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@lauren @wordshaper @timbray

My remark was about decentralized video and streaming. I realize that youtube is a remarkable technical achievement in the sense of delivering reliable streaming.

But even on decentralized protocols, you can always download first - and after that, it is better than youtube 🙂

Effective at what? That is the real question.

@freemo I actually like ECC best for efficiency, but it has 256 bit keys, and IBM projects having 128 qubit quantum this year and 256 qubits Real Soon Now. As I understand it, there are quantum algorithms that can quickly crack ECC with 256 qubits.

At that point, 4096 RSA looks real good despite the relative inefficiency. It may be the first to have a quantum algorithm to crack it - but difficulty of coordinating more qubits grows much faster than difficulty of doubling RSA key size.

@freemo It was that way on usenet, when AU got their feed via tapes sent by airmail, and we got it via dialup UUCP - back then we called such responses "flames", and would precede potentially controversial remarks by donning (metaphorical) asbestos underwear.

Totalitarian social media is no different - except the platform owners also censor stuff they don't like.

@lauren @wordshaper @timbray

You misread. I said the *federated* protocols had problems with consistent streaming. You have to download first to really enjoy videos. On the other side, downloading is a "premium" feature of centralized video streaming services.

@wordshaper @lauren @timbray
Decentralized platforms for video work great for downloading content. But streaming is very inconsistent (if not mostly mostly unusable). That is also a plus since centralized services generally try to upsell downloading as a "premium" feature.

The biggest weakness of decentralized video is lack of a coherent monetization strategy. ActivityPub comes close since you have view counts which can be presented to in-stream sponsors.

If other decentralized protocols like SSB become as popular as broadcast TV, you could estimate viewship with something like nielsen ratings.

@lauren I still have the ARPANET whitepapers on my shelf. A treasured memento.

@lauren Most people have no clue how the internet works. Usually, they think their HTTP client is the "internet".

@omi_geek It looks like Japanese art.

Ah - you paste into search field in URL format to be able to follow an account on another server.

https://twit.social/@leo

@engelbart Much smaller footprint than synapse. Passes more and more of test suite with each release. I will deploy a test as soon as I get it built for Fedora. (According to Fedora packing standards - offline, repeatable build.)

@cyrilpedia Liquid Metal batteries are another industrial scale solution to the storage problem.

But the worse problem with Big Solar and Big Wind is habitat destruction for Big Solar and spent tower disposal for Big Wind (and both are quite destruction of birds, and Big Solar is quite the hazard for pilots).

I'm a fan of micronuclear - if the regulatory people will ever update their procedures.

@engelbart Yes, you need to run your own homeserver. Synapse only lets the admin configure retention policy.

@engelbart Oh - are you saying you can't reach github.io ?

@engelbart It's like a mastodon/chatter/pleroma/etc server but for Matrix protocol instead of ActivityPub protocol.

Protocol website at https://matrix.org, one list of homeservers at https://joinmatrix.org

@jeffjarvis No restaurants have refused service to gay clients. There are a number of cases with attempted compelled speech (custom cakes/websites/etc).

When a Christian group walks into a restaurant and demands the staff gather 'round and sing "All Hail King Jesus!" instead of "Happy Birthday!" - you will have something comparable.

@engelbart What do you mean exactly? Are you trying to DM me? On what server?

@engelbart And of course, when facebook, et al, "delete" on your request, it is still on their backups.