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Protocols as Weberian Bureaucracy

Subconscious • 1344 implied HN points • 22 Jan 24

🕹 Technology Innovation Artificial Intelligence Internet protocols

In small groups, people are self-organizing, but beyond 150, cooperation needs more than instincts.
Power in organizations can be organized as charismatic authority, traditional authority, and rational-legal authority.
Bureaucracy may seem slow and impersonal, but it scales power distribution through rules, which can approximate fairness.

60 Years of Networking

Systems Approach • 2 HN points • 26 Jun 23

🕹 Technology Networking Internet History Decentralization Internet protocols

Networking history involves many important figures like Bob Kahn, Vint Cerf, and Tim Berners-Lee.
Packet switching was a key development in the 1960s, leading to the creation of ARPANET.
The Internet's decentralized design and ability to adapt to different networks have influenced its growth over the years.

Spatial Web AI Podcast | Special Guest: Gabriel Rene — CEO, VERSES AI

Spatial Web AI by Denise Holt • 0 implied HN points • 27 Mar 23

🕹 Technology AI Internet protocols Artificial Intelligence Web 3.0 Augmented reality

The podcast episode discusses the concept of Spatial Web and its differences from the traditional WWW.
New internet protocols like HSTP & HSML are explored in connection with AI and the evolution of the internet.
The conversation delves into topics like Active Inference AI, Spatial Domains, and the security aspects of the Spatial Web.

Why the Spatial Web Demands a New Protocol — Part 4 — IEEE

Spatial Web AI by Denise Holt • 0 implied HN points • 15 Dec 22

🕹 Technology Internet protocols Web 3.0 Spatial Web

Developing core standards for the spatial web is essential to enabling universal access, connectivity, and opportunities on a global scale.
Internet protocol evolution has consistently built upon previous protocols, not replaced them, to amplify network capabilities.
The IEEE, a leading technical organization, is actively involved in establishing the Hyperspace Transaction Protocol (HSTP) as a new standard for the Spatial Web (Web 3.0).

The Internet of Broken Protocols: Showcase #5

Thái | Hacker | Kỹ sư tin tặc • 0 implied HN points • 23 Aug 16

🕹 Technology Cybersecurity Web Security Internet protocols JavaScript

The protocol described involves reducing round trips needed to fetch web ads by having 4 participants.
There is a weakness in the protocol that can be exploited to serve an arbitrary ad off an important origin.
The protocol consists of two main steps: provisioning and rendering, with specifics about how ads are encrypted, loaded, and displayed.

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