CIRCLE WITH A DOT

@res260 Thanks, I’ve added that link to my reading backlog. Perhaps it’s fair to say the model for the AT Protocol requires a bit more effort to understand (at a high level) than ActivityPub?

I tried to educate myself a little better on the differences between Mastodon and Bluesky. I’m still sceptical that on Bluesky you can ever have something as decentralised as we have over here. Maybe I’m not understanding things fully, but it seems you still need Bluesky’s relay to make things work… at least for now.

Bluesky's Decentralized Architecture Compared to Mastodon and Twitter/X

Check the factors that might make Bluesky significantly different from its competitors.

SoftwareMill (softwaremill.com)

@abmurrow @hermzz Thanks, I wasn’t aware of Blacksky. I’ll have to take a look, and see what it can and can’t do relative to the way Fediverse instances integrate with one another.

@res260 A lack of alternative instances was what made me think this, but then someone just replied to point out that there is in fact at least one alternative, so it seems I stand corrected on that point.

@abmurrow I agree. I think you’ve gotten to the crux of the matter.

@PatrickoftheG Succinctly put!

I feel like we’re supposed to believe Bluesky is going to become some open standard utopia like the Fediverse, but I don’t think it’s anywhere close, nor is it ever going to be.

“NHS staff resist using Palantir software”

NHS staff resist using Palantir software

: Staff reportedly cite ethics concerns, privacy worries, and doubt the platform adds much

(www.theregister.com)

RE: https://mastodon.energy/@AndrewHenry/116332675147074209

Wow!

@JustinDerrick Oh, I forgot about the planet-is-burning season. I miss the old seasons.

@greg_montreal I have to believe that after third winter, this isn’t another false spring.

Aside from a chance of freezing rain tonight, safe to say Montreal’s winter is finally over?

#Montreal

@jfmezei @pl Ironically I’ve visited New Brighton (near Liverpool), but not actual Brighton. As an ex-Londoner I’m not quite sure how I’ve managed to fail so hard at this.

@evan Thanks for the invite! I’ll try and make it along to one of the events.

@jfmezei I’m not sure it works like that… It’s like asking someone from Iceland if they know Björk or Sigur Róz (although in that case it often turns out they do).

@pl @jfmezei And Arizona has an original London Bridge. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_Bridge_(Lake_Havasu_City)

@jfmezei @pl I’ve got some bad news for you. Apparently there are other Londons too! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_(disambiguation)

I’m very surprised there’s one in France.

@AncTreat5358 Thanks!

@pl Fair point! It’s the one in the UK. I’ve edited the original post.

(One day I’ll manage to visit the one in Ontario!)

Well, new instance so a new #introduction is in order.

Hi, I’m Daniel. I grew up in London (England), and a series of fortunate circumstances brought me to Montreal. My day job is in software engineering (mainly DevOps these days).

My profile has more information about the kind of content I tend to post, but certainly I’ve felt at home on Mastodon since I joined back in 2017, and I’m happy to be here on CoSocial!