Shark Blackle
I still think there should be a mastodon instance that federates on a delay equal to the light distance from earth to mars, so it is as if that instance is transmitting from the red planet
Aug 22, 2018 at 6:07amWeb
Show threadAutonomous Ⓐ Robot Starship🛰️Aug 22, 2018

@SuricrasiaOnline User configurable light delay for arbitrary distances from earth would be so freaking rad omg

(I suppose they delay would need to be updated in real time, at least depending on what the coordinate system used is? Idk I'm not a physicist ^^')

Show threadjackdaw_ruiz Aug 22, 2018

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i want a federation that utilizes quantum entanglement to fave and boost my toots at precisely the moment i publish them!

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Show threadpurple smokeAug 22, 2018
@SuricrasiaOnline i'm sure such a thing could easily be created. i assume pump.io and mastodon will someday combine forces and become monolith.io :3
Show threadavocado goblinAug 22, 2018
@SuricrasiaOnline mars.social
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Show threadsabertooth salmonAug 22, 2018
@SuricrasiaOnline that honestly shouldn’t be hard to program
Show threadsabertooth salmonAug 22, 2018
@SuricrasiaOnline if we do this we have to find a way for the HI-SEAS folks to post https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/HI-SEAS
HI-SEAS - Wikipedia

Show threadkepstinAug 22, 2018
@SuricrasiaOnline my favourite part of this is that the delay is quite variable, depending on where Earth and Mars are in their respective orbits.
Show threadTtleAug 22, 2018
@SuricrasiaOnline that's a cool idea! We could all see how fast memes travel in space.
Show threadBert LatamoreAug 22, 2018
@SuricrasiaOnline That would be hard to do since the lag time between earth and Mars changes day to day as their relative positions on their orbits diverge and then converge again.
Show threadShark BlackleAug 22, 2018
@BertL you could write a queue that stores the post's timestamp and only federates when the timestamp is within the current lag time. I think it would automatically keep up in that regard