Posts by DanielMGessel@mathstodon.xyz
 (DIR) Post #APeTvgMbORLkoOuIXw by DanielMGessel@mathstodon.xyz
       2022-11-16T05:47:25Z
       
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       @Raspberry_Pi Those fancy new fangled RPN programmable guys? They were the elite of the elite - serious geeks only!
       
 (DIR) Post #APq072NZBAJ8TPCm4u by DanielMGessel@mathstodon.xyz
       2022-11-21T17:46:28Z
       
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       @manlius That's mostly what I think we'd expect, especially given the mad rush that's been happening. The next phase might include commercial operators, assuming licensing doesn't prohibit it?
       
 (DIR) Post #APq073IzjeFFLW4dai by DanielMGessel@mathstodon.xyz
       2022-11-21T18:06:08Z
       
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       @manlius I don't quite understand: existing websites support half a billion users or more. I don't know if the Mastodon SW as is can be effectively deployed on a sufficiently large cluster, but isn't it open source? I don't know the license specifics, but I just imagine some startup getting gazillions and extending the SW.
       
 (DIR) Post #APq6jTYlAcQJV99WxE by DanielMGessel@mathstodon.xyz
       2022-11-21T20:25:41Z
       
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       @FroehlichMarcel @manlius Self-hosted/self-paid instances are assumed to be low-cost/low-overhead. Can they handle, say, 10M+ users on that instance? Can they handle running user filters on posts from 500M accounts around the world?
       
 (DIR) Post #APq9UdjJNKKQYvhniS by DanielMGessel@mathstodon.xyz
       2022-11-21T20:56:24Z
       
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       @FroehlichMarcel @manlius No worries. Some seem to think that "big website" is collapsing (some large institutions are freaking out).  If they all sign up on a select few of the 140 listed on joinmastodon.org, those servers may find their load unmanageable. More generally, a small server (perhaps with pay-as-you-go bandwidth) is unlikely to make every post in the "Fediverse" findable by search if there are 500M total users, meaning isolated islands or dependence on large search providers.
       
 (DIR) Post #APqCRWU89ecX5QoHnk by DanielMGessel@mathstodon.xyz
       2022-11-21T21:29:34Z
       
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       @FroehlichMarcel @manlius Now that's interesting: I would not have expected to have to go outside the Fediverse to search the Fediverse. Good to know!
       
 (DIR) Post #APqE0SvDUhK87phmPw by DanielMGessel@mathstodon.xyz
       2022-11-21T21:47:01Z
       
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       @FroehlichMarcel @manlius I clearly don't have the same problems as you! I've been harassed by people on Twitter and Mastodon, but not from people who found me on search engines. It sounds like you created the Fediverse with specific social and technical goals I'm simply not aware of. I'll keep that in mind.
       
 (DIR) Post #AQQ9AQNqHVPz4Ja6hk by DanielMGessel@mathstodon.xyz
       2022-12-09T01:08:34Z
       
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       @Raspberry_Pi The freedom to post or follow isn't much of a concern here. Your account (whoever is anonymously operating it) appears to be representing the foundation’s official position on matters and, as such, reveals the attitudes, intentions and priorities of the organization as a whole. So what is relevant is the freedom of others to quote your posts, boycott your products or take other actions that might impact the foundation and its goals.