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Post by mirimir »

londons_explore wrote: post #119
mirimir wrote: post #82

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Wouldn't it be simpler to just set a generous limit for the number of Google Docs files? Say, 15 thousand?

I bet implementing such a limit would be 3 or more months of engineering effort. Think about the difficulties. It has to take into account shared directories. It has to know about systems which auto-create documents (like results sheets for Google forms). It has to work with gsuite sysadmins who need to take ownership of files from deleted accounts. The UI to show when you have hit the limit has to be designed. And t…

OK, not simpler.

So what? They might end up nuking some accounts, when some symptom pops up. And there'd be no recourse, whether or not it was a false positive.

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Post by vageli »

LostJourneyman wrote: post #187
vageli wrote: post #164

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> [0] I use fastmail + custom domain, which works great, but you have to guard the domain very closely. What do you mean by guarding the domain? To prevent large volumes of spam?

I think OP means that you have to make sure you don't forget to/neglect to renew it and make sure you don't accidentally lose the domain for any reason.

Thank you for the clarification. I use a dedicated card for domain hosting (with autorenewal enabled) to prevent this specific issue but I recognize most people likely don't do the same.

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Post by yreg »

Zitrax wrote: post #201
yreg wrote: post #198

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It seems you can only store ~177mb of data per account per day this way. Didn't test it myself.

The examples he lists in README.md are around 1GB though (Ubuntu .iso files).

The Google docs usage is limited to 250 docs/day: https://developers.google.com/apps-script/guides/services/qu...

The README.md says that UDS can store ~710kb per doc.

:shrug:

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Post by kalleboo »

RavlaAlvar wrote: post #121
yunyu wrote: post #32

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Here is an implementation of arbitrary data storage using YouTube videos: https://github.com/dzhang314/YouTubeDrive

Wouldn’t YouTube re-encode the video and mess up with the data?

You just need enough redundancy/error correction.

Back in the day there were systems to back up to VHS tapes and those were way more lossy than YouTube https://youtu.be/TUS0Zv2APjU

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Post by sagebird »

sirsuki wrote: post #217
sagebird wrote: post #97

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It seems like a cute and irrelevant distinction that electronic software would be published in a book. If researchers created a computer that processed information using proteins in plant cells instead of electrons, and such a computer could execute programs on this book directly instead of “scanning” it, would not the textbook be software? When laws say “electronic versions” I don’t think they literally mean to refe…

If you save digital data (ASCII) on an analog form like a cassette tape is that okay? Seems you could alternativly put metallic strips in a book. What about QR Codes? Could you have a massive QR Code on each page which contains a section of source code? Could you use an alternative encoding like dots and lines (.||.||....|.|.|..|) to represent 1s and 0s which is easy to scan (and not require OCR/checksums)? To what e…

This is exactly what I am getting at. For the most extreme example, consider a swarm of nano bots hovering in the atmosphere that implement a computer that can understand and directly execute algorithms spoken in human speech transmitted through pressure fluctuations. There is no distinction that can universally separate speech and computer programs.

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Post by xamuel »

300bps wrote: post #234
xamuel wrote: post #183

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It's really sad thinking how kids these days totally miss the wonder of the early internet. In my case, it was at the public library. The lone internet computer was constantly booked. But by watching over a library clerk's shoulder, I was able to see the password needed to unlock the text-based library catalog terminals (which terminals were plentiful and always available). (My parents worked at the library, or else…

It's really sad thinking how kids these days totally miss the wonder of the early internet. And before that, the wonder of bulletin board systems. I got my first modem in 1985!

Username checks out ;)

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Post by m-p-3 »

r3bl wrote: post #136
iKevinShah wrote: post #75

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> I decided to move everything OUT of Google Have you been successful in it? Any guidelines / tips? How hard is it?

Nextcloud, preferably on a machine you own (but there are companies selling Nextcloud hosting as well). It replaces Google Drive, Contacts, Calendar, Photos (face recognition can be done with a third-party app), has an RSS reader, bookmarking service etc. Just look at its app store, you can install any of this with two clicks: https://apps.nextcloud.com/ It really is a suite that can combat Google's suite — and you c…

May I suggest using NewPipe[1] for a Google-account-free experience to follow channels? You can import them from your current subscription list, and easily export them when you switch phone or for backup purposes.

[1]: https://newpipe.schabi.org/

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Post by _qxjp »

askl wrote: post #110
userbinator wrote: post #21

Base85 would probably be a better choice for storing binary as text, since it has a ratio of 5:4 instead of 4:3. On the topic of "unusual and free large file hosting", YouTube would probably be the largest, although you'd need to find a resilient way of encoding the data since their re-encoding processes are lossy. I like the "Linux ISO" and "1337 Docs" references ;-)

Or you could use BandcampFS https://github.com/tuxxy/BandcampFS https://bullswillriot.bandcamp.com/album/arch-linux-07-01

Just FYI, turn your volume way down when listening to these. Wouldn't be a good idea to blow your eardrums on this.

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Post by m-p-3 »

kardos wrote: post #213
epicide wrote: post #192

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Mostly off-topic, but related: this is one of the major reasons email needs to finally go away. It was never intended to be the backbone of peoples lives in the way it has become. Access to my email account probably gives you more access to my life and identity than my SSN [0]. I long for the day that we [1] all get assigned a public/private keypair instead of SSNs. That won't fix everything, but it's a huge step abo…

> I long for the day that we [1] all get assigned a public/private keypair instead of SSNs. What is the remedy for when someone loses or leaks their keypair?

Have the organization responsible of managing the PKI to generate a new subkey from your primary key (kept in cold storage) and publish a certificate revocation for the previous subkey lost/leaked.

Most of our ID cards (health, driving license) already have an expiration date and the subkeys should have one anyway.

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Post by epicide »

m-p-3 wrote: post #249
kardos wrote: post #213

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> I long for the day that we [1] all get assigned a public/private keypair instead of SSNs. What is the remedy for when someone loses or leaks their keypair?

Have the organization responsible of managing the PKI to generate a new subkey from your primary key (kept in cold storage) and publish a certificate revocation for the previous subkey lost/leaked. Most of our ID cards (health, driving license) already have an expiration date and the subkeys should have one anyway.

No reason you can't have more than one, either. You could even issue keys for people to act on your behalf (e.g. they get access to it on your death as part of your will).
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