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Won’t it get hot as hell in there, all that wood and foam and rubber?

You can have nodes on a mesh network which act as gateways to the internet, but such nodes are going to have to go through an ISP. There’s no other way to connect to the internet at large unfortunately.

this is what the mesh networks are that people have mentioned elsewhere in this thread.

It is theoretically possible to create a purely peer-to-peer network where each individual connects to people nearby, and then any individual can in theory communicate with any other, by passing data packets to nearby people on the network who then pass it on themselves until it reaches the other person.

You can probably already grasp a few of the issues here - confidentiality is a big one, and reliability is another. But in theory it could work, and the more people who take part in such networks, the more reliable they become.

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Ah got ya, it’s a site to show each EU government’s position on this. Only three EU governments are opposing right now! Gotta get them numbers up!

off-topic but wow, it’s great to see so many lemmy instances up and running 🥰

it really looks like we’re well on the way to hitting critical mass

You must thank the Lord every day that you weren’t wiped up with a Kleenex and flushed down the toilet with your other brethren who didn’t manage to make it inside! The Lord’s grace is truly magnificent!

Reports also have emerged of attempts to stop the spread of chikungunya with even larger mosquitoes to eat the insects carrying the virus.

And if those larger mosquitos get out of control, there’s a simple and obvious fix…