Comment Re: Why not Rust? (Score 4, Informative) 129
I understand C well, I don't know Rust. C is like the latin of programming languages. That's why I chose C.
I understand C well, I don't know Rust. C is like the latin of programming languages. That's why I chose C.
We are 3 developers now for the main browser.
The case for this browser, is that there needs to be multiple independents web browsers, to push for innovation. Google Chrome is NOT open source, and is bloated and monopolistic. Competition drives innovation!
Northstar browser is implements in C, takes a few minutes to compile and is secure because it doesn't rely on a JIT compiler.
Available for Windows on Windows store
Git repo https://ancillary-proxy.atarimworker.io?url=https%3A%2F%2Fgithub.com%2Fnordstjernen-web%2Fnordstjernen-browser.
There are 3 variants of the browser now, so we can do experiments and research. We also need funding. All variants are available open source.
We are 3 developers now, a Polish man, a Spaniard, and me in Norway.
Freenet is also based on middle-out compression.
No. Trying to push 30TB into Freenet will be interpreted as an attack on the network by other peers and they'll disconnect from your peer.
Freenet is better viewed as a communication medium than a storage medium. Data is prioritized according to demand, somewhat like an LRU cache. You can't upload 30TB and expect the network to preserve it for you.
On liability, running a Freenet peer is more like running network infrastructure that automatically routes and caches other people's traffic than intentionally publishing it. US law explicitly recognizes this distinction in the DMCA's provisions for transitory network communications and system caching. We discuss this in more detail in the FAQ.
You obviously haven't tried Freenet. You can join our room on River and you'll see no spam, no fraud, no hate speech, none of that.
Decentralized doesn't mean unmoderated. Systems built on Freenet can be moderated however their creators and communities want. River is moderated.
The difference is that nobody running one service gets to decide what everyone else is allowed to run.
Thanks for your questions, Freenet caches data but it isn’t meant to be a long-term storage network. It’s better to think of it as a communication system. Data persists as long as at least one node remains subscribed to it. If nobody subscribes (including the author), it will eventually disappear from the network. So yes, if only your node subscribes then the data will only exist there and won’t be available when your machine is offline. But if other nodes subscribe it will be replicated automatically and remain available even if your node goes offline.
Not from 2023, the linked video is from last month. https://ancillary-proxy.atarimworker.io?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3F...
Thank you for the feedback. Do you have specific feedback about what to improve?
People who go to conferences are the ones who shouldn't.