Carcharodonna [she/her]@hexbear.net to askchapo@hexbear.netEnglish · edit-23 months 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-square20linkfedilinkarrow-up140arrow-down10
arrow-up140arrow-down1external-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-23 months agomessage-square20linkfedilink
minus-squareAstroStelar [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·3 months 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-up10·3 months agoDamn the DataKrash from cyberpunk is just stolen MegaMan lore?
minus-squareAstroStelar [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·3 months 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-up3·3 months 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.