What is the AT Protocol?
Wikipedia: “The #ATProtocol (Authenticated Transfer Protocol, pronounced "@ protocol" and commonly shortened to ATProto) is a protocol and #OpenStandard for #distributed #socialNetworking services. It is under development by #BlueskySocial #PBC, a public benefit corporation originally created as an independent research group within #Twitter to investigate the possibility of #decentralizing the service.”
This reminds me of a personal rage: why do #OpenSource #audio #streaming platforms not default to the #OpenStandard file formats?
GSPy - A New Toolbox And Data Standard For Geophysical Datasets
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https://doi.org/10.3389/feart.2022.907614 <-- shared paper
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https://doi.org/10.5066/P9XNQVGQ | https://code.usgs.gov/g3sc/gspy <-- shared code repository
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[an older paper, but code is in active and ongoing development/evolution]
#GIS #spatial #mapping #geophysics #geophysical #NetCDF #datatypes #code #opensource #library #dataformats #standardisation #standardization #openstandard #portable #metadata #Python #package #GSPy #methods #workflows #xarray #CRS #opendata #architecture #toolbox
"All RISC-V does is specify what software should expect of a RISC-V processor – it is up to processor designers to decide how exactly they implement that specification. RISC-V is open and royalty free to use, but the chips themselves can be either open source designs or closed and proprietary. The RISC-V world fears it will be broadly hit with sanctions if it can't get officials to see that distinction"
https://www.theregister.com/2024/05/29/riscv_messsaging_struggle/
Update. On the obstacles to this kind of bridge-building.
https://flipboard.video/w/2Jj46hJaUQQG5TuiBYi9TR
"Ryan’s work to connect #Bluesky, which uses the #ATProtocol, to #Mastodon & other platforms using the #ActivityPub protocol ignited a firestorm. [He] wanted to advance the #fediverse’s promise of #interoperability but…inadvertently stirred up culture clashes between platforms & fervent discussions around consent, maintaining safety, fears of commercialism, & what being an #OpenStandard really means."
A kinda weird question. If you were to write an #OpenStandard, just the standard document itself: Under what license would you put it to make sure it is irrevocably available for free to anyone but also making sure it cannot be altered by downstream recipients? 1/n
@michael @lightweight @anildash Yeah, this issue is one of the things @pluralistic has written quite a bit about.
In my country, refusing to work with any Microsoft-derived technology in IT will basically remove >70% of jobs, right from the get-go.
We did get some good things out of M$'s laziness though, like the #LSP & #DAP #OpenStandard #protocols, which work just fine in #Emacs (why VSC when you have Emacs?) and have greatly improved its ability to be used for #Java among other languages.
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Greg Cocks 
