Carcharodonna [she/her]@hexbear.net to askchapo@hexbear.netEnglish · edit-220 days agoHas anyone else here heard of this (betanet)? It appears to be some kind of censorship-resistant net protocol. What are your thoughts on it?github.comexternal-linkmessage-square20fedilinkarrow-up137
arrow-up137external-linkHas anyone else here heard of this (betanet)? It appears to be some kind of censorship-resistant net protocol. What are your thoughts on it?github.comCarcharodonna [she/her]@hexbear.net to askchapo@hexbear.netEnglish · edit-220 days agomessage-square20fedilink
minus-squareAstroStelar [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·20 days agoThe name just makes me think of how in Mega Man Battle Network 3 “Alpha” was the original Internet but it became cancerous, turned everything into a shapeless blob and had to be sealed away and replaced with a new Net.
minus-squareThorngraff_Ironbeard [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·20 days agoDamn the DataKrash from cyberpunk is just stolen MegaMan lore?
minus-squareAstroStelar [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·19 days agoIf it happened because the Internet was just buggy lol, though I like to interpret Alpha as a metaphor for the general rot we’re seeing play out now.
minus-squareThorngraff_Ironbeard [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·19 days agoMore the part about the original net being partioned from the new net.
The name just makes me think of how in Mega Man Battle Network 3 “Alpha” was the original Internet but it became cancerous, turned everything into a shapeless blob and had to be sealed away and replaced with a new Net.
Damn the DataKrash from cyberpunk is just stolen MegaMan lore?
If it happened because the Internet was just buggy lol, though I like to interpret Alpha as a metaphor for the general rot we’re seeing play out now.
More the part about the original net being partioned from the new net.