internet

Well, I saw that Google announced yesterday that it will prioritize AI answers over human answers coming up here in their searches. What does this all mean? Well, a few things. The biggest is what AI says goes; even if a human disagrees with it or has another opinion, it will no longer matter...

I was lying in bed, thinking about what the internet has brought us since it was introduced. I wanted to see what everyone else's views are on whether it brought more good to the world or ruined it. I have lived long enough back when it was first introduced. Even back in the BBS days. Though I...

I see the prices are getting better and better on this. Looks like they are down to $80 a month, which is what I am currently paying. I was always worried about latency, but it looks about the same as what I am getting since they use low-level satellites. A coworker has had it for a few years...

https://dnsspeedtest.online/

I haven’t used Firefox in years, but at one time it was known for fighting for your privacy. Those days are gone now.

After playing with AdGuard and being pleasantly surprised with this browser blocking capability, I saw that they have a public DNS that will block them at the root level. No software to install, just pointing to their DNS servers and they will do the filtering. I don't think it's as good as the...

I have been wanting to post this thread for while now, just something that I have started to notice in the last 1-2 years. I just got done watching a YouTube video of a guy basically signing off of YouTube. He was a big tech/gadget guy and he explained how not only his subscribers are dropping...

We haven't had one of these in a long time. Let's post our download/upload speeds. Funny story I have been on 100 down 12 up for quite some time now. I started having drop outs and the technician came over and I asked him when we were going to get bumped to 200 like the website says. He said...

Is there an internet passport coming soon? Word on the sewer street is there will be soon coming a mandate the government will want a vaccine style passport to gain internet access. This will be announced to combat 'misinformation spread', along with a "safer" internet. You just witnessed a test...

What do you think of NextDNS? Basically a DNS that works somewhat like a Pihole or Adguard. Basically it's a DNS where all your traffic flows though that has built in adblock and malware lists. There is a pay version that gives you a control panel I believe as well. NextDNS - The new firewall...

Ran across this web browser last night. It is based on Chrome but the old CEO of Opera has built it. I am typing on it right now trying it out. It is a highly customizable browser with a lot of unique customizations such as color schemes and tabs options. Check it out. https://vivaldi.com

I have been hearing about this for awhile, and I know places like Reddit have banned it. I find it strange that the media won't report on it as well. Is 'Q' really Trump himself? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e3KGT_YboSA

About dam time, I have said this for so many years. There is way to much shared access these days. Source

I know DuckDuckGo has been around for quite some time now, but I haven't looked into them in a long time. But I am impressed, they have come quite a long way and it's private unlike Google. Plus they have a new app out as well. Works quite nice with Firefox.

So I have been wanting to post this for awhile, but after @Davidc post today about google I thought I would. There is something strange happening lately on the internet. I don't really know how to explain it, but it's mass hatred for anything good and the right wing. Now everyone can have an...

So rumor on the street is Russia is thinking of creating it's own internet with it's friends. I can't say I blame them with all the takeover of the internet anymore. I have always said that it needed to remained untouched to see how it would evolve. But it seems like there is to much control...

Oh look another test @Davidc. Verizon outage map: http://downdetector.com/status/verizon/map/ T-Mobile  outage map: http://downdetector.com/status/t-mobile/map/ Sprint outage map: http://downdetector.com/status/sprint/map AT&T outage map: http://downdetector.com/status/att/map/

Okay, this maybe a waste of time rant but I notice all too often thread topics on many forums I go to start with "Can we talk about..." EFFING JUST START A TOPIC ABOUT WHAT YOU WANT TO DISCUSS!!!! You don't need to "ask" if it can be talked about since all you want to do is start a thread about...

So I guess I have heard within the last few years abut the internet being a Human right. My personal view is it's not a right, but at the same time I think it should be made available in most places. What got me to create this thread is in our local paper there is an ad that says if you don't...

I remember getting a solid, steady 200 ping in intense online games in the early 2000s on my 56k modem. 56k! (56 kilobytes per second! There are 1,000 kilobytes in a megabyte, remember!) My cable company (the only one in Butte) is advertising and I am supposedly paying for 30mbps!!! (30,000...