Domain Registry Takes Sci-Hub’s .SE Domain Name Offline

Post by [deleted] » Tue, Jan 31, 2023, 1:14 AM UTC

kelthuzad wrote: post #139

NetOpWibby wrote: post #127

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"Leadership" should be used extremely loosely. Imagine the first droplets of a puddle. Sure, the water is there but it doesn't dictate the spread. "In practice" is irrelevant to how Handshake is working right now. I'm not here to convince you of the merits of Handshake, you clearly don't see nor care for it. Just clarifying facts over opinion. EDIT: FWIW, I don't know who your best friend is but JJ remaining a part o…

That's a good thing, when a project in this space keeps jugging along because a diverse group of keep believing and working, it becomes a testament to the decentralization and value of its core idea.

Post by rvz » Tue, Jan 31, 2023, 1:03 PM UTC

janosdebugs wrote: post #135

MrOwnPut wrote: post #129

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So tech here doesn't gain traction unless the average Joe already uses it? And Brave and NextDNS aren't popular enough for your threshold? Handshake is exactly what would stop the issue happening in TFA, yet everyone ignores it here. For something to go mainstream, you have to talk about it... HN is not a very good tech site if you only talk about the tech that the common person already knows about.

For some products, yes. For example, if you were to make a social media network that targets the general populace for finding their real life friends, it wouldn't work unless you had... well, the general populace on it. No matter how awesome the technology would be. The same with DNS replacements. The projects mentioned in this thread aren't the first to offer an expanded DNS solution for one reason or another. None…