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07 Oct

The Home Server Journey – 5b: A Bridge Too Far?

stp2y0 CommentsNewscensorship, coding, community, decentralization, development, engineering, inclusive, kubernetes, selfhosting, software

Hi all. This is a late addendum to my last post As I have found out, like the Allies had for those river crossings at Operation Market Garden, stateful sets are not as trivial as they initially appear: most guides will just tell you what's their purpose and how to get them running, which leaves a false impression that synchronized data replication across pods happens automagically (sic) Well, it doesn't Crossing that River. No Matter the Costs That special type of deployment will only give you guarantees regarding the order of pods creation and deletion, their naming scheme and which…

23 Sep

TikTok’s Defense Strategy Involves Throwing Shein and Temu Under the Bus

stp2y0 CommentsRAG modelscensorship, china, privacy, regulation, social media

It is a valid legal strategy, Alan Rozenshtein, an associate professor of law at the University of Minnesota Law School, explains to WIRED, as the First Amendment can consider a law unconstitutional “if the law hinges on solving a particular problem, does so in an extremely limited way, and leaves the law unsolved.”But the judge didn’t seem to buy the argument. “It’s a rather blinkered view that the statute just singles out one company,” said Judge Douglas Ginsburg during the hearing. “It describes a category of companies, all of which are owned by or controlled by adversary powers, and subjects…

21 Sep

The Home Server Journey – 4: Enter The Matrix

stp2y0 CommentsNewscensorship, coding, community, decentralization, development, engineering, inclusive, kubernetes, selfhosting, software

Hello Time to forget about simple demo containers and struggle [not so much] with the configuration details of fully-featured applications. Today we not only put Kubernetes to production-level usage, but find out about some strengths and weaknesses of distributed computing Notes on storage Code nowadays, more than ever, works consuming and producing huge amounts of data, that usually has (or "have", since "data" is plural for "datum"?) to be kept for later. It's no surprise then that the capacity to store information is one of the most valuable commodities in IT, always at risk of being depleted due to poor…

05 Sep

Why It’s So Hard to Fully Block X in Brazil

stp2y0 CommentsRAG modelscensorship, content moderation, elon musk, internet, ISPs, social media, websites, X

The social network X has been largely inaccessible in Brazil since Saturday, after the country's Supreme Court ordered all mobile and internet service providers to block the platform. The court order followed a months-long dispute between Judge Alexandre de Moraes and X CEO Elon Musk over the company's misinformation, hate speech, and moderation policies.With Brazil's population of 215 million people, its mature democracy, its sprawling land mass, and more than 20,000 internet service providers, blocking a web platform in the South American nation isn't straightforward. And while the biggest ISPs have implemented the ban, many are still scrambling to comply…

29 Aug

Telegram Faces a Reckoning. Other Founders Should Beware

stp2y0 CommentsRAG modelscensorship, content moderation, encryption, privacy, social media, telegram

“[Elon] Musk and fellow executives should be reminded of their criminal liability,” said Bruce Daisley, a former executive at Twitter, who worked at the company’s British office, days after British protesters tried to set fire to a hotel for asylum seekers.But Telegram has provoked politicians more than any other platform. What could be called the company’s uncollaborative approach has put the platform—part messaging app, part social media network—on a collision course with governments around the world.The case in France is far from the first time Telegram has been reprimanded by authorities for its refusal to cooperate. Telegram has been temporarily…

09 Aug

Russia and Venezuela have blocked encrypted messaging app Signal

stp2y0 CommentsNewsapp, block, censorship, messaging, mobile, news, russia, signal, social media, tomorrow, Venezuela

Both Russia and Venezuela have blocked access to the encrypted messaging app Signal, .The Russian news service broke the news about the block on the Signal app in Russia. Russia’s telecommunications watchdog Roskomnadzor restricted the app due to “violations of the requirements of the Russian legislation whose fulfillment is necessary to prevent the use of the messenger for terrorist and extremist purposes,” according to the Russian report.The cybersecurity tracker on Friday that Russia has restricted access to Signal “on most internet providers.” NetBlocks also noted the app “remains usable with ‘censorship circumvention’ enabled” in Signal’s settings echoing to users who’ve…

05 Aug

The Controversial Kids Online Safety Act Faces an Uncertain Future

stp2y0 CommentsRAG modelscensorship, Congress, privacy, tech policy, X

After passing the Senate nearly unanimously last week, the future of the Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA) appears uncertain. Congress is now on a six-week recess, and reporting from Punchbowl News indicates that the House Republican leadership may not prioritize bringing the bill to the floor for a vote when legislators return.In response to Punchbowl’s reporting, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer released a statement saying, “Just one week ago, Speaker Johnson said that he’d like to get KOSA done. I hope that hasn’t changed. Letting KOSA and [the Children and Teens’ Online Protection Act] collect dust in the House would…

02 Jul

YouTube’s Rulings on Gaza War Videos Spark Internal Backlash

stp2y0 CommentsRAG modelscensorship, google, israel, israel-hamas war, social media, youtube

A month after Hamas militants from Gaza attacked an Israeli music festival last October, the Hebrew rap duo Ness & Stilla premiered “HarbuDarbu” on YouTube. The military hype song celebrates Israeli forces waging war in Gaza and has drawn over 25 million views; its critics have termed the song a violent and hateful anti-Palestinian “genocide anthem.” “One, two, shoot!” its refrain thunders.Despite demands from employees and activists for its removal, “HarbuDarbu” has been allowed to stay up on YouTube. Crucially, YouTube determined that the song’s violent rhetoric targets Hamas, not Palestinians as a whole, and that as a US-labeled terrorist…