[tech] /.well-known/capability ehlo

[Petite Abeille]

> On Dec 20, 2020, at 11:40, Philip Linde <linde.philip at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Agreed. "Non-extensibility of the protocol was a major design principle
> for Gemini." (Gemini FAQ)

True. And mostly achieved when viewed through a narrow enough lens. Tunnel vision is key.

There are few moving parts to play. So, yes, from a strictly protocolar point of view, it's mostly done: a retrofuturistic goldilocks of sort. Nothing much to add or remove. Would make Saint-Exupéry proud.

Of course, this says nothing about actual use of the protocol. Which can be combined in all sort of weird and wonderful ways to fully subvert such grand "design principle" if needed.

Perhaps the only cognitive dissonance is the idealistic narrative around the protocol: trivial to implement and use, non-extensible, one-trick pony. 

Your progressive grandma could whip it up in no time and run it out of her trusty gramophone to share haikus without much ado.

These statements are misleading, naive, or outright wrong. 

The building blocks are chunky and complicate enough on their own to make it complex, both in terms of implementation and actual usage. Not to mention unattended consequences.

The protocol can be trivially extended through conventions.

And there is more to life than publishing samizdat poetry.

A bit of realism would help. That's all. Nothing to lose sleep over. All is good in the grand scheme of things :)

Happy holidays.

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