Sci-Hub Is Now on the ‘Uncensorable Web’ • Hacker News Board

Re: Sci-Hub Is Now on the ‘Uncensorable Web’

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Post by ajkjk » Fri, Jan 15, 2021, 2:49 AM UTC

alentist wrote: post #407

ajkjk wrote: post #386

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I feel like you're trying to trick me into admitting I'd punch them, or something, which isn't necessary and is kinda weird. I would definitely want to punch someone who was saying nazi stuff around me. Who wouldn't? Of course, yeah, 'showing them the door' is the more dignified response, so that probably comes first. As does talking about it and trying to figure out why they persist in being awful.

There's no need to "trick" you. You said it on your own: > I'm gonna punch them for it. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25753591

Do you have anything you'd like to contribute to the conversation here?

Re: Sci-Hub Is Now on the ‘Uncensorable Web’

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Post by 1vuio0pswjnm7 » Fri, Jan 15, 2021, 9:35 AM UTC

1vuio0pswjnm7 wrote: post #309

jrochkind1 wrote: post #240

This article (really it's more of a press release from the interested parties) seems to confuse the role of DNS from the role of certificate authority, making it hard for me to understand what they're talking about. These days sometimes the same entities provide both SSL certificates and DNS, but they are different services. > Handshake is “is effectively a decentralized domain name server,” Roquerre said. Instead of…

This appears to be just another commercialisation of domain names, trying to create another "Gold Rush" for the most sought after "vanity" names. Winner-take-all. A few profit at the expense of the many. It perpetuates that problem of ICANN DNS becoming a "business" instead of solving it. (ICANN DNS domain names were originally free.) The potential for censorship is only one problem of ICANN DNS. Also, this project i…

https://www.coindesk.com/sci-hub-leaves-handshake-blockchain

Re: Sci-Hub Is Now on the ‘Uncensorable Web’

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Post by hongsy » Sat, Jan 16, 2021, 12:18 AM UTC

fernly wrote: post #352

troquerre wrote: post #248

CEO of Namebase here. We posted the original tweet announcing the news[1]. If any of y'all have questions about how sci-hub.hns works or how Handshake works in general I'll be online today to chat! [1] https://twitter.com/NamebaseHQ/status/1348707701744922625?s=...

What does this message mean (from both a Chromium-based browser and Firefox): Σ（ﾟдﾟlll）Something went wrong. sci-hub/ could not be resolved by HNS.to. Please try another Handshake resolver..

Did you use the HNS.to gateway or connect directly via NextDNS? Per the announcement tweet [1] the gateway has limited uptime guarantees — it's much better to connect directly and only takes a few minutes to set up. [1] https://twitter.com/NamebaseHQ/status/1348707701744922625?s=...

Re: Sci-Hub Is Now on the ‘Uncensorable Web’

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Post by MacsHeadroom » Sun, Jan 17, 2021, 6:15 AM UTC

bergstromm466 wrote: post #142

MacsHeadroom wrote: post #129

Earlier quoted context omitted.

His actions in the JSTOR situation were ultimately deemed lawful. But, without passing judgement one way or the other, Aaron's beliefs about free speech and information freedom which informed his activism cannot be reasonably described as moderate.

> without passing judgement > cannot be reasonably described as moderate Are you aware that you’re claiming not to pass judgement, and then do so in the very same sentence? I think it seems immoderate to you because, like many others on this website (including me), we were all on the inside of the knowledge-monopoly walled-garden that Aaron talked about, where most research isn’t accessible to you unless you join the…

To be clear, I was actively involved in a lot of this and would not describe myself or my beliefs as 'moderate' either.

I'm more of an [information freedom] absolutist / code is law / bits are not a big / etc.

So if I were to "pass judgement" I would say Aaron was a freedom fighter who tragically fell on his sword when the going got (quite) tough. I don't have a single negative thing to say about him or his beliefs.