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Ben Ramsey
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nostr:npub1p2kmzcvn258h8jsjwth3tmjq4sm6m7rzse2q33ww887z645lxddq3cxfnk I know. It’s not a call for inaction or anything like that.

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nostr:npub1pyy7ksgyueyvm07h2pe0dpvup850st6efhmkr8xadwyjp0e8vk6s6lawj8 nostr:npub1tehfvwrtmx5cxh5mk0u3yhwvvxctqlf7r49grkehra6lctf8d25qm6qwds Was thinking about this some more, and I remember almost 20 years ago World of Warcraft launched a website where all the pages were strict XML/XHTML, and they used XSLT to perform the style transformations in browser. It was amazing because these were pages for things like your character stats, etc., so you could build other tools to easily consume the data and make mash-ups. It was so amazing!

Last night, I learned that American Toads can live as long as 30-40 years in captivity, and I can’t stop thinking about this. Thanks for the info, nostr:npub146j57n44hv6pa7gksxght9w06whupmecarl9mc3n8kxj7kqfe4csfycu5s!

nostr:npub1pyy7ksgyueyvm07h2pe0dpvup850st6efhmkr8xadwyjp0e8vk6s6lawj8 nostr:npub1tehfvwrtmx5cxh5mk0u3yhwvvxctqlf7r49grkehra6lctf8d25qm6qwds Was thinking about this some more, and I remember almost 20 years ago World of Warcraft launched a website where all the pages were strict XML/XHTML, and they used XSLT to perform the style transformations in browser. It was amazing because these were pages for things like your character stats, etc., so you could build other tools to easily consume the data and make mash-ups. It was so amazing!

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nostr:npub19yvw53sm8xn9xxry4vtg90vca6fhynnkdurlspq84fv60a8qac2stx8wl8 Admittedly, I’m doing some reading-between-the-lines, but IMO, it’s implied:

“The federation architecture allows anyone to host a BGS, though it’s a fairly resource-demanding service. In all likelihood, there may be a few large full-network providers, and then a long tail of partial-network providers. Small bespoke BGSs could also service tightly or well-defined slices of the network, like a specific new application or a small community.”

https://blueskyweb.xyz/blog/5-5-2023-federation-architecture

nostr:npub19yvw53sm8xn9xxry4vtg90vca6fhynnkdurlspq84fv60a8qac2stx8wl8 The BGSs are called “Big Graph Services.” In name alone, this implies they’re too big for individuals to run. The protocol docs go into more detail about how BGSs work: https://atproto.com/guides/overview

In that doc, they have this interesting sentence: “As with Web search engines, users are free to select their aggregators.”

They want to build a “marketplace of algorithms:” https://blueskyweb.xyz/blog/3-30-2023-algorithmic-choice

nostr:npub19yvw53sm8xn9xxry4vtg90vca6fhynnkdurlspq84fv60a8qac2stx8wl8 Admittedly, I’m doing some reading-between-the-lines, but IMO, it’s implied:

“The federation architecture allows anyone to host a BGS, though it’s a fairly resource-demanding service. In all likelihood, there may be a few large full-network providers, and then a long tail of partial-network providers. Small bespoke BGSs could also service tightly or well-defined slices of the network, like a specific new application or a small community.”

https://blueskyweb.xyz/blog/5-5-2023-federation-architecture

I think “Subspace Rhapsody” beats out Buffy’s “Once More, With Feeling” & Scrubs’s “My Musical” as my favorite musical episode.

The solos for Celia Rose Gooding (Uhura) & Christina Chong (La'an) were amazing!

I love how they didn’t go too silly. They tied it into the character arcs & used it for storytelling.

The Klingon number was over-the-top, though. Klingons singing is fine, but style-wise, it should’ve been more in-character.

nostr:npub13r2vrd35llmarwl4mh9eju0zsde3twsef0vwlz3y3ctjr7cd0rkqq88n9t nostr:npub16mznujsc4alkznqaqw7vtslucfvudjluwvkc2rg4aggy0k3ungeqemhm5n They’re basically saying, “BG3 is so far ahead of us, we won’t be able to keep up, so don’t expect that level of effort from us.” 🤣