The ‘Network of Web Trees’ in Gaza(globalvoices.org) |
The ‘Network of Web Trees’ in Gaza(globalvoices.org) |
I bet everywhere with restricted internet something of this sort exists.
It also reminds the tech startup scene in Gaza, when I was browsing Google Maps to see what kind of economy they have there I recall stumbling upon startup schools. It's fascinating to browse the maps and see familiar things on places you wouldn't expect , I wish the best both to Gazans and the Israeli.
Anyway, just for a bit of humanisation of the people there, here is a spontaneous street performans by a Gazan dancer in Europe: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lSLR6uKTZX4
It's one of the most beautiful things I've seen. Notice how she transforms from fathers little girl into this elegant creature the moment she makes her first move? I think people completely transform into another persona when the assume a role and in this video you can see the transformation. IMHO a similar transformation happens when people have a connection to an environment outside of theirs, therefore this stuff is important for things beyond the practical needs.
i was wondering how all the efforts to buy gazan's eSIMs was going, this seems to be one of the results.
Related:
The eSIM stuff terrifies me, because you know damn well they're feeding that data into their intelligence apparatus for targeting purposes, and recent history has shown thus far that they don't give much of a shit about collateral damage.
I highly suspect that nearby cellular activity increases the chances of being injured or killed by an airstrike.
Anonymous eSIM with no KYC
Anatomy of the eSIM profile
https://media.ccc.de/v/osmodevcon2024-174-anatomy-of-the-esi...
Exploring eUICCs and eSIMS using pySim, lpac and osmo-smdpp
https://media.ccc.de/v/osmodevcall-20240117-laforce-euicc-es...
A Look at eSIMs and Number Hijacking
https://intel471.com/blog/a-look-at-esims-and-number-hijacki...
An I you consider a kill and 3 injury for each bombardement (4 casualties)(which is a low estimate), 250 bombardement a day (low estimate again), and take the highest estimate of Hamas militants, 20k (including associated armed groups), 90% of all casualties are civilians, which is a ratio you only find in civil war and genocides.
it seems to be purely built upon cellular connectivity and hotspots!
I'm shocked there's no meshnet stuff involved here, but I suppose we can't see much details beyond the backbone, last-mile connectivity methods are probably extremely hodgepodge.
Often wars are frontiers for societal shifts that arises from new technological inventions/adaptations. What we are seeing in Gaza very may well become a reality in the West in the future: a divorce of a globally connected world into its own islands that can only be accessed via physical proximity or like in my earlier example, socioeconomic class, even by ethnicity.
Distal to the tech here but man, once you see the passive voice vs active voice stuff on this issue, you really can't un-see it. Astounding.
Edit: finished the article. The tech here really is stunning -- like, the ratio of ingenuity to resources is insane.
Same thing happens with police shootings. “A stray bullet killed a child during police encounter” is a common type of headline. “Police officer shoots kid” is less common.
To be pedantic, this isn’t passive voice at all. See Pullum on this particular misconception: http://www.lel.ed.ac.uk/~gpullum/passive_loathing.html
The author is an Arabic speaking, English as a second language pro-Palestinian activist/writer. I'm not sure what point you're trying to make?
If you'd said it about Ukraine/Russia, it wouldn't be removed.
I am replying assuming a good faith and that your goal is not justifying killing innocent people because it is horrible.