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apichat··on Electric cars produce far less brake dust pollution than combustion-engine cars
> The EIT Urban Mobility report also refers to the bigger picture: moving commuters out of private cars and into public transport, cycling, or walking can achieve up to five times more reduction in non-exhaust emissions than individual electrification.

And this is just one the many nuisances produce by cars.

Electric cars do not massively reduce almost any of the pollution produced by cars.

We have to reduce the automobile fleet by at least 95% to solve all the nuisances produces by cars.

apichat··on Bluesky now has 30 million users
Contrary to what we could thought, Bluesky doesn't asks about which server to use on registration.

It's not federate.

apichat··on Bluesky now has 30 million users
"Bluesky asks about which server to use on registration"

No he doesn't ask, you're wrong.

And there is no single one alternative server where we can register and interact with people on bsky.app

apichat··on Bluesky now has 30 million users
Can you prove to us that it is possible to interact with someone on Bluesky without being registered on Bluesky?

Threads use e ActivityPub but we know it's bullshit and that they will shut down the network as soon as possible. Bluesky is the same shit. AT protocol is just a honey pot.

apichat··on Paris P2P Festival and Hackathon
In 2022 they gave :

15 minutes for libp2p-dht

30 minutes for gossipsub

apichat··on Paris P2P Festival and Hackathon
Yes it's full of crypto and blockchain bullshit, nothing to do with p2p.

They won't speak about https://joinpeertube.org

Nor about implementation of WebRTC implementation in Transmission https://github.com/transmission/transmission/issues/47

:-)

apichat··on Framasoft turns 20 Contribute to fund a 21st year
Since 20 years Framasoft promote and develop Free Software.

Recently they've made PeerTube and Mobilizon

https://joinpeertube.org/

https://joinmobilizon.org/en/

To continue their job they need money.

A good way to De-google-ify Internet

https://degooglisons-internet.org/en/

apichat··on Debian Packaging from First Principles
Isn't it time to use GNU Guix package manager ? https://guix.gnu.org/
apichat··on BTFS: BitTorrent Filesystem
https://github.com/uber/kraken?tab=readme-ov-file#comparison...

"Kraken was initially built with a BitTorrent driver, however, we ended up implementing our P2P driver based on BitTorrent protocol to allow for tighter integration with storage solutions and more control over performance optimizations.

Kraken's problem space is slightly different than what BitTorrent was designed for. Kraken's goal is to reduce global max download time and communication overhead in a stable environment, while BitTorrent was designed for an unpredictable and adversarial environment, so it needs to preserve more copies of scarce data and defend against malicious or bad behaving peers.

Despite the differences, we re-examine Kraken's protocol from time to time, and if it's feasible, we hope to make it compatible with BitTorrent again."

apichat··on BTFS: BitTorrent Filesystem
This tool should be upgrade to use Bittorrent v2 new functions.

https://blog.libtorrent.org/2020/09/bittorrent-v2/

Especially merkle hash trees which enable :

- per-file hash trees - directory structure

apichat··on Pika Backup – Keep your data safe
Doing backups the easy way. Plugin your USB drive and let the Pika do the rest for you.

Pika Backup is powered by the well-tested BorgBackup software.

apichat··on Still no love for JPEG XL: Browser maker love-in snubs next-gen image format
Two rust implementation projects :

https://github.com/tirr-c/jxl-oxide

https://github.com/libjxl/jxl-rs

apichat··on Still no love for JPEG XL: Browser maker love-in snubs next-gen image format
To see how deep this is madness :

https://github.com/web-platform-tests/interop/issues/430#iss...

And Microsoft seems to be interested and want to integrate it into Windows : https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39163181

apichat··on It's the future – you can stop using JPEGs
Yes it's a shame.

Jon Sneyers (main JPEG XL designer) :

"According to my benchmarks, JPEG XL also outperforms AVIF at quality settings very much suitable for the web, especially if you compare them at same-cpu-effort encoder settings. If you have data that says something else, could you please share it?"

https://twitter.com/jonsneyers/status/1666062661585367042

apichat··on HTTP/3 adoption is growing rapidly
That's why Gnu Name System (GNS) and GNUnet are here

https://www.gnunet.org/en/

GNUnet helps building a new Internet

GNUnet is a network protocol stack for building secure, distributed, and privacy-preserving applications. With strong roots in academic research, our goal is to replace the old insecure Internet protocol stack.

https://www.gnunet.org/en/applications.html

The GNU Name System

The GNU Name System (GNS) is a fully decentralized replacement for the Domain Name System (DNS). Instead of using a hierarchy, GNS uses a directed graph. Naming conventions are similar to DNS, but queries and replies are private even with respect to peers providing the answers. The integrity of records and privacy of look-ups are cryptographically secured.

apichat··on Paris votes to ban rental e-scooters
> The real reason is that anytime you see someone egregiously disregarding rules in a way that endanger others, it's more often than not a rental e-scooter, with rental e-bikes coming behind. They are perceived as dangerous, plain and simple. And it's not a lack of cycling infrastructure. While it's not up to Netherlands-level of bike-friendliness yet, it's quite good lately overall.

Parisian too, but with reality in mind. We should first reduced by 95% the amount of cars and ban taxis :

Cars, Taxis and Motorcycle killed thousands of people in Paris due to there toxic gases. https://www.francebleu.fr/infos/transports/a-paris-la-pollut...

More than 95% of people killed on the road are due to Cars, Taxis, Trucks or Motorcycle. https://www.drieat.ile-de-france.developpement-durable.gouv....

More than 95% of serious injuries are caused by Cars, Taxis, Trucks or Motorcycle. https://www.onisr.securite-routiere.gouv.fr/sites/default/fi...

50% of the streets are congested with cars and car parking. https://www.lemonde.fr/les-decodeurs/article/2016/11/30/a-pa...

apichat··on Paris votes to ban rental e-scooters
Have a good reading :

In Paris, air pollution kills 5,400 people every year

https://www-francebleu-fr.translate.goog/infos/transports/a-...

https://www.francebleu.fr/infos/transports/a-paris-la-pollut...

Air pollution is responsible for more than 5,000 deaths each year in Paris according to a study published on Wednesday. Published in the Lancet Planetary Health journal, it calculated premature deaths linked to PM2.5 fine particle pollution and nitrogen dioxide (NO2) in 1,000 European cities. The French capital appears to be one of the cities where automobile pollution kills the most.

apichat··on Paris votes to ban rental e-scooters
Well you might not know enough people to make a statistic.

The modal share of car in Berlin is 26%. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modal_share

Please first reduce by 95% the amount of car, taxi and motorcycle and then we'll talk about scooter.

apichat··on Paris votes to ban rental e-scooters
> So poorly parked

Cars are well parked in Paris but way more bulky and streets are unpleasant and dangerous because of them : https://www.google.com/maps/@48.8857511,2.3873659,3a,75y,80....

apichat··on Paris votes to ban rental e-scooters
In Paris each years 90 persons are not "nearly mown down" by rental escooters but killed by cars, taxis and motorcycle. Plus thousands of people killed by toxic gases from cars, taxis and motorbikes.
apichat··on Paris votes to ban rental e-scooters
With 7.45% turnout, it's more of an elderly's bad joke. Elderly and wealthy people who have been brainwashed by television and want to continue using their murderous and polluting cars and taxis.

Other people are more concerns by ecological problems and the rise in the pension age.

apichat··on Centralization is inevitable, but decentralization is right behind it
I agree. A few years ago, I wrote an article on this subject :

hello@joe — greeting, editorial rule and name on the Internet

http://apichat.fr/doku.php?id=hello_joe_greeting_editorial_r...

apichat··on Gitfs: Version Controlled File System
Thanks for your answer !
apichat··on Gitfs: Version Controlled File System
How it is different from Git-annex ? https://git-annex.branchable.com/
apichat··on Linux Desktop on Apple Silicon/M1 in Practice
Linus Torvalds: ARM has a lot to learn from the PC :

"I think ARM is a very promising platform," he said. "At the same time, the ARM community has never had the notion of a standard platform. ARM never had the PC."

https://www.networkworld.com/article/2220438/linus-torvalds-...

apichat··on Drawbacks of P2P and a defense of Signal
The mobile problem for XMPP is solved since 2016 :

https://gultsch.de/xmpp_2016.html

apichat··on Drawbacks of P2P and a defense of Signal
Quicksy is made to be as easy as you say to get an XMPP account and automatically recognize contacts :

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=im.quicksy.cli...

https://quicksy.im/

apichat··on Drawbacks of P2P and a defense of Signal
To easily get regular folks onboard you should recommand Quicksy (a Conversations spin off made by the same developper) :

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=im.quicksy.cli...

It's as easy to use and to automatically recognize contacts as Whatsapp and Signal but it's federated to XMPP.

And people who don't use Quicksy host service can register to be easily recognize as a contact :

https://quicksy.im/#get-listed

apichat··on Drawbacks of P2P and a defense of Signal
YES !

first it automatically trust the devices but if you want you can improve it with manual verification :

https://gultsch.de/trust.html

"TLDR: Automatically trust all new devices of contacts that haven’t been verified before, and prompt for manual confirmation each time a verified contact adds a new device."

apichat··on Drawbacks of P2P and a defense of Signal
> "Signal brings encryption and privacy to meet people where they’re at, not the other way around. People don’t have to choose a server, it can automatically recognize contacts that use Signal, it has emojis, attachments, secure voice and video calling, and (aside from the Musk incident), it all just works. It feels like, and is, a polished, modern experience with the bells and whistles people are used to."

Quicksy offer EXACTLY the same functionalities but it's federated and standardized, based on XMPP : you can discuss with people that are not using Quicksy and its services, people outside Quicksy even can link their address to their phone to make it automatically recognize as contacts using quicksy/XMPP : https://quicksy.im/#get-listed

And instead of Matrix, Quicksy IT IS THERE YET :

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=im.quicksy.cli...

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