, featured a plot where "terrorists" had flown a passenger liner into the WTC but it was really a government inside job to gain support for a new war. That show didn't get renewed.
agazso · 2 years ago
If anyone is interested the whole series can be watched on Youtube for free. Altogether it is not that great, nevertheless I find the meta story about the pilot fascinating (a show about conspiracy theories "predicts" the 9/11 attack).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TvxyiWmJpok

agazso commented on The Internet needs the InterPlanetary File System   spectrum.ieee.org/peer-to... · Posted by u/sohkamyung
sergiotapia · 3 years ago
I wish there was a version of IPFS that distributed popular files as the swarm demands. Any singular person doesn't have whole pieces and doesn't know what they are distributing. Also when you help the swarm you get a crypto token of some sort, giving people a financial incentive to help the swarm.

So you would say I have 16TB, feel free to use it as you see fit swarm. I can "mine" crypto by helping the swarm.

The swarm benefits from a gigantic pool of storage and content.

ISPs and government agencies can't do anything because it's all anonymous and any individual person is sharing encrypted pieces of a file anyways.

agazso · 3 years ago
There is a project called Swarm that does exactly this.

https://www.ethswarm.org

(Disclosure: I am working on the project)

u/agazso

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