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Rambler wrote

No real grand plan right now. I'd like to use different software for the site, but don't want to lose the content that is already here. I'm not a developer, so just creating something from scratch isn't on the table.

Also, I'm not a huge fan of the name 'ramble'. I did this before I ever heard of rumble, and comically enough there is a 'raddle' that is on the same software. I called this place 'ramble' because I was going by 'rambler' on I2P at the time and it seemed fitting.... But the few I've talked to have advised against a name change.

For now, it is what it is. It's open and available. I'll pop in and moderate and share what I can. :)

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smallpond wrote (edited )

Momentum can probably be rebuilt - depending on the determination and time available to the admin.

Any grand plan @Rambler ? Or are you just giving the place a shot of adrenaline to keep it alive for now?

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interdicted wrote

47 USC 230, which is explicitly Constitutionally illegal as well as violating 47 USC 202, gives the ability to telecommunications companies on the internet the ability to be exempt from prosecution for denying service to anyone if someone makes a complaint that something is offensive in any way.

What this means is that any necessary service can totally dictate the internet by obstructing communications and denying access to markets and platforms as long as one person says it's offensive.

At the top of the pyramid of control is the ISPs, followed by the DNS, followed by the platforms they can turn off without any legal liability at any time by just saying it's offensive in some way.

It's total control over communications and internet markets for the telecommunications companies and the Feds planted in them.

Things like i2P and tor allow people to run sites without the DNS, but the ISPs can shut them down entirely. i2P is far more resistant to an ISP shut down than Tor.

It doesn't surprise me that TLS would be weaponized because the USA's Federal government wants the maximal amount of leverage in case it loses control over other mechanisms.

And it is the Federal government behind the censorship. They coordinate the blacklists through the fusion centers and they are the ones preventing prosecution of the tech companies under 47 USC 202 which would nullify 47 USC 230 as unConstitutional. They're in total control of this system of manufacturing consent through communications obstruction, and they are the ones responsible for its continuation. It's the FBI and DOJ doing this to the USA.

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Wahaha wrote

Not sure how it is lying when they do everything they claim and someone just found a way to defeat the encryption to which Mega responded with a patch so that this vector of attack won't work any longer.

Cryptography is a cat and mouse game like that, but at least Mega tries, so no complaints from me.

Also.... if you put something truly sensitive on third party servers you are doing it wrong anyway.

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Wahaha wrote (edited )

I've been using Jellyfin for years and am quite happy. Not really using it myself, but let people in my family use it. Back when I decided I went with it since I wanted to have multiple users.

It's nice that it supports not only video and music, but also pictures and ebooks.


Though, I had it a lot easier installing, since I just used docker, so I was done setting everything up in ten minutes.

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raincoat OP wrote

I think the ramble.pw domain is really memorable. The “pw” makes me think of password, which fits since a lot of the discussion here is security related. OTR can stand for a lot of things. I’m guessing you might be thinking of “off the record” but others might see a url like otr.cx as just a series of randomly picked letters and not be able to remember it.

IMO it doesn’t make sense to make code open source and then get mad when people use it. Maybe she would feel better about it if you put something like “built with postmill” at the bottom of the page and put a link to the postmill repo. I don’t know why she’s mad though. Maybe after the community has grown more, some users who have a lot of experience with PHP can take a thorough look at the project and make the judgment call about whether it would be easier to continue with the postmill code or make something from scratch.

I think it’s good to have plenty of tech and privacy content. A lot of crazy tech related things are going to happen in the coming years. I think CBDC is the most urgent danger but there are also advances in AI, robots, gene editing, brain chips etc. that could be used in harmful ways by people in power so it will be important for there to be private censorship free spaces where people who are knowledgeable about technology can talk about these things.

If the site does evolve into something more broad, people can still follow the tech forums though. I think one disadvantage if it is too technology focused is that the site could miss out on some really interesting users. For example, a historian could come across the site or be invited to it and then after seeing the front page full of computer and privacy related links, feel like it isn’t the right site for them. I think some of the most interesting conversations happen when people from different fields and backgrounds come together to talk. For example, in response to some news article someone posts about the war in Ukraine, a historian, an economist, and a veteran discuss it in the comments. That’s probably going to be more interesting than replies from a few security researchers and Linux nerds. Another example, a programmer makes a post talking about a stock trading bot that he wrote. He might appreciate input from someone who works in finance or trading.

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