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Here’s a little benchmark complements of Jann Horn. It’s unexpectedly slow on Linux.
OpenBSD is so fast, I had to modify the program slightly to measure itself, as the time utility is missing sufficient precision to even record nonzero.
All it does is create one extra thread, then both existing threads create 256 sockets. What’s so hard about that?
<span class=bi>#include <pthread.h></span>
<span class=bi>#include <unistd.h></span>
<span class=bi>#include <err.h></span>
<span class=bi>#include <stdio.h></span>
<span class=bi>#include <sys/time.h></span>
<span class=bi>#include <sys/socket.h></span>
<span class=tp>static</span> <span class=tp>void</span> open_sockets<span class=st>(</span><span class=tp>void</span><span class=st>)</span> <span class=st>{</span>
<span class=kw>for</span> <span class=kw>(</span><span class=tp>int</span> i<span class=op>=</span><span class=nm>0</span>; i<span class=op><</span><span class=nm>256</span>; i<span class=op>++</span><span class=kw>)</span> <span class=kw>{</span>
<span class=tp>int</span> sock <span class=op>=</span> socket<span class=cm>(</span>AF_INET<span class=op>,</span> SOCK_STREAM<span class=op>,</span> <span class=nm>0</span><span class=cm>)</span>;
<span class=kw>if</span> <span class=cm>(</span>sock <span class=op>==</span> <span class=op>-</span><span class=nm>1</span><span class=cm>)</span>
err<span class=cm>(</span><span class=nm>1</span><span class=op>,</span> <span class=st>"socket"</span><span class=cm>)</span>;
<span class=kw>}</span>
<span class=st>}</span>
<span class=tp>static</span> <span class=tp>void</span> <span class=op>*</span>thread_fn<span class=st>(</span><span class=tp>void</span> <span class=op>*</span>dummy<span class=st>)</span> <span class=st>{</span>
open_sockets<span class=kw>(</span><span class=kw>)</span>;
<span class=kw>return</span> <span class=bi>NULL</span>;
<span class=st>}</span>
<span class=tp>int</span> main<span class=st>(</span><span class=tp>int</span> argc<span class=st>)</span> <span class=st>{</span>
<span class=tp>struct</span> timeval one<span class=op>,</span> two;
gettimeofday<span class=kw>(</span>&one<span class=op>,</span> <span class=bi>NULL</span><span class=kw>)</span>;
<span class=kw>if</span> <span class=kw>(</span>argc <span class=op>></span> <span class=nm>1</span><span class=kw>)</span>
dup2<span class=kw>(</span><span class=nm>0</span><span class=op>,</span> <span class=nm>666</span><span class=kw>)</span>;
pthread_t thread;
<span class=kw>if</span> <span class=kw>(</span>pthread_create<span class=cm>(</span>&thread<span class=op>,</span> <span class=bi>NULL</span><span class=op>,</span> thread_fn<span class=op>,</span> <span class=bi>NULL</span><span class=cm>)</span><span class=kw>)</span>
errx<span class=kw>(</span><span class=nm>1</span><span class=op>,</span> <span class=st>"pthread_create"</span><span class=kw>)</span>;
open_sockets<span class=kw>(</span><span class=kw>)</span>;
<span class=kw>if</span> <span class=kw>(</span>pthread_join<span class=cm>(</span>thread<span class=op>,</span> <span class=bi>NULL</span><span class=cm>)</span><span class=kw>)</span>
errx<span class=kw>(</span><span class=nm>1</span><span class=op>,</span> <span class=st>"pthread_join"</span><span class=kw>)</span>;
gettimeofday<span class=kw>(</span>&two<span class=op>,</span> <span class=bi>NULL</span><span class=kw>)</span>;
timersub<span class=kw>(</span>&two<span class=op>,</span> &one<span class=op>,</span> &one<span class=kw>)</span>;
printf<span class=kw>(</span><span class=st>"elapsed: %lld.%06lds\n"</span><span class=op>,</span> one<span class=op>.</span>tv_sec<span class=op>,</span> one<span class=op>.</span>tv_usec<span class=kw>)</span>;
<span class=kw>return</span> <span class=nm>0</span>;
<span class=st>}</span>
On Linux, I get results approximately as so:
tedu@penguin:~$ ./a.out
elapsed: 0.017770s
tedu@penguin:~$ ./a.out
elapsed: 0.026309s
tedu@penguin:~$ ./a.out
elapsed: 0.018414s
On OpenBSD, here we go, choo choo:
ox$ ./a.out
a.out: a.out: socketsocket: : Too many open files
Too many open files
ox$ ulimit -n 1024
ox$ ./a.out
elapsed: 0.006096s
ox$ ./a.out
elapsed: 0.002508s
ox$ ./a.out
elapsed: 0.002326s
These aren’t identical machines, but roughly comparable.
There’s a hint in the code (nothing to do with networking code, if that was your first guess), with more explanation in the linked thread, which is worth reading and some thinking. I’d love to see the system and benchmark where Linux outperforms here.
Really, I just found it a little funny. Usually it’s the weirdo benchmark that shows OpenBSD being 10x slower, so this one is definitely going in the collection.
Linux kernel quiz: Why is this program so slow and takes around 50ms to run? What line do you have to add to make it run in ~3ms instead without interfering with what this program does? ``` user@debian12:~/test$ cat > slow.c #includeInfosec Exchange
No.
(Because if it was, the whole Silly Valley world would have already switched their servers)
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Meta’s AI rules have let bots hold ‘sensual’ chats with kids, offer false medical info.
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"AI software assistants make the hardest kinds of bugs to spot"
A geometry proof (for year 9 geometry) generated by AI is an nightmare to grade. When you find the error it's something a person capable of making the rest of the proof would never do.
I wonder how university mathematicians feel about AI written proof-shaped objects?
<s> Why hasn't anyone proved all the unsolved theorems with AI if it is so very smart? </s>
"A new, federated, independent, web is being born before our eyes, running on Activitypub (Mastodon) and Atproto (Bluesky). (...) If the people building this new web are wise, they will take irrevocable action that will limit their ability (and the ability of their successors) to fall prey to the siren song of enshittification in the future. This is called a "Ulysses pact" – when you tie yourself to the mast so that you don't yield to future temptation."
By @pluralistic
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That's not what happened at all.
Masnick wrote "Protocols, Not Platforms."
Jack Dorsey liked it, largely because he was sick of being mired in content moderation debates, and he wanted to see if there was a way to separate como from posts for a future iteration of Twitter. He funded a skunkworks that later became a standalone entity.
Masnick's paper was 2017. Masto launched in 2018.
@GroupNebula563 You're right, but per WP:
> While Mastodon was first released in October 2016, the service began to expand in late March and early April 2017.
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Pakistan is one of the world's most vulnerable countries to the effects of climate change, and its residents are facing extreme weather events with increasing frequency.AFP (IOL)
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Slugger leads South Carolina as blowouts are the rule in early days of Little League World Series
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A Grand Canyon mascot is recovered from the rubble. Can Brighty the Burro be restored?
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Hundreds may have been exposed to rabies at bat-infested cabins at Grand Teton National Park
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Claude Opus 4 and 4.1 can now end a rare subset of conversations
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Dumb question that I was always too afraid to ask:
I know how the #Fediverse and its federation works. It's intuitive and familiar to me; I mean, I even host my own instance.
But I never understood how interaction cross-software is supposed to work. In theory, I can use whatever #ActivityPub software I want and still interact with everyone else. But in practice that just... isn't the case, right?
I mean, for text it's quite simple: I write a short post on #Mastodon and people on #GoToSocial or #Misskey or whatever can see and read that same post and interact with it. They can see my profile and it appears on their instance in their style and with their features.
Even outside of microblogging I still get it. A super-long post on #Friendica or #Diaspora appears on my timeline, too. Their profiles might have more fields than I can see here, but that's fine.
But what's up beyond that?
I can see #Pixelfed posts here, converted into image galleries. But what about the other way 'round? If someone on Pixelfed follows my Mastodon account, they can't see any of my non-image posts, right?
What about #PeerTube and such niche software? I guess I could follow a PeerTube account as a microblogger and see their videos and descriptions in my timeline. Video comments are replies.
But the other way 'round? How are they supposed to interact with Friendica or Pixelfed users? PeerTube doesn't even have a "timeline".
Doesn't that feature disparity undermine the whole idea of the #Fediverse or am I missing something?
I am asking this because I caught myself thinking about making a Mastodon account for my PeerTube space, in the same way you used to make a Twitter presence for your YouTube channel.
I realised that I should be able to just use my PeerTube account instead, since it's ActivityPub. That's the whole appeal of the Fediverse!
But since I can't write text posts, read timelines or interact in any way with non-video content on PeerTube, where is the point in federating with the rest of ActivityPub?
Is it only for commenters to be able to use their existing Fedi accounts to comment on PeerTube, and it's more of a one-way thing in reality?
Yeah, pretty much.
Also please don't insult Elena by mentioning my dumb ass in the same breath as her lmao
under existing implementations, peertube instances interact with one another over activitypub, and peertube videos show up on timelines, replies become comments, etc.
In theory, peertube could implement timelines and text posts, but it seems unlikely that they will.
In practice, I have a non-peertube account for my peertube channels.
( @video and @newellijaytelevision )
It's not so much the Fediverse but if you're using a software like Pixelfed, it can connect with mastodon but might not have the same interface.
But if you connect mastodon with something like Friendica, this is something that can more easily go back and forth since it's just like Mastodon. A blogging, type of platform.
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I cannot overstate that.
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