Posts by mikalai@discuss.systems
(DIR) Post #AQKt1D6BjamaCg6nQ0 by mikalai@discuss.systems
2022-12-06T16:48:00Z
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@niels @filippo For utility protocols in 3NWeb group of protocols ( https://opensource.ieee.org/3nweb/architecture/-/blob/main/etc/3NWeb-overview.pdf ), in DNS we use TXT record in a form "<service>=<url>".e.g.$ dig TXT 3nweb.com...;; ANSWER SECTION:3nweb.com.21600INTXT"asmail=3nweb.net/asmail"3nweb.com.21600INTXT"3nstorage=3nweb.net/3nstorage"3nweb.com.21600INTXT"mailerid=mailerid.org"Experience has been good. A person can just own domain without running any servers. And for an enthusiast, who may have different ports or routes (paths) dedicated to particular services TXT format also looks simpler.What about making a user-oriented simple approach for other services?A person writes simple "<service>=<url>", and provider at that url can do "priority" "weight" on their side.Or, can it be even easier? Cause easier for user_in_control is the goal.
(DIR) Post #AQKugL0xJDnea2ptyK by mikalai@discuss.systems
2022-12-06T17:06:43Z
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@niels @filippo Let's sketch a path for Mastodon to implement user-controlled domain-anchored id.Case of existing user, who wants to rename to own id (migrated case).Example: - @user@discuss.systems wants to have @user@user.domain - user.domain should have simple DNS record pointing to current provider of mastodon service - @discuss.system may keep a courtesy record to direct queries @user@discuss.systems to @user@user.domainCase of user with just own id. - All queries start with looking at DNS.Case of users on domain of instance. - It works as now.Now, servers should learn to handle users with different domains in id. May be in protocol it will need cached_from_dns value of provider going together with user's id.
(DIR) Post #AnfiHmSed8oNsAKM6q by mikalai@discuss.systems
2024-11-03T16:54:49Z
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@wjmaggos @ricmac @tomgauld.bsky.social @snarfed.org Concepts "ours" and "theirs" are on this diagram/map.Where is "mine", as in "my network", "my human connections", irrespective of how it is mediated/implemented.We are not done in the architecture/design space, yet.
(DIR) Post #Anfm9uZ90sByVbrlCK by mikalai@discuss.systems
2024-11-03T17:38:11Z
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@wjmaggos Classical federation: I (client app) ask home (assumes blind trust?) server to do particular steps on my behalf - go on the internet to a list of places, and get data from there.Who makes and curates the list?Ultimately, I have my list, and go directly to resources on the net. This is called a list of RSS feeds, and app checking them. Then may be use that not only for blogs.There should be many places that advertise lists. But no single authority: these tell to read bible, those point to koran, and this is pointer to author Dirac, and so on.
(DIR) Post #AnoN0R1l6cBcFgD76O by mikalai@discuss.systems
2024-11-07T21:08:48Z
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@wjmaggos Very good.Also pass this to Canadians. Similar ills that should be fixed, sans drama.
(DIR) Post #AnuFE9paCkl4HtJ7dw by mikalai@discuss.systems
2024-11-10T17:09:50Z
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@wjmaggos Let's expand the context of this joke.- Dems, Clinton, really pressured Ukraine to give nukes to Russia in early 1990's.- In return there is a promise document concerning safety.- When invasion is emminent, Dems didn't give proper weapons. Value of that promise?TLDR; I wish you were Ukrainian in the East with the hope that Dems would honor promises. You would then have a bit different perspective. You'd be asking, why you have rocket that can push away Russian airplanes from cities that are "conventionally nuked", but Dems are not allowing you to use it.Escallation? On the ground people don't know how further it can escalate.
(DIR) Post #AnupgBDWF2Lp2pAH7g by mikalai@discuss.systems
2024-11-10T23:58:36Z
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@interfluidity yes, 2016 trump 1 wasn't a fluke after booting Bernie off in DNC primaries.
(DIR) Post #AnyaRbqmDTMEccxeTI by mikalai@discuss.systems
2024-11-12T19:26:14Z
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@aral It is corporatism, not capitalism.This interview drilled it for me in more details https://youtu.be/QJtPROVsePk?feature=sharedBefore I used to say, do you and everyone around eat at homeless kotchen? No, there is local bakery and coffee shop. And normal scale actually is healthy. Ask folks from USSR.
(DIR) Post #Ao2sjcaemN9Hw9013o by mikalai@discuss.systems
2024-11-14T21:10:16Z
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@wjmaggos @eriner It must be like hydro: cut one head - two appears.
(DIR) Post #Ao3HBBfYrUQlS2yEoi by mikalai@discuss.systems
2024-11-15T01:44:07Z
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@wjmaggos noting words in a chat:"banned from bluesky" - very strong side meanings.Blue sky, doesn't judge. Blue sky doesn't reward. Blue sky just is.
(DIR) Post #Ao50QZhmTB4XR6gEaW by mikalai@discuss.systems
2024-11-15T21:45:49Z
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@wjmaggos Somewhere and for you 🤔, should it be you device(s)?Could be the best.
(DIR) Post #Ao50eRXZcdu8AUWE4m by mikalai@discuss.systems
2024-11-15T21:48:16Z
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@wjmaggos tradeoff is simple: when you have custody ovef your stuff, then you own it.
(DIR) Post #Ao53GhhgB1SpD2cLVQ by mikalai@discuss.systems
2024-11-15T22:17:46Z
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@wjmaggos let's go one by one here. Complexity for end user.There should be none for human. Not more then what I have for typing you message.Code of your browser is orders of magnitudes more complex than what is needed here. Does user notice browser complexity - no. Is using browser easy - yes. So, this is my take that it is possible to have machines doing bidding for you without you being a wizard.
(DIR) Post #Ao53QvCOr79fxcrJlw by mikalai@discuss.systems
2024-11-15T22:19:36Z
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@wjmaggos Today I don't want to do this, cause you need a server setup. Investment was never placed to move business logic and custody over data from server to client.
(DIR) Post #Ao5478drGX5vocphOy by mikalai@discuss.systems
2024-11-15T22:27:14Z
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@wjmaggos p2p purists may point to some no-server solutions. But that breaks when you ask about efficiency.We want servers to ensure fast finding and passing bytes around. Logic on a client will do bidding fot user. And since devices are in user's custody, client can be 3rd party implementation doing whatever that user wants.These need a long living state data on client. Making it impossible to be implemented as "just a web page", cause browsers limit allowance in storage, and mop it up often.
(DIR) Post #Ao54lHrOPZqDzNJ9Ye by mikalai@discuss.systems
2024-11-15T22:34:30Z
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@wjmaggos I just don't the slowness with which orgs are turning on their own servers. Its like we ard not in the 21st century.
(DIR) Post #Ao55Xi3aJfKV8W6HLM by mikalai@discuss.systems
2024-11-15T22:43:07Z
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@wjmaggos nostr, I feel, uses blockchain.Blockchain is like a mountain: come to it, and cheezle what message you wanna stay public.Do we need this kind of irrevokability?
(DIR) Post #Ao55tXgLZPGTKXdq6a by mikalai@discuss.systems
2024-11-15T22:47:11Z
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@wjmaggos Costs.May be people should chipin. Like bandwidth. You publish it: you are responsible for that place/server. Someone reads it: they pay fod their connection.Responsility/cost is complexity of sys-admining. Let's talk about these two orthogonal things when we have syoercomputers in our pockets.
(DIR) Post #Ao56UbREZEbhh8FDai by mikalai@discuss.systems
2024-11-15T22:53:49Z
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@wjmaggos "AP can win" - has just kinda failed in that outage, because some server took you client's logic of shaping what is allowed for you to read.Just think about. Your supercomputer can figure how to pull data from those places you follow. Then why outage happened?
(DIR) Post #AoY07tapFitZ0N74xk by mikalai@discuss.systems
2024-11-29T21:29:22Z
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@stux attention to details