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Post by daok »

Ixiaus wrote: post #129
tokenizerrr wrote: post #115

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Not true. You can make a nearly empty github repository with a few clicks and start adding releases to it.

I have no idea why you're being downvoted but you're absolutely right. You can create a new repo, click on "releases", click on "draft new release". Type in the description in markdown (easier than HTML) and upload a binary attachment, hit publish. Zero knowledge of git was necessary. Oh and also if you want to edit that README.md? You can do it from inside Github too, still zero need to know git.

Come on... ask any one out of the IT world and they all prefer not using GitHub... your vision is way to oriented from a developer perspective.

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Post by tokenizerrr »

lmm wrote: post #137
tokenizerrr wrote: post #132

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So? It's possible, and people can make use of it. They may not know, but this can be remedied by communicating. It's also quite a lot better than using some one-off file host such as rapidshare. See Ixiaus' post for more information.

Defaults are important, and what's optimized for one use case isn't optimized for another. An opinionated site that just provides the simplest possible interface for uploading and downloading files is a valuable thing. (Plus I suspect that if a lot of people started hosting multi-megabyte binaries on github, their policies would change pretty quickly)

There are already many, many mulit-mega binaries hosted on github. It is what the releases feature is for.

But yes, the most simplest site is the best for the most simplest people. However we're talking about people who spent a lot of time into creating their mod/whatever here. They can spend a minute or two more to figure out distribution.

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Post by fencepost »

bitJericho wrote: post #90
avn2109 wrote: post #75

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When you put it like that, it seems inconceivable that the alphabet agencies in various countries didn't do this years ago.

Reminds me of http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NSAKEY

I was thinking just as much as Glenn Greenwald's allegation back in 2013 that the NSA would intercept international shipments of Cisco (and other) equipment, implant backdoors, then send it on its way with factory seals.

Re: RapidShare is Shutting down

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Post by JDL2 »

Hi,

I came across this thread whilst searching for info on File Hosting and there's certainly a lot of good information here.

I'm writing an app that uploads small documents to public file hosting sites (e.g. via REST-HTTP Post) so that others can download them again, preferably via simple HTTP GET.

Rather than coding to a particular API for each and every Hosting site, are there any public code libraries (preferably C++ or C#) that do this already presenting a common API across a number of different supported hosting sites?

Ideally I'd be looking for an Apache/MIT license code rather than GNU.

Re: RapidShare is Shutting down

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Post by pikachu_is_cool »

Amezarak wrote: post #122
pikachu_is_cool wrote: post #111

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Three words. Private torrent trackers.

The content on trackers drops off sharply with popularity. That was what made file-hosting services special. You could find something only three people cared about in the past year.

That's why I said Private torrent trackers, and not public torrent trackers.
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