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zinid

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    Comment #19653871

    > go-ipfs with a few pinned files taking more than 5GB Yeah, I don't understand the hype around IPFS when it performs so badly. After reporting the issue and having a conversation …

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    Comment #19644952

    > This problem doesn't exist for JSON, because pretty much every language directly supports arrays, objects/maps and primitives No, JSON will not map directly to a language with ad…

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    Comment #19644833

    > In my experience, there's virtually no overlap between the two groups, and therefore no fragmentation Right, so there are two groups of developers working on different IM protoco…

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    Comment #19424034

    Doing the same for XMPP: http://upload.zinid.ru/xep-eax-cir.html Let's compete.

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    Comment #19422998

    > it'll need institutional buy-in from corporations and existing tech companies. Hope there is a plan for that type of out-reach. "Failing to plan is planning to fail". I don't see…

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    Comment #19422189

    And admins will update their deployments instantly? Because of monolithic core? Interesting...

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    Comment #19226670

    > You can see our governance model at https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-doc/blob/matthew/msc177... . and see that we do everything we can to ensure that the wider community can …

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    Comment #19226641

    > Rather than burning all this energy spreading FUD about Matrix, perhaps it might be better spent improving XMPP? :/ Yeah, didn't I say above about such kind of arguments?

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    Comment #19225938

    > is still a half-locked platform... but that is still not a standards body Exactly. That's why I always stress the importance of the IETF. The whole point of the IETF is that you …

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    Comment #19223764

    > I'm not sure about that. If the main matrix server disappeared today that'd be problematic This ^^ Currently a large amount of users (I'm told around a half, but I'm not sure) ha…

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    Comment #19223746

    > It's quite subjective, but my view is Matrix is what XMPP would like if it was written today. That's indeed a subjective view. > The main advantages are it is using JSON instead …

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    Comment #19217547

    > Obviously XSF contributed XMPP to the IETF after 10 years or so The first RFC was approved in 2004, after 5 years of XMPP development. The last RFC from XMPP WG is from 2015. > p…

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    Comment #19217201

    > i'd argue that the Matrix.org Foundation is just as 'recognized' as the XMPP Standards Foundation :) Recognized by whom? The XSF has standardized their core in IETF. Is there som…

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    Comment #18501784

    > Simply that quotas work and encouragement doesn't I wonder what other outcome one might expect from quotas.

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    Comment #18501699

    And it consumed 8.7Gb :) I wonder if the editor itself is of the same quality :/

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    Comment #18501679

    So I tried to install it and got fancy error: $ ./install.tcl ...skipped... Copying data to lib/tke/data... done. Copying doc to lib/tke/doc... done. Copying lib to lib/tke/lib... …

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    Comment #18462330

    ENUM anyone?

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    Comment #18022276

    Well, dunno, in my opinion both are equally obscure. I personally don't like "dot notation" and that's one of the reason I don't like Rust. The main problem I see with dot notation…

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    Comment #17996352

    > From my perspective it’s one of the very few general purpose languages (along with erlang) Maybe I'm missing something, but since when Erlang is a general purpose language? Erlan…

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    Comment #17626205

    > age of JSON Yeah, modern and shiny JSON. IT is now a subdivision of the fashion industry. Suck it up ;)