opus2: add cirosantilli article this guy is crazy... in a good way! - tgtimes - The Gopher Times HTML git clone git://bitreich.org/tgtimes git://enlrupgkhuxnvlhsf6lc3fziv5h2hhfrinws65d7roiv6bfj7d652fid.onion/tgtimes DIR Log DIR Files DIR Refs DIR Tags DIR README --- DIR commit 130589003c614cbfa7ebb3ceb4a5247a4bd61bad DIR parent 60994acbda5e995b520127c6a39bda018029ca70 HTML Author: glenda <glenda@9front.local> Date: Tue, 23 Nov 2021 00:41:12 +0000 opus2: add cirosantilli article this guy is crazy... in a good way! Diffstat: M opus2/tgtimes2.mw | 1 + M opus2/tgtimes2.pdf | 0 M opus2/tgtimes2.txt | 45 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 3 files changed, 46 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) --- DIR diff --git a/opus2/tgtimes2.mw b/opus2/tgtimes2.mw @@ -14,4 +14,5 @@ Opus 2 - Gopher news and more - ..-..-2021 .so opus2/article-tgtimes-hosting-providers.mw .so opus2/article-nixers-conference-recordings.mw .so opus2/article-nitot-a-message.mw +.so opus2/article-tgtimes-cirosantilli.mw .so opus2/footer.mw DIR diff --git a/opus2/tgtimes2.pdf b/opus2/tgtimes2.pdf Binary files differ. DIR diff --git a/opus2/tgtimes2.txt b/opus2/tgtimes2.txt @@ -357,6 +357,51 @@ ____________________________________________________________ + cirosantilli, a rabbit hole on its own tgtimes +____________________________________________________________ + + Is this name familiar to you? Maybe you encountered + cirosantilli on a StackOverflow or remembered one of + the iconic provile picture he chose ? Did you + encountered the name on GitHub? If so you may have + immediately noticed how he weaponized this popular + code hosting platform into a freedom of speech silver + bullet against China's censorship. + + The entire user profile was turned into a long + document that can resist the most ferocious + censorship. A vast amount of images and keywords + censored by China is published straight on the front + page, making it outstanding to the curious visitor. + + Would china dare to try take down the biggest code + hosting platform, harming most of IT companies in the + world? And even if it tries, would it succeed? And so + without provoking too much tension with the U.S.? + + While China's government censorship of its own + violence is world famous, so is GitHub's DDoS + mitigation services (provided by a dedicated company, + not performed by GitHub itself), after undertaking 1.3 + Terabit per second during a famous DDoS attack. + + This Brazilian Italian turned Goliath against Goliath. + + Are you curious about its practical plan to take down + China's great firewall? Or maybe you are interested + in one of the many computer-related topics he teaches + on its website? + + This activist doubled as student and teacher might + catch you down the rabbit hole of both computer + science and fight for freedom. + + https://stackoverflow.com/users/895245/ + https://cirosantilli.com/ + https://github.com/cirosantilli + + + Publishing in The Gopher Times you ____________________________________________________________