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Neulich im Netz - Episode 5: The power consumption of the internet
Stromverbrauch ist ein wichtiges Thema. Bitcoin-mining z.B. steht in der Kritik viel Strom zu verbrauchen. Aber wie sieht es eigentlich mit dem Stromverbrauch des Internets aus?
Jul 21, 2021 1 min read
Neulich im Netz - Episode 5: The power consumption of the internet
Neulich im Netz - Episode 4: Centralization in the Internet
When students learn about the internet, they learn about their distributed nature pretty early on. Today, a large fraction of the content we consume however comes from a few companies. How is this changing us and our use of the internet?
Jul 7, 2021 1 min read
Neulich im Netz - Episode 4: Centralization in the Internet
Neulich im Netz - Episode 3: The "Great Firewall of China"
Internet censorship is a common mechanism for many states and regimes. This episode is about one of the most well-known censorship tools: the “Great Firewall of China” (GFW).
Jun 23, 2021 1 min read
Neulich im Netz - Episode 3: The "Great Firewall of China"
Neulich im Netz - Episode 2: Names and the DNS
Names, and with them the DNS, most commonly are the starting point for everything we do on the interent. This episode goes through a number of DNS use cases, that the DNS was initially not built for.
Jun 9, 2021 1 min read
Neulich im Netz - Episode 2: Names and the DNS
Neulich im Netz - Episode 1: Covid-19 and the internet
The new internet podcast hosted by Dirk Kutscher and Rolf Winter.
May 25, 2021 1 min read
Neulich im Netz - Episode 1: Covid-19 and the internet
Happy birthday RFC series
52 years ago, the first RFC was published. A good opportunity to look back and remember, that open standards are an important part of the Internet’s success.
Apr 7, 2021 1 min read
How to tell a nerd how to behave during the Corona cisis?!
Use nerdy analogies!
Oct 10, 2020 4 min read
Corona myths - 5G spreads Corona...
Whenever we are confronted with something new, we tend to become insecure and potentially believe something, that we usually would disregard as utter nonsense. With the new Corona virus, there is a surprising amount of nonsens out there.
Apr 20, 2020 1 min read
The internet's hidden humour
Cat videos and memes are part of the visible humour of the internet. But hidden from plain sight of the usual internet user, there are a lot of funny things, that most people will likely never see.
Mar 14, 2020 6 min read