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by jackspratts 1058 days ago
i've been running a mesh since waste's release. yes, proper set up is a bit challenging but after that it's set and forget - as in it's never been down in all this time. flexible chat rooms, individuals or multitudes simultaneously. decentralized and encrypted of course with chaff no less and file transfers of any size can be especially fast. it's actually perfect for small groups. anything under fifty or so users and it's stable. certainly more stable than the community, which ebbs and flows.

- js.
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FirmwareBurner 1057 days ago
Out if curiosity, why did you sign yourself at the end when your username is visible so we know who is writing? Is it some cultural thing?
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lionkor 1057 days ago
maybe a relic from forums?
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nerdponx 1057 days ago
Forums had/have a special "signature" area under your post for that for as long as I remember (2003 maybe?). People occasionally would write in a signature like that and I thought it was weird even then. I always assumed it was a holdover from email mailing lists or newsgroups, but I think people did it just because they liked the aesthetic.
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pbjtime 1057 days ago
aka because they're extra
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distantsounds 1057 days ago
because people on HN think they are far more important than they really are
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ramgine 1057 days ago
You have a site where i can learn more? I'd like to implement my own.
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jackspratts 1057 days ago
trigger alert: i'm signing, below. ;)

that's a very good question ramgine. you might as well start with the wiki. i'm a bit biased because i wrote a lot of it but i just took a look after who knows how long and it still holds up. it even had a link to one of my open meshes, a project i started called Zer0share, but that's been moribund for ages or at least i'm not on it. you never know with a mesh it could still be chugging along...the thing is, meshes are private by design and by nature. waste has always been catnip for introverts, with its silent status box sitting quietly in the corner of a screen sometimes showing no activity for weeks. it's not even unusual for members to spend months, or more, pondering the admission of a new addition (once admitted one can't be expelled. the mesh itself needs to be rebuilt). but if you like, take a look at the Zer0share parent thread from Napsterites linked here. you may find it helpful.

http://www.p2p-zone.com/underground/showthread.php?t=19077

- js.

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