Upload limits

I remember having read somewhere in one if the early threads of this forum that we want it to be as self-contained as possible and not rely on external resources. For that reason it's encouraged to at least additionally upload external content one is referring to. The problem is though that the upload limit is a few MB per upload. That makes it really unpractical for videos from e.g. conferences to be uploaded (talking about 10s to a few 100s of MB).

Is this something we want to change? Storage doesn't seem a limiting factor as much these days and videos can be really useful to explain complicated subjects.

Right now we don't allow any video uploads. The software isn't actually great for uploading larger files (php anybody...).

There currently exists the limitation of two attachments per post. Introducing new topics not previously breached might necessitate quoting more literature. Can this restriction be removed?

There currently exists the limitation of two attachments per post. Introducing new topics not previously breached might necessitate quoting more literature. Can this restriction be removed?

Every limit that we extend leads to more complexity and ways for people to fuck up. Async is intentionally not a user friendly space.

If you have more than two attachments create an archive and upload that or just make multiple posts.

There currently exists the limitation of two attachments per post. Introducing new topics not previously breached might necessitate quoting more literature. Can this restriction be removed?

Every limit that we extend leads to more complexity and ways for people to fuck up. Async is intentionally not a user friendly space.

If you have more than two attachments create an archive and upload that or just make multiple posts.

Translation: smuggler is too lazy for that and wants to keep ppl thinking about better software for forums ;)

Every limit that we extend leads to more complexity and ways for people to fuck up. Async is intentionally not a user friendly space.

If you have more than two attachments create an archive and upload that or just make multiple posts.

I thought it best to check in before subverting what seemed like deliberate limits.
Archives are not without their own share of potential problems like zip bombs, and posts need a minimum length of 80 characters to be accepted. The most sane thing to do is probably tarballs.

Yes, go tarballs. If possible without compression. Good ol unix style. Also helps ppl to move away from their non-tar-capable machines ;)

Every limit that we extend leads to more complexity and ways for people to fuck up. Async is intentionally not a user friendly space.

If you have more than two attachments create an archive and upload that or just make multiple posts.

I thought it best to check in before subverting what seemed like deliberate limits.
Archives are not without their own share of potential problems like zip bombs, and posts need a minimum length of 80 characters to be accepted. The most sane thing to do is probably tarballs.

Good point on minimum length of post when it comes to additional attachments. But that as well was deliberate. We kinda wish for this place not to turn into Twitter-esque, dropping one liners BS place, minus that one thread where it's welcome :)

So yeah, tarballs are the way to go.