should make an alternative markup and transfer protocol for fediverse. copy the best bits of the web, but take away the baggage so it's easier to build new browser engines
I once worked for an enterprise blockchain startup, it's all part of my origin story, and my first competitive analysis presentation was about how we were making a blockchain SaaS that competes with industry giants that could bolt on blockchain in a weekend if it had any legs. I'd say every enterprise blockchain product suffers the same fate
I keep thinking this too. Imagine knowing this and being responsible for it. Knowing no one uses the bitcoins and if they ever did it would need more water
also, thanks for the intro to "glowfic" - for a good chunk of my 20s I was obsessed with my side project which I called "plotplant" (dorky?) which was an infinitely forkable collaborative writing app. I never got it past a few different build attempts because I would always get caught in the weeds of how, if it were successful, the complexity of a story that had loads of branches would be navigated. My own personal xanadu. Anyway, this glowfic looks like a nightmare scenario that would keep me in them weeds, ruminating, "there has to be a better way!"
It's so hard to read when every bit has all that meta info next to it! Written by Eliezer or not
I don't trust musicians that I learn about via something other than their music and even after 4 years of knowing who they are I remain uncurious to sample any of the music they have created.
If a musician's music is never heard, are they still a musician? If they are not a musician, and not a nazi, then what are they?
that is the cuntiest tech quote I've heard in a while. "Of all the things we've tried so far..." as if he invented the gated community he probably grew up in,
Kagi has definitely been given too much UX treatment to cut through the bullshit and just say "you pay because it is better"
this text on their pricing page is pretty eyerolly:
Kagi has no ads and is fully supported only by its users. We worked very hard to provide high quality, fast and tracking-free results at a minimum cost to ensure sustainability of our operation.
I've been meaning to ask if Liv Boeree is on the radar. I'd seen her stuff recommended on YT and it seemed like innocuous sciencey stuff but instantly got the rationalist vibe. Then saw she was on Lex Fridman's podcast. Looked into her a bit (wikipedia) and she is indeed in the effective altruism world https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liv_Boeree
crypto reminds me of this time I was working for a digital agency and we landed a huge project to build a new from-scratch version of Australia's biggest job site of the time. The delivery timeline was 3 months or so, but we kept going over. Each month we went over gave the client more time to change their mind on what had been built so far. The more they changed what was built the more bugs were created. By 8 months in it was clear that jira tickets were being created about 5x faster than they were being closed. Everyone knew it was impossible to finish. It became a standoff between agency and client to see who would give in first. We kept building and they kept throwing money at us. At one point our boardroom became a makeshift desk for 12 contractors.
Eventually the client gave in at the 12-month mark and had to sign-off on a successful delivery because our contract was written well enough to account for the effects of their meddling. We handed over a non-functional site and a couple of months later they paid another agency to re-skin their existing site.
Anyway... crypto and the idea that "we've just got to fix the bugs" reminds me of that.
I don't usually comment on appearance but his face does have the angular qualities of a tangram puzzle