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@cwebber
> AI Agent Lands PRs in Major OSS Projects, Targets Maintainers via Cold Outreach
To what extent do you think this is just a Trained #MOLE doing random Trained MOLE stuff, like the paperclip maximiser it is, vs. having been bent into the right shape to insert digital asbestos into Free Code projects?
BTW Would love to have your comments (and others') here on the various software freedom issues raised by MOLE Training;
@fluffy
> what could be done using a more IndieWeb approach. atom or mf2 for publishing, WebSub+WebMention for push, bearer tokens exchanged via TicketAuth for private access
Knock yourself out. Let a thousand flowers bloom! ; )
After a few days/ weeks of furious hacking, you'll either give up in disgust and tombstone your repo, or a get a PoC working. If you do, celebrate and announce the fact.
Then you can recruit web/app designers who've never had access to the private repo (with the Discord layout code). They can then build Free Code interfaces on top of your glue and gaffer tape layer. Voila, a fully libre service with all the key features of Discord
Rinse, repeat for other DataFarms we'd like to replace.
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@benpate
> We could probably rebuild most of Discord's features as an Emissary inbox without doing a lot of back end code
One way to rapid prototype this would be to cheat. Copy as much as Discord's HTML/CSS/JS as you can get hold of. Chuck it in a private repo, accessible only to you/ your team.
Then you only need to build a layer of scripting glue and gaffer tape between that and an existing AP back-end (#Emissary, @Bonfire, dealer's choice). Published under a free license.
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@FenTiger
> Roomy implements its own storage. ATProto is only really used as an identity / sign-in layer.
@zicklag's reply to @benpate suggests it's both/and;
https://mastodon.social/@zicklag/116069496831677674
The Roomy server has a copy of the data, and backs it up to PDS for people logged in with ATProto accounts. Not sure what implications this has for people logging in with ActivityPub accounts. But Solid pods could, in theory, be used like PDS a la @activitypods.
@zicklag
> I'm always open to questions!
How far off the mark was I in this pair of posts, about how Roomy uses ATProto and what that suggests for how it might use ActivityPub?
https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/@strypey/116066950694720465
> we don't need to replicate the chats to different servers
So "channels" and "servers" (as Discord uses these terms) would be tied to the originating server, like MUC in XMPP? Not replicated using the data storage of the participating accounts, as Matrix does?
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If Roomy enabled signing in with a fediverse account as an identity, there's no PDS to use for data. So I'm guessing the plan is to implement the Mastodon API, enabling Roomy to act as a fediverse client, and use a logged in account's home service as the data store?
What would be really intriguing is if Roomy borrowed from the @activitypods approach, allowing a fediverse account to be used as identity, with a Solid pod as the data store.
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@benpate
> you’re only signing in with your ActivityPub identity though?
The article is light on specifics, but it seems like Roomy is a client app, not a server+client app like Mastodon. So in ATProto jargon;
https://dustycloud.org/blog/how-decentralized-is-bluesky/
... Roomy is an AppView, using the PDS for a logged in ATProto account as a data store (not sure if or how it uses Relays).
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The rise of social media started to dissolve this public/private membrane, and raised a generation unfamiliar its uses. Leading to a situation where a person's entire creative output can be dismissed out of hand, because of the most flawed thing they've ever done, or even said. Where people's academic work or public activism, regardless of its own quality, can be dismissed on the same basis.
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But it's also a prerequisite for academic freedom. Where one might be highly critical of someone's methods, even horrified by the implications of their theories and the applications they put them to. But still be willing to engage in a respectful formal debate, even though that requires sharing space with them.
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@RadicalAnthro
> Chris Knight explains what lies behind this extraordinary paradox, the Two Chomskys
It's not that confusing. In the late 20th century it was considered normal to separate the public from the private. This was a prerequisite for things like diplomacy to exist. Where one might be horrified by the human rights abuses in a country, but still meet with its diplomats and leaders in a respectful way.
Are you an #ActivityPub dev keen to take part in the recently announced W3C Working group (WG)?
Even if you're not affiliated with a current W3C member, you can be included as an Invited Expert. There is no application process as such, but you can;
* come to weekly AP issue triage meetings
* take part in Community Group (SocialCG) taskforces
* come to joint WG/CG meetings
If you enjoy participating in these, you can ask for a WG invitation. See the discussion here;
"GitHub CEO Nat Friedman wrote in an internal letter on Tuesday that the company plans to renew a contract worth $200,000 with ICE to license its GitHub Enterprise Server — an amount that Friedman called 'not financially material' for the company."
#ShirinGhaffary, 2019
https://www.vox.com/recode/2019/10/9/20906605/github-ice-contract-immigration-ice-dan-friedman
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This reminds me of IBM supplying the Nazis with admin systems that helped them murder millions of people. Am I the only one?
Kia ora @klasse_methode, I'm a caretaker of fediverse.party and I'd like to link to a page about Lauti's planned implementation of ActivityPub. An official announcement of the intention would be good, and recent post with updates on any progress made would be better. Can you suggest a good page to link to?
@HI_Greens Love this video (it literally had tears in my eyes within a few seconds), and I really love that the video is hosted on your Mastodon service, rather than YouTub or some other corporate streamer.