Yes! I tried to imply that. They are no different than modern rich
They did depend on a big bank, didn't they? And they also used debt as a currency
Look at Otaman's face! Haha.
source: https://www.pixiv.net/en/artworks/109844604
That works, until... Until the power goes out because everyone has their AC on maximum. After that, it becomes a fight of who has a bigger generator and more gas stored, or who has solar power for the AC.
Something like that already happened on Mastodon! Admins got together and marked instances as "bad". They made a list. And after a few months, everything went back to normal. This kind of self organization is normal on the fediverse.
Votes were just a number on reddit too... There was no magic behind them, and as Spez showed us multiple times: even reddit modified counts to make some posts tell something different.
And remember: reddit used to have a horde of bots just to become popular.
Everything on the internet is or can be fake!
Look normal? You have to look straight all the time, without moving much of your eyes (only your head)
Yeah, but now you're moving trust from the instance into trusting masto.host...
Would that be possible? How would other (normal network) instances federate with you?
If you don't trust your admins, you can host your own instance. That way you'd control what is federated and with whom.
Buuut your server ip would be public, so idk...
Some of the issues might be on the software side, so it'll take some time until it can scale to more hardware resources. But yeah, I agree! What scares me more is the monetization path. Servers can become a really expensive.
It was late yesterday and I didn't realize I made it sound scary! Yes to all you said! The heatsink is a great idea, too.
I remember there were talks about merging the patches and making it an option when building. I don't know the current status of that.
On real time operating systems, like freertos, not only the kernel is real time but everything else is too. Like: you can guarantee your call on the I2C and SPI won't take more than 5ms, for example, even with hardware issues. The whole environment is built around the hardware realtime concept.
It is possible! But not so easy.
You need to build a "reputation" with other servers. If your server is online, then some instances lose messages or just plain fail to load your content. So, first off, you need to be online all the time.
And it takes a lot of bandwidth! Each message, like and post anyone makes on every instance might come from any other instance, so servers need to have enough bandwidth to talk to each other all day.
There's also the problem of storage. You don't only store your own content, but also a "cache" of other people's content, so you don't need to request it again every time.
There's even a need for energy. Your server might connect to a lot of other servers, so you might need to have a beefy cpu to process all of that (so no running on batteries)
What you describe exists, actually. It's called "peer to peer" (often called "p2p"). There are some p2p networks, like scutterbutt which runs on top of the "gossip" network.
They have their own problems, tho.
Federated networks, where you join a server and servers can talk to each other (instead of directly running on the users device) are a middle ground.
On a server only network, like reddit, means everything is controlled by one entity (reddit).
With a p2p network, you have the problems I've described before (and lots more)
And finally, a federated network like lemmy exists in between. You join a server, but are not limited to that server. If you don't like something in your server, you can join some other server or even mount your own, and still be part of the bigger network. With the rules you desire to follow!
Please also be mindful. These old devices don't receive security patches and are going to be connected to the internet. Any exploit or bug and you'll have a compromised device with local network access and even gps in the hands of bad guys.
There's also the battery as OP said. It's better if you take it out, if possible. Do not leave it running on 100% all the time or you'll have a fire in your house!
I'm sad to hear you did not feel like a good explanation of the fediverse was given. Is there something you'd still want to know? I'm no expert but I've been here for a while, so I might be able to help or at least guide you!
Feel free to ask! And if you don't feel like commenting on here, feel free to DM me with questions too.
