@cwebber Ok, I’ve read the whole thread, and found it wonderful.
But I have to admit that I still don’t understand why you prefer the term “decentralized” for the sort of system you’re working to build, rather than Baran’s “distributed”.
(Ok, for AP we’d have to define nodes as servers, rather than users. But that aside, “distributed” would work fine.)
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Ahaha I should have read to the end of the section.
We already have perfectly appropriate words for the distinction I’m trying to make, from Paul Baran himself.
They’re “distributed” and “decentralized”.
I really need to learn to keep my mouth shut until the smart people have finished talking.
Me, last night: “Oh, @cwebber has another mega thread going about ActivityPub and Bluesky! I should read it sometime.”
Me, waking up today: “Yeah, I’m not reading about Internet RFCs before breakfast.”
Me, 5min later, already knee-deep in the thread: “Damn.”
@dentangle catch fire
@guenterhack München ist halt eh nur ein Dorf mit Größenwahn
@jalefkowit Those hats!
@jalefkowit Along with „learnings“, I expect?
@skinnylatte Data pants 
@skinnylatte I get the general issue
But also: Team Pork Belly reporting for duty 🫡
@SmudgeTheInsultCat This is basically the entire public discourse around wind power here in Bavaria.
Interestingly, at the same time, everyone’s busy slapping solar panels on anything that will hold them up. Not out of any ideological conviction, but because they know they’ll be saving money.
