=== ANCHOR POEM === ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────── Did you know that any wifi chip can be used as both a sender and a receiver? how do you think you'd get data in and out of the device? trick is... you don't actually need a router. How fun is that! ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────┘ === SIMILARITY RANKED === --- #1 fediverse/3631 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────── ┌────────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: re: computer-toucher-stuff │ └────────────────────────────────┘ @user-883 I have a different port for my desktop and my laptop just in-case the router forgets to check the postmarked address on the packets it receives... at least it'll know which port to send it to! ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────┘ --- #2 fediverse/5110 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────── I'll give ya a hint - encrypt the return IP address WITHIN the packet's data package repository area itself, rather than trusting your "router" to return it to sender. YOU DON'T KNOW WHO IS SENDING A PACKET that's the whole point of udp (actually udp is when it doesn't matter if it got snatched in transit. Usually used for more analog data streams like netflix or hulu prime.) ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────┘ --- #3 fediverse/5977 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────── apparently you can use network sockets for inter-process communication if you just set the network to your home and the ports that are set to the defaults that people who know what software you use will know to listen on when they've hacked any single device on your network. good thing that data is with the router, right? what if there was a stop before leaving the computer? ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────┘ --- #4 messages/381 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────── just waiting for the day when they build wifi antennas into flash drives and constantly broadcast their contents to whoever wants them... ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────┘ --- #5 fediverse/4930 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────── hi does anyone know of an app that non tech people could use that's like "signal but organized like discord" with channels and threads and such? ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────┘ --- #6 fediverse/5109 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────── does anyone know of a website where I can host videos on my neocities that isn't youtube? maybe something I can set up on my own server computer at home like a file server or something? how do I do that, what should I google, which is the easiest and closest to the metal tools I can use? [practical, sensible, courageous. these are the adjectives we need.] ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────┘ --- #7 fediverse/1870 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────── why would I want other people using my computer? They don't know how to use my computer! They might break something or mess something up or automatically read/edit my files that are stored in standard locations through the usage of a script which automagically scans and ransomwares machines on the internet who store their files in specific standardized locations! no thank you. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────┘ --- #8 fediverse/6286 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────── how can you call it a computer science education if the students can't even send packets ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────┘ --- #9 fediverse/3215 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────── tell me this: why do Starlink satellites need lights on them at all? can't they just operate in the dark, as floating hunks of metal sending signals to-and-fro? ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────┘ --- #10 fediverse/2614 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────── literally just... if you want to connect to me, come hang out on my wavelength. or like, invite me to join yours, and I'll do my best to show how I feel about the things you share. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────┘ --- #11 fediverse/5559 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────── @user-1850 why not just reduce the number of ping checks to see if they're still connected? if nobody's talking then why bother sending nothing to nowhere? the bandwidth for silence is free. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────┘ --- #12 fediverse/3266 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────── how many people do you think in the world know that screenshots of a website are not admissible proof because they can be trivially doctored by editing the html? ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────┘ --- #13 fediverse/6061 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────── what if (hear me out) what if instead of TCP we just did a constant stream of UDP packets until the recipient said "OKAY OKAY I GET IT" ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────┘ --- #14 fediverse/4751 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────── apparently security through obscurity is out, and security through community is in, don't ask me how I know that teehee ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────┘ --- #15 fediverse/5195 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────── whenever you test one extreme, you must also test it's opposite, just for the extra information. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────┘ --- #16 messages/186 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────── It's obfuscated, such that you cannot know the totality of their purpose for you (via your data) ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────┘ --- #17 fediverse/6209 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────── okay just to clarify: if anyone is recording me or storing data about me, I would really prefer if you didn't delete it just because I realized it was happening. I like data! It's cool to know such things! ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────┘ --- #18 fediverse/1223 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────── @user-883 Hey, how difficult was it to set up the kind of streaming you did yesterday? You said it was RSTMP or something like that? What should I google, I kinda want to set it up on my system : ) ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────┘ --- #19 fediverse/2601 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────── @user-249 you can host anything you'd like on a raspberry pi. If the software requirements are within the hardware specs, of course. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────┘ --- #20 messages/1245 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════── BRB, if you want to talk to yourselfs, I recommend opening a port in your router and exchanging HTTP packets that create messages on each other's computers. Can be done in a couple hundred lines of C code that can be 90% premade or auto-generated. Then, once it's made, you don't have to think about it again because it's so simple. It's not trying to scale, it's just... designed for a small, focused, human oriented mindset.\ ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─┘ |