this post was submitted on 15 Oct 2024
107 points (99.1% liked)

chat

8174 readers
394 users here now

Chat is a text only community for casual conversation, please keep shitposting to the absolute minimum. This is intended to be a separate space from c/chapotraphouse or the daily megathread. Chat does this by being a long-form community where topics will remain from day to day unlike the megathread, and it is distinct from c/chapotraphouse in that we ask you to engage in this community in a genuine way. Please keep shitposting, bits, and irony to a minimum.

As with all communities posts need to abide by the code of conduct, additionally moderators will remove any posts or comments deemed to be inappropriate.

Thank you and happy chatting!

founded 3 years ago
MODERATORS
 

I was just setting up remote runners for TankieTube when I had an epiphany:

I could ask comrades to volunteer their own computers! quagsire-pog

That way those who can't or don't care to donate monetarily could still contribute.


How would it work?

Conceptually, you can think of it like a crypto mining botnet. Except it transcodes videos for the community instead of producing heat for individual profit. And it's voluntary ofc.

It can run on any operating system with an internet connection. I'm going to use my gaming desktop and at least one VPS.


Tech level required: comfortable copy-and-pasting things into a CLI.

OpSec considerations: negligable as far as I can tell. There is no P2P involved. Your computer talks directly to the TankieTube server using sicko-to-HTTPS communication. The server would see your IP address, but that's always the case on every website.


Thoughts?

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] FuckyWucky@hexbear.net 14 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I have a sever. I'm lazy though so I would prefer a docker guide.

[–] TankieTanuki@hexbear.net 13 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

Okay. I could probably cook one.

[–] Erika3sis@hexbear.net 10 points 3 weeks ago

Tanuki we need to cook

[–] umbrella@lemmy.ml 1 points 3 weeks ago

@ me too when you do