From: none@fake.org   
      
   anon@urmom.com wrote:   
   > On Sat, 11 Oct 2025 23:19:41 -0000 (UTC), Slimes wrote:   
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   >> https://portal.mozz.us   
   >>   
   >> List of old school and modern minimalist services.   
   >>   
   >> Finger Gopher Gemini …and so on.   
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   > SLIMES!   
   >   
   > This is cool. I haven't used gemini:// before today.   
   > Currently lurking gemini://bbs.geminispace.org via amfora.   
   >   
   > Just wanted to make it known that your post was witnessed.   
   > Found something interesting to add as a side note...   
   >   
   > Broadly relevant to why many of us are here:   
   >   
   >> [The Gemini protocol] is explicitly designed to be non-extensible.   
   >> To minimise the risk of Gemini slowly mutating into something more web-   
   > like, it was decided to [include] one and exactly one piece of information   
   > in the response header for successful requests. Including two pieces of   
   > information with a specified delimiter would provide a very obvious path   
   > for later adding a third piece - just use the same delimiter again. There   
   > is basically no stable position between one piece of information and   
   > arbitrarily many pieces of information, so Gemini sticks hard to the   
   > former option, even if it means having to sacrifice some nice and   
   > seemingly harmless functionality. 🗞️   
   > https://lwn.net/Articles/845446/   
   >   
   > More on why that "non-extensible" is relevant to keeping that protocol   
   > free:   
   >   
   >> How to Kill a Decentralised Network (such as the Fediverse)   
   > gemini://ploum.net/2023-06-23-how-to-kill-decentralised-networks.gmi   
   > https://ploum.net/2023-06-23-how-to-kill-decentralised-networks.html   
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   I got interested in gemini a few years ago. I love the idea of a   
   protocol so simple, even a dummy like me can write a functional reader.   
   I haven't checked it out in a while, though.   
      
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