Could ActivityPub / ActivityStreams be used to synchronize files across separate machines / computers / devices‽
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Could ActivityPub / ActivityStreams be used to synchronize files across separate machines / computers / devices‽
I think the answer is, YES.
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The inbox-outbox system could enable you to send messages between separate machines / computers / devices.
The 'messages' transfer the changed 'blocks' / 'chunks' that make up a file, notify about deletions, file creations, etc
Existing Activity Types might be sufficient to do this
#ActivityPub #ActivityStreams #FediDev #FediDevs #Fediverse #JSONLD
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Could ActivityPub / ActivityStreams be used to synchronize files across separate machines / computers / devices‽
I think the answer is, YES.
❦
The inbox-outbox system could enable you to send messages between separate machines / computers / devices.
The 'messages' transfer the changed 'blocks' / 'chunks' that make up a file, notify about deletions, file creations, etc
Existing Activity Types might be sufficient to do this
#ActivityPub #ActivityStreams #FediDev #FediDevs #Fediverse #JSONLD
@reiver this smells a little of "all I have is a hammer...". And it's not true we have much better tools, some of them even open source.
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@reiver this smells a little of "all I have is a hammer...". And it's not true we have much better tools, some of them even open source.
agreed, use syncthing (which I think @nutomic@lemmy.ml also works on!) and call it a day.
