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Making Techrights Thinner and Faster

Turn up the volume: 31.5k blog posts and ~1000 wiki pages... Compacted into a gigabyte
Compressed equivalent would be a lot smaller



Summary: Further work is underway to make this site complete with a mirror in Gemini and IPFS; we're not leaving the Web, but it's no longer the sole priority

Today we've spent much time writing code, not articles, or developing and researching things (such as Gitea). In the process we also tidied up some things like Gemini and IPFS, extending the focus or emphasis on alternative protocols. Maintenance is just as important as writing.



"At the moment, for Techrights over IPFS, we have 2644 files weighing 356MB in total. Those are files from October 2020 to present."Over the coming couple of months Techrights will be publishing lots of evidence -- with 'smoking guns' included -- about EPO corruption, so we wish to be robust and resistant to censorship, including SLAPP and other threats. Infrastructural choices can make a big difference because the censors (or the exposed) tend to target underlying platforms or middleman to censor or take down 'unwanted' material.

At the moment, for Techrights over IPFS, we have 2644 files weighing 356MB in total. Those are files from October 2020 to present. Pleasing consider pinning them. With Gemini we went 15 years back and converted loads of pages, so there is a total of 77158 files and directories, on top of some static files outside this range. Because of the very compact form of Gemini (almost the same as plain text), the total size is 1.2GB (wiki and blog, plus miscellaneous pages). That's an average of 16KB per object, directories included. If compressed, it would be a lot less.

We will continue to make gradual improvements. To those who do not yet have an IPFS or Gemini client, here's a World Wide Web gateway (below, framed).



Here's a primer on how to use Gemini.

Recent Techrights' Posts

When Abusive Law Firms (Working for Microsofters Against Us) Assert That Someone Writing in Social Media About Himself is Confidential Information
There was no reason to throw "GDPR" into 2 SLAPPs; they know it, but the goal was to increase the cost of a Defence and lessen the incentive to challenge the SLAPPs
 
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IRC Proceedings: Sunday, June 15, 2025
IRC logs for Sunday, June 15, 2025
Gemini Links 15/06/2025: Rainy Season and OpenDocument Format (ODF)
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Links 15/06/2025: Military Games, Parade, and Actions
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Links 15/06/2025: Windows TCO, Openwashing, and Wars
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Gemini Links 15/06/2025: "AI Fatigue and Crappiness"
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Microsoft Attack Dogs Against Watchdogs and Guard Dogs in Software
Last year Microsofters hired attack dogs or "guns for hire"
Slop Cannot Replace Domain Expertise
All this "AI" hype (it's not even intelligence, it's all a misnomer, as many of us have insisted all along) will fizzle and be written off as a failed experiment
IBM's Fresh 'PIPs' (Action Before Layoffs)
At times like these, even once-reputable employers resort to PIPs and other procedures/tricks for denial of workers' rights
Microsoft is a Problem Not Just for Denmark
Every country should consider what Denmark is doing, why Denmark is doing it, and then do the same
The Slopfarms' Self Detonation
If more sites like BetaNews go under, then maybe we can still salvage some of the Web
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IRC Proceedings: Saturday, June 14, 2025
IRC logs for Saturday, June 14, 2025
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Gemini Links 14/06/2025: Steam Next Fest and Thoughts on Gemini
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Site/Datacentre Maintenance Next Week
speed things up
Bulgaria: GNU/Linux Near 10%
The Bulgarian market seems to be changing
I Never Spoke to BetaNews. But BetaNews Wants to Ensure I Never Will, Either.
Sometimes just the reluctance to talk about it can say a great deal
Throwing Money at Lawyers Can't Stop Us (It Never Did)
Even just trying to censor things can result in the opposite of the desired outcome
Online Search or Large Search Engines Aren't Working Anymore
business models that directly compete with interests of Web users
Holidays and Breaks
I've hardly taken any long breaks since I got married
Danish OpenDocument Freedom
"year of Linux"
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BetaNews Has More or Less Died After Experiments With LLM Slop, Is Linuxsecurity Next?
It doesn't seem like BetaNews knows what it's doing, let alone what it talks about
Gemini Links 14/06/2025: Historic Ada Design and GeminiSpace.Club to Expire
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Links 14/06/2025: India Plane Crash and Middle-Eastern War
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IRC Proceedings: Friday, June 13, 2025
IRC logs for Friday, June 13, 2025