If you're not re-burning the iso image to the drive then changes are it isn't really writing to it, I think on live distros the source filesystem is RO
What's that phenomenon that describes noticing things more after you become aware of them because I'm seeing a lot more Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy references than I remember now that I've started reading it
Fascinating. The concept of AP not actually being made to encourage decentralization isn't something I had considered before, and you do have kind of a point
I don't think see why you'd need a bluesky-hosted account for that. I think it's just showing .bsky.social as placeholder since statistically, most people have their handle hosted on bluesky and a handle can look like any valid domain.
I'll test it out once I figure out how to host my own PDS nwn
I don't really know the extent of their independence as there are at least 3 parts to how ATproto works and they can all be hosted independently (so for example, an "independent" instance might still rely on Bluesky for part if it's functionality), however it is true that there's quite a few ATproto services popping up!
To an extent. I can't say I'm well-versed in how to make a successful social media platform but I think having a solid protocol underneath is essential. I've been bothered a couple of times by a Mastodon user with an empty account because nobody had followed them previously
It's more so psychology. There's a few videos floating around YouTube by creators like Not Just Bikes that explain the concept, but in short most people are going to drive a speed that is comfortable for them, and that is dependent on the size and design of the road, which means the best way to make people obey the speed limit is to use narrower roads and the best way to make people break it is to design wider straighter roads.This is what they mean by the speed "speed limit being too low for the street". The speed limit may be an amount but the speed suggested by the street design itself pushes people to go faster
As someone who just read the Wikipedia article on Usenet and doesn't know anything else about it:
Would this be pretty much the equivalent of the internet before search engines? Because if so I'm really intrigued
If you're not re-burning the iso image to the drive then changes are it isn't really writing to it, I think on live distros the source filesystem is RO