Until the End of the Internet by tosh

David Heinemeier Hansson June 20, 2023 It’s hard to know what’ll stick around when shopping for software online. Popular services and crucial products get shut down all the time. You can’t even trust that major conglomerates like Google to provide something you can count on two-five-ten years from now. And if you’re betting on something

ByHackTechJune 20, 20230Comments

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The Last Page of the Internet by marban

Gradually over the last decade, Reddit went from merely embarrassing but occasionally amusing, to actively harmful, to—mainly by accident—essential. As the platform that swallowed niche message boards, it became home to numerous small communities of surprisingly helpful enthusiasts, and grew into a repository of arcane knowledge about, and instantly available first-hand expertise on, a staggering

ByHackTechJune 13, 20230Comments

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Ask HN: Where do you put your time on the internet without wanting to? by Vishal19111999

I am working on a focus app that helps people browse the internet efficiently without blocking websites, especially during work.One of the major places where people get into a rabbit hole is YouTube.I would like to know which websites should I tackle first.Thanks for your suggestions.

ByHackTechJune 13, 20230Comments

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A trip to the internet in 1996 with The Rough Guide 2.0 by planetjones

Prepare to be transported back in time as I delve into one of my all-time favorite books from my teenage years: The Rough Guide 2.0: The Internet & World Wide Web. This brilliant pocket-sized book had me hooked. In the 1990s I read it cover to cover and I have read it one more time

ByHackTechJune 11, 20230Comments

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Is there a wider internet outage today? by brucethemoose2

Research & eBooks Internet and Outage Education Internet Performance Report: COVID-19 Impact Edition A measurement-based study of Internet health, examining the various network infrastructures critical to modern content delivery, namely those belonging to ISPs, as well as cloud, CDN and DNS providers. Internet Fundamentals: Underlying Network Infr

ByHackTechJune 5, 20231Comment

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The Internet Speculative Fiction Database by belter

The ISFDB is a community effort to catalog works of science fiction, fantasy, and horror. It links together various types of bibliographic data: author bibliographies, publication bibliographies, award listings, magazine content listings, anthology and collection content listings, and forthcoming books. View All Forthcoming Books View Top Forthcoming Note: Forthcoming books may be delayed due to

ByHackTechMay 1, 20230Comments

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A new front in the water wars: Your Internet use by gardenfelder

When Jenn Duff heard that Meta, the parent company of Facebook, wanted to build yet another data center in Mesa, Ariz., she was immediately suspicious. “My first reaction was concern for our water,” Duff said. The desert city of half a million residents was already home to large data centers owned by Google, Apple and

ByHackTechApril 26, 20231Comment

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4G internet is set to arrive on the moon later this year by zvonimirs

Nokia hopes to install a data network on the moon sometime in 2023, an executive told reporters.Thomas Coex | AFP via Getty ImagesNokia is preparing to launch a 4G mobile network on the moon later this year, in the hopes of enhancing lunar discoveries — and eventually paving the path for human presence on the

ByHackTechMarch 28, 20230Comments

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Internet Archive (archive.org) looses it battle to Hachette in court case by todsacerdoti

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ByHackTechMarch 25, 20230Comments

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The internet wants to be fragmented by miletus

Five years ago I was sitting around drinking a beer with my college buddy Dayv. I was scrolling through Twitter and watching people get mad at Donald Trump’s latest outrage, and I said “You know…fifteen years ago, the internet was an escape from the real world. Now the real world is an escape from the…

ByHackTechDecember 17, 20220Comments

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