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Tommi: Better syntax

2026-03-11T09:25:54Z

Better syntax

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	One of the most crucial problems of technology is when machines or software don’t know how to talk to each other, because of many overlapping potential reasons: proprietary and closed implementations, inability of humans to agree on standards, deprecated or obsolete protocols that limit the scope of what it is now possible to do…		One of the most crucial problems of technology is when machines or software don’t know how to talk to each other, because of many overlapping potential reasons: proprietary and closed implementations, inability of humans to agree on standards, deprecated or obsolete protocols that limit the scope of what it is now possible to do…

	[[~~File~~:Xkcd -927- Standards.png\|thumb\|alt= [Caption above the panels:] How Standards Proliferate (See: A/C chargers, character encodings, instant messaging, etc.) [A text-only panel.] Situation: There are 14 competing standards. [Cueball and Ponytail stand facing each other.] Cueball: 14?! Ridiculous! We need to develop one universal standard that covers ~~everyone's~~ use cases. Ponytail: Yeah! [Another text-only panel. The word ~~"Soon~~:" appears in its own box at the upper left of the panel.] Soon: Situation: There are 15 competing standards.\|[https://xkcd.com/927/ xkcd #927: Standards]]]		[[Image:Xkcd -927- Standards.png\|thumb\|alt=[Caption above the panels:] How Standards Proliferate (See: A/C chargers, character encodings, instant messaging, etc.) [A text-only panel.] Situation: There are 14 competing standards. [Cueball and Ponytail stand facing each other.] Cueball: 14?! Ridiculous! We need to develop one universal standard that covers everyone’s use cases. Ponytail: Yeah! [Another text-only panel. The word “Soon:” appears in its own box at the upper left of the panel.] Soon: Situation: There are 15 competing standards.\|[https://xkcd.com/927/ xkcd #927: Standards]]]

	The challenge remains: interoperability among tools can be associated with confabulation among human beings. It may not be the fastest, most efficient, and most <q>productive</q> way of achieving a goal, still, it is the most accepting, inclusive, communal.		The challenge remains: interoperability among tools can be associated with confabulation among human beings. It may not be the fastest, most efficient, and most <q>productive</q> way of achieving a goal, still, it is the most accepting, inclusive, communal.

Tommi: Add xkcd comic

2026-03-11T09:24:52Z

Add xkcd comic

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	One of the most crucial problems of technology is when machines or software don’t know how to talk to each other, because of many overlapping potential reasons: proprietary and closed implementations, inability of humans to agree on standards, deprecated or obsolete protocols that limit the scope of what it is now possible to do…		One of the most crucial problems of technology is when machines or software don’t know how to talk to each other, because of many overlapping potential reasons: proprietary and closed implementations, inability of humans to agree on standards, deprecated or obsolete protocols that limit the scope of what it is now possible to do…

			[[File:Xkcd -927- Standards.png\|thumb\|alt= [Caption above the panels:] How Standards Proliferate (See: A/C chargers, character encodings, instant messaging, etc.) [A text-only panel.] Situation: There are 14 competing standards. [Cueball and Ponytail stand facing each other.] Cueball: 14?! Ridiculous! We need to develop one universal standard that covers everyone's use cases. Ponytail: Yeah! [Another text-only panel. The word "Soon:" appears in its own box at the upper left of the panel.] Soon: Situation: There are 15 competing standards.\|[https://xkcd.com/927/ xkcd #927: Standards]]]

	The challenge remains: interoperability among tools can be associated with confabulation among human beings. It may not be the fastest, most efficient, and most <q>productive</q> way of achieving a goal, still, it is the most accepting, inclusive, communal.		The challenge remains: interoperability among tools can be associated with confabulation among human beings. It may not be the fastest, most efficient, and most <q>productive</q> way of achieving a goal, still, it is the most accepting, inclusive, communal.

Tommi: Add explanation and references

2026-03-11T09:19:37Z

Add explanation and references

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	[[:~~Category~~: ~~Tommi’s to~~-~~do list]]~~		One of the most crucial problems of technology is when machines or software don’t know how to talk to each other, because of many overlapping potential reasons: proprietary and closed implementations, inability of humans to agree on standards, deprecated or obsolete protocols that limit the scope of what it is now possible to do…

			The challenge remains: interoperability among tools can be associated with confabulation among human beings. It may not be the fastest, most efficient, and most <q>productive</q> way of achieving a goal, still, it is the most accepting, inclusive, communal.

			Even if interoperability was not conceived as a fundamental principle in the making of a tool, as hackers it is our imperative to crack things open, and bridge them!

			We should also compel big tech to be at least a bit more fair by enforcing <q>Adversarial Interoperability</q><ref><cite>Cory Doctorow, [https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2019/11/altinteroperabilityadversarial alt.interoperability.adversarial]</cite> (2019)</ref>: ensuring that widespread closed technologies adopt open standards. A perfect example in the legislative domain is the European Union’s [https://digital-markets-act.ec.europa.eu/index_en Digital Markets Act]<ref>REGULATION (EU) 2022/1925 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL of 14 September 2022 on contestable and fair markets in the digital sector and amending Directives (EU) 2019/1937 and (EU) 2020/1828 (Digital Markets Act): https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2022/1925/oj/eng</ref>

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Tommi: Do not include Grapevine category

2026-02-21T08:33:24Z

Do not include Grapevine category

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Tommi: To write about Interoperability on the Grapevine

2026-02-04T11:00:19Z

To write about Interoperability on the Grapevine

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