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Dimly Lit Corners<p>The Future is <a href="https://c.im/tags/Distributed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Distributed</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Durable" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Durable</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Repairable" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Repairable</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Sustainable" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Sustainable</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Communal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Communal</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/CircularEconomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CircularEconomy</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/SlowDown" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SlowDown</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/NoGrowth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NoGrowth</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/LibraryEconomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LibraryEconomy</span></a> </p><p>We need <a href="https://c.im/tags/RightToTinker" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RightToTinker</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/RightToAmend" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RightToAmend</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/RightToDIY" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RightToDIY</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Reuse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Reuse</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Repurpose" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Repurpose</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/ReInvent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ReInvent</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/RightToSalvage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RightToSalvage</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/RightToRepair" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RightToRepair</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/RightToRepurpose" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RightToRepurpose</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/RightToShare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RightToShare</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/RightToOwn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RightToOwn</span></a></p>
Alexandre Dulaunoy<p>«&nbsp;Cloudflare 1.1.1.1 Incident on July 14, 2025&nbsp;»</p><p>Perhaps it’s time to return to DNS’s original distributed design.</p><p><a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/dns" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dns</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/distributed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>distributed</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/cloudflare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cloudflare</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://blog.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-1-1-1-1-incident-on-july-14-2025/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">blog.cloudflare.com/cloudflare</span><span class="invisible">-1-1-1-1-incident-on-july-14-2025/</span></a></p>
shaun<p>Got slammed by an unidentified but certainly "<a href="https://mastodon.xyz/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a>"-related <a href="https://mastodon.xyz/tags/distributed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>distributed</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.xyz/tags/crawler" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>crawler</span></a> this week, it drove one site's traffic to 10× average. Today I tired of playing Whac-a-Mole and blocked the two biggest offender ASNs, 45899 (Vietnam Post &amp; Telecom <a href="https://mastodon.xyz/tags/VNPT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VNPT</span></a>) and 136907 (<a href="https://mastodon.xyz/tags/Huawei" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Huawei</span></a> Cloud).</p><p>Enjoy banging at the door, fuckos 🙃</p>
Lobsters<p>Deterministic Simulation Testing in Rust: A Theater Of State Machines <a href="https://lobste.rs/s/rvmew5" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">lobste.rs/s/rvmew5</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/databases" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>databases</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/distributed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>distributed</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/rust" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>rust</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/testing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>testing</span></a><br><a href="https://www.polarsignals.com/blog/posts/2025/07/08/dst-rust" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">polarsignals.com/blog/posts/20</span><span class="invisible">25/07/08/dst-rust</span></a></p>
Futurist Jim Carroll<p>"The power plant of the future isn't a smokestack. It's all around your home." - Futurist Jim Carroll</p><p>The global energy grid is in the midst of its most profound transformation in a century.</p><p>For decades, our model has been simple: massive, centralized power stations push electricity in one direction to passive consumers. That era is decisively ending. We are witnessing a fundamental shift from a one-way delivery monologue to a multi-directional energy grid. The power plant of the future is no longer a distant smokestack; it's the solar panels on your roof, the battery in your garage, and the smart devices throughout your home.</p><p>I must admit, it's kind of bizarre writing about this right now because the trend is real, and yet one nation is busy turning its back on the reality of the trend (and many other things.)</p><p>So let's consider this from a global perspective!</p><p>This evolution toward intelligent, multi-directional networks represents a critical inflection point over the next five years. It’s a transition creating enormous business opportunities that extend far beyond simple hardware to encompass sophisticated, data-driven services. Here's a PDF that explores it.</p><p><a href="https://pdf.jimcarroll.com/Megatrend7-EnergyDecentralization.pdf" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">pdf.jimcarroll.com/Megatrend7-</span><span class="invisible">EnergyDecentralization.pdf</span></a></p><p>Essentially, it's being a centralized grid, to a decentralized, distributed grid, with millions of energy inputs.</p><p>So what's it all about? Continuing on the energy theme from yesterday, this transformation isn't happening by accident. It's being propelled by three powerful, interconnected forces I call the "Three Ds":</p><p>Decarbonization: Despite some areas with political pushback, the world is aggressively shifting from fossil fuels to renewables.</p><p>Decentralization: Energy is now being generated, stored, and managed closer to where it's consumed. This gives rise to the "prosumer"—an active participant who both produces and consumes energy.</p><p>Digitalization: We're embedding intelligence into the network. Smart meters, IoT sensors, and advanced software are creating a responsive, "aware" grid where electricity and data flow in both directions.</p><p>The shift is pretty profound. In the old paradigm, you were a passive consumer with little control. Energy got sent to you.&nbsp;The new reality empowers you as a "prosumer." in which you contribute your energy when available.</p><p>Think of it this way - various groups right now are building smart home thermostats that manage your batteries and power generation - and become the next billion-dollar industry by doing so.</p><p>**<a href="https://mastodon.futurist.info/tags/Decentralization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Decentralization</span></a>** **<a href="https://mastodon.futurist.info/tags/Energy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Energy</span></a>** **<a href="https://mastodon.futurist.info/tags/Grid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Grid</span></a>** **<a href="https://mastodon.futurist.info/tags/Solar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Solar</span></a>** **<a href="https://mastodon.futurist.info/tags/Microgrids" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Microgrids</span></a>** **<a href="https://mastodon.futurist.info/tags/Innovation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Innovation</span></a>** **<a href="https://mastodon.futurist.info/tags/Prosumer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Prosumer</span></a>** **<a href="https://mastodon.futurist.info/tags/Batteries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Batteries</span></a>** **<a href="https://mastodon.futurist.info/tags/Future" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Future</span></a>** **<a href="https://mastodon.futurist.info/tags/Distributed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Distributed</span></a>**</p><p>Original post: <a href="https://jimcarroll.com/2025/07/decoding-tomorrow-30-megatrends-7-energy-decentralization-the-power-plant-of-the-future-isnt-a-smokestack-its-all-around-your-home/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">jimcarroll.com/2025/07/decodin</span><span class="invisible">g-tomorrow-30-megatrends-7-energy-decentralization-the-power-plant-of-the-future-isnt-a-smokestack-its-all-around-your-home/</span></a></p>
h o ʍ l e t t<p>→ How the human brain is like a murmuration of starlings<br><a href="https://aeon.co/essays/how-the-human-brain-is-like-a-murmuration-of-starlings" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">aeon.co/essays/how-the-human-b</span><span class="invisible">rain-is-like-a-murmuration-of-starlings</span></a></p><p>“The core idea of emergence inspired me to develop the concept I call the entangled brain: the need to understand the brain as an interactionally complex system where functions emerge from distributed, overlapping networks of regions rather than being localised to specific areas.”</p><p><a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/human" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>human</span></a> <a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/emergence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>emergence</span></a> <a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/entangled" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>entangled</span></a> <a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/brain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>brain</span></a> <a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/system" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>system</span></a> <a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/distributed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>distributed</span></a> <a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/networks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>networks</span></a></p>
Boiling Steam<p>Intellect-2 Release: The First 32B Model Trained Through Globally Distributed RL: <a href="https://www.primeintellect.ai/blog/intellect-2-release" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">primeintellect.ai/blog/intelle</span><span class="invisible">ct-2-release</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>linux</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/update" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>update</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/foss" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>foss</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/release" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>release</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/llm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>llm</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/ai" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ai</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/intellect2" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>intellect2</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/rl" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>rl</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/training" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>training</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/distributed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>distributed</span></a></p>
A.G.<p>"DISTRIBUTED PRESENCE". Abstract digital painting by A.G. (c) 2025. All Rights Reserved. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/historiotheque" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>historiotheque</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/artoperations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>artoperations</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/concreterealism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>concreterealism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/seasonsoftheheart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>seasonsoftheheart</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/springtimeoflife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>springtimeoflife</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/springtimeofjoyfulbeing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>springtimeofjoyfulbeing</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/distributed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>distributed</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/presence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>presence</span></a></p>
☮ ♥ ♬ 🧑‍💻<p>“Several days on, the cause of <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Europe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Europe</span></a>’s biggest <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/blackout" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>blackout</span></a> in two decades is still being investigated. Spain’s grid operator, <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/RedEl%C3%A9ctrica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RedEléctrica</span></a>, says a loss of generation in the country’s south-west led to a sudden cascade of failures. </p><p>What tripped off, why, and how this escalated so dramatically is unclear. </p><p>But the fact that an entire peninsula could be plunged into <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/darkness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>darkness</span></a> in a matter of seconds has caused alarm around the world, raising urgent questions about the stability of <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/EnergyUInfrastructure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EnergyUInfrastructure</span></a> at a time when many countries are switching to low carbon <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/electricity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>electricity</span></a> instead of burning fossil fuels”</p><p>“Our power systems were conceived for an era of centralised, predictable generation,” says <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/XavierDaval" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>XavierDaval</span></a>, chair of France’s <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/renewable" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>renewable</span></a> energy trade association <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/SOLERSER" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SOLERSER</span></a>. “But the emerging electric world is <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/distributed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>distributed</span></a>, <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/digital" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>digital</span></a>, and <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/adaptive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>adaptive</span></a>. This is not a glitch to patch — it’s a <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/paradigm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>paradigm</span></a> that must be rethought.” </p><p>&lt;<a href="https://archive.md/JOyS3" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">archive.md/JOyS3</span><span class="invisible"></span></a>&gt; / &lt;<a href="https://www.ft.com/content/3b807eff-fdaf-49f6-9611-00c4ff992a43" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">ft.com/content/3b807eff-fdaf-4</span><span class="invisible">9f6-9611-00c4ff992a43</span></a>&gt; (paywall)</p>
Steve Leach<p>The GitHub link: <a href="https://github.com/stevenaleach/iden" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">github.com/stevenaleach/iden</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://sigmoid.social/tags/P2P" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>P2P</span></a> <a href="https://sigmoid.social/tags/distributed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>distributed</span></a> <a href="https://sigmoid.social/tags/text" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>text</span></a> <a href="https://sigmoid.social/tags/smallweb" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>smallweb</span></a> <a href="https://sigmoid.social/tags/markdown" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>markdown</span></a> <a href="https://sigmoid.social/tags/data" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>data</span></a> <a href="https://sigmoid.social/tags/linkeddata" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>linkeddata</span></a> <a href="https://sigmoid.social/tags/python" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>python</span></a> <a href="https://sigmoid.social/tags/rust" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>rust</span></a> <a href="https://sigmoid.social/tags/rustlang" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>rustlang</span></a> <a href="https://sigmoid.social/tags/linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>linux</span></a> <a href="https://sigmoid.social/tags/unix" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>unix</span></a> <a href="https://sigmoid.social/tags/longread" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>longread</span></a> <a href="https://sigmoid.social/tags/code" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>code</span></a> <a href="https://sigmoid.social/tags/opensource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>opensource</span></a> <a href="https://sigmoid.social/tags/helloworld" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>helloworld</span></a> <a href="https://sigmoid.social/tags/federation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>federation</span></a> <a href="https://sigmoid.social/tags/peer2peer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>peer2peer</span></a> <a href="https://sigmoid.social/tags/peerreview" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>peerreview</span></a> <a href="https://sigmoid.social/tags/writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>writing</span></a></p>
Steve Leach<p>I think I finally have this thing complete - the paper is live hosted on a little test node, also lives as README.md on the GitHub.</p><p><a href="https://idens.net/iden://z1HRUsTNcYMkN5WPm9s1YjGaLUVs58RVRHPjBrV1kYwdAJ.642/pub" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">idens.net/iden://z1HRUsTNcYMkN</span><span class="invisible">5WPm9s1YjGaLUVs58RVRHPjBrV1kYwdAJ.642/pub</span></a></p><p><a href="https://sigmoid.social/tags/P2P" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>P2P</span></a> <a href="https://sigmoid.social/tags/distributed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>distributed</span></a> <a href="https://sigmoid.social/tags/text" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>text</span></a> <a href="https://sigmoid.social/tags/smallweb" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>smallweb</span></a> <a href="https://sigmoid.social/tags/markdown" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>markdown</span></a> <a href="https://sigmoid.social/tags/data" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>data</span></a> <a href="https://sigmoid.social/tags/linkeddata" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>linkeddata</span></a> <a href="https://sigmoid.social/tags/python" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>python</span></a> <a href="https://sigmoid.social/tags/rust" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>rust</span></a> <a href="https://sigmoid.social/tags/rustlang" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>rustlang</span></a> <a href="https://sigmoid.social/tags/linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>linux</span></a> <a href="https://sigmoid.social/tags/unix" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>unix</span></a> <a href="https://sigmoid.social/tags/longread" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>longread</span></a> <a href="https://sigmoid.social/tags/code" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>code</span></a> <a href="https://sigmoid.social/tags/opensource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>opensource</span></a> <a href="https://sigmoid.social/tags/helloworld" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>helloworld</span></a> <a href="https://sigmoid.social/tags/federation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>federation</span></a> <a href="https://sigmoid.social/tags/peer2peer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>peer2peer</span></a> <a href="https://sigmoid.social/tags/peerreview" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>peerreview</span></a> <a href="https://sigmoid.social/tags/writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>writing</span></a></p>
powersleep<p>Yesterday, two <a href="https://defcon.social/tags/Briar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Briar</span></a> forums (one of them is Fediverse) were vandalized with 1000+ rubbish posts. It was bound to happen, as there is no protection against spam at all. However, it hadn't happened for 3 years.<br>I guess Briar is becoming popular.</p><p><a href="https://defcon.social/tags/p2p" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>p2p</span></a> <a href="https://defcon.social/tags/messenger" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>messenger</span></a> <a href="https://defcon.social/tags/tor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tor</span></a> <a href="https://defcon.social/tags/distributed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>distributed</span></a></p>
☮ ♥ ♬ 🧑‍💻<p>What is the AT Protocol? </p><p>Wikipedia: “The <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/ATProtocol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ATProtocol</span></a> (Authenticated Transfer Protocol, pronounced "@ protocol" and commonly shortened to ATProto) is a protocol and <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/OpenStandard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OpenStandard</span></a> for <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/distributed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>distributed</span></a> <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/socialNetworking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>socialNetworking</span></a> services. It is under development by <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/BlueskySocial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BlueskySocial</span></a> <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/PBC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PBC</span></a>, a public benefit corporation originally created as an independent research group within <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Twitter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Twitter</span></a> to investigate the possibility of <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/decentralizing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>decentralizing</span></a> the service.”</p><p>&lt;<a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/AT_Protocol" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/AT_Pro</span><span class="invisible">tocol</span></a>&gt;</p>
Boiling Steam<p>Nocc – A Distributed C++ Compiler: <a href="https://github.com/VKCOM/nocc" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">github.com/VKCOM/nocc</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>linux</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/update" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>update</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/foss" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>foss</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/cplusplus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cplusplus</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/compiler" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>compiler</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/distributed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>distributed</span></a></p>
Toni Aittoniemi<p><a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/Distributed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Distributed</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/decentralised" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>decentralised</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/computing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>computing</span></a> networks aren’t left-wing. They are right-wing technologies which aim to escape from being controlled by a central authority.</p><p>They aren’t democratic either. Democracy requires a central authorative force which can apply the collective will even to parties resisting it.</p><p>We are being sold a right-wing package wearing hippy left-wing tie-dye. That’s why it’s so conflicting.</p><p>One of the best books in years:<br><a href="https://www.upress.umn.edu/9781517918149/cyberlibertarianism/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">upress.umn.edu/9781517918149/c</span><span class="invisible">yberlibertarianism/</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/amreading" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>amreading</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/bookstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bookstodon</span></a></p>
ckohtala<p>there's a *great* piece on the US Postal Service by Brian Justie in issue 13 Distribution of Logic (now Logic(s)) magazine <br><a href="https://logicmag.io/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">logicmag.io/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/distributed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>distributed</span></a> <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/commons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>commons</span></a> <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/neoliberalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>neoliberalism</span></a></p>
woozong 🅅<p>So is anyone in the <a href="https://post.lurk.org/tags/EU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EU</span></a> working on a <a href="https://post.lurk.org/tags/distributed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>distributed</span></a>, <a href="https://post.lurk.org/tags/e2ee" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>e2ee</span></a> <a href="https://post.lurk.org/tags/chat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>chat</span></a> app?</p><p>I know about matrix, no need to go there.</p><p>:boost_anim_vanilla:</p>
Soh Kam Yung<p>Interesting look at an algorithm used for distributed collaborative text editing.</p><p>"Collaborative text editing algorithms allow several users to concurrently modify a text file, and automatically merge concurrent edits into a consistent state. [...] We introduce Eg-walker, a collaboration algorithm for text that avoids [...] weaknesses [of other algorithms]."<br> <br><a href="https://arxiv.org/abs/2409.14252" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">arxiv.org/abs/2409.14252</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://mstdn.io/tags/Collaboration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Collaboration</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.io/tags/Software" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Software</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.io/tags/Algorithm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Algorithm</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.io/tags/Distributed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Distributed</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.io/tags/TextEditing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TextEditing</span></a> </p><p>Discussion at HN [ <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41669840" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4</span><span class="invisible">1669840</span></a> ].</p>
Csepp 🌢<p>Interesting <a href="https://merveilles.town/tags/distributed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>distributed</span></a> <a href="https://merveilles.town/tags/Git" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Git</span></a> review system that stores reviews in the repo itself:<br><a href="https://github.com/google/git-appraise" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">github.com/google/git-appraise</span><span class="invisible"></span></a><br>Might be better than <a href="https://merveilles.town/tags/email" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>email</span></a> based reviews tbh. I like the decentralized aspect of email driven development, not a fan of the UX of it in practice.</p>
Giulio<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/@BartoszMilewski" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>BartoszMilewski</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/@madnight" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>madnight</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/@johncarlosbaez" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>johncarlosbaez</span></a></span> </p><p>Thanks for sharing!</p><p>P.S.</p><p>A few people eventually moved from <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/twitter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>twitter</span></a> to <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/mastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mastodon</span></a>.Suddenly, the old <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/buzzwords" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>buzzwords</span></a> (*) of <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/stringtheory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>stringtheory</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/categorytheory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>categorytheory</span></a> pop up in the new, <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/distributed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>distributed</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/fediverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fediverse</span></a>.</p><p>(*) The above link is an example of a "history" of <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/physics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>physics</span></a> that mentions <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/CarloRovelli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CarloRovelli</span></a> but not <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/EnricoFermi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EnricoFermi</span></a>.</p>