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2025-04-25 12:11:04 UTC

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Another anecdote: A friend of mine in the #Philippines couldn't connect to my #XMPP server in #Singapore, *until* he turned on a VPN with an exit node in Singapore. There's all sorts of strange QOS rules lurking in the various ISPs' routers here in Asia.

2025-04-25 08:36:50 UTC

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I'm OK with all these hostnames being split up in XMPP, but as to using all those non-443 ports... sooner or later, a "standard" #XMPP server will surely heavily use ALPN and port 443.

2025-04-24 07:59:37 UTC

I tried out the #ooni network tester app from #FDroid. I have good connectivity here in #Malaysia, both from a cellular SIM card connection, and the monastery wifi (a fiber internet connection).
But alas, the Ooni tests don't test for #XMPP, in their instant messaging apps testing! Only #Facebook, #Signal, Telegram, and Facebook Messenger are tested for, apparently. I do have trouble with XMPP, on the fiber internet here. Insidiously, brief XMPP text messages can be sent, but any video memo (say, 40MB in size, about 4 min worth of video) will only 1% upload, then get stuck. Attempts to resend will keep getting stuck. It seems that the XMPP traffic gets throttled to nothing after a small amount of data is sent: say, 400kb or so. I *can* send these video memos from my cellular SIM card connection.
I wish Ooni could have warned me about this, as it caused a friend to not receive a video memo for about 10 days, until I caught on to what was happening.

2024-07-26 21:57:14 UTC

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Have you ever read Susan Pinker's "The Village Effect"? It has research relevant to what you're trying to understand.
BTW: She was on TED here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ptIecdCZ3dg
Also relevant:
"Kitestring: Friendship project":
https://www.hinterlandlab.com/case/kitestring
#psychology