From: sizeofcat@riseup.net   
      
   On 2025-10-12 18:39:13 +0000, Radical said:   
      
   > anon@urmom.com wrote:   
   >> On Sat, 11 Oct 2025 23:19:41 -0000 (UTC), Slimes wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> https://portal.mozz.us   
   >>>   
   >>> List of old school and modern minimalist services.   
   >>>   
   >>> Finger Gopher Gemini …and so on.   
   >>   
   >>   
   >> 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   
   >>   
   >>   
   >   
   > 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.   
      
   Keep in mind that gemini requires TLS, therefore you can't use gemini   
   on retro hardware with retro software. It kinda dilutes the point of   
   the protocol, doesn't it?   
      
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