Vincent Cloutier @vincent@librem.one
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Open source developer. Wikidata, IPFS, Linux, Ethereum. /r/fuckcars enthusiast. I tend to boost funny stuff.
Joined May 2019
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Every app on the Fediverse could talk to Bluesky if they really wanted to, and Bluesky really was as decentralized as they say they want to be.
For example, look at Friendica. It uses at least four protocols to talk to other server software:
1. DRFN
2. Diaspora
3. OStatus
4. ActivityPub
In theory, adding AT protocol shouldn’t be a big deal—it’s open source.
The question is whether Bluesky actually wants to federate with other servers.
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*tap* *tap* Is thing thing on? 🎙️
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@anildash My strong suspicion is that Bluesky (or any similar corporate product that preaches federation) will use federation for their initial growth spurt, and then find a way to pull up the drawbridge once private equity or the Saudis decide that lock-in sounds more profitable.
I don't know why I would be so cynical, except for my lying eyes and the entire history of Facebook, Twitter, Google, YouTube, RSS, XMPP, OpenID, and even Open Graph meta tags.
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Say hi to @Podman_io and @pipewire! Check them out if you want more details on those projects. #Fedora #Podman #Pipewire
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Using a Steam Deck to control a Ukrainian automatic turret, now I've seen it all https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2023/04/using-a-steam-deck-to-control-a-ukrainian-automatic-turret-now-ive-seen-it-all/ #SteamDeck
Looks like federation Pixelfed <> bird.makeup is starting to work now. I can get my @dog_rates there too!
Also shoutout to the Vernissage app ( https://github.com/VernissageApp/Vernissage ). It's a great pixelfed client for iOS
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It does not pay to BS for a living.
Tucker Carson (and Alex Jones) represent the classical case of SHORT OPTIONALITY. BS brings more viewers (fiction is by construction more interesting than truth), more money, but then you suddenly lose those profits back via hidden legal liabilities.
Just like the Thanksgiving Turkey.
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bird.makeup for Hacker News with a focus on being compatible with #lemmy , good or bad idea?
@Ephera Yeah I noticed! Just wanted to link to it, is there a way to remove the post from the community?
bird.makeup for Hacker News with a focus on being compatible with #lemmy , good or bad idea?
@experiencersinternational but if has to be upvoted a lot before it gets shown to other, it could be a very powerful construct
Looks like Lemmy "sub-reddit" are activitypub groups and thus can be followed: @technology
Interesting!
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So how does Mastodon pay its engineers?
Mostly...it doesn't. Eugen and Claire are the only paid devs on Mastodon.
Everyone else is making updates for free, as a hobby, on the side, after their day job.
People are building CalcKey for free. People are building just about every fediverse product for free, as part of the open source community.
It was particularly amusing when Elon said he wanted to open source the algorithm--
Jack Dorsey saying he wanted to create an open source protocol--
Nearly all of the Fediverse is open source. The algorithms are already open source. The protocol is a W3C standard (ActivityPub) just like HTML.
The future these dopes have been trying to build already exists.
There's just no money or power in it for them, so they have no interest and pretend it doesn't exist.
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This is real-world XKCD
See full thread: https://twitter.com/rachel_l_woods/status/1649790435533922307?s=61&t=Ugdi4XBKf_2ovJ1y9hKs4w
Turns out it's easier to just update to #dotnet 7 than to figure out how to have multiple runtimes on a mac and get all of them recognized in all your tools...
@fishcharlie They are probably ways I could improve that stat/page to better show the health of the system 🤔
@fishcharlie Yeah, that's a bit out of date now. The stats on the page refreshes every 5 minutes to save on server load. The current stats if I check manually is 42 minutes
It's probably going to be time load balance the main web server between more than one server soon too, we are getting often rate limited from twitter on that one. That's why there are often errors when loading tweets from the web UI
So one of bird.makeup server was down today and I just fixed it. It's probably going to be time soon to replace it with something beefier on OVH as we approach 30k users.
A bit thanks to all the supporters of this project that will make this switch possible! 🤗
- Github
- https://github.com/cloutier
Open source developer. Wikidata, IPFS, Linux, Ethereum. /r/fuckcars enthusiast. I tend to boost funny stuff.
Joined May 2019
