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+#!/bin/sh
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+DIR=$(dirname $(readlink -f $0))/src/blog
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+curDate=$(date +%Y-%m-%d)
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+[ ! -f $DIR/$curDate.gmi ] && create=1 && echo "# $curDate |" > $DIR/$curDate.gmi
+vim $DIR/$curDate.gmi
+[ $create = 1 ] && sed -i "15i\\
+=> $curDate.gmi $(head -n1 $DIR/$curDate.gmi | cut -c 3-)" $DIR/index.gmi
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+# 2021-06-08 | IPFS
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+IPFS is a cool tech for creating distributed file storages. It's very similiar to torrents, yet very different.
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+There's a false belief that torrents are made for vicious activities like porn and pirating movies. And while it's a sad truth that immoral content is being shared over the torrent network, there are a lot of great applications of torrents. During the NixCon 2020 there was a talk by a guy from some university, where he described how they were able to netboot whole campus of PC labs from a single server using the torrent protocol.
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+Regardless, IPFS will not replace torrents. The cause of IPFS is to fight with centralization of information. To create a medium for sharing content for free and without any jurisdiction or censorship.
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+I'm still hacking around it, trying to understand how it works, but it's a quite impressive idea.
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+Futhermore the creators of IPFS now try to monetize the platform to gain interest of server owners. If they will be able to share their spare disk space, the whole community will gain, and the owner will be rewarded with a cryptocoin - filecoin.
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+The only issue is with the minimum hardware specs. In filecoin's docs they require to have 8-core CPU and 128GB of RAM! Maybe the specs are so high to ensure the quality of the network, but that makes it almost imposible to join the network without spending too much money on the equipment.
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 => ../feed.xml Feed
 
+=> 2021-06-08.gmi 2021-06-08 | IPFS
 => 2021-06-05.gmi 2021-06-05 | Kindle is my new reader
 => 2021-05-26.gmi 2021-05-26 | Back in space
 => 2020-11-19.gmi 2020-11-19 | Thinking about future