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In principle instant messaging is just email with a dumbed down interface.
by fxj 8y ago
In principle instant messaging is just email with a dumbed down interface.
- fredley 8y agoIn principle, email is just exchanging TCP packets with a dumbed down interface.
- miguelmota 8y agoIn principle, TCP packets are just bits with a dumbed down interface.
- syfluqs 8y agoIn principle, bits are just voltage levels with a dumbed down interface
- chrisshroba 8y agohttps://xkcd.com/435/ https://xkcd.com/435/
- bigbadgoose 8y agoHa! From another article currently on front page: > "Arkani-Hamed now sees the ultimate goal of physics as figuring out the mathematical question from which all the answers flow." (https://www.newyorker.com/science/elements/a-different-kind-of-theory-of-everything https://www.newyorker.com/science/elements/a-different-kind-...)
- grawprog 8y agoIn principle voltage levels are just a measurement of electron flow with a dumbed down interface.
- fxj 8y agoBut email relies on free and open source standards while instant messaging is a walled garden that relies on closed protocols by some shady corporations that sell your data.
- Spivak 8y agoCompared to... a walled garden that relies on secret algorithms written by shady corporations that sell your data.
- gregknicholson 8y agoXMPP and Matrix (and arguably ActivityPub) are open specifications for IM, each with multiple interoperable implementations. (I'm counting mxhsd as a 2nd implementation of a Matrix server; I accept that it isn't mature yet.)