Notices by Bob Mottram (bob@social.freedombone.net), page 31
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Bob Mottram (bob@social.freedombone.net)'s status on Monday, 17-Apr-2017 15:47:32 UTC 
Bob Mottram
@starbreaker I see P2P as a two stage thing. There's the software and the infrastructure.
In terms of software there are already things like ZeroMe on ZeroNet, which are mostly distributed with the possible exception of the identity model. Making something something like gnusocial out of IPFS just using files and directories would probably also not be that hard to do as a backend and would scale much better.
Then there's the infrastructure. That's definitely feasible in densely populated urban areas, but the main problem is cost (even though it's fairly small) and just persuading folks to stick router boxes up in suitable places.
Last year I was experimenting with a mesh version of the Freedombone system, and I think a fully P2P mesh based internet is possible and in the longer term the way things are likely to go. https://freedombone.net/mesh.html -
Bob Mottram (bob@social.freedombone.net)'s status on Monday, 17-Apr-2017 15:34:28 UTC
Bob Mottram
@aral and as skeptical of docker as I am in the recent Mastodon case it does look like the availability of a docker container has significantly helped quite a number of instances get up and running within a few days. -
Bob Mottram (bob@social.freedombone.net)'s status on Monday, 17-Apr-2017 15:24:41 UTC
Bob Mottram
@aral it's a sliding scale, since an instance with one user is quite similar to a P2P system. In that case the admin issues go away and it becomes more a question of having good controls over what you see or who you interact with. I think for the foreseeable future client/server will continue to be the main architecture though and there will be varying levels of admin responsibilities. -
Bob Mottram (bob@social.freedombone.net)'s status on Monday, 17-Apr-2017 15:09:14 UTC
Bob Mottram
@manicphase and that's something like the FreedomBox idea. You host yourself or a small number of friends and family, and then federate with the rest. It doesn't need to be a massive and expensive server.
I've been in the fediverse for a long time and while vitriol is sometimes a problem spam hasn't been much of a problem so far. Intrinsically there's nothing to stop people from posting ads, it's just that in the fediverse they would be easier to block and there are no algorithmic timelines and bribed posts so far (though that might be coming). -
Bob Mottram (bob@social.freedombone.net)'s status on Monday, 17-Apr-2017 14:56:43 UTC
Bob Mottram
@starbreaker well when it gets down to it nothing other than P2P really scales well. -
Bob Mottram (bob@social.freedombone.net)'s status on Monday, 17-Apr-2017 13:25:32 UTC
Bob Mottram
@xj9 @stephanmaus I might create an alter-ego and see what it's like then. -
Bob Mottram (bob@social.freedombone.net)'s status on Monday, 17-Apr-2017 13:20:22 UTC
Bob Mottram
@strypey @jeffcliff #Bitcoin failed mainly because of its bad design, which resulted in it only being a speculator's toy. My acid test for any currency is that if I can't purchase basic foodstuffs with it then it's of little use to me. Since there is no incentive to spend Bitcoin due to its design then it becomes irrelevant quite quickly.
Any viable cryptocurrency needs to be spendable. That is, there needs to be not much utility in holding onto it for very long and it needs to be creatable at the point of exchange. -
Bob Mottram (bob@social.freedombone.net)'s status on Monday, 17-Apr-2017 12:52:27 UTC
Bob Mottram
Quadrant 14 https://dubmood.bandcamp.com/track/quadrant-14 -
Bob Mottram (bob@social.freedombone.net)'s status on Monday, 17-Apr-2017 11:57:28 UTC
Bob Mottram
@dtluna I expect so. Any idea what database the Pleroma backend uses? -
Bob Mottram (bob@social.freedombone.net)'s status on Monday, 17-Apr-2017 11:52:37 UTC
Bob Mottram
The fact that mastodon apparently doesn't scale well could be a feature rather than a bug. You probably don't want thousands of users on a single server, since that brings with it all sorts of problems - social, technical, economic. -
Bane Biddix (bane@plateia.org)'s status on Monday, 17-Apr-2017 10:40:08 UTC 
Bane Biddix
!postactiv #ForumMemo Updated the Post Copyrights with all GNU Licenses https://plateia.org/attachment/1398 -
Koz Ross (koz@quitter.se)'s status on Monday, 17-Apr-2017 10:51:57 UTC 
Koz Ross
How wasteful is x86? My ARM microserver draws ~2W. My modest x86 desktop machine? Try *500W*. What is this I don't even. (laptop is ~60W) -
PlatinumKats (katiekats@community.highlandarrow.com)'s status on Monday, 17-Apr-2017 09:40:37 UTC 
PlatinumKats
@maiyannah
it has a rubbish mascot, that's one reason to dislike it -
Bob Mottram (bob@social.freedombone.net)'s status on Monday, 17-Apr-2017 09:38:45 UTC
Bob Mottram
The Emperor’s New Cruise Missiles http://dcs.megaphone.fm/FL8700626063.mp3?key=9ad7ec1b2c7987f249ffd0adef5d363d -
Bob Mottram (bob@social.freedombone.net)'s status on Monday, 17-Apr-2017 09:30:19 UTC
Bob Mottram
@strypey @deadsuperhero @wogan I think they based it on Diaspora. The theme of G+ even looked similar to Diaspora initially. -
Bob Mottram (bob@social.freedombone.net)'s status on Monday, 17-Apr-2017 09:19:10 UTC
Bob Mottram
@lambadalambda @delores
sudo? -
Bob Mottram (bob@social.freedombone.net)'s status on Monday, 17-Apr-2017 07:24:13 UTC
Bob Mottram
I see crazy stuff on Twitter. Replies completely packed with usernames. Maybe something to do with the recent change which boosted the exodus. If this kind of stuff continues I'll consider closing my Twitter account because replies are impossible to read. -
Danyl Strype (strypey@quitter.se)'s status on Monday, 17-Apr-2017 06:57:28 UTC 
Danyl Strype
@deadsuperhero Mike doesn't seem too sold on ActivityPub...
http://qttr.at/1scg -
Bob Mottram (bob@social.freedombone.net)'s status on Monday, 17-Apr-2017 06:48:03 UTC
Bob Mottram
@xj9 I've not tried using mastodon, and from all the bad reports about it I don't think I'll bother. -
Dr. Roy Schestowitz (罗伊) ✅ (schestowitz@mastodon.technology)'s status on Monday, 17-Apr-2017 05:32:24 UTC 
Dr. Roy Schestowitz (罗伊) ✅
'Pulling a Podesta' on NSA http://gothamist.com/2017/04/16/photos_exorcists_attempt_to_cast_de.php
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