Why “Internet” is being discussed
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> I believe that’s post-training, not pre-training Aren't AI companies already butting against the limits of usable training data? Outside of undiscovered techniques, additional…
by overfeed · Oct 26, 2026
I, too, preferred the internet when it was just text!
by dansquizsoft · Oct 26, 2026
> As someone who lived the first Internet block due to protests I believe the first Internet block due to protests was in the Maldives in 2004.
by wdr1 · Oct 26, 2026
> The internet is not what’s being censored. Well there's that thing with some countries blocking like all of Cloudflare during sportsball matches, since Cloudflare deliberately…
by tbrownaw · Oct 26, 2026
We absolutely should not accept the way the internet has been going in modern times. I personally support initiatives like Reticulum/NomadNet, I2P, the Gemini protocol, etc…
by lexwhite · Oct 26, 2026
The want for uncensored social media and without the surveillance is what many are discussing here. The solution is an application framework that removes the 3rd party between a…
by jon128 · Oct 26, 2026
Interest
Proportion of Hacker News items mentioning "internet" over time.
Mentions
Total number of Hacker News items mentioning "internet" over time.
The Internet is the global system of interconnected computer networks that uses the Internet protocol suite (TCP/IP) to communicate between networks and devices. It is a network of networks that comprises private, public, academic, business, and government networks of local to global scope, linked by electronic, wireless, and optical networking technologies. The Internet carries a vast range of information services and resources, such as the interlinked hypertext documents and applications of the World Wide Web (WWW), electronic mail, discussion groups, internet telephony, streaming media and file sharing. Read more on Wikipedia