[SPEC] Backwards-compatible metadata in Gemini

[John Cowan]

On Thu, Feb 25, 2021 at 3:56 PM Omar Polo <op at omarpolo.com> wrote:


> "confidentiality" maybe was the wrong word.  The idea is that I don't
> want to let everyone in the same network see (and possibly hijack) the
> pages I visit.


Well, TLS doesn't block traffic analysis (who's talking to whom at what
time).  For that you need Tor (a U.S. government-funded effort, by the way).

I'm not sure I understand what you mean.  If my server fails to execute
> a CGI script, it should return a 20 reply with "Error while executing
> the script" instead of 42?


That's the idea.  There is a language problem, of course, if the server
explains it in a language you don't know.  Again, this isn't something I
want seriously considered.

FYI, Emacs handled that wall of text surprisingly well :)
>

Well, sure.  Plain-text console-style rendering can handle most of that
fine.

> Workers at the Tower of Babel:
> > "Bitte geben Sie mir einen kleineren Schraubenschl?ssel.'
>

German: "Please give me a small screwdriver."

> 'Non ho idea di quello che stai chiedendo.?
>

That was supposed to be "I have no idea what you're asking for."  I hope it
was.


> > ???????? ????? ??? ? ?????.?
>

Russian: "Let's have a cup of tea and go home."

> ?Kei te korero koe i tito noa, ko ahau ngenge o te whare pourewa.'


Maori (the native language of New Zealand):  "You're talking
nonsense/fiction; I'm tired of the tower."


> I don't like the idea of instant-download software for various ethical
> and practical concerns, but I have a soft-spot for programming language
> design and compilers, so, if you don't mind, I'd be curious to read more
> about it :)
>

I have a lot of scribbles on paper right now, so I'll get back to you when
they are online and a little more organized.

> P.S.: I find your way of quoting text strange.  Why the first line of
> every cited block isn't prefixed by > when all the others are?  Is that
> some sort of arcane custom that youngster like me don't understand?
>

/me chuckles

No, just carelessness/laziness on my part.  The text I want to comment on
often starts in the middle of a line, so I delete everything I *don't* want
to quote, and I often forget to put back the initial > (or several of them).



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