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evan, 5 hours ago to random

Our voice phone systems are seamlessly federated. You can call people across carriers, over national boundaries, instantaneously, and the only friction is slightly more numbers to dial.

evan, 7 hours ago (edited 36 minutes ago) to random

Are screenshots of posts on other social networks a valuable contribution to the Fediverse?

#EvanPoll #poll

LALegault, 7 hours ago to Canada

Let me stop #cdnpoli now from the run-away American-inspired narrative that only Trudeau can save us from Poilievre. We don’t have a two party system and Trudeau is turning #Canada into an unaffordable police state. So get over that Singh is in a turban and vote for someone who actually represents your long-term interests.

evan, 5 hours ago to random

I really liked this interview with Bernie Sanders and Naomi Klein.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_3-CSRTVwys

evan, 1 day ago (edited 9 hours ago) to random

Should citizens of your country who live abroad be allowed to vote in national elections?

evan, 1 day ago (edited 1 day ago) to random

So, as far as I can tell, ActivityPub is by far the most popular JSON-LD application on the Internet, with billions of actor, activity and content documents published and linked.

Is there any other application of JSON-LD that comes even close in terms of documents published, number of interoperable implementations, and importance in people's lives? I don't think VCs are even within 4 or 5 orders of magnitude.

evan, 1 day ago to random

I'm excited about IFTAS Connect. It's a great platform, and considerable though seems to have gone into making it safe and productive. Seems like a great tool for the Fediverse community.

https://connect.iftas.org/

evan, 2 days ago (edited 1 day ago) to random

What level do you play games at?

#EvanPoll #poll

evan, 2 days ago to Bloomscrolling

I woke up this morning and chose violets

#Bloomscrolling

evan, 3 days ago to random

Is there an Internet Media Type for social microsyntax, the plain-text source format that is used to convert @-mentions, hashtags, and URLs into links in HTML5? I've been unable to find one, and have fallen back to text/plain.

evan, 3 days ago to random

I had a whole chapter for the ActivityPub book that I never got around to doing. I just finished it. I don't think my editor is going to be happy, since it's going to make the book too big, but I'd rather have to cut back than live with regrets.

evan, 2 days ago (edited 2 days ago) to random

What level do you play games at?

#EvanPoll #poll

evan, 4 days ago (edited 3 days ago) to random

"ActivityPub servers should use IPFS as storage for public binary files like images, video, and audio."

#EvanPoll #poll

evan, 3 days ago to random

Just listened to @pjvogt and @crumbler on how we survive the media apocalypse. The answer? "We have to finish building the fediverse." Hell yeah.

https://open.spotify.com/episode/6cWLSWAq9LxwUWVbsdagKw?si=CcHMNROGShKTjzB9AqcaFA

evan, 3 days ago to random

THEY STOLE OUR REVOLUTION. NOW AI IS STEALING IT FROM THEM IN TURN.

evan, 4 days ago to random

One of the things we talked about in the Social Web Working Group was how to include binary data in the ActivityPub objects, like an Image. One proposed technique was to base64-encode the data and include it in content; another option was to use data: URLs in the url property of the object. Do any ActivityPub processors currently include inline images or other binary data?

evan, 4 days ago to random

Another ActivityPub question! I haven't seen a good description of using the provideClientKey and signClientKey properties. We've had a couple of questions in the AP GitHub issues about how to use them. Where did they come from? Does any AP server have a working implementation? They seem very mysterious.

evan, 5 days ago to random

I'm still mad about this. How did Atari win? They were the worst.

https://atari.com/blogs/newsroom/atari-acquires-intellivision-brand

evan, 5 days ago (edited 4 days ago) to random

"Public opposition to the War in Gaza is due to manipulation of social media."

#EvanPoll #poll

evan, 5 days ago to random

@blaine I'm trying to do some research on the origin of WebFinger for my ActivityPub book. Do you have a favourite page that lays out the story? Wikipedia is not that helpful. I am pretty sure it was you, @bradfitz and Eran Hammer who originated the idea..?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WebFinger

evan, 5 days ago to random

I liked this observation from Holly Herndon on the Ezra Klein Show this week, talking about the Berlin electronic music scene.

evan, 6 days ago to random

Every once in a while I start feeling like I'm a big deal and then I read that my Crunchbase rank is 151,395 and I feel a little more humble.

https://www.crunchbase.com/person/evan-prodromou

chockenberry, 6 days ago to random

I’m calling it now: the slop feedback loop is going to ruin the Internet.

Look at the second toot in this thread: Google’s AI Assistant got the gasoline recipe from AI generated content.

We’re playing the shittiest game of telephone ever.
https://mastodon.social/@JoeUchill/112493317168967705

evan, 6 days ago to random

Nothing quite as ephemeral as the chat log in a videoconference.