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GNU Affero General Public License v3.0 | GNU General Public License v3.0 only |
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Ask HN: HN, but for Scientists?
I've written an AGPLv3 no-js link aggregator with tags in Django/sqlite3 which I self host at https://sic.pm but without an active user base. You can self host it for your own community however: https://github.com/epilys/sic
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Ask HN: I miss Usenet. Are there any modern equivalents?
I wrote a dependency tree python3 library to make your own NNTP servers:
https://pypi.org/project/nntpserver/0.0.3/
https://github.com/epilys/nntpserver.py
It's used in my link aggregator forum, https://sic.pm/ which also has a mailing list bridge functionality.
As a demo, I have implemented a HN mirror on NNTP: (quoting README.md)
hnnntp.py querying news.ycombinator.com (hackernews) API and caching results in an sqlite3 database. A public instance might be online at nessuent.xyz:564 (TLS only)
- Welcome to the brand new Erlang Forums
- nimforum: Lightweight alternative to Discourse written in Nim
- [Show] A snappy and resilient hackernews clone in ~1k lines of rust.
- Show HN: Link aggregator/forum with tags, no JavaScript, built in 2-3 weeks
- Show HN: A link aggregator with tags about anything that piques your curiosity
- Ask HN: How hard would it be to create a website like HN?
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I'm making a general link aggregator/forum with a focus on tags and following tags, in python3, what do you think?
Git repo is here
superhighway84
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Would we still create Nebula today?
https://github.com/gravitl/netmaker
Honorable mention:
SuperHighway84 - more of a Usenet-inspired darknet, but I love the concept + the author's personal website:
https://github.com/mrusme/superhighway84
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Open source P2P alternative to Slack and Discord built on Tor and IPFS
While I do like the idea behind a P2P E2EE chat, I believe that unless you're willing to invest heavily into OrbitDB and IPFS, this project will stay niche at best.
The performance issues that come along with running OrbitDB/IPFS on a machine, let alone a mobile device, are still significant unfortunately. Adding Electron on top of what is already a heavy-weight application is probably going to make people's devices go brrrrr all the time. Not only that, but I would argue that for instant communication this stack might not be the best idea in terms of performance in first place.
Besides, the way IPFS has been (and still keeps) changing their dozens of libraries doesn't make development particularly smooth either. OrbitDB is always behind the latest IPFS version due to all these changes that are being introduced. Hence unless you're planning to allocate developer time on these two things as well, my guess is that you probably won't have too much fun with your back-end.
The integration with Tor is another thing that will likely be a time drain for developers, as other people here already pointed out, and that will lead to even more performance issues down the line.
Don't get me wrong, I really like the idea behind this project. However, I feel like the aspirations are unrealisticly high and the actual outcome might be realtively frustrating for the average end-user. Having that said, I would love my gut feeling to be proven wrong!
Disclaimer: I'm the developer of Superhighway84 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/InterPlanetary_File_System#App..., https://github.com/mrusme/superhighway84), a USENET-inspired, uncensorable, decentralized internet discussion system running on IPFS & OrbitDB.
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Ask HN: Is it time to resurrect a Usenet clone?
Someone created a Usenet-like thing on IPFS. https://github.com/mrusme/superhighway84
It's kind of dead. IIRC the dev put that on the back burner in favor of a new BBS-like app. https://github.com/mrusme/neonmodem
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YouTube is seeming like a less and less viable platform... they should do the Patreon early-access and uncensored route
If anybody wanted to, anybody could start a RLM SuperHighway84 where we could just talk about RLM stuff all day.
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We need a community archiving effort for YouTube channels. What's most crucial to protect and how do we get organised?
SuperHighway84 - Is this handy for organization? I like the usenet-style where it sorts itself if people use proper newsgroup names. If people used a 'youtube.channelname' format at least people could maybe scroll down to channels/videos people are talking about.
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How do you/we share the stuff we hoard so those looking for stuff find it?
In my mind something like superhighway84 would be a better platform, then it's automatically organizing itself to some degree if people post in appropriate newsgroups. People looking for lost youtubers could post in youtube.channelName. That person looking for old VCDs & screeners could post in vcds.screeners.
- We have to prepare ourselves for the possibility that Reddit might try to pull a Tumblr soon
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Showing off your hoard?
SuperHighway84 is like a usenet style board where people can create whatever newsgroups they want. Anybody could start a 'Datahoarder' highway.
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10+ years of Sumo GONE
I like the idea of something like SuperHighway84 for talking about our collections. We could make one called YoutubeGraveyard or something. There's also r/DHExchange
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What do you guys think? (Using ChatGPT)
Have you heard of SuperHighway84?
What are some alternatives?
FluxBB - FluxBB is a fast, light, user-friendly forum application for your website.
berty - Berty is a secure peer-to-peer messaging app that works with or without internet access, cellular data or trust in the network
nntpserver.py - No-dependency, single file NNTP server library for developing modern, rfc3977-compliant (bridge) NNTP servers.
searxng - SearXNG is a free internet metasearch engine which aggregates results from various search services and databases. Users are neither tracked nor profiled.
awesome-selfhosted - A list of Free Software network services and web applications which can be hosted on your own servers
go-orbit-db - Go version of P2P Database on IPFS
nitter - Alternative Twitter front-end
hubs - Duck-themed multi-user virtual spaces in WebVR. Built with A-Frame.
Discourse - A platform for community discussion. Free, open, simple.
Gosora - Gosora is an ultra-fast and secure forum software written in Go that balances usability with functionality.
Lobsters - Computing-focused community centered around link aggregation and discussion
awesome-ipfs - Community list of awesome projects, apps, tools, pinning services and more related to IPFS.