dChan - Q Origins Project Archive

IPv6 has been in the works since 1998 to address the shortfall of IP addresses available under Ipv4, yet despite its efficiency and security advantages, adoption is still slow.

What are the benefits of IPv6?

In its work, the IETF included enhancements to IPv6 compared with IPv4. The IPv6 protocol can handle packets more efficiently, improve performance and increase security. It enables internet service providers to reduce the size of their routing tables by making them more hierarchical.

https://www.networkworld.com/article/3254575/lan-wan/what-is-ipv6-and-why-aren-t-we-there-yet.html

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Over the past four decades, foundations and major donors have exerted new influence over public policy by underwriting a vast infrastructure of think tanks, advocacy groups, litigation shops, and voter mobilization outfits. Philanthropic dollars have also been used to finance campaigns to smear political leaders and spread disinformation. This development has coincided with increased polarization and growing public disenchantment with political life. As an ever-larger army of sophisticated funders seeks to put their thumb on the scale of public life, many ordinary Americans have withdrawn, complaining that their voices don't count.

With trillions of dollars set to flow into philanthropy in coming decades, do we really want to help even more foundations and donors get comfortable with giving for advocacy and electoral work?

As we've often pointed out, and as groups like the Alliance for Justice have been saying for years, foundations and nonprofits can be more involved in public policy and elections than many realize. Would it really be a good thing if more players in civil society operate more aggressively to shape who's in government and what it does?

We'll leave these larger questions for another time. In the meantime, see if you get nervous reading a piece we wrote titled "7 Tips for Using Tax-Exempt “Charitable” Gifts to Get Your Candidates Elected," or this one: "Meet the Tax-Exempt Nonprofit Behind the "Corrupt Hillary" Narrative—And Its Funders." When funders really know the law, and really push the envelope, it's pretty unnerving just how effective they can be in arenas where philanthropy shouldn't have a role.

https://www.insidephilanthropy.com/home/2018/6/6/rules-of-the-road-why-foundation-and-nonprofit-law-is-getting-new-attention